Tampa Bay Lightning
DETROIT — The Tampa Bay Lightning received support from an unexpected source earlier this week when basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley gave the team and head coach Jon Cooper a shout-out during coverage of the NBA playoffs on Tuesday.
As the studio set started to break away to a commercial, after Barkley made mention of two NHL playoff games, he added “Come on Tampa Bay, I haven’t given up on you yet Coach Coop.’’
Cooper met Barkley in Los Angeles last season when the Lightning were on the West Coast and spent a few hours swapping stories.