Florida Seals

Florida Seals
founding	2002
resolution	2007
history	Orlando Seals 2002-2005 Florida Seals 2005-2007
Stadion	TD Waterhouse Center (2002-2005) Silver Spurs Arena (2005-2007)
Location	Orlando , Florida (2002-2005) Kissimmee , Florida (2005-2007)
Team colors	blue, white, black, red, gray
league	Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002-2003) World Hockey Association 2 (2003-2004) Southern Professional Hockey League (2005-2007)
owner	Orlando Professional Hockey, Inc.

The Florida Seals were an American ice hockey team based in Orlando , Florida (from 2005 Kissimmee , Florida). The team was active in various professional leagues from 2002 to 2007.

history

The team was founded in 2002 under the name Orlando Seals as a franchise of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League . In this, they took first place after the regular season in their first season, for which they received the Commissioner's Cup and were awarded the President's Cup as champions in the playoffs. When the league was disbanded after just a year, the team joined the World Hockey Association 2 . This league was only active for one year, so the Seals joined the follow-up competition, the Southern Professional Hockey League . After disagreements with the arena management of the TD Waterhouse Center , the seals had to suspend the 2004/05 season and then moved to the Silver Spurs Arena . In addition, the team name was changed due to the changed stadium location in Florida Seals.

In the SPHL, the Florida Seals reached the final right away, but were subject to the Knoxville Ice Bears there . Due to financial problems, the franchise was withdrawn from gaming operations at the beginning of January 2007 and excluded from the league management.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
2002/03	59	43	14th	-	-	2	84	235	158	1., ACHL	President's Cup
2003/04	57	27	25th	-	2	3	59	198	197	4th, WHA2	not qualified
2005/06	56	32	17th	-	6th	1	71	211	174	3rd, SPHL	Defeat in the final
2006/07	26th	11	14th	-	1	-	23	110	105	8th, SPHL	not qualified

Team Records (SPHL)

Career records

Games: 82 Craig Geerlinks , Billy Rochefort , Steve Zoryk

Goals: 48 Justin Keller

Assists: 50 David Deeves

Points: 96 Justin Keller

Penalty minutes: 341 Andrew Katzberg

Well-known players and coaches

• Chris LiPuma
• Jim Paek

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Orlando Seals (2002-2003)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Orlando Seals Player List (2002-2003)
• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Orlando Seals (2003-2004)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Orlando Seals Player List (2003-2004)
• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Florida Seals
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Florida Seals