The Tampa Bay Lightning was honored pretty well by way of the 2016 Creative Loafing Best of the Bay voters. That survey runs annually in the Tampa / St. Petersburg metroplex and covers a wide variety of topics such as Arts & Entertainment, Goods & Services, and People, Places & Politics among others.
That last category, People, Places & Politics, is where sports and sports influence works its way into questions and results such as declaring the top professional sports team in Tampa Bay. The Lightning won. Downside: Creative Loafing utilized the team's 2007-2011 team logo to represent the club in results.