West Palm Beach Barracudas

Professional minor league ice hockey

West Palm Beach Barracudas

City| West Palm Beach, Florida
League| SHL
Operated| 1992–1996
Home arena| West Palm Beach Auditorium
Colors| Black, Teal, Red
Media| Palm Beach Post
Franchise history
1992–95| West Palm Beach Blaze (SuHL)
1995–96| West Palm Beach Barracudas (SHL)
Championships
Regular season titles| 1993, 1994, 1995
Playoff championships| 1993, 1994, 1995

The West Palm Beach Barracudas were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in West Palm Beach, Florida. They played in the Sunshine Hockey League, later renamed the Southern Hockey League, from 1992 to 1996. They played their games at the West Palm Beach Auditorium.

## History

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The team's logo when known as the Blaze

The team was founded, by two Montana ranchers, Jim King and Bill Nyrop, formerly of the NHL Montreal Canadiens, as the Blaze in 1992. One of the inaugural franchises of the Sunshine Hockey League, a league with six teams mostly based in Florida. They dominated the Sunshine Hockey League, finishing with the best record and winning the championship in each year of the league's existence, defeating the Jacksonville Bullets each time in the finals.

After the Sunshine Hockey League transformed into the Southern Hockey League, they were reformed as the West Palm Beach Barracudas but were unable to duplicate their success, finishing with a losing record. They folded along with the league after one season, when their home venue, the Coliseum was closed to the public and sold.

### Season-by-season record

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Season | League | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Coach | Finish | Playoffs

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1992–93 | SuHL | 45 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 77 | 275 | 166 | 1272 | Bill Nyrop | 1st | Won championship, 3–0 (Jacksonville)
1993–94 | SuHL | 54 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 77 | 282 | 205 | 1433 | Bill Nyrop | 1st | Won championship, 3–0 (Jacksonville)
1994–95 | SuHL | 57 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 80 | 322 | 244 | 1852 | Bill Nyrop | 1st | Won championship, 3–0 (Jacksonville)
1995–96 | SHL | 60 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 54 | 251 | 319 | 2084 | Phil Berger | 4th | out of playoffs

## External links

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* Team profile at HockeyDB.com

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