Tampa, Florida

====Lightning====
[[File:Amalie Arena.jpg|thumb|[[Amalie Arena]] is where the Tampa Bay Lightning have their home games]]
The [[NHL]]'s [[Tampa Bay Lightning]], named after the city's propensity for attracting lightning in the continent, was established in 1992, and play their home games at [[Amalie Arena]] in [[downtown Tampa]]. In [[2004 Stanley Cup Finals|2004]], the team won their first [[Stanley Cup]] by defeating the [[Calgary Flames]] in 7 games. After this first championship and an ensuing [[2004–05 NHL lockout|season-wide lockout]], the Lightning went 1–3 in four Conference Final appearances in [[2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs|2011]], [[2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs|2015]], [[2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs|2016]] and [[2018 Stanley Cup playoffs|2018]], winning only in 2015 to lose to the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in the ensuing [[2015 Stanley Cup Finals|Finals]].  Then the Lightning won back-to-back Stanley Cups in [[2020 Stanley Cup Finals|2020]] and [[2021 Stanley Cup Finals|2021]] with victories over the [[Dallas Stars]] and fellow [[Atlantic Division (NHL)#2021–present|Atlantic Division]] member [[Montreal Canadiens]] respectively.

Tampa hosted the skills contests and [[63rd National Hockey League All-Star Game|2018 NHL All-Star Game]] weekend on January 27–28, 2018.  The team is currently captained by [[Steven Stamkos]], who is the top scorer in franchise history with over 500 goals.