Florida Amateur Hockey (1963-1992)

This page details amateur hockey activities in Florida between 1963 and 1992:

Results

1967

The St. Petersburg Amateur Hockey Association set up a youth league that began play for ages 10-14 in the fall of 1966. On September 23, 1967, the Aerosonic Canadians and Tri-Tech Rangers were set to play for the championship for ages 13-17.

1968

• 7/27: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Jets 12:4
• 8/3: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Jets 10:6
• 8/11: St. Petersburg Jets - Jacksonville All-Stars 15:11
• 8/17: West Palm Beach Bruins - Jacksonville All-Stars 10:4
• 8/26: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Jets 6:5
• 9/28: West Palm Beach Bruins - Jacksonville All-Stars
• 11/23: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Jets

1969

• 6/7: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 9:5
• 6/28: West Palm Beach Bruins - Jacksonville All-Stars 7:7
• 7/5: West Palm Beach Bruins - Charlotte (NC) 7:2
• 7/5: Jacksonville All-Stars - St. Petersburg Stars 7:6 OT
• 7/26: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 18:2
• 8/23: West Palm Beach Bruins - Jacksonville All-Stars
• 9/6: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 12:6
• 12/20: West Palm Beach Bruins - Jacksonville All-Stars 11:4

1970

• 6/27: West Palm Beach Bruins - Knoxville Knights (TN) 10:6
• 7/11: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 13:2 - Southeastern Amateur League
• 7/18: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 11:1 - "
• 7/25: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville All-Stars 14:8 - "
• 8/1: Miami Flyers - St. Petersburg Stars 8:5 - "
• 8/8: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 11:5 - "
• 8/22: Charlotte (NC) - St. Petersburg Stars 6:5 - Jacksonville Tournament
• 8/22: Jacksonville All-Stars - Atlanta (GA) 17:4 - "
• 8/22: Miami Flyers - Charlotte (NC) 14:2 - "
• 8/22: Miami Flyers - West Palm Beach Bruins 6:3 - "
• 8/23: Miami Flyers - Jacksonville All-Stars 4:3 - "
• 8/29: West Palm Beach Bruins - Jacksonville All-Stars
• 8/29: St. Petersburg Stars - Miami Flyers
• 9/5: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville All-Stars
• 9/12: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 17:2
• 11/27: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville All-Stars

1971

• 7/10: West Palm Beach Bruins - Jacksonville All-Stars 10:9
• 7/16-18: Tournament @ Jacksonville involving West Palm Beach Bruins, Jacksonville All-Stars, St. Petersburg Stars, and Charlotte (NC)
• 7/24: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues 8:3
• 7/31: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 10:4
• 8/7: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 13:3
• 8/15: St. Petersburg Stars - West Palm Beeach Bruins 9:7 - St. Petersburg and West Palm Beach were originally going to play Charlotte (NC), but their bus broke down, so the two sides played each other instead
• 8/27: St. Petersburg Stars - Tampa Twins 10:5
• 8/29: West Palm Beach Bruins - Jacksonville Blues 12:6
• 9/3: Tampa Twins - Jacksonville Blues
• 9/4: Tampa Twins - St. Petersburg Stars

1972

• 5/26: Fort Lauderdale - Miami Screaming Eagles 5:3 - 30 minute all-star game involving 13 National Hockey League players including Ken Dryden was played at the Miami Polar Palace - there were later men's hockey games played at the rink
• 6/30: St. Petersburg Stars - Tampa Twins
• 7/1: St. Petersburg Stars - West Palm Beach Bruins 6:6
• 7/2: West Palm Beach Bruins - Tampa Twins 4:1
• 7/8: St. Petersburg Stars - West Palm Beach Bruins 8:7
• 7/22: St. Petersburg Stars - Tampa Twins
• 7/29: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 7:2
• 8/12-13: Tournament @ Jacksonville involving West Palm Beach Bruins, Jacksonville Blues, St. Petersburg Stars, and Pompano - Jacksonville beat West Palm Beach 9:5 in one game
• 8/19: Jacksonville Blues - West Palm Beach Bruins 10:5
• 8/26: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars

1973

• 2/10: Broward Community College - Polar Palace All-Stars 10:5
• Tournament @ Jacksonville: West Palm Beach Bruins defeated Roanoke (VA) and lost to Jacksonville Blues
• St. Petersburg Stars - West Palm Beach Bruins 3:1
• 7/21: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues 6:6
• 7/28: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues
• 7/29: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues
• 9/8: Jacksonville Blues - West Palm Beach Bruins 4:3
• 9/9: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 8:3

1974

• 2/23: South Florida Hockey Club - University of Tennessee Volunteers 5:0
• 2/24: South Florida Hockey Club - University of Tennessee Volunters 10:10
• 4/27: South Florida Hockey Club - Polar Palace White 6:2
• 5/2: South Florida Hockey Club - Polar Palace White 7:4
• 5/15: South Florida Hockey Club - Polar Palace Blue 8:4
• West Palm Beach Bruins and St. Petersburg Stars split two games, before the Stars changed their name to the Kings after purchasing jerseys from the Los Angeles Kings
• 7/27: St. Petersburg Kings - West Palm Beach Bruins
• 7/28: St. Petersburg Kings - West Palm Beach Bruins

Kings won the Southeastern Hockey League title.

1975

The South Florida Hockey Club continued playing at the Polar Palace. The Bruins relocated to the Polar Palace from West Palm Beach, where the ice had been removed. The team was still sometimes referred to as West Palm Beach. There was hockey played at the Lakeland Civic Center during the summer of 1975, with the Lakeland Amateur Hockey Association and Lakeland Lightnings being established.

