2010–11 SPHL season

March 2012 2010–11 SPHL season Southern Professional Hockey League Ice hockey October 21, 2010–April 15, 2011 Regular season Mississippi Surge Matt Auffrey (Augusta)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4175610 Augusta's Matt Auffrey Voted SBK Most Valuable Player April 1, 2011 Press release April 3, 2011 Chris Leveille (Fayetteville) Playoffs Finals President's Cup (SPHL) Mississippi Surge Augusta Riverhawks SPHL 2009–10 Southern Professional Hockey League season 2009–10 2011–12 Southern Professional Hockey League season 2011–12 The 2010–11 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the seventh season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The season began October 21, 2010, and ended April 15, 2011, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Mississippi Surge captured their first SPHL championship. Preseason The Augusta Riverhawks joined the SPHL, after the departure of the city's ECHL franchise two years prior. Hockey Returning To Augusta, GA In 2010 TheSPHL.com February 3, 2010 http://thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_10131 February 3, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100206205445/http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_10131 February 6, 2010 liveByler Billy Fans pick River Hawks as hockey team's nickname Augusta Chronicle March 13, 2010 http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/2010-03-13/fans-pick-river-hawks-hockey-teams-nickname October 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110424062304/http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/2010-03-13/fans-pick-river-hawks-hockey-teams-nickname April 24, 2011 live mdy Teams 2010-11 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 Surge Biloxi, Mississippi Mississippi Coast Coliseum Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Civic Center Map of teams left 10px SPHL teams 950 450 310 250 450 USA 1500 USA 33.47 -81.97 Black pog.svg 80 top Augusta #ffe USA 32.45 -84.99 Black pog.svg 80 top Columbus #ffe USA 35.02 -78.90 Black pog.svg 80 top Fayetteville #ffe USA 34.73 -86.59 Black pog.svg 80 top Huntsville #ffe USA 35.97 -83.91 Black pog.svg 80 top Knoxville #ffe USA 30.22 -92.04 Black pog.svg 80 top Louisiana #ffe USA 30.39 -88.98 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Mississippi #ffe USA 30.42 -87.21 Black pog.svg 80 top Pensacola #ffe Regular season Final standings Teamhttp://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/standings.html?leagueid=215&seasonid=5879 SPHL Standings Pointstreak.com March 27, 2011 GP Games played W Wins L Losses GF Goals for GA Goals against Pts Points Mississippi Surge‡ 56 37 19 207 157 74 Augusta Riverhawks 56 35 21 203 177 70 Huntsville Havoc 56 30 26 168 158 60 Columbus Cottonmouths 56 29 27 169 171 58 Pensacola Ice Flyers 56 28 28 187 195 56 Knoxville Ice Bears 56 27 29 186 187 54 Fayetteville FireAntz 56 22 34 170 184 44 Louisiana IceGators 56 16 40 170 231 32 ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners #CCFFCC darkgray Advanced to playoffs Attendance Team Total Games Average Huntsville 98,372 28 3,513 Knoxville 95,563 28 3,412 Fayetteville 93,056 28 3,323 Pensacola 84,433 28 3,015 Columbus 79,116 28 2,825 Mississippi 71,360 28 2,548 Louisiana 50,971 28 1,820 Augusta 45,853 28 1,637 League 618,724 224 2,762 President's Cup playoffs 2 yes 175 3 5 5 5 5 First round Second round 1 Mississippi Surge 4 8 3* 2 3 6 Knoxville Ice Bears 6 1 2 4 1 3 Huntsville Havoc 2 4 x 4 Columbus Cottonmouths 4 5 x 5 Pensacola Ice Flyers 2 4 2 2 Augusta Riverhawks 5 2 6 4 Columbus Cottonmouths 0 7 2 2 Augusta Riverhawks 3 2 3 1 Mississippi Surge 3 4* 5 x x 2 Augusta Riverhawks 2 3 1 x x * indicates overtime game. Finals All times are local (EDT/CDT) #eeeeee April 12, 2011 7:05 pm Augusta Mississippi 2–3 (1–2, 0–0, 1–1) http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=1569974 Jon Olthuis Bill Zaniboni 1 – 01 – 11 – 22 – 22 – 3 Travis Dunstall (Auffrey, Snetsinger) – pp – 9:20Neil Graham (Wynn, Tolles) – 47:22 15:33 – Matt Zultek (Cacaro, Klaren)19:43 – pp – Jason Beeman (Klaren, Richard)57:58 – Matt Zultek (Richard, Masters) Thomas Chmielewski Jacob Brenk, James Sanders Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS 1,077 11 15 26 39 #eeffff April 13, 2011 7:05 pm Augusta Mississippi 3 – 4 OT (0–0, 1–3, 0–2, 0–1) http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=1569975 Peter Skoggard Bill Zaniboni 0 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 13 – 23 – 33 – 4 Branden Kosolofsky (Dunstall, Auffrey) – pp – 29:55Egor Mironov – 30:06Matt Auffrey (Olidis, Price) – pp – 35:53 20:47 – Rusty Masters (Wolgemuth, Winchester)41:24 – pp – Jason Beeman (Richard, Klaren)46:45 – Matt Zultek (Richard, Klaren)70:28 – Adam Bartholomy (Klaren, Cacaro) Brent Coulombe James Sanders, Tyler Puddifant Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS 1,291 14 14 25 55 #eeeeee April 15, 2011 7:30 pm Mississippi Augusta 5–1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1) http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=1569976 Bill Zaniboni Jon Olthuis 1 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 14 – 15 – 1 Shane Wagner (Masters, Versteeg-Lytwyn) – 18:29Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (Grant) – 23:02Jack Wolgemouth (McCarthy, Beeman) – 33:58 Shane Wagner (Versteeg-Lytwyn) – 45:17Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (Masters, Wolgemouth) – pp – 47:35 41:17 – pp – Branden Kosolofsky (Snetsinger, Gehring) Donald Jablonski Jr. Jacob Brenk, Jason Schulz James Brown Arena, Augusta, GA 2,251 10 38 35 24 Awards The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced March 24, 2011, followed by the All-SPHL teams on March 25, Defenseman of the Year on March 28, Goaltender of the Year on March 29, Rookie of the Year on March 30, Coach of the Year on March 31, and MVP on April 1.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4169842 SPHL Awards Schedule Announced March 21, 2011 Press release March 27, 2011 President's Cup: Mississippi Surge Coffey Trophy: Mississippi Surge League MVP: Matt Auffrey (Augusta) Rookie of the Year: Chris Wilson (Pensacola)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4174390 Pensacola's Chris Wilson Named SBK Rookie of the Year March 30, 2011 Press release March 30, 2011 Defenseman of the Year: Mark van Vliet (Knoxville)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4173321 Knoxville's Mark Van Vliet Named SBK Defenseman of the Year March 28, 2011 Press release March 28, 2011 Goaltender of the Year: Mark Sibbald (Huntsville)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4173846 Huntsville's Mark Sibbald Named SBK Goaltender of the Year March 29, 2011 Press release March 29, 2011 Coach of the Year: Brad Ralph (Augusta)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4174996 Augusta's Brad Ralph Named SBK Coach of the Year March 31, 2010 Press release March 31, 2010 All-SPHL selections 1st Team All-SPHLhttp://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4171802 All-SPHL First Team Announced March 25, 2011 Press release March 27, 2010CAN F Chris Leveille (Fayetteville) CAN F Chris Wilson (Pensacola) USA F Matt Auffrey (Augusta) CAN D Mark van Vliet (Knoxville) CAN D Omar Pacha (Huntsville) CAN G Mark Sibbald (Huntsville) 2nd Team All-SPHLhttp://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4171722 All-SPHL Second Team Announced March 25, 2011 Press release March 27, 2011USA F Beau McLaughlin (Louisiana) CAN F Michael Richard (Mississippi) USA F Frank Furdero (Knoxville) USA D Jack Wolgemuth (Mississippi) USA D Luke Lucyk (Augusta) CAN G Jon Olthuis (Augusta) All-Rookie Teamhttp://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4171219 SPHL Names All-Rookie Team March 24, 2011 Press release March 27, 2011CAN F Chris Wilson (Pensacola) CAN F Neil Graham (Augusta) CAN F Branden Kosolofsky (Augusta) CAN D Omar Pacha (Huntsville) CAN D Dan Ehrman (Pensacola) CAN G Jon Olthuis (Augusta) References 30em Category:SPHL seasons South