Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA — Mark Barberio showed up at the annual prospect camp and tournament held in Traverse City, Michigan, in the fall of 2010 as one of the veterans on the Lightning roster.
After participating in the same tournament with Tampa Bay two years earlier, Barberio arrived this time around knowing there was a new coach running the camp for the Lightning, but admitted he knew little of Jon Cooper outside of some information he found on the Internet.
“I researched it a bit. I knew he coached in the USHL (Unites States Hockey League), but other than that I didn’t know too much about him,’’ Barberio said.