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Originally Posted by Howie_16
I imagine that a Tampa Bay fan felt the same way in 2004 as I did when the Roughnecks won their championship in 2009. I was glad to see the hometown team win, but it certainly wasn't a special moment for me like it was when the Flames won the Stanley Cup in 1989 or would have been in 2004 had Marty buried that puck into the back of the net in game 6. I'm sure Lightning fans feel the same when they compare it to the Buccaneers winning the Super Bowl in 2002.
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It was a strange dynamic that night. The Tampa fans in the arena were every bit as passionate as we are, and their celebration was far greater than we saw with the Roughnecks. But once you got out of the arena district, things quieted down considerably. It was a very localized jubilation, rather than the city wide party that Calgary was.