Florida Everblades | |
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City | Estero, Florida |
League | ECHL |
Conference | Eastern |
Division | South |
Founded | 1998 |
Home arena | Hertz Arena |
Colors | Green, white, navy blue |
Owner(s) | David Hoffmann |
General manager | Brad Ralph |
Head coach | Brad Ralph |
Media | WBCN |
Affiliates | St. Louis Blues (NHL) Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) |
Website | www |
Franchise history | |
1998–present | Florida Everblades |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 4 (1999–00, 2008–09, 2017–18, 2020–21) |
Division titles | 8 (1999–00, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22) |
Conference titles | 7 (2003–04, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24) |
Kelly Cups | 4 (2011–12, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24) |
Current season |
The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area. They play in the ECHL and are affiliated with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League (AHL) starting in the 2024–25 ECHL season. Their home games are played at Hertz Arena.
The Everblades were founded in 1998. They play in the South Division of the Eastern Conference in the ECHL. They have failed to qualify for the playoffs just once in team history (2013–14) and have made seven appearances in the Kelly Cup finals, winning in 2012, 2022, 2023, and 2024;[1] the latter three appearances constituted the first three-peat in ECHL history.[2]