VIDEO: Lightning fans greet team with late night airport celebration
Kim Klement / Reuters
True fans don't need to sleep.
The Tampa Bay Lightning faithful were so enthused about their favorite team's Eastern Conference Final win on Friday that a crowd of around 1,000 decided to greet the squad upon their 3:30 a.m. arrival in Tampa.
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An exhausted Jon Cooper and the Prince of Wales Trophy made the rounds amidst the herd of Lighting devotees who cheered for "four more wins."
"I can't believe the fan support we have," Cooper told the Tampa Tribune. "I know everybody on our plane, all the players, were looking out the window so excited to see these fans."
Tampa awaits the winner of the Western Conference Final between the Anaheim Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks.