West Palm Beach Blaze

The West Palm Beach Blaze were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in West Palm Beach, Florida. They played in the Sunshine Hockey League, later renamed the Southern Hockey League, from 1992–1996. They played their games at the West Palm Beach Auditorium, which is now known as the West Palm Beach Christian Convention Center and is owned by the Jehovah's Witnesses. The team marketing slogan was "Fire on Ice".

History

The Blaze were founded in 1992 as one of the inaugural franchises of the Sunshine Hockey League, a tiny league with six teams mostly based in Florida.

They dominated the Sunshine Hockey League, finishing with the best record and winning the championship in each year of the league's existence, defeating the Jacksonville Bullets each time in the finals.

After the Sunshine Hockey League transformed into the Southern Hockey League, they were reformed as the West Palm Beach Barracudas but were unable to duplicate their success, finishing with a losing record. They folded along with the rest of the Sunshine Hockey League after one season.

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