2013–14 SPHL season

August 2023 June 2013 2013–14 SPHL season Southern Professional Hockey League Ice hockey October 25, 2013–April 12, 2014 Regular season Pensacola Ice Flyers CAN Shawn McNeil (Louisiana) CAN Shawn McNeil (Louisiana) Playoffs Finals President's Cup (SPHL) Pensacola Ice Flyers Columbus Cottonmouths CAN Brett Lutes (Pensacola) SPHL 2012–13 SPHL season 2012–13 2014–15 SPHL season 2014–15 The 2013–14 Southern Professional Hockey League season is the 10th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Columbus Cottonmouths in the President's Cup final 2 games to none to repeat as winners of the President's Cup.http://thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_147409 Ice Flyers Capture President's Cup www.thesphl.com 12 April 2014 Preseason The Augusta RiverHawks have suspended operations for the 2013-14 season due to the failure of the ice system at the James Brown Arena. Team officials, the city of Augusta, and Global Spectrum could not reach an agreement on repairing or replacing the JBA's ice system in time for the club to commit to the forthcoming season.Augusta RiverHawks won't be playing hockey in 2013-14 http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Augusta-RiverHawks-wont-be-playing-hockey-in-2013-14-207421491.html WRDW-Augusta 21 June 2013 March 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232919/http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Augusta-RiverHawks-wont-be-playing-hockey-in-2013-14-207421491.html dead On May 15, 2013, it was announced that the CHL's Bloomington Thunder (formerly known as the BlazeBloomington hockey franchise changes name to Thunder http://thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_77597 The SHPL 4 August 2013), and the AHL's Peoria Rivermen, would move to the Southern Professional Hockey League for the 2013–14 season. The Rivermen had been notified that the Vancouver Canucks, who had purchased the team a month earlier, would not keep them in Peoria. The two teams will reportedly be owned by two former Rivermen executives, John Butler, Bart Rogers and David Holt with financial backing from former Rivermen owner Bruce Saurs.Peoria to join SPHL under former Rivermen management team - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com Teams 2013-14 Southern Professional Hockey League Team City Arena Bloomington Thunder Bloomington, Illinois U.S. Cellular Coliseum 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 Peoria Rivermen Peoria, Illinois Carver Arena Map of teams left 10px SPHL teams 950 450 310 350 250 USA 1100 USA 40.48 -89.00 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Bloom-ington #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 34.93 -90.00 Black pog.svg 80 top RiverKings #ffe USA 30.39 -88.98 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Surge #ffe USA 30.42 -87.21 Black pog.svg 80 top Pensacola #ffe USA 40.69 -89.59 Black pog.svg 80 top Peoria #ffe Regular season Standings Teamhttp://thesphl.stats.pointstreak.com/standings.html?leagueid=215&seasonid=9517 SPHL Standings Pointstreak.com 25 March 2013 GP Games played W Wins L Regulation Losses OTL Overtime Losses GF Goals for GA Goals against Pts Points Pensacola Ice Flyers‡ 56 38 13 5 207 139 81 Louisiana IceGators 56 35 18 3 198 175 73 Peoria Rivermen 56 30 18 8 154 144 68 Mississippi RiverKings 56 31 21 4 175 150 66 Huntsville Havoc 56 31 21 4 180 158 66 Columbus Cottonmouths 56 27 26 3 183 173 57 Knoxville Ice Bears 56 25 24 7 157 163 57 Mississippi Surge 56 22 28 6 140 186 50 Fayetteville FireAntz 56 21 30 5 144 183 47 Bloomington Thunder 56 20 33 3 125 192 43 ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners #CCFFCC darkgray Advanced to playoffs After games of March 22, 2014 Attendance Team Total Games Average Pensacola 114,537 28 4,090 Huntsville 103,993 28 3,714 Peoria 98,176 28 3,506 Knoxville 95,556 28 3,412 Fayetteville 88,623 28 3,165 Columbus 76,618 28 2,736 MS RiverKings 70,991 28 2,535 Louisiana 66,438 28 2,372 Bloomington 66,025 28 2,358 MS Surge 59,277 28 2,117 League 840,234 280 3,000 After games of March 22, 2014 President's Cup playoffs First Round Semifinals Final 3 high 170 1 Pensacola Ice Flyers 5 4* X 8 Mississippi Surge 1 3 X 4 Mississippi RiverKings 4 2 3 5 Huntsville Havoc 2 4 5 6 Columbus Cottonmouths 0 6 4 3 Peoria Rivermen 2 1 1 7 Knoxville Ice Bears 3 3* X 2 Louisiana IceGators 0 2 X 1 Pensacola Ice Flyers 0 3 2 7 Knoxville Ice Bears 2 1 1 5 Huntsville Havoc 0 2 X 6 Columbus Cottonmouths 1 4 X 1 Pensacola Ice Flyers 9 5 X 