Naples , Florida offers a wide variety of recreational and entertainment opportunities . The city ’ s location along the Gulf of Mexico , and the nearness of the Florida Everglades , provide the area with two vast water playlands , with enough restaurants and retail stores in the city to satisfy anyone ’ s taste .
A highlight for hockey fans in 2022 was the Florida Everblades capturing
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their second championship ECHL title , the Kelly Cup , having previously won in 2012 . In game six , Naples native Zach Solow scored two of the Florida Everblades ’ four first-period goals and the team that Solow cheered on to their first Kelly Cup in 2012 as a youngster never looked back , securing the organization ’ s second ECHL championship with a 4-2 victory over the Toledo Walleye in Game Five of the Kelly Cup Finals in front of 7,674 fans , the largest crowd to attend a game at Hertz Arena this season .
With a four-games-to-one series victory in the 2022 Finals , the Everblades matched the same 4-1 result that secured the organization ’ s first Kelly Cup Championship in the 2012 Finals over the Las Vegas Wranglers . Everblades ’
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