The Story
In the late 1980s when the NHL announced it would expand, a group led by Hockey Hall-of-Famers Phil and Tony Esposito won the bid to bring a team to Tampa Bay. They named the team the Lightning, after Tampa Bay's status as the "Lightning Capital of North America," and would begin play in the 1992-93 season.
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