The Florida State University Ice Hockey Club was established in 1997. The team is part of the Collegiate Hockey Federation (CHF) D2 program and competes against teams throughout the southeastern United States.
In the beginning, the ‘Noles practiced and played games out of the Civic Center. However, when the ECHL Tiger Sharks left Tallahassee, the ‘Noles had to find a new home, bouncing around from Jacksonville, Orlando, and back to Jacksonville. Since 2011, Columbus, GA - home of the ECHL Columbus Cottonmouths - has been their home rink.
The team travels to various universities, including Georgia Tech, University of Florida, University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, and University of Miami. Every year, they participate in the Savannah Hockey Classic, a four-team tournament held in the 9,600-seat Savannah Civic Center. The trip to Savannah, GA is the most anticipated event on their 18-20 game schedule.
The FSU Ice Hockey Club is a competitive club with nearly all members having previous high school hockey experience. Our players are the epitome of determination and commitment.
Our players come out three days a week for off-ice conditioning and spend their weekends traveling anywhere between three and eight hours to play a game later that night and the next day. When they get on the ice, they do so with a sort of excitement that the sport of hockey brings out. We love the game of hockey and what it brings to our lives. We hope to further represent the principles we have learned at Florida State University and continue to deliver the message of excellence in every city we visit.
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Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SCHC)
The Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference is a collegiate hockey conference within Division II of the College Hockey Federation. The SCHC began play in the 2014-15 season. For the first two seasons, the conference was composed of five teams from Florida. Prior to the start of the 2016-17 season, the conference added the University of Miami as the sixth member of the conference.
The 2016-17 season has each of the six member schools playing each other twice during the regular season. In 2018-2019 the conference added Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as its sixth member after Florida Atlantic University left the conference.
Early Professional Hockey in Florida
The original 1938-39 circuit was called the Tropical Hockey League (THL) with four teams all based at the Coral Gables Coliseum, renamed the Metropolitan Ice Palace. The rosters were dominated by Canadians with a sprinkling of Americans. One of them, 18-year-old Bob Dill of St.
By contrast, the state's original pro hockey circuit embraced the Miami Clippers, Havana Tropicals, Miami Beach Pirates and Coral Gables Seminoles. Apart from Simpson, other hockey personalities included Mike Goodman, a gold medalist with Canada at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics who played for the amateur Winnipeg Falcons and was Seminoles player-coach. Opening night, Dec.
"The balance of the season featured some rough hockey," according to Puckstruck. But the end was near. The Ice Palace owners staged a 1939 All-Star Game and then closed the season without a playoff.
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A proposed 1972 Florida entry in the World Hockey Association proved to be more illusion than reality. Despite its flighty name, the Miami Screaming Eagles lacked a nest, not to mention a nest egg. It wasn't until Blockbuster Video mogul Wayne Huizenga was granted an NHL franchise Dec. 10, 1992, that major league hockey became firmly established in South Florida.
Goalie John Vanbiesbrouck, and forwards Scott Mellanby and Bill Lindsay, among others, helped set a then-NHL record for most points (83) as an expansion franchise. "I couldn't believe that we were playing hockey in a place that had beaches and sunshine all the time," said Lindsay, today the Panthers radio analyst. "But we were told from the outset that we were here to also grow the game. We signed autographs every day after practice and built a brand that quickly got people interested. Florida finished third in the Atlantic Division that season (41-31 with 10 ties), 11 points behind division-leading Philadelphia Flyers.
"Our guys were the fiercest competitors I ever played with," Lindsay said. It sounds a lot like Marchand talking about Bennett.
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