Lightning will sign ALL IN Challenge auction winner to tryout contract
Lucky fan will sign PTO, practice with team and receive new gear, bag
ByPat Pickens @Pat_Pickens / NHL.com Staff Writer
The Tampa Bay Lightning are giving one lucky fan his/her chance to make the team while also fighting hunger.
The Lightning are offering a tryout and potential roster spot to the winner of their sweepstakes as part of the ALL IN Challenge.
The winner and a friend will fly to Tampa and sign a professional tryout with the Lightning before sitting in on coach and team meetings and practicing with the team. He or she will also receive an authentic personalized game jersey, equipment bag with new gear and Lightning issued apparel and a story to tell for the rest of his/her life.
Jon Cooper unveiled the specifics then challenged college basketball analysts and Tampa Bay sports fanatic Dick Vitale to participate in the challenge.
#ALLINCHALLENGE? Consider it officially accepted. And we think you're going to like this one. ⚡️
, created by Fanatics, which offers auctions with once-in-a-lifetime prizes and while raising money to combat food insecurity created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bidding opened at $10,000 and will run until Friday at 9 p.m. ET at the