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Hockey fans to pucker up for intermission wedding

Times Staff Writer
Published February 13, 2004

CHANNEL DISTRICT - For the first time ever, a lucky couple will get married during the Tampa Bay Lightning game on Valentine's Day Saturday.

The Tampa couple was randomly selected to receive the wedding and reception valued at $25,000. The ceremony will take place on the players' bench during the intermission between the second and third periods of the Lightning vs. Florida Panthers game.

A justice of the peace will officiate the ceremony, and the couple will be accompanied by the father of the bride, the best man and maid of honor. Thunderbug, the Lightning's mascot, will serve as the ring-bearer.

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