2005–06 SPHL season

March 2012 2005–06 SPHL season Southern Professional Hockey League Ice hockey October 21, 2005–April 12, 2006 Regular season Knoxville Ice Bears Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3282776 Carmichael named SPHL MVP March 22, 2006 Press release March 24, 2010 Kevin Swider (Knoxville) Playoffs Finals President's Cup (SPHL) Knoxville Ice Bears Florida Seals SPHL 2004–05 Southern Professional Hockey League season 2004–05 2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season 2006–07 The 2005–06 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the second season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 21, 2005, and ended April 12, 2006, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Knoxville Ice Bears won their first SPHL championship. Preseason The Asheville Aces,http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/ice_bears/article/0,1406,KNS_2836_3861463,00.html Asheville out of SPHL next season June 17, 2005 Knoxville News-Sentinel March 24, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20080603140115/http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/ice_bears/article/0%2C1406%2CKNS_2836_3861463%2C00.html June 3, 2008 dead Macon Trax,http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3146590 Trax Suspend Operation April 13, 2005 Press release March 24, 2010 and Winston-Salem Polar Twinshttp://www.al.com/sports/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/sports/111779019286951.xml&coll=1 SPHL's Polar Twins on ice June 3, 2005 The Huntsville Times March 24, 2010April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes all folded following the 2004–05 season. Replacing them were the Florida Sealshttp://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3129288 Central Florida's other Professional Hockey Team Preparing for Season February 23, 2005 Press release March 24, 2010 and Pee Dee Cyclones.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3160304 Florence, SC Becomes First SPHL Expansion City May 11, 2005 Press release March 24, 2010 A new playoff structure was announced, with the top seed and sixth seed playing each other in a best-of-5-game series, with the winner advancing to the championship. The second and fifth, and third and fourth seeds each play a best-of-3-game series, with the winners meeting in another 3-game series to determine the second finalist.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3171900 SPHL 2005 annual meeting concludes June 3, 2005 Press release March 24, 2010 Teams 2005-06 Southern Professional Hockey League Team City Arena Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center Fayetteville FireAntz Fayetteville, North Carolina Cumberland County Crown Coliseum Florida Seals Kissimmee, Florida Silver Spurs Arena Huntsville Havoc Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center Jacksonville Barracudas Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum Pee Dee Cyclones Florence, South Carolina Florence Civic Center Map of teams left 10px SPHL teams 950 450 310 280 525 USA 1600 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 28.30 -81.37 Black pog.svg 80 top Florida #ffe USA 34.73 -86.59 Black pog.svg 80 top Huntsville #ffe USA 30.33 -81.65 Black pog.svg 80 top Jackson-ville #ffe USA 35.97 -83.91 Black pog.svg 80 top Knoxville #ffe USA 34.19 -79.84 Black pog.svg 80 top Pee Dee #ffe Regular season Final standings Teamhttp://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/standings.html?leagueid=215&seasonid=3188 SPHL Standings Pointstreak.com March 17, 2010 GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime Losses GF Goals for GA Goals against Pts Points Knoxville Ice Bears‡ 56 36 14 6 262 192 78 Columbus Cottonmouths 56 34 16 6 247 182 74 Florida Seals 56 32 17 7 211 174 71 Fayetteville FireAntz 56 31 19 6 224 175 68 Huntsville Havoc 56 32 21 3 203 186 67 Pee Dee Cyclones 56 16 33 7 201 307 39 Jacksonville Barracudas 56 15 39 2 183 315 32 ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners #CCFFCC darkgray Advanced to playoffs Attendance Team Total Games Average Fayetteville 103,179 28 3,684 Knoxville 96,428 28 3,443 Columbus 90,518 28 3,232 Huntsville 87,871 28 3,183 Florida 57,538 28 2,054 Jacksonville 57,028 28 2,036 Pee Dee 40,626 28 1,450 President's Cup playoffs 2 yes 175 3 5 5 5 5 First round Second round 1 Knoxville Ice Bears 4 7 3 6 x 6 Pee Dee Cyclones 5 1 1 3 x 3 Florida Seals 2 1 1 4 Fayetteville FireAntz 1 8 0 5 Huntsville Havoc 4 3 3 2 Columbus Cottonmouths 1 4 2 3 Florida Seals 4 5 x 5 Huntsville Havoc 2 3 x 1 Knoxville Ice Bears 6 2 1 3 x 3 Florida Seals 3 1 3 2 x (1) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (6) Pee Dee Cyclones The Knoxville Ice Bears and the Macon trax 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-GameScoreKnoxville goalsPee Dee goalsWinning goalie1March 24at Pee Dee 5, Knoxville 4OT 3:50 Jason Bermingham 2, K.J. Voorhees, Robbie RangusJustin Siebold, Brett Roat 2, Geoff Rollins, Edan WelchKelly Shields2March 25at Pee Dee 1, Knoxville 7 Kevin Swider 2, Robbie Rangus, Jason Bermingham, Curtis Menzul, Rob Miller, K.J. VoorheesSteve BirchJames Ronayne3March 