On this week's episode of Bear Tracks, we talk with assistant coach Jared Staal about growing up in Thunder Bay, Ontario as a member of one hockey's most famous families, his journey through the minors to reaching the NHL, his young coaching career and the mission of the Staal Family Foundation.

This week on Bear Tracks, we're joined by former Solar Bears defenseman Mike Weaver. As an undrafted 5-foot-8 defenseman, Weaver joined the Atlanta Thrashers organization and was assigned to the Orlando Solar Bears in the fall of 2000, where he helped win the final Turner Cup in the history of the International Hockey League. After playing over 600 games in the NHL, Weaver has since moved into the tech/coaching sphere, creating CoachThem a web app whose clients range from the youth level all the way to the NHL.

Former IHL Solar Bears defenseman Barry Dreger joins us on this week's episode of Bear Tracks, and discusses his fiver years in the City Beautiful, helping introduce hockey to a new market in the mid-90s, the runs to the Turner Cup Final and the team bonding exercise in the 1999 Final against the Houston Aeros.

Solar Bears broadcaster Jesse Liebman is joined by the team's head equipment manager Adam Dexter, a veteran of over 1,000 games of professional hockey. The two discuss Dexter's career and the life of an equipment manager.

Tampa Bay Lightning assistant general manager Stacy Roest is our guest (10:12) on this week's episode of Bear Tracks, and he joins host Jesse Liebman to discuss the team's recent Stanley Cup win in the playoff bubble, recaps the 2020 NHL draft and explores the relationship between the Lightning, Syracuse Crunch and Solar Bears, along with his plans for his day with the most famous trophy in all of sports.

Former IHL Orlando Solar Bears star goaltender Allan Bester joins this week's episode of Bear Tracks and discusses what led him to join a newly-created expansion team in 1995, the team's remarkable success during his tenure, his experiences with various coaches in his playing career including John Brophy and Barry Melrose, his diagnosis with an anxiety disorder after his playing days and why he continues to make Central Florida his home to this day.

On this episode of Bear Tracks, we celebrate the Stanley Cup championship of the Tampa Bay Lightning, before diving into an interview with former IHL Solar Bears player and alternate captain Ben Hankinson, who now serves as a player agent at Octagon, one of the most established firms in the sport. Ben explains how he transitioned from playing to representing his former teammates, and how he helps groom the game's future superstars.

In this episode of Bear Tracks, Solar Bears play-by-play voice and host Jesse Liebman is joined by Bruce Bennett, the longtime director of photography, hockey imagery for Getty Images. The pair recount Bruce's week embedded with the Solar Bears in February of 2016, his current stay in the Edmonton playoff bubble and Bruce offers his advice to aspiring sports photographers.

When the IHL Orlando Solar Bears were established, Don Waddell was hired as the team's general manager and tasked with building an expansion team from scratch. He eventually became the GM of the club's future NHL affiliate, the Atlanta Thrashers, which supplied Orlando with several players for the 2001 Turner Cup championship. Now the president and general manager for the Carolina Hurricanes, Waddell joins the latest episode of Bear Tracks to discuss his career and fond memories of his time in Orlando.

In this episode of Bear Tracks broadcaster Jesse Liebman is joined by IHL Solar Bears legend Hubie McDonough. The pair discuss Hubie's arrival in Orlando in the 1995-96 season with some lofty comparisons, his time in the City Beautiful and his transition from player into a front office role.