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Charles Curtis

Kenny Albert’s call of the Lightning winning the Stanley Cup was perfect

Some fans may have thought it was an obvious turn of phrase to say what Kenny Albert did on NBC when the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup for a second straight season.

But it doesn’t matter. It was perfect, the exact right line to deliver.

Albert delivered it with a shout: “Lightning strikes twice! The Tampa Bay Lightning win their second straight Stanley Cup!”

I mean, does it get any better than that? Nope. And a lot of fans totally agreed, as you’ll see below.

Check out the call and the reaction, and see if you also think it was perfect:

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