2006–07 SPHL season
| 2006–07 SPHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Columbus Cottonmouths |
| Season MVP | Rob Sich (Fayetteville)[1] |
| Top scorer | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Fayetteville FireAntz |
| Finals runners-up | Jacksonville Barracudas |
| Playoffs MVP | Chad Collins (Fayetteville)[2] |
The 2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 27, 2006, and ended April 18, 2007, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz won their first SPHL championship.
Preseason
The Richmond Renegades joined the league as an expansion franchise, succeeding the United Hockey League's Richmond RiverDogs.[3]
Regular season
Final standings
| Team[4] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Cottonmouths‡ | 56 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 217 | 181 | 74 |
| Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 219 | 185 | 70 |
| Fayetteville FireAntz | 56 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 246 | 205 | 70 |
| Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 221 | 210 | 62 |
| Richmond Renegades | 56 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 187 | 219 | 58 |
| Jacksonville Barracudas | 56 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 198 | 238 | 57 |
| Pee Dee Cyclones | 56 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 225 | 280 | 40 |
| Florida Seals* | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 110 | 105 | 23 |
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
The Florida Seals folded mid-season after not meeting contractual obligations to their arena. A one-round dispersal draft was held January 5, with each team choosing one team from the Seals' roster. The picks were as follows: Pee Dee - Justin Keller, Jacksonville - Lawne Snyder, Fayetteville - Rob Sich, Richmond - Matt Balser, Columbus - Chad Haacke, Knoxville - Craig Geerlinks, Huntsville - Craig Miller.[5]
Attendance
| Team | Total | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 109,615 | 28 | 3,914 |
| Richmond | 95,756 | 28 | 3,419 |
| Fayetteville | 93,301 | 28 | 3,332 |
| Columbus | 92,534 | 28 | 3,304 |
| Knoxville | 90,640 | 28 | 3,237 |
| Jacksonville | 70,773 | 26 | 2,722 |
| Florida | 34,470 | 17 | 2,027 |
| Pee Dee | 36,928 | 26 | 1,420 |
President's Cup playoffs
| 1st Round | 2nd Round | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Jacksonville Barracudas | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Jacksonville Barracudas | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 3 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Huntsville Havoc | 2 | 4 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 4 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 1 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Richmond Renegades | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 3 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1) Columbus Cottonmouths vs. (6) Jacksonville Barracudas
The Columbus Cottonmouths and the Jacksonville Barracudas play at best of 5 round that will take the place of the first two playoff rounds. The other four teams will play a best of 3 game Quarter Final and Simi Final round.
| Game-by-Game | Score | Columbus goals | Jacksonville goals | Winning goalie | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 29 | at Columbus 1, Jacksonville 2 | 2OT 5:06 | Mark Prentice | Steve Zoryk, Greg LeColst | Ryan Person |
| 2 | March 30 | at Columbus 3, Jacksonville 4 | OT 1:15 | Ryan Haggarty, Mark Prentice, Daryl Moor | Steve Zoryk 2, Tyrone Garner 2 | Ryan Person |
| 3 | April 1 | at Jacksonville 2, Columbus 4 | Galloway Carroll 3, Ryan Rutz | Tyrone Garner, Jim Murphy | Chad Rycroft | |
| 4 | April 3 | at Jacksonville 4, Columbus 3 | Craig Stahl 2, Jason Price | Steve Zoryk, Jim Murphy, Tyrone Garner 2 | Ryan Person | |
| Jacksonville win series 3-1 | Prentice 2 | Zoryk 4, Garner 4, Murphy 2 | ||||
Quarter Finals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (5) Richmond Renegades
| Game-by-Game | Score | Knoxville goals | Richmond goals | Winning goalie | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 30 | at Knoxville 3, Richmond 4 | 2OT 4:17 | Rob Flynn, Tim Vitek, Matt Kohansky | Dean Jackson, Tyler Schremp, Danny White, Donald Melnyk | Doug Groenestege |
| 2 | March 31 | at Richmond 2, Knoxville 8 | Mike Tuomi 3, Matt Kohansky, Robbie Rangus, Curtis Menzul, Nick Fouts, Mike Craigen | JJ Wrobel, Joe Pace | Terry Dunbar | |
| 3 | April 3 | at Knoxville 6, Richmond 2 | Curtis Menzul, Robbie Rangus 2, David Segal, Doug Searle, Mike Tuomi | Tyler Schremp, Brian Goudie | Terry Dunbar | |
| Knoxville win series 2-1 | Tuomi 4, Rangus 3,Kohansky 2 | Schremp 2 | ||||
(3) Fayetteville FireAntz vs. (4) Huntsville Havoc
