BLUELANDbeliever Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The city of Orlando once was home to the Orlando Solar Bears of the IHL. When the league folded, the Solar Bears were NOT one of the teams dissolved into the American Hockey League, leaving the residents without a team of any kind. That has now changed. Today the league and mayor announced that Orlando has been granted an expansion franchise that will begin play in 2012-2013 (along with the San Francisco Bulls). Read the full story here: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/101711-minor-league-hockey-coming-to-orlando#ixzz1b54TBuud BigMac's posts make me want to punch babies.Hockey is weird and I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaTac Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The city of Orlando once was home to the Orlando Solar Bears of the IHL. When the league folded, the Solar Bears were NOT one of the teams dissolved into the American Hockey League, leaving the residents without a team of any kind. That has now changed. Today the league and mayor announced that Orlando has been granted an expansion franchise that will begin play in 2012-2013 (along with the San Francisco Bulls). Read the full story here: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/101711-minor-league-hockey-coming-to-orlando#ixzz1b54TBuudHopefully the Bulls are successful. Does the San Francisco Spiders ring a bell? A Stockton Thunder-Bulls rivalry could be in the offering. Does anyone really want to go to the Cow Palace a night in that part of Daly City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUELANDbeliever Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 LMAO! I dont think so. I hear its pretty bad spot of town BigMac's posts make me want to punch babies.Hockey is weird and I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaTac Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 They also have 49ers gold & Giants orange as their colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFloridianLogoMan Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The Solar Bears were the first hockey team I ever started following......when they folded in 2000, I loved hockey to the point that I started cheering for what was then a very horrid team in the Tampa Bay Lightning (whom I've cheered for ever since). I'm excited to see that big-time minor league hockey will be returning to O-town.....I''ll support them, along with the Bolts, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrdgsfn Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The city of Orlando once was home to the Orlando Solar Bears of the IHL. When the league folded, the Solar Bears were NOT one of the teams dissolved into the American Hockey League, leaving the residents without a team of any kind. That has now changed. Today the league and mayor announced that Orlando has been granted an expansion franchise that will begin play in 2012-2013 (along with the San Francisco Bulls). Read the full story here: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/101711-minor-league-hockey-coming-to-orlando#ixzz1b54TBuudThe owners of the Orlando franchise should go with the Solar Bears name. It's a great logo, has history & would possibly bring people back in if marketed right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The city of Orlando once was home to the Orlando Solar Bears of the IHL. When the league folded, the Solar Bears were NOT one of the teams dissolved into the American Hockey League, leaving the residents without a team of any kind. That has now changed. Today the league and mayor announced that Orlando has been granted an expansion franchise that will begin play in 2012-2013 (along with the San Francisco Bulls). Read the full story here: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/101711-minor-league-hockey-coming-to-orlando#ixzz1b54TBuudThe owners of the Orlando franchise should go with the Solar Bears name. It's a great logo, has history & would possibly bring people back in if marketed right.Assuming its available, anyway. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUELANDbeliever Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 The city of Orlando once was home to the Orlando Solar Bears of the IHL. When the league folded, the Solar Bears were NOT one of the teams dissolved into the American Hockey League, leaving the residents without a team of any kind. That has now changed. Today the league and mayor announced that Orlando has been granted an expansion franchise that will begin play in 2012-2013 (along with the San Francisco Bulls). Read the full story here: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/101711-minor-league-hockey-coming-to-orlando#ixzz1b54TBuudThe owners of the Orlando franchise should go with the Solar Bears name. It's a great logo, has history & would possibly bring people back in if marketed right.Assuming its available, anyway.According to a few solar bears folks i know, and wikipedia, a man named Rich Devos still claims copyright: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_DeVos#Sports_ownership]/url] BigMac's posts make me want to punch babies.Hockey is weird and I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 That man is the guy who owns the Orlando Magic, so if he's buying the ECHL team to flesh out dates at his building, they could well be the Solar Bears. I'd be in favor of that. It's a good cute minor-league hockey name. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The ECHL has the active marks. The RVD Sports trademarks are now dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 The ECHL BoG made it official today. And the website OrlandoProHockeyisBack.com is in Solar Bears colors Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrdgsfn Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 The ECHL BoG made it official today. And the website OrlandoProHockeyisBack.com is in Solar Bears colorsThis is a smart move to do that, use the past to connect to the present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The ECHL BoG made it official today. And the website OrlandoProHockeyisBack.com is in Solar Bears colorsI saw that, and it made my afternoon. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I know they better do one thing: they MUST bring back the capitalized Nameonbacks. They MUST bring that back.(That and the numbers better be italicized, too.) *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Ugh... I sure hope not. I think that's the one thing they did wrong. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twi Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The ECHL has the active marks. The RVD Sports trademarks are now dead.Even better, the ECHL registered them 9/13/11. It's looking like Solar Bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I know they better do one thing: they MUST bring back the capitalized Nameonbacks. They MUST bring that back.(That and the numbers better be italicized, too.)Truth.Check out the black alternate, where the names are triple-layer, vertically-arched lowercase, and the top layer is glacier twill. Talk about labor-intensive. Also note that they de-italicized the numerals so they'd match the names. Like the design or not, that shows thought and attention to detail.EDIT: Does anyone happen to know if this is the numeral font used by the XFL's Chicago Enforcers? They look awfully similar. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 any chance we see the return of Alan Bester? Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaklandhusker Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Those old Solar Bear jerseys posted ^up there are beautiful. Me like. Me really like. Me want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Love the color scheme, love the font, love the Nameonbacks, hate the logo... mainly because it reminds me of Trollface. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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