The Jacksonville Bullets were one of four charter members, along with the West Palm Beach, Lakeland Ice Warriors and Daytona Beach Sun Devils, of the Sunshine Hockey League, a Class A level minor-league circuit that started up in the state of Florida in the fall of 1992, the same year the expansion Tampa Bay Lightning joined the NHL.
Jacksonville had previously hosted the Eastern Hockey League’s Jacksonville Rockets from 1964 to 1972 and the final days of the legendary Cleveland Barons of the AHL before it went under in 1974.
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Playing out of the Jacksonville Coliseum and another venue called Skate World, the first edition of the black, gold and white Bullets posted a 22-23-2 record under head coach Lou Franceschetti during the inaugural 1992-93 SuHL season.