Staff writer Alex Ackerman was spontaneously invited on a trip to see the Tampa Bay Lightning play the Montreal Canadiens in game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. This is her story of the night she spent in the lion's den.
As an American hockey fan with a deep-seated passion for the sport, I felt pretty much at home among stressed out Habs fans Saturday night when I saw the Tampa Bay Lightning play the Montreal Canadiens in game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. I recognized a lot of what I saw in the fans that watched their Canadiens win the game 2-1.