31at Knoxville 3, Pee Dee 1 K.C. Caudill, Jason Bermingham, Kevin SwiderJoel PetkoffJames Ronayne4March 31at Knoxville 6, Pee Dee 3 Jason Bermingham 5, Nathan DalyGeoff Rollins, Justin Siebold 2James RonayneKnoxville win series 3–1Bermingham 9, Swider 3, Voorhees 2, Rangus 2Siebold 3, Roat 2, Rollins 2 Quarterfinals Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics (2) Columbus Cottonmouths vs. (5) Huntsville Havoc Game-by-GameScoreColumbus goalsHuntsville goalsWinning goalie1March 23at Columbus 1, Huntsville 4 Tim GreenDon Patrick, Mark Cole, Doug Merrell, Jesse BaraniukMatt Carmichael2March 25at Huntsville 3, Columbus 42OT 7:32 Lorne Misita, Tom McMonagle, Mat Ponto,Ryan HaggartyJeff Dams, Chris Peach, Don PatrickChad Rycroft3March 28at Columbus 2, Huntsville 3 Craig Stahl, Tom McMonagleRyan Brown, James Patterson, Mike O'SullivanMatt CarmichaelHuntsville win series 2–1McMonagle 2Patrick 2 (3) Florida Seals vs. (4) Fayetteville FireAntz Game-by-GameScoreFlorida goalsFayetteville goalsWinning goalie1March 24at Florida 2, Fayetteville 1 John Gurskis, Robert SichKory BakerTerry Denike2March 25at Fayetteville 8, Florida 1 Justin KellerRob Meanchoff, George Nistas 4, Nick Kormanyos, Dean Jackson, Scott CorbettChad Collins3March 28at Florida 1, Fayetteville 0 Robert SichTerry DenikeFlorida win series 2–1 Sich 2 Semifinals Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics (3) Florida Seals vs. (5) Huntsville Havoc Game-by-GameScoreFlorida goalsHuntsville goalsWinning goalie1March 31at Florida 4, Huntsville 2 Steve Zoryk, Robert Sich 2, Nick CammarataChris Peach, Jeff DamsTerry Denike2April 2at Huntsville 3, Florida 5 Craig Miller, Nick Cammarata, Justin Keller, John Gurskis 2Luke Phillips, Jeff Dams, Jason DeGueheryTerry DenikeFlorida win series 2–0Sich 2, Cammarata 2, Gurskis 2 Dams 2 Finals #eeeeee April 7, 2006 7:35 pm Florida Knoxville 3–6 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=304422 Terry Denike James Ronayne 0 – 10 – 20 – 30 – 41 – 41 – 52 – 52 – 63 – 6 Miller (Zoryk) (PP) – 41:34Peppler (Mnatsakanov, Zoryk) – 48:35Deeves (Zoryk, Snyder) (PP) – 57:45 04:39 – Searle (Swider) (PP)14:27 – Forsberg (Kovalcik, Craigen)21:04 – Swider (Bermingham) (PP)32:16 – Miller (Craigen)44:45 – Daly (Menzul, Bermingham) (PP)51:11 – Bermingham, (Menzul, Swider) (PP) Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN 2,312 48 24 33 39 #eeffff April 8, 2006 7:35 pm Florida Knoxville 1–2 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=304423 Terry Denike James Ronayne 1 – 01 – 11 – 2 Cammarata (Dawes) – 06:03 07:25 – Craigen (Forsberg, Carriere)14:04 – Daly (Bermingham, Lewis) Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN 2,688 16 20 41 35 #eeeeee April 11, 2006 7:35 pm Knoxville Florida 1–3 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=304424 James Ronayne Terry Denike 0 – 11 – 11 – 21 – 3 Forsberg (Kovalcik, Carriere) – 14:56 01:23 – Deeves (Hammer, Zoryk)47:31 – Keller (Snyder, Sich) (PP)59:59 – Miller (Hammer) (EN) Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, FL 2,766 30 14 35 33 #eeffff April 12, 2006 7:35 pm Knoxville Florida 3–2 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=304425 James Ronayne Terry Denike 1 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 13 – 2 Rangus (Swider) – 03:07Menzul (Daly) – 14:48Swider (Rangus, Menzul) – 19:38 30:24 – Keller (Deeves) (SH)42:23 – Zoryk (Deeves) Mike Hughes Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, FL 2,028 10 8 26 26 Awards The All-SPHL teams were announced March 21, 2006, followed by the MVP on March 22, Defenseman of the Year on March 23, Coach of the Year on March 24, Rookie of the Year on March 27, and Goalie of the Year on Match 28.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3282462 All-SPHL Teams Announced March 21, 2006 Press release March 24, 2010 President's Cup: Knoxville Ice Bears Commissioner's Cup: Knoxville Ice Bears League MVP: Matt Carmichael (Huntsville) Rookie of the Year: Rob Sich (Florida)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3284769 Sich named SPHL Rookie of the Year March 27, 2006 Press release March 24, 2010 Defenseman of the Year: Mike Clarke (Fayetteville)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3283195 Clarke named SPHL Defenseman of the Year March 23, 2006 Press release March 24, 2010 Goalie of the Year: Terry Denike (Florida)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3285240 SPHL Goalie of the Year March 28, 2006 Press release March 24, 2010 Coach of the Year: Jerome Bechard (Columbus)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3283600 Bechard named Coach of the Year March 24, 2006 Press release March 24, 2010 All-Star selections 1st Team All-StarsCAN F Tim Green (Columbus) CAN F Tylor Keller (Columbus) USA F Kevin Swider (Knoxville) CAN D Ryan Aikia (Columbus) CAN D Mike Clarke (Fayetteville) CAN G Matt Carmichael (Huntsville) 2nd Team All-StarsCAN F Jason Bermingham (Knoxville) CAN F Dean Jackson (Fayetteville) CAN F Edan Welch (Pee Dee) CAN D Mat Ponto (Columbus) USA D Doug Searle (Knoxville) CAN G Terry Denike (Florida) References 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