On paper, it looked like a normal two game weekend set between the Orlando Solar Bears and their South Division rival, the Norfolk Admirals. But one could say it was the past meeting the present, as the new Lightning affiliate faced off against an old one (albeit from a different league).
For five years, Tampa Bay’s AHL prospects called Norfolk home, a time period that culminated in a record-breaking 28 game winning streak and a Calder Cup championship in 2012. The Lightning’s AHL affiliate than switched to Syracuse.
That’s the past, though. Present time is where Orlando and ECHL Norfolk split an offensively-driven weekend.