Florida Hospital Clinches the Presenting Sponsor of the 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning Playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals for the Second Year in a Row

Florida Hospital is proud to be the Presenting Sponsor of the Tampa Bay Lightning 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs and will host Be the Thunder pep rallies at six Tampa Bay area Florida Hospital locations on Monday April 18 and Wednesday April 20. Florida Hospital is also the Official Health and Wellness Partner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and was the Presenting Sponsor of the 2015-16 Lightning season.

Florida Hospital has been a proud sponsor and community partner of the Lightning since 2011. We believe in the team, the fans and their dedication to make Tampa Bay a great community. Together, our two organizations are collaborating and partnering on health and wellness initiatives throughout the year, said Mike Schultz, President CEO of Florida Hospital West Florida Region.

The Tampa Bay Lightning alumni, cheerleaders and ThunderBug will be make stops at six Florida Hospitals on both Monday April 18th and Monday April 20th.

As the Official Health and Wellness Partner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Hospital provides a platform for health and wellness inside and outside of the arena. During the regular season, Florida Hospital educated fans on heart health and breast cancer awareness as health and early detection are instrumental to Florida Hospitals goal of making the Tampa Bay community one of the healthiest in the country.

Helping people heal is an important part of the Florida Hospital mission, as evidenced by a the heartwarming series titled Celebrate Life where members of the community who have been positively impacted by the care received at Florida Hospital share their stories and celebrate life with the Bolts team and fans. Learn more about the Florida Hospital and Tampa Bay Lightning partnership at YourHealthOurGoal.com

We are very pleased to again have our world class partner, Florida Hospital, be the presenting sponsor of our 2016 Playoffs, said Lightning Chief Executive Officer Steve Griggs. We had a very exciting run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2015 and hopefully we can do that again this year. On behalf of the entire Lightning organization Id like to thank Florida Hospital for their continued support.

The Tampa Bay Lightning first round playoff series versus the Detroit Red Wings starts with game one this week.

First round playoff schedule:

Game 1 Wednesday, April 13 at 7 pm

Game 2 Friday, Apr 15 at 7 pm

Game 3 Sunday, April 17 at 7 pm

Game 4 Tuesday, April 19 at 7 pm

Game 5* Thursday, Apr 21 TBD

Game 6* Sunday, April 24 TBD

Game 7* Tuesday, Apr 26 TBD

Fans can purchase tickets at Amalie Arena, on https://www.nhl.com/lightning/tickets/single-game-tickets or by calling Ticketmaster at Call1-800-745-3000.