TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning honored the organization's full-time staff as the Lightning Community Heroes this evening during the first period of tonight's game against the Colorado Avalanche.

The Lightning have hired former NHL forward Dan Hinote as an assistant coach, a spot that opened when Jeff Blashill departed last month for a head coaching job with the Blackhawks. Hinote, 48, spent ...

Tampa Bay Lightning and Team Canada coach Jon Cooper will keep his 2025 4 Nations Face-Off winning coaching staff as is for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Canada and Cooper went on to win the event, ...

As a player, Hinote won a Stanley Cup with Colorado. He brings eight years of NHL coaching experience to Jon Cooper’s staff. Eduardo A. Encina is a sports reporter covering the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been in the National Hockey League for 25 seasons, 26 years when counting the lockout season in 2004-05. Over the course of the franchise's history, four individuals - ...