a total class act...

the ECHL(once known as the East Coast Hockey League)has an expansion franchise in Orlando,Florida... it should be small news in the hockey world,but folks,it is not small news,after all... the team will be known as the Solar Bears,and will an affiliate of the Minnesota Wild... why,oh why,is it not a blurb on a sports page,and only a blurb... well,the Solar Bears actually won a championship,in the International Hockey League,in 2001,then the league disbanded,winning the final Turner Cup,in the progress... when the ECHL expanded,they came to Orlando,and named the team the Solar Bears,so they got ahold of the Hockey Hall of Fame,and got their permission to use the Turner Cup,when they raise the Solar Bears' 2001 IHL Championship banner,in Orlando... most of the team will be in Orlando(RIP Dan Snyder) for the banner raising ceremony,and the expansion Solar Bears will wear throwback sweaters(jerseys),in honor of the 2001 IHL Champions,that night... so the Solar Bears will actually celebrate a championship,twelve years late...