Florida Everblades

ECHL Game Recap: Florida Everblades vs. Orlando Solar Bears | 02/14/2024

ESTERO, Fla.- Valentine’s Day wasn’t so sweet for the Florida Everblades as they hosted the intrastate Orlando Solar Bears. The Everblades and Hertz Arena hosted Margaritaville Night, and the team wore specialty Hawaiian-themed jerseys. 5,087 joined in singing Jimmy Buffest songs throughout the night, but the theme night, Valentine’s romance, and the energy the team had […]

ECHL Weekly Recap: Florida Everblades | 02/05-11/2024

The Florida Everblades went from famine to feast last week. They entered last week on a five-game losing streak, dropping games against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, Jacksonville Icemen, and Savannah Ghost Pirates. Their opponent the previous week was the North-division leading Adirondack Thunder, who entered game one Wednesday night on a 17-game point streak. The Everblades […]

Joe Pendenza: That Love of the Game and Baking

33-year-old Joe Pendenza credits his family, especially his uncle Vin, for his inspiration to play hockey. That inspiration led to his success on the ice for over 17 seasons, including nine as a professional. Born in Wilmington, Mass., on Thanksgiving Day in 1990, Joe grew up watching his uncle play in high school. Later, when […]

ECHL: An Interview with Florida Everblades Assistant Captain Bobo Carpenter

The Carpenter household lives and breathes hockey as Bobby Carpenter, who was a third overall pick by the Washington Capitals in the 1981 Draft, was the first American Born player to score 50 goals, as he did so in during the 1984-85 season where he’d put up 53 goals and 42 assists for 95 points […]

ECHL: An Interview With Florida Everblades Two-Time Kelly Cup Championship Coach Brad Ralph

The Florida Everblades have won back-to-back Kelly Cup Championships in 2022 and 2023, and in the ECHL, players come and go, but one thing that has stayed constant with the Everblades and that is Head Coach Brad Ralph, who spent seven years in the ECHL as a player putting up 96 goals and 127 assists […]

PHOTOS: Adirondack Thunder vs. Florida Everblades – 02/10/2024

ESTERO, Fla. – The Florida Everblades completed the sweep of the Adirondack Thunder Saturday night at Hertz Arena in front of a sellout crowd of 7,648 fans. The Florida Everblades rebranded themselves as the Skunk Apes for Saturday’s game; the rebranding is done once each season and is a fan favorite. As with every game this […]

ECHL Fan Focus: From Australia with Love

When you think of sports in Australia, you think of Australian Rules Football, soccer, cricket, and rugby. Ice hockey wouldn’t even come up on the top 10 list of sports played down under. According to statista.com, there were 4,716 registered ice hockey players in Australia in 2019. In contrast, according to statista.com, there were 561,700 […]

ECHL Game Recap: Adirondack Thunder Vs. Florida Everblades| 02/10/2024

ESTERO, FL- The Adirondack Thunder and Florida Everblades finished off their three-game on Saturday in what would be the closest game between the two teams throughout the three-game series. For the second time in three games, it would be the Thunder who would get on the board first at the 1:27 mark of the period […]

PHOTOS: Adirondack Thunder vs. Florida Everblades – 02/09/2024

ESTERO, Fla. – The Florida Everblades hosted the Adirondack Thunder for game two of their series Friday night at Hertz Arena. The near-sell-out crowd of 7,010 barely made it to their seats before Everblades defenseman Zach Uens scored his first goal 15 seconds into the first period. Thunder goalie Tyler Brennan took a brutal hit a […]

ECHL Game Recap: Adirondack Thunder Vs. Florida Everblades| 02/09/2024

ESTERO, FL- The Adirondack Thunder and Florida Everblades faced off on Saturday Night for their fifth of six meetings on the season, and just like on Wednesday Night, the scoring got started early as Zach Uens picked up his first goal of the season, just 15 seconds after the opening faceoff. For the Everblades, it […]