Solar Bears Roll Back the Clock
Monday · Feb 11 · 2013 | 1:06 PM PST
Photos provided by Orlando Solar Bears
Twelve years is a long time to wait for something. Orlando hockey fans had to wait that long to watch their championship banner be raised to the rafters. Last Saturday, Feb. 2, the ECHL's Orlando Solar Bears paid tribute to their IHL predecessors by celebrating their 2001 Turner Cup championship.
But the interesting thing to us jersey geeks is what the Solar Bears wore while doing it. The team broke out the old Solar Bears jerseys for the special night — complete with the upper/lowercase surnames and everything! Those uniforms looked great from 1996 to 2001 and they look great now.
Photos: ©2013 Gary Bassing/OSB via Solar Bears official Facebook page
Great to see the new Solar Bears honoring the old Solar Bears. You can find a lot more pictures on the team's official Facebook page.
Reader Comments (5)
Upper-Lower type for player names is interesting.
Neat looking shirts though. They have a very "early Mighty Ducks days" feel to them.
Their new logo on that jersey would be sweet.
I love it cause it's an example of teal & purple done right. That 90's V neck and striping pattern jersey style is 1 of my all time favs!
What they should be wearing but the shoulder paws are facing the wrong way and are the wrong size. the Purple is to dark as well.
Mike, the paw prints are not the wrong way, or the wrong size, they wouldn't get that kind of detail wrong, and if there's a difference in the purple it's only slight.