Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper is getting to be one of our favorites.

Yesterday, he found a clever way to rip the officiating over a disallowed goal without stepping over the line and being fined.

Today, he jumped into a media scrum around Lightning captain Steven Stamkos and started firing away questions.

Jon Cooper se transforme en journaliste avec une bouteille d’eau pour parler à Steven Stamkos. Du bonbon! #RDS pic.twitter.com/YjDqrSGWn8 — Maxime Morin (@MaxMorinRDS) April 21, 2014

Stamkos was facing a lot of questions about coming back from a 3-0 series deficit and about his health after taking a knee to the head Sunday night (he’s planning to play Game 4).

Then Cooper lightened the mood, using a water bottle as a microphone.

Stamkos played right along, telling the “rookie reporter” that he’d like a little more ice time.

The last thing you want in a must-win situation is for your team to get tight. Nice that Cooper was able to find a way to keep things light with a tough task in front of his team.

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Thanks to TSN for bringing this to our attention