{"id":238567,"date":"2026-04-20T06:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238567\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T06:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:27:13","slug":"a-special-thank-you-to-the-tampa-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238567\/","title":{"rendered":"A special thank-you to the Tampa Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Gazette\u00a0extends its sincere thanks to the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/lightning\/\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>\u00a0for generously granting us permission to use its photography for all playoff games in Tampa, including exciting photos from <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/sports\/hockey\/montreal-canadiens\/game-1-liveblog-canadiens-open-playoffs-on-the-road-against-lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sunday\u2019s matchup<\/a> between the Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Their visual coverage will help us bring readers closer to the intensity and atmosphere of an important (and stressful) series. We are grateful for their collaboration and professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Go Habs Go!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0420-habs-game-1_22_302681961.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa arena with American flag\" class=\"wp-image-100175312\"  \/>The rink during the first period in Game 1 of the first round of the NHL playoffs at Benchmark International Arena on Sunday, April 19, 2026 in Tampa, as the Montreal Canadiens face the Tampa Bay Lightning. Dirk Shadd \/ Tampa Bay Times<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0420-habs-game-1-fans-2.jpg\" alt=\"Montreal Canadiens right wing Josh Anderson (17) celebrates after scoring a goal on Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the second period of the Stanley Cup playoffs'\u00a0Round 1 Game 1 on Sunday, April 19, 2026 in Tampa.\u00a0Luis Santana \/ Tampa Bay Times\" class=\"wp-image-100175306\"  \/>Montreal Canadiens right wing Josh Anderson (17) celebrates after scoring a goal on Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the second period of the Stanley Cup playoffs\u2019\u00a0Round 1 Game 1 on Sunday, April 19, 2026 in Tampa.\u00a0 Luis Santana \/ Tampa Bay Times<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0420-habs-game-1_302679613.jpg\" alt=\"Montreal Canadiens fans gather ahead of a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Thunder Alley outside of Benchmark International Arena on Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Tampa.\" class=\"wp-image-100175219\"  \/>Montreal Canadiens fans gather ahead of a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Thunder Alley outside of Benchmark International Arena on Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Tampa. Jefferee Woo \/ Tampa Bay Times<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2983\" height=\"1989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0420-habs-game-1-_30_302680483.jpg\" alt=\"Habs coach Martin St. Louis\" class=\"wp-image-100175340\"  \/>Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis behind the bench with his team against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period in Game 1 of the first round of the NHL playoffs at Benchmark International Arena on Sunday, April 19, 2026 in Tampa.\u00a0 Dirk Shadd \/ Tampa Bay Times<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0420-habs-game-1-fans.jpg\" alt=\"people in habs jerseys celebrate\" class=\"wp-image-100175305\"  \/>Montreal Canadiens fans celebrate after the goal of right wing Josh Anderson (17) during the first period against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday, April 19, 2026 in Tampa.\u00a0 Luis Santana \/ Tampa Bay Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Montreal Gazette\u00a0extends its sincere thanks to the Tampa Bay Times\u00a0for generously granting us permission to use its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-238567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}