 The city has had an intermittent history of minor league hockey since the 1960s.The city's first hockey team were the Jacksonville Rockets, who played in the Eastern Hockey League from 1964–1972.The city's other teams were the Jacksonville Barons (American Hockey League, 1973–1974), the Jacksonville Bullets (Sunshine Hockey League, 1992–1996), the Jacksonville Lizard Kings (East Coast Hockey League, 1995–2000), and the Jacksonville Barracudas (2002–2008).