Anthony Bardaro Agrees to Terms with Orlando Solar Bears for 2025-26 Season
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Anthony Bardaro Agrees to Terms with Orlando Solar Bears for 2025-26 Season

July 25, 2025 - ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release


ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orlando Solar Bears, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning, announced today forward Anthony Bardaro has agreed to terms on an ECHL Standard Player Contract (SPC) for the 2025-26 season.

Bardaro, 32, returns to Orlando for his second season, following a 41-point campaign last year, finishing 16th in ECHL Rookie scoring and fourth on the Solar Bears roster. The Delta, BC native also tallied eight points in the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs, tying him with Tyler Bird for second most on the team.

The 5-foot-10, 181-pound forward began his professional career with a splash, recording 56 points during the 2017-18 season and broke out in the playoffs with 23 points in 14 games to earn Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors in the Alps Hockey League with Asiago (Italy). The next season, Bardaro would record a career-high 68 points (31g-37a) in 40 games and would be chosen to represent Italy at the IIHF World Championships in 2019.

Bardaro would then join top Italian Club, Bolzano of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL), for the 2019-20 season. After two seasons with Bolzano and two seasons with HC Pusteral (ICEHL), Bardaro elected to join Angers in France for the 2023-24 season. In total, the 32-year-old has played in 360 professional league games, scoring 321 points (140g-181a).

Prior to his professional career, Bardaro played four years at University of British Columbia (USports) leading the team in scoring in three consecutive seasons from 2014-2017. In total, Bardaro tallied 102 points (36g-66a) in 110 games over four college seasons. He earned USports West Second Team All-Star honors following the 2016-17 season.

Bardaro's junior hockey career spanned five seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 2008-2012, where he scored 190 points (90g-100a) in 266 regular season games with Spokane and Prince Albert.

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