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JASON ELLIOTT/Press Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper putts his final shot in on the 18th hole at The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course during The Showcase golf exhibition on July 31.

JASON ELLIOTT/Press Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper putts his final shot in on the 18th hole at The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course during The Showcase golf exhibition on July 31.

August 7, 2021

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THE FRONT ROW WITH JASON ELLIOTT: Quite the year for Johnson, Cooper and Showcase
August 7, 2021 1:20 a.m.

THE FRONT ROW WITH JASON ELLIOTT: Quite the year for Johnson, Cooper and Showcase

As Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper explained, the last time he visited Coeur d’Alene in June of 2020, he was still searching for that elusive first Stanley Cup championship. Man, what a year both he and former Coeur d’Alene Laker and Spokane Chief Tyler Johnson had, wouldn’t you say?