The Lakeland Prowlers were a low-level minor league professional hockey team that competed for one season in the Southern Hockey League during the winter of 1995-96. The team had an excellent debut season on the ice, finishing with the best regular season record in the SHL before suffering an upset loss in the first round of the playoffs. But the Prowlers would go out of business along with the SHL itself during the summer of 1996.
The Lakeland Magic were the NBA G-League minor league affiliate of the Orlando Magic for six seasons between 2017-2023. The team played at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, an hour south of Orlando on I-4. The Magic won the G-League championship during the abbreviated 2020-21 season that was severely disrupted by COVID-19, but made no appearances in Lakeland that year, as all games were played in pandemic isolation in Bay Lake, Florida. The Orlando Magic moved their G-League operation out of Lakeland to Kissimmee, Florida in 2023.
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