Pensacola Ice Pilots
January 17, 2021
East Coast Hockey League (1996-2008) Born: March 15, 1996 – The Nashville Knights announced they will move to Pensacola, FL following the 1995-96 season Folded:
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Birmingham Bulls (1992-2001)
July 27, 2020
The 1990’s East Coast Hockey League edition of the Birmingham Bulls was the most successful of several nostalgic revivals of the Magic City’s World Hockey Association franchise of the same name from the late 1970’s.
Nashville Knights
September 20, 2019
The Knights were Nashville’s minor league hockey team for seven winters from 1989 to 1996. The Knights were members of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), a circuit generally considered two rungs below the NHL. The team played at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium and was co-founded by former pro wrestler Ron Fuller, AKA The Tennessee Stud.
Jacksonville Tomcats
August 7, 2013
The Jacksonville Tomcats played for three seasons in Arena Football 2 (AF2), the small-market developmental league of the now-defunct Arena Football League (AFL). The Tomcats, who played out of the old Jacksonville Coliseum, closed their doors after three seasons in November 2002.
Jacksonville Lizard Kings
March 26, 2013
There are thousands of teams on Fun While It Lasted, but only one – that we know of – named in tribute to former Doors lead singer Jim Morrison. That would be the now-defunct Jacksonville Lizards Kings of the East Coast Hockey League.