Sunshine Hockey League

Logo of the Southern Hockey League in the 1995/96 season

The Sunshine Hockey League (in 1995/96 Southern Hockey League ) was a Hockey - Minor League in the southern United States . It existed from 1992 to 1996.

history

The league was initially founded under the name Sunshine Hockey League , based on the nickname of Florida as the Sunshine State , where all teams had their headquarters, but changed this to the Southern Hockey League for the 1995/96 season , after teams outside Florida had also moved to the League were included. The name was chosen based on an ice hockey league of the same name that existed from 1973 to 1977.

After several SHL teams switched to the Central Hockey League or started playing in this instead of the SHL, the Southern Hockey League was stopped in 1996.

Teams

• Daytona Beach Breakers (1995-1996)
• Daytona Beach Sun Devils (1992–1995, were Daytona Beach Breakers )
• Fresno Falcons (1994-1995)
• Huntsville Channel Cats (1995-1996)
• Jacksonville Bullets (1992-1996)
• Lakeland Ice Warriors (1992–1995, were Lakeland Prowlers )
• Lakeland Prowlers (1995–1996)
• St. Petersburg Renegades (1992–1993)
• West Palm Beach Barracudas (1995-1996)
• West Palm Beach Blaze (1992-1995, were West Palm Beach Barracudas )
• Winston-Salem Mammoths (1995-1996)

master

Sunshine Hockey League

• 1993 - West Palm Beach Blaze
• 1994 - West Palm Beach Blaze
• 1995 - West Palm Beach Blaze

Southern Hockey League

• 1996 - Huntsville Channel Cats

Web links

• Information on the Sunshine Hockey League 1992–1995 at hockeydb.com
• Information on the Southern Hockey League 1995–1996 at hockeydb.com