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Orlando Solar Bears (IHL)

Year of foundation: 1994
Colours: Solar purple, seafoam green, sunset orange, white
Club status: ceased (Ceased in 2001)

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All time leagues: IHL

Season 2000-2001

This club in 2000-2001: IHL

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Scott Fankhouser	01.07.1975	185 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Scott Langkow	21.04.1975	180 cm	85 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Norm Maracle	02.10.1974	175 cm	103 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Brett Clark	23.12.1976	183 cm	84 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Jonathan Coleman	09.03.1975	185 cm	95 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Curtis Murphy	03.12.1975	172 cm	87 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Rumun Ndur	07.07.1975	188 cm	112 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Brian Pothier	15.04.1977	186 cm	90 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Scott Ricci	03.04.1974	187 cm	96 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Todd Richards	20.10.1966	180 cm	87 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Vladimír Sičák	01.12.1980	179 cm	89 kg	left	Show profile»
LD	Andrei Skopintsev	28.09.1971	182 cm	91 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Briane Thompson	17.04.1974	193 cm	100 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Sergei Vyshedkevich	03.01.1975	183 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Mike Weaver	02.05.1978	175 cm	83 kg	right	Show profile»
D/F	Herberts Vasiljevs	23.05.1976	181 cm	80 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Bryan Adams	20.03.1977	188 cm	86 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Mark Beaufait	13.05.1970	175 cm	77 kg	right	Show profile»
C	Hugo Boisvert	11.02.1976	182 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Wade Brookbank	29.09.1977	192 cm	103 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Darcy Hordichuk	10.08.1980	185 cm	97 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Wes Mason	12.12.1977	188 cm	89 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Jason Norrie	08.10.1977	188 cm	92 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Yves Sarault	23.12.1972	183 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Ben Simon	14.06.1978	180 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Jarrod Skalde	26.02.1971	180 cm	81 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Brad Tapper	28.04.1978	179 cm	83 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Jean-Pierre Vigier	11.09.1976	182 cm	86 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Dmitry Vlasenkov	01.01.1978	184 cm	96 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Brian Wesenberg	09.05.1977	191 cm	85 kg	right	Show profile»

Coach name	Born	Coach position
Jim Hughes	26.10.1966	Assistant Coach	Show profile»
Peter Horachek	26.01.1960	Head Coach	Show profile»
Chuck Weber	18.03.1973	Assistant Coach	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

History
Achievements

The Solar Bears started in 1995 and played in the International Hockey League (IHL) until the league folded in 2001. They were owned by the DeVos family, who also owned the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Kansas City Blades of the IHL and the Orlando Magic of the NBA. During their time in the IHL, the team made it to three Turner Cup finals, being swept by the Utah Grizzlies in 1996, losing in game seven to the Houston Aeros in 1999 and defeating the Chicago Wolves in five games in 2001.

Several IHL teams were taken into the American Hockey League, but the Solar Bears were not among them. The DeVos family could only bring one team into the AHL, and chose the Griffins because the Solar Bears had never drawn well despite their on-ice succe

League winners:

2000-2001: IHL

Team statistics

Historic rosters:

Historic statistics:

Past results:

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Fast factsseason 2000-2001

Youngest player: Vladimír Sičák (21 years)
Oldest player: Todd Richards (35 years)
Shortest player: Curtis Murphy (172 cm)
Tallest player: Briane Thompson (193 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (19), Czechia (1), Latvia (1), Russia (3), USA (6)

Leagues

Orlando Solar Bears (IHL) participates in season 2000-2001: IHL

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