Welcome to Newcastle, Australia, home to goaltender Callan Rickford, part of the Distant Thunder. His tale is just one of many we're sharing in an effort to rally fans from around the world to share their stories about how and why they became members of the Lightning Tribe. Share your story using #DistantThunder.

Distant Thunder | Eva

Eva is a proud member of Bolts Nation all the way from Bali, Indonesia.

Distant Thunder | Fabio

Fabio represents Bolts Nation all the way from Italy

#GoBolts

Lightning Community Heroes

Since 2011, the Lightning have honored a Community Hero at every game and presented that hero with a check for $50,000 to donate to a non-profit charity of their choice.