2006–07 SPHL season

August 2023 2006–07 SPHL season Southern Professional Hockey League Ice hockey October 27, 2006–April 18, 2007 Regular season Columbus Cottonmouths Rob Sich (Fayetteville)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3442815 SPHL's Third Regular Season Ends March 28, 2007 Press release 21 March 2010 Kevin Swider (Knoxville) Playoffs Finals President's Cup (SPHL) Fayetteville FireAntz Jacksonville Barracudas Chad Collins (Fayetteville)http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3456211 FireAntz Win SPHL President's Cup April 19, 2007 Press release 21 March 2010 SPHL 2005–06 Southern Professional Hockey League season 2005–06 2007–08 Southern Professional Hockey League season 2007–08 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.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3300765 Renegades return to Richmond in SPHL April 25, 2006 Press release 21 March 2010 Teams 2006-07 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 Richmond Renegades Richmond, Virginia Richmond Coliseum Map of teams left 10px SPHL teams 950 450 310 400 350 USA 1250 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 USA 37.54 -77.43 Black pog.svg 80 top Richmond #ffe Regular season Final standings Teamhttp://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/standings.html?leagueid=215&seasonid=3188 SPHL Standings Pointstreak.com 17 March 2010 GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime Losses GF Goals for GA Goals against Pts Points 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 #CCFFCC darkgray 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 player 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.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3412289 Florida Seals cease operations January 5, 2007 Press release 16 March 2010 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 2 yes 175 3 5 5 5 5 First round Second round 1 Columbus Cottonmouths 1 3 4 3 x 6 Jacksonville Barracudas 2 4 2 4 x 3 Fayetteville FireAntz 3 5 x 4 Huntsville Havoc 2 4 x 5 Richmond Renegades 4 2 2 2 Knoxville Ice Bears 3 8 6 3 Fayetteville FireAntz 4 5 x 2 Knoxville Ice Bears 1 2 x 6 Jacksonville Barracudas 1 5 3 3 x 3 Fayetteville FireAntz 3 6 2 5 x (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 Semi-final round. Game-by-GameScoreColumbus goalsJacksonville goalsWinning goalie1March 29at Columbus 1, Jacksonville 22OT 5:06 Mark PrenticeSteve Zoryk, Greg LeColstRyan Person2March 30at Columbus 3, Jacksonville 4OT 1:15 Ryan Haggarty, Mark Prentice, Daryl MoorSteve Zoryk 2, Tyrone Garner 2Ryan Person3April 1at Jacksonville 2, Columbus 4 Galloway Carroll 3, Ryan RutzTyrone Garner, Jim MurphyChad Rycroft4April 3at Jacksonville 4, Columbus 3 Craig Stahl 2, Jason PriceSteve Zoryk, Jim Murphy, Tyrone Garner 2Ryan PersonJacksonville win series 3-1Prentice 2Zoryk 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-GameScoreKnoxville goalsRichmond goalsWinning goalie1March 30at Knoxville 3, Richmond 42OT 4:17 Rob Flynn, Tim Vitek, Matt KohanskyDean Jackson, Tyler Schremp, Danny White, Donald MelnykDoug Groenestege2March 31at Richmond 2, Knoxville 8 Mike Tuomi 3, Matt Kohansky, Robbie Rangus, Curtis Menzul, Nick Fouts, Mike CraigenJJ Wrobel, Joe PaceTerry Dunbar3April 3at Knoxville 6, Richmond 2 Curtis Menzul, Robbie Rangus 2, David Segal, Doug Searle, Mike TuomiTyler Schremp, Brian GoudieTerry DunbarKnoxville win series 2-1Tuomi 4, Rangus 3, Kohansky 2Schremp 2 (3) Fayetteville FireAntz vs. (4) Huntsville Havoc Game-by-GameScoreFayetteville goalsHuntsville goalsWinning goalie1March 30at Fayetteville 