2015–16 SPHL season

August 2023 2015–16 SPHL season Southern Professional Hockey League Ice hockey October 23, 2015–April 9, 2016 9 Regular Season William B. Coffey Trophy Peoria Rivermen Garrett Bartus (Macon) Corey