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TAMPA, Fla. 鈥?If youve ever been to a game inside AMALIE Arena, you know the voice of Paul Porter.Hes the voice of the Tampa Bay Lightnings home-ice advantage. So, all of a sudden it will just come Lightning goal, and the crowd just erupts, Porter said.
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stanley isolierkanne ando Magic have ever had. From day one, he has never lost sight of who his audience is and what they want to hear. What Ive been doing lately, which has gone over really well, I ll say the Lightning three and Montreal, long pause for the booing One. Just to kind of poke at them. In his 28 years with the bolts, hes perfected the art of excitement, whether its a limited capacity crowd, full house, and in this case a watch party. I look at it as if there are 100 people here or 20,000, Porter said. I try and do the same job kind of like a musician or actor, they want to hear the same performance every night. And on Monday night, that performance could include a Stanley Cup celebration. Youre getting 12 to 15,000 people in to just watch TV. Thats how excited people are about it, Porter said. The people are so excited because even though they won the Stanley Cup last y