| Game-by-Game | Score | Fayetteville goals | Huntsville goals | Winning goalie | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 30 | at Fayetteville 3, Huntsville 2 | Jarrett Robertson, Robert Sich 2 | Bill Monkman, Tristan Senior | Chad Collins | |
| 2 | March 31 | at Huntsville 4, Fayetteville 5 | OT 5:41 | Tim Velemirovich 2, Mike Clarke 2, Jarrett Robertson | Bill Monkman, Dan Buccella 2, Craig Bushey | Chad Collins |
| Fayetteville win series 2-0 | Robertson 2, Sich 2, Velemirovich 2, Clarke 2 | Monkman 2, Buccella 2 | ||||
Semi Finals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (3) Fayetteville FireAntz
| Game-by-Game | Score | Knoxville goals | Fayetteville goals | Winning goalie | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 6 | at Knoxville 1, Fayetteville 4 | Mike Tuomi | Tim Velemirovich, Josh Welter, BJ Stephens, Jarrett Robertson | Chad Collins | |
| 2 | April 7 | at Fayetteville 5, Knoxville 2 | Kevin Swider, Matt Kohansky | Tim Velemirovich, Marc Norrington, Josh Tataryn, Robert Sich, Bryan Dobek | Chad Collins | |
| Fayetteville win series 2-0 | Velemirovich 2 | |||||
Finals
| April 13, 2007 7:35 pm |
Jacksonville | 1 – 3 |
Fayetteville | Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC Attendance: 3,209 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Person | Goalies | Chad Collins | Referee: Zac Wiebe | |
Zoryk (Thomas, LeColst) (PP) - 51:07 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 |
12:47 - Stephens (Tataryn, Saittakari) 34:12 - Stephens (Dobek, Tataryn) (PP) 43:36 - Welter (Velemirovich, Sich) | ||
| 22 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 27 | Shots | 36 | ||
| April 15, 2007 4:00 pm |
Jacksonville | 5 – 6 |
Fayetteville | Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC Attendance: 3,209 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Person | Goalies | Chad Collins | Referee: Adam Fish | |
Hickman (Doherty, Zoryk) - 24:33 Zoryk (Rochefort, Thomas) - 38:38 Webb (Doherty, Zoryk) - 41:40 Garner (Thomas, Murphy) - 42:12 Thomas (LeColst, Zoryk) - 48:05 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 3 – 4 3 – 5 4 – 5 5 – 5 5 – 6 |
00:40 - Dobek (Welter, Sich) 02:33 - Clarke (Sich, Welter) (PP) 04:06 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich) (PP) 41:13 - Stephens (Clarke, Row) (PP) 41:52 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich) 53:44 - Row (Welter, Sich) | ||
| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 31 | Shots | 38 | ||
| April 16, 2007 7:35 pm |
Fayetteville | 2 – 3 |
Jacksonville | Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 712 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Collins | Goalies | Ryan Person | Referee: Zac Wiebe | |
Sich (Clarke, Welter) (PP) - 30:36 Velemirovich (Welter, Clarke) (PP) - 50:49 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 |
01:51 - Doherty (Webb, Hickman) 09:14 - LeColst (Zoryk, Thomas) 37:06 - LeColst (Webb, Wagner) (PP) | ||
| 12 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 40 | Shots | 30 | ||
| April 18, 2007 8:00 pm |
Fayetteville | 5 – 3 |
Jacksonville | Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 806 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Collins | Goalies | Ryan Person | Referee: Scott Bokal | |
| Stephens (Dobek, Clarke) (PP) - 01:42 Sich (Welter, Velemirovich) (PP) - 06:18 Norrington (Welter) - 27:01 Sich (Row) (PP) - 37:07 Tataryn (Stephens) (EN) - 59:11 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2 4 – 3 5 – 3 |
34:13 - Webb (Hickman) 46:30 - Garner (Cassells, Murphy) (PP) 54:10 - Webb (Doherty, Garner) | ||
| 20 min | Penalties | 32 min | ||
| 37 | Shots | 38 | ||
Awards
SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007.[1]
| President's Cup: | Fayetteville FireAntz |
| Commissioner's Cup: | Columbus Cottonmouths |
| League MVP: | Rob Sich (Fayetteville) |
| Rookie of the Year: | Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) |
| Defenseman of the Year: | Brian Goudie (Richmond) |
| Goalie of the Year: | Chad Rycroft (Columbus) |
| Coach of the Year: | John Marks (Fayetteville) |
| Franchise of the Year: | Huntsville Havoc |
| Playoff MVP: | Chad Collins (Fayetteville)[2] |
All-Star selections
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SPHL's Third Regular Season Ends". Press release. March 28, 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "FireAntz Win SPHL President's Cup". Press release. April 19, 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ↑ "Renegades return to Richmond in SPHL". Press release. April 25, 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ↑ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ "Florida Seals cease operations". Press release. January 5, 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
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