The Florida Eels and the Tampa Black Bears will joining forces in the 09/10 youth ice hockey season here is Florida.  The two teams will be coming together to form a Bantam A team.  This joint venture came to be this past Saturday night as the Bantam age players for the eels were holding a skills clinic.  Coach Frank Scarpaci and Coach Chris Frontiero of the Black Bears put there heads together while at the Fort Myers Skatium to bring the teams together.  In the upcoming season the Bantam A team will be wearing both the Florida Eels jerseys and the Tampa Black Bear jerseys throughout.

“With this agreement comes the ability to expose youth hockey players, in the Tampa Bay area, to what I believe is the finest hockey program in the southeast” said Coach Frontiero.  “We are very happy to have the Florida Eels as our sister affiliate.”

Coach Scarpaci said,”The black bears are well run and this is an opportunity to open some doors for the and for us.  Having the bears as our sister affiliate just makes our program here that much more accessible.  Our goals are the same, to get as many of these kids to college as we can.  And perhaps even some day see the first Florida born player in the NHL.”

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