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Cooper's Legacy vs Lightning's Foundation | NHL News
Jon Cooper’s 14-season run as Tampa Bay Lightning head coach makes him the franchise’s longest-tenured and most impactful leader—coaching nearly half the team’s history and becoming the only coach many fans have ever known. Before him, nine coaches shaped the Lightning’s early identity, including John Tortorella, who led them to a 2004 Stanley Cup with 239 regular-season wins and four straight playoff appearances, and Terry Crisp, the franchise’s first coach who guided them to their first winning record and playoff berth in 1995–96, drawing a record crowd. While those pioneers laid the…
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