The Osceola Magic will hold an open tryout for the Orlando Magic’s NBA G League team for the upcoming 2024-25 season on Sept. 7 and 14.
The tryouts will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Osceola Heritage Park Events Center.
Local player tryouts provide unsigned players the chance to showcase their skills in front of Osceola Magic coaches, staff and evaluators. Pre-registration for tryouts is suggested, as slots fill up, and is open now at osceolamagic.myshopify. com/collections/all.
All required registration and release forms, along with a $300 nonrefundable fee, payable via credit card or cashier’s check, must be completed to be considered. Local player tryout and authorization forms will be sent via DocuSign within 72 hours of purchase.
For additional questions regarding the tryout, contact the Osceola Magic at 407-447-2140 or emailing info@ osceolamagic. com.
Come see the champs! Osceola County hockey fans will not have to travel far to see two of the top teams in the National Hockey League when the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers meet the Tampa Bay Lightning in a Sept. 25 pre-season game at Orlando’s KIA Center. Game time is 7 p.m.
The game is being hosted by the Orlando Solar Bears, Tampa Bay’s ECHL affiliate. It will be the sixth time the Lightning has played an exhibition game in the KIA Center and their 10th overall appearance in Orlando. The same two teams met last year in Orlando, with Tampa recording a 2-0 win.
It will be a match-up of the two most dominating teams of the decade. The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2020 and 2021, before falling to Colorado in the 2022 finals. Florida lost in the Cup Finals in 2023, before winning the Atlantic Division this year with a 52-24-6 record, then raced by Tampa Bay (4 games to 1), Boston (4-2), and the New York Rangers (4-2) in the playoffs before meeting the Edmonton Oilers in the finals. Florida jumped out to a 3-0 series lead lead, only to lose three straight to set up a winner-take-all Game 7, won by the Panthers in thrilling fashion, 2-1.
Tampa Bay has made the post-season seven consecutive years and 16 times overall since joining the league in 1992. Florida, a 1993 NHL entry, has made the playoffs five straight years and won their first championship last year.
Excluding preseason, the teams have met 172 times The Panthers hold the all-time series edge (83 wins, 60 losses, 10 overtime wins, 19 ties. Florida won the regular season series last year 2-1 before dominating in the first round of the playoffs.
“We’re extremely excited to welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning back to the KIA Center for their preseason game with the Florida Panthers,” Solar Bears President Chris Heller said. We look forward to another fantastic experience of hosting an NHL game.”
Tickets for the Lightning’s preseason game will go on sale to the public at a date to be announced in the near future. Tampa Bay Lightning, Orlando Magic and Orlando Solar Bears season ticket holders will be contacted for exclusive pre-season sales.
