Florida Everblades

Florida Everblades
CityEstero, Florida
LeagueECHL
ConferenceEastern
DivisionSouth
Founded1998
Home arenaHertz Arena
ColorsGreen, white, navy blue
     
Owner(s)David Hoffmann
General managerBrad Ralph
Head coachBrad Ralph
MediaWBCN
AffiliatesSt. Louis Blues (NHL)
Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
Websitewww.floridaeverblades.com
Franchise history
1998–presentFlorida Everblades
Championships
Regular season titles4 (1999–00, 2008–09, 2017–18, 2020–21)
Division titles8 (1999–00, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22)
Conference titles7 (2003–04, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24)
Kelly Cups4 (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]

  1. ^ "ECHL stats archive". Archived from the original on January 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "Everblades make ECHL history with third straight Kelly Cup title". ECHL. Retrieved June 9, 2024.