• 6/20: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues
• 6/21: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues
• St. Petersburg Stars - West Palm Beach Bruins 10:2
• 7/12: St. Petersburg Stars - West Palm Beach Bruins 6:4
• 8/24: West Palm Beach Bruins - Lakeland Lightnings 13:2
• 8/24: St. Petersburg - Lakeland Publix 8:2 - junior game
• 8/31: St. Petersburg Stars - Lakeland Lightnings 16:6 - St. Petersburg Tournament
• 8/31: Jacksonville Blues - West Palm Beach Bruins 7:2 - "
• 9/1: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues 7:3 - "

1976

The South Florida Youth Hockey Association was established and set up a league at the Polar Palace for 1975-76.

St. Petersburg Stars schedule: 6/21 @ Lakeland, 6/28 @ Lakeland, 7/9 @ Jacksonville, 7/10 @ Jacksonville, 7/15 St. Pete St. Stars, 7/16 West Palm Beach, 7/17 West Palm Beach, 7/18 Jacksonville, 7/23 @ Lakeland, 7/24 @ Jacksonville, 7/30 Lakeland, 7/31 West Palm Beach, 8/1 West Palm Beach.

• St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues 3:1
• 7/18: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues 4:1
• 7/31: St. Petersburg Stars - West Palm Beach Bruins 3:2 (1:0, 2:1, 0:1)
• 7/31: St. Petersburg Stars - West Palm Beach Bruins 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)
• 8/7: St. Petersburg Stars - Lakeland Lightnings 18:0 - Lakeland Tournament
• 8/7: St. Petersburg Stars - Jacksonville Blues 8:4 - "
• 8/8: West Palm Beach Bruins - St. Petersburg Stars 3:2 - " - final

Bruins won the Southeastern Hockey League title.

The Suncoast League was played at St. Petersburg.

Standings as of 7/31

1. Hart's Sunoco 6-2-0-12
2. Paulding's Cabinets 4-3-1-9
3. AAA Employment 4-4-0-8
4. Rat's Hole 1-6-1-3

1990

The University of South Florida club team went 7-3 on the season.

1991

The University of South Florida club team went 7-3 on the season.

Sunshine State Games

Games through Friday: Orlando - Pinellas Park Nickel City 7:3, Tampa - USF 9:8, Orlando - Tampa 5:4, Fort Lauderdale - Winter Park 7:4, Sarasota - Orlando 6:3, Pinellas Park Nickel City - Sunrise 5:1, Fort Lauderdale - Gold Coast 9:1.

Boys

• 7/14: Orlando - Sunrise 11:5
• 7/14: Orlando - Jacksonville 4:4
• 7/14: Pinellas Park - Jacksnonville 6:5

1. Orlando, 2. Pinellas Park, 3. Jacksonville.

Adults

• 7/14: Tampa - Winter Park 6:5
• 7/14: Tampa - South Florida 9:1 - consolation
• 7/14: Sarasota Sharks - Fort Lauderdale Penalty Box Lounge 6:2 - final - third straight title for Sarasota

1. Sarasota, 2. Fort Lauderdale, 3. Tampa

Old Timers

• 7/14: Tampa - Fort Lauderdale 5:4
• 7/14: Jacksonville - Orlando 5:2
• 7/14: Fort Lauderdale - Jacksonville 4:2

1. Fort Lauderdale, 2. Jacksonville, 3. Tampa

In November 1991 Tampa Bay Jr. Lightning beat Orlando 4-3 to win the Pompano Beach Thanksgiving Hockey Tournament Junior Division (U16-18) championship. The Bantam Jr. Lightning lost 5-4 to Pompano Beach in the final.

1992

The University of South Florida had a club team that played at the Sun Blades Ice Skating Center in Tampa. They faced Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, the University of Tennessee, the University of Alabama-Huntsville (losing 24-1 and 15-0 to them), Duke (beating them 5-0 and 4-2 at Stone Mountain, GA), and the Tampa Bay Jr. Lightning among others. The Bulls were 8-3-1 in the Southern Collegiate Hockey Association as of 2/9.

• 3/8: Former NHL players faced Gulf Aerospace team and local members of Hockey North America played an exhibition game @ newly opened Tampa Bay Skating Academy
• 6/3: Stars - Doc Schreoder's Realtors 9:5 - Tampa Amateur League final @ Sun Blades Ice Skating Center

Sunshine State Games

• 7/9: Team B - Team A 6:3 - Over-45
• 7/9: K-9 Development - Remax 5:3 - Seniors
• 7/9: Scratch Daniels - Tidal Wave 7:3 - Division B
• 7/10: Orlando - Sunrise 3:3 - Division A
• 7/10: Orlando - Tele Data 2:0 - Division B
• 7/10: Sunrise - Remax 5:3 - Seniors
• 7/10: Team B - Team A 9:5 - Over-45
• 7/10: Team B - Team A 6:3 - Over-45
• 7/11: Team B - Team A 7:3 - Over-45
• 7/11: Jacksonville - Hooters 6:4 - Seniors
• 7/11: USF - Gold Coast Gators 8:7 - Division A
• 7/11: Jacksonville - Orlando II 7:1 - Division B (Orlando and Jacksonville were co-champions)
• 7/12: K-9 Development - Scratch Daniels 3:1 - Seniors (gold)
• 7/12: Orlando - Coors Lite 7:0 - Division A
• 7/12: Gold Coast Gators - Sunrise 3:2 - Division A (gold: Orlando, silver: Gold Coast, bronze: Sunrise)
• 7/12: Sunrise - Jacksonville 3:1 - Seniors

Sources

• Miami Herald
• Palm Beach Post
• Tampa Bay Times
• Tampa Tribune