6 Columbus Cottonmouths 1 1 X * indicates overtime period. Finals All times are local (EDT/CDT) #eeeeee April 10, 2014 7:05pm Columbus Pensacola 1 - 9 (0-3, 1-3, 0-3) http://thesphl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2422981 Andrew Loewen, Shannon Szabados Ross MacKinnon 0–10–21–21–31–41–51–61–71–81–9 Will Aide (Alex Gallant, Chris Bailer) 1:56 Ryan Salvis (Jeremy Gates, John Dunbar) 0:31Brett Lutes (Joe Caveney) 1:41Ryan Salvis (Keegan Flaherty) 2:36Joe Caveney (Mitchell Good, Steve Bergin) 8:08Adam Pawlick (Ryan Salvis, John Dunbar) 15:20Corey Banfield (unassisted) 16:55Brett Lutes (power play) (Jeremy Gates, Adam Pawlick) 1:56Joe Caveney (power play) (Tyler Amburgey, Corey Banfield) 9:27Mitchell Good (Brett Lutes, Drew Baker) 10:00 Pete MacDougall Mike Sheehan Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola, Florida 4,266 10 10 29 33 #eeffff April 12, 2014 7:30pm Pensacola Columbus 5 - 1 (2-1, 3-0, 0-0) http://thesphl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2422982 Ross MacKinnon Andrew Loewen 1–02–03–04–04–15–1 Brett Lutes (Steve Bergin, Drew Baker) 2:18Brett Lutes (Drew Baker) 7:43Corey Banfield (Tyler Amburgey, Paul Rodrigues) 8:21Corey Banfield (Steve Whitely, Paul Rodrigues) 11:15John Dunbar (power play) (Jeremy Gates, Ryan Salvis) 16:50 Preston Shupe (Jason Gray) 11:35 Ken Anderson Pete MacDougall Columbus Civic Center Columbus, Georgia 4,127 17 19 30 22 Awards The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced on March 26, 2014, the All-SPHL teams on March 27, 2014, the Easton Defensemen of the Year on March 28, 2014, the Easton Rookie of the Year on March 31, 2014, the Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year on April 1, 2014, the Easton Coach of the Year on April 2, 2014, and the Easton Most Valuable Player on April 3, 2014.http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_145625 SPHL Announces All-Rookie Team www.thesphl.com 26 March 2014http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_145718 All-SPHL Second Team Announced www.thesphl.com 27 March 2014http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_145738 SPHL Announces First Team Selections www.thesphl.com 27 March 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042331/http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_145738 dead http://thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_145866 Huntsville’s Stuart Stefan Named Easton Defenseman of the Year www.thesphl.com 28 March 2014http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_146231 Pensacola’s Joe Caveney Named Easton Rookie of the Year www.thesphl.com 31 March 2014http://thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_146323 Peoria’s Kyle Rank Named Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year www.thesphl.com 1 April 2014http://thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_146416 Pensacola’s Rod Aldoff Named Easton Coach of the Year www.thesphl.com 2 April 2014http://thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_146514 Louisiana’s Shawn McNeil Named Easton Most Valuable Player www.thesphl.com 3 April 2014 + 2013–14 SPHL awards Award Recipient(s) Finalists President's Cup Pensacola Ice Flyers Columbus Cottonmouths William B. Coffey Trophy(Best regular-season record) Pensacola Ice Flyers Easton Defenseman of the Year Stuart Stefan (Huntsville) Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Easton Rookie of the Year Joe Caveney (Pensacola) Garrett Vermeersch (Peoria) Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year Kyle Rank (Peoria) Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) Easton Coach of the Year Rod Aldoff (Pensacola) Jean-Guy Trudel (Peoria) Easton Most Valuable Player Shawn McNeil (Louisiana) Todd Hosmer (Mississippi Riverkings) All-SPHL selections   Position   First Team Second Team All-Rookie GUSA Kyle Rank (Peoria)USA Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola)CAN Kevin Genoe (Huntsville) DCAN Andrew Randazzo (Mississippi RiverKings)CAN Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)USA Mike Grace (Mississippi RiverKings) DCAN Stuart Stefan (Huntsville)USA Leland Fidler (Huntsville)CAN Jason Gray (Columbus) FCAN Shawn McNeil (Louisiana)USA Garrett Vermeersch (Peoria)USA Garrett Vermeersch (Peoria) FCAN Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings)CAN Matt Gingera (Columbus)USA Joe Caveney (Pensacola) FUSA Joe Caveney (Pensacola)USA Nick Lazorko (Huntsville)CAN Francis Drolet (Knoxville) References 2 Category:SPHL seasons Sphl