TAMPA — Rebecca Taylor, a Lightning fan from Tampa, drove her rental car 16 hours straight to reach Newark, N.J. and Game 3 of the Lightning's first-round playoff game.
"I didn't stop much," said Taylor, who works in VIP guest services for Cirque du Soleil. "But no matter where I was, even in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night, people would say something to me."
Taylor was born in Alberta, Canada, where hockey runs through the nation like a main circuit. So, she understood. But it kept up at the New Jersey Devils arena, where she wore a camouflage, military-style Lightning jersey.