2012–13 SPHL season

2012–13 SPHL season
LeagueSouthern Professional Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOctober 26, 2012–April 14, 2013
Regular season
Season championsFayetteville FireAntz
Season MVPCanada Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)
Top scorerCanada Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)
Playoffs
Finals championsPensacola Ice Flyers
  Finals runners-upHuntsville Havoc
SPHL seasons

The 2012–13 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the ninth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The regular season began October 26, 2012 and ended April 14, 2013, after a 56-game regular season and an 8-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz captured their first SPHL regular season title.[1] The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Huntsville Havoc in the President's Cup final 2 games to 1 to win the team's first President's Cup.[2]

Teams

2012-13 Southern Professional Hockey League
Team City Arena
Augusta RiverHawks Augusta, Georgia James Brown Arena
Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center
Fayetteville FireAntz Fayetteville, North Carolina Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
Huntsville Havoc Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center
Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Louisiana IceGators Lafayette, Louisiana Cajundome
Mississippi RiverKings Southaven, Mississippi Landers Center
Mississippi Surge Biloxi, Mississippi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Bay Center

Map of teams

SPHL teams

Regular season

Final standings

Team[3] GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
Fayetteville FireAntz‡ 56 35 18 3 195 154 73
Louisiana IceGators 56 34 17 5 172 167 73
Pensacola Ice Flyers 56 33 18 5 171 149 71
Knoxville Ice Bears 56 33 19 4 180 157 70
Columbus Cottonmouths 56 28 24 4 149 138 60
Mississippi Surge 56 25 23 8 152 156 58
Mississippi RiverKings 56 24 24 8 165 183 56
Huntsville Havoc 56 21 29 6 135 179 48
Augusta RiverHawks 56 19 31 6 150 186 44
‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
  Advanced to playoffs

Attendance

Team Total Games Average
Huntsville 98,393 28 3,514
Knoxville 96,570 28 3,448
Fayetteville 96,313 28 3,439
Pensacola 92,087 28 3,288
Columbus 79,260 28 2,830
Mississippi RiverKings 70,373 28 2,513
Louisiana 64,080 28 2,288
Mississippi Surge 58,496 28 2,089
Augusta 51,247 28 1,830
League 706,819 252 2,804

President's Cup playoffs

First Round Semifinals Final
               
1 Fayetteville FireAntz 2 4 X
8 Huntsville Havoc 3* 5* X
2 Louisiana IceGators 3 2*** 1
8 Huntsville Havoc 5 1 5
4 Knoxville Ice Bears 3 3 X
5 Columbus Cottonmouths 0 0 X
8 Huntsville Havoc 1 2 0
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Pensacola Ice Flyers 2* 1 2
6 Mississippi Surge 1 3 X
3 Pensacola Ice Flyers 4 5 X
3 Pensacola Ice Flyers 3 1
4 Knoxville Ice Bears 2 0
7 Mississippi RiverKings 5 5 4
2 Louisiana IceGators 7 2 5*

* indicates overtime period.

Finals

All times are local (EDT/CDT)

April 9, 2013
7:05pm		Huntsville1 – 2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		PensacolaPensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, Florida
Attendance: 3,632
Game reference
Jesse KallechyGoaliesRoss MacKinnonReferees:
Andrew Howard
Tyler Puddifant
Stuart Stefan (Fidler, Gurtler) - 17:081–0
1–119:10 - Mitchell Good (Soehner, Dupuis)
1–217:01 - Dan Buccella (Cooper, Knowlton)
2 minPenalties2 min
44Shots72
April 12, 2013
7:30pm		Pensacola1 – 2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)		HuntsvilleVon Braun Center
Huntsville, Alabama
Attendance: 4,856
Game reference
Ross MacKinnonGoaliesJesse KallechyReferees:
Peter MacDougall
Curtis Marouelli
Patrick Knowlton (Dunbar) - pp - 16:101–0
1–110:30 - Aaron McGill (Fidler, DeBruyn)
1–219:51 - Justin Fox (Stefan, McGill)
43 minPenalties39 min
37Shots25
April 14, 2013
6:05pm		Huntsville0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)		PensacolaPensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, Florida
Attendance: 4,693
Game reference
Jesse KallechyGoaliesRoss MacKinnonReferees:
Tyler Puddifant
Curtis Marouelli
0–12:07 - Patrick Knowlton (Dunbar, Vossberg)
0–212:32 - Brad Cooper (Dunbar, Chong)
2 minPenalties4 min
28Shots46

Awards

The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced on March 27, 2013, the All-SPHL teams on March 28, Defenseman of the Year on March 29, Rookie of the Year on April 1, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.[4]

2012–13 SPHL awards
Award Recipient(s) Finalists
President's Cup Pensacola Ice Flyers Huntsville Havoc
William B. Coffey Trophy
(Best regular-season record)		 Fayetteville FireAntz
Easton Defenseman of the Year Andrew Smale (Fayetteville) Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)
Easton Rookie of the Year Matt Gingera (Columbus) Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)
Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola)
Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year Riley Gill (Louisiana) Andrew Loewen (Columbus)
Easton Coach of the Year Mark DeSantis (Fayetteville) Kevin Kaminski (Louisiana)
Easton Most Valuable Player Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) Riley Gill (Louisiana)

All-SPHL selections

  Position   First Team[5] Second Team[6] All-Rookie[7]
G United States Riley Gill (Louisiana) Canada Andrew Loewen (Columbus) United States Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola)
D Canada Andrew Smale (Fayetteville) Canada Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Canada Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)
D Canada Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville) United States Bret Tyler (Columbus) United States Mike Kavanagh (Fayetteville)
F Canada Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) Canada Matt Gingera (Columbus) United States Derek Elliott (Fayetteville)
F Canada Matt Robertson (Louisiana) Canada Eric Satim (Knoxville) Canada Matt Gingera (Columbus)
F Canada Ryan Salvis (Pensacola) Canada Matt Whitehead (Mississippi RiverKings) Canada Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings))

References

  1. ^ "Fayetteville FireAntz clinch SPHL regular-season title". thesphl.com. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  2. ^ "Huntsville Havoc loses to Pensacola in SPHL championship game". al.com. April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  3. ^ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "SPHL Awards Schedule Announced". thesphl.com. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  5. ^ "Fayetteville, Louisiana Head All-SPHL First Team". thesphl.com. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  6. ^ "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". thesphl.com. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  7. ^ "SPHL Announces All-Rookie Team". thesphl.com. March 27, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.