Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup 20032004 Champions

The 2004 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey Leagues NHL 200304 season and the culmination of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs The Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Western Conference champion Calgary Flames in seven games and were awarded the Stanley Cup It was Tampa Bays firstever appearance in the final For Calgary it was the teams third appearance and first since their championship season of 1989 Lightning owner William Davidson would soon become the first owner in sports history to win two championships in one year as eight days later the other team that Davidson owned the Detroit Pistons of the NBA won the NBA title in five games over the Los Angeles Lakers