Lightning Fever Strikes Tampa Bay

*lightning watch partyBy Gary Nager

Unlike most people I know here in the Tampa Bay area, I’ve been an ice hockey fan for almost 50 years. The first hockey playoff game I ever went to was the deciding Game 3 between the New York Islanders and New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in 1975, which was the first playoff series the Islanders ever won before they won four Stanley Cups in a row in the 1980s.Continue reading

Zimmerman Unveils Ice Hockey Plans For Wesley Chapel

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Seven Oaks resident Gordie Zimmerman (left) unveiled his plans for Wesley Chapel’s first ice hockey facility that will feature four ice pads and space for other sports within the building during a press conference on May 29.

By Matt Wiley

It seems that Wesley Chapel is going to be pretty cool in the coming years, as two ice hockey rinks now are in the works for our area, although one of the two is significantly closer to becoming a reality.Continue reading

Wesley Chapel Could Get ‘Cooler’ With Largest Hockey Facility In Florida

If all goes according to plan, the conceptual building pictured above will house the state’s largest ice hockey facility, off S.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel.
If all goes according to plan, the conceptual building pictured above will house the state’s largest ice hockey facility, off S.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel.

By Matt Wiley

Gordie Zimmerman sees a cold, icy future ahead for Wesley Chapel. That is, if his company’s plan to build the largest ice hockey facility in the Tampa Bay area comes to fruition.Continue reading