Florida Seals: Difference between revisions
168.184.90.11 (talk) No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<!-- Created by kitch before he registered his account. --> |
|||
The '''Florida Seals''' are a minor-league [[hockey]] team, currently a member of the [[Southern Professional Hockey League]] (SPHL). Originally based in [[Orlando, Florida]], they are now based in [[Kissimmee, Florida]]. |
The '''Florida Seals''' are a minor-league [[hockey]] team, currently a member of the [[Southern Professional Hockey League]] (SPHL). Originally based in [[Orlando, Florida]], they are now based in [[Kissimmee, Florida]]. |
||
Revision as of 01:38, 11 December 2004
The Florida Seals are a minor-league hockey team, currently a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). Originally based in Orlando, Florida, they are now based in Kissimmee, Florida.
The team was formed as the Orlando Seals, and played its first season beginning in October 2002 with the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL). It was the winner of that league's first and only President's Cup in 2003. When the ACHL folded, it and two other teams, the Jacksonville Barracudas and the Macon Trax, merged into the new World Hockey Association 2 (WHA2). After the 2003-2004 season, the World Hockey Association served a cease-and-desist order on the WHA2 and it merged with the SPHL.
The Orlando Seals were scheduled to play in the 2004-2005 SPHL season, but on August 22, 2004, the City of Orlando revoked its lease at the TD Waterhouse Centre, causing them to miss the season. On October 19, 2004, the ownership group announced a new three-year lease with the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. The team will resume play in the 2005-2006 season.