Carolina Otters

The Carolina Otters are a professional ice hockey team based in. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the East Division. They are one of two NHL teams in the Carolina sports market, the other being the Carolina Hurricanes, who compete in the Central Division.

The team was founded in 1974 in as the original incarnation of the Sarasota Elephants. The Elephants moved to in 1977 and became the Phoenix Sun Devils. In 1985, they relocated to and gained their current name as the second incarnation of the Carolina Otters, playing at the  for their first 12 years in. Before the 1998–99 NHL season began, the Carolina Otters moved to the Palace at Myrtle Beach (then the Citgo Center) outside Myrtle Beach.