Tampa Bay Lightning Tickets Awesomeseating.com is your go-to broker for NHL tickets. Whether you’re looking for cheap seats behind the goalie, a luxury sky-box or something closer to the ice, we’re your Awesome ticket broker for Tampa Bay Lightning Tickets for the regular season and Tampa Bay Lightning Tickets. The Tampa Bay Lightning joined the NHL for the 1992-93 season. In the club’s fifteen seasons it has made the Stanley Cup Playoffs five times. In 1996 the Lightning only complied 88 points and finished 5th in its division. It was still good enough for a postseason berth. The team was eliminated in the first round by the Philadelphia Flyers. The Lightning did not make a second appearance in the postseason until 2003. After taking first in the division the Lightning dropped the Washington Capitals in the Quarterfinals then lost in the Semis to the New Jersey Devils. The next year the team took it all. After finishing the regular season with 106 points and taking the division title for the second consecutive year the Lightning took the New York Islanders in five in the first round, swept the Montreal Canadiens in the Semifinals and needed the full seven to eliminate the Philadelphia Flyers and take the Conference Championship. In the Stanley Cup Finals the Tampa Bay Lightning squared off with the Calgary Flames. Again the series went seven games and again the Lightning took care of business. After winning the 2004 Stanley Cup, the Lightning, and the NHL, took a year off. When play resumed following the 2005-06 lockout the Lightning finished the regular season in second place in the division with 92 points. The team was eliminated in five in the Conference Semifinal round by the Ottawa Senators. 2006-2007 was almost a carbon copy of 2005-06, with the team again finishing second in the division and again being eliminated in the first round (2-4, New Jersey Devils). The 2007-2008 season was a major disappointment for south Florida hockey fans. Just three seasons removed from a Stanley Cup Championship the Tampa Bay Lightning lost 42 games in the regular season and placed 5th in the division and out of the playoffs. Head coach John Tortorella was let go as a result of the season from hell. In June former Los Angeles Kings head coach Barry Melrose was named as the new head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Tampa Bay Lightning are in the Southeast Division of the 3-division Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League Awesomeseating.com offers cheap tickets and luxury tickets for all NHL teams. We have NHL Playoff Tickets as soon as the playoff situation finalizes. Buy your cheap tickets to Tampa Bay Lightning hockey from your trusted ticket broker right now. |