Fans Make Human Lightning Bolt

by Dani Toth on May 22, 2011 1:10 PM EDT in Playoffs

Fans form human lightning bolt for Lightning sendoff to Boston. Photo via Puck Daddy

In a lot of cities, as teams leave or arrive at the airport during the playoffs, fans will often show up at the airport to send them off or welcome them home. As Clark wrote earlier, the Lightning had invited fans to meet up today to form a human lightning bolt at the Tampa International Airport.

So this morning, fans dressed in blue and met up at 10:30am for their sendoff for the team as they departed for Boston and Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Bruins. The fans were assembled in the parking lot and were visible to the players when they took off.

I really love this, because this is what fan passion during the playoffs look like. The photos look really great and the turnout from the fans made this happen. You can see more photos uploaded by people who attended by going to the event Facebook page.

For all those that did attend, there were lots of prizes to be had like game tickets and signed sticks and pucks. If YOU went and would like to share your photos, feel free to post them in the comments.

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by Dig Deep on May 22, 2011 1:13 PM EDT reply actions

Didn't wake up in time to get there unfortunately. Anyone know if they're doing anything at the Forum for Game 5?

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by jackhammerslam on May 22, 2011 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

Watch party on the west plaza.

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by John Fontana on May 22, 2011 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, ok. I didn't see anything annouced about it.

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by jackhammerslam on May 22, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

any idea on the fan count for the photo? 200? 500?

that looks like a decent turnout.

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by witty on May 22, 2011 3:12 PM EDT reply actions

I thought I heard around 700

It’s definitely over 400

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by Sveet on May 23, 2011 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions

Press release said 800. Not bad for a Sunday morning.

"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011

by MTBoltFan on May 23, 2011 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions