TAMPA, Fla. — The region’s favorite hockey franchise continues to add to the “Champa Bay” nickname as the Lightning come home winners in four categories at the 2025 Suncoast Emmy Awards.
The Lightning won for “Recharge: Season 6” in the Best Post Produced or Edited Sports Series category. The all-access, behind-the-scene series is now in its seventh season, as it showcases the team throughout the year, from training camp to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The team also took home the awards for the Best Post Produced or Edited Single Sports Program for “Bolts Beginnings: Ryan McDonagh,” Best Sports One Time Special for “Lightning Hall of Fame Special” as former Lightning forward Brian Bradley and long-time Bolts broadcaster Rick Peckham were both inducted into the Lightning Hall of Fame.
In the Best Branded Short Form Content category, the Lightning won for “The Formula” hype video, which features the Bolts television host, Paul Kennedy.
Nearly all Lightning games will be broadcast live on The Spot – Tampa Bay 66 (WXPX-TV) and will also be streamed here.
The Spot Tampa Bay 66 is the official broadcast partner of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Spot and Tampa Bay 28 are both owned by EW Scripps.
“It made all the hard days worth it”
In 2024, Tampa Bay 28 Anchor Lauren St. Germain brought viewers the story of a young mom here in Florida who was diagnosed with stage four metastatic breast cancer. Now, Lauren is following through and giving an update on her experimental cell vaccine therapy.
Woman with stage four breast cancer now cancer-free after cell vaccine therapy