3, Huntsville 2 Jarrett Robertson, Robert Sich 2Bill Monkman, Tristan SeniorChad Collins2March 31at Huntsville 4, Fayetteville 5OT 5:41 Tim Velemirovich 2, Mike Clarke 2, Jarrett RobertsonBill Monkman, Dan Buccella 2, Craig BusheyChad CollinsFayetteville win series 2-0 Robertson 2, Sich 2, Velemirovich 2, Clarke 2Monkman 2, Buccella 2 Semi-finals Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics (2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (3) Fayetteville FireAntz Game-by-GameScoreKnoxville goalsFayetteville goalsWinning goalie1April 6at Knoxville 1, Fayetteville 4 Mike TuomiTim Velemirovich, Josh Welter, BJ Stephens, Jarrett RobertsonChad Collins2April 7at Fayetteville 5, Knoxville 2 Kevin Swider, Matt KohanskyTim Velemirovich, Marc Norrington, Josh Tataryn, Robert Sich, Bryan DobekChad CollinsFayetteville win series 2-0 Velemirovich 2 Finals #eeeeee April 13, 2007 7:35 pm Jacksonville Fayetteville 1 – 3 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=473390 Ryan Person Chad Collins 0 – 10 – 20 – 31 – 3 Zoryk (Thomas, LeColst) (PP) - 51:07 12:47 - Stephens (Tataryn, Saittakari)34:12 - Stephens (Dobek, Tataryn) (PP)43:36 - Welter (Velemirovich, Sich) Zac Wiebe Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC 3,209 22 16 27 36 #eeffff April 15, 2007 4:00 pm Jacksonville Fayetteville 5 – 6 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=473391 Ryan Person Chad Collins 0 – 10 – 20 – 31 – 32 – 32 – 43 – 43 – 54 – 55 – 55 – 6 Hickman (Doherty, Zoryk) - 24:33Zoryk (Rochefort, Thomas) - 38:38Webb (Doherty, Zoryk) - 41:40Garner (Thomas, Murphy) - 42:12Thomas (LeColst, Zoryk) - 48:05 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) Adam Fish Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC 3,209 16 16 31 38 #eeeeee April 16, 2007 7:35 pm Fayetteville Jacksonville 2 – 3 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=473392 Chad Collins Ryan Person 0 – 10 – 21 – 21 – 32 – 3 Sich (Clarke, Welter) (PP) - 30:36Velemirovich (Welter, Clarke) (PP) - 50:49 01:51 - Doherty (Webb, Hickman)09:14 - LeColst (Zoryk, Thomas)37:06 - LeColst (Webb, Wagner) (PP) Zac Wiebe Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL 712 12 14 40 30 #eeffff April 18, 2007 8:00 pm Fayetteville Jacksonville 5 – 3 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=473393 Chad Collins Ryan Person 1 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 14 – 14 – 24 – 35 – 3 Stephens (Dobek, Clarke) (PP) - 01:42Sich (Welter, Velemirovich) (PP) - 06:18Norrington (Welter) - 27:01Sich (Row) (PP) - 37:07Tataryn (Stephens) (EN) - 59:11 34:13 - Webb (Hickman)46:30 - Garner (Cassells, Murphy) (PP)54:10 - Webb (Doherty, Garner) Scott Bokal Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL 806 20 32 37 38 Awards SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007. 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) All-Star selections 1st Team All-StarsCAN F Rob Sich (Fayetteville) CAN F Allan Sirois (Pee Dee) USA F Kevin Swider (Knoxville) CAN D Brian Goudie (Richmond) USA D Jonathan Lounsbury (Huntsville) CAN G Chad Rycroft (Columbus) 2nd Team All-StarsCAN F Tim Green (Columbus) USA F James Patterson (Huntsville) CAN F Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) USA D Steve Howard (Columbus) USA D Doug Searle (Knoxville) CAN G Matt Carmichael (Huntsville) Rookie All-StarsCAN F Daryl Moore (Pee Dee) CAN F Mike Tuomi (Knoxville) CAN F Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) CAN D Dylan Row (Fayetteville) USA D Phillip Youngclaus (Richmond) CAN G Doug Groenestege (Richmond) References Category:SPHL seasons South