Erik Erlendsson is a 20-year veteran of the Tampa Bay Lightning beat, starting with The Tampa Tribune in 2000 and continuing on with LightningInsider.com in 2016, witnessing the ups and downs of a non-traditional franchise that has won two Stanley Cups during that span. Erik has been involved in Tampa sports media since 1996 covering high school sports, the Tampa Bay Rays, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Mutiny and New York Yankees. A graduate of the University of South Florida, Erik and his wife Judy live outside Tampa, where they have raised their four boys - Kyle, Kevin, Kelsey and Kiernan.