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RSA Consulting to host Lightning watch party in Tallahassee

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At times, being a legislator has its disadvantages, especially when duty calls as your home team makes it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. For those Tampa Bay-area lawmakers stuck at the state Capitol this week for special session, the team at RSA Consulting — Ron Pierce, Natalie King and Edward Briggs — is hosting a Tampa Bay Lightning watch party for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks. The party, at the Miller Ale House, 722 Appalachee…

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Tampa’s Bob Buckhorn & Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel bet on Stanley Cup

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It’s an age-old tradition, and Bob Buckhorn and Rahm Emanuel are following suit. The respective mayors of Tampa and Chicago are making a bet on the results of the Stanley Cup, the National Hockey League championship that faces off tomorrow evening between the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning from Amalie Arena in Tampa. Buckhorn is putting a case of Cigar City Invasion Pale Ale as well as 122 (mini) Cuban sandwiches and the Original “1905” Salad from the Columbia Restaurant against Chicago’s…

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Lightning stand between Blackhawks and dynasty status

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It has taken nearly 23 years, but the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Chicago Blackhawks have come full circle. Wednesday night the two teams meet in Amalie Arena in the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals. On October 7, 1992 the Lightning franchise took the ice for the first time against the defending Western Conference Champion Blackhawks. Instead of the Lightning’s classy home of today, this game was played at Expo Hall at the Florida State Fairgrounds. First-year expansion…

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Blackhawks, Lightning to face off in Stanley Cup Final

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Between the Chicago Blackhawks‘ veteran poise and the Tampa Bay Lightning‘s young stars, the Stanley Cup Final will have no shortage of dynamic offensive talent playing on hockey’s biggest stage. The Blackhawks begin the final series in their quest for a third NHL championship in six seasons when they visit Amalie Arena on Wednesday to face the Lightning, who are going for the second Stanley Cup title in franchise history after streaking through the Eastern Conference bracket with a series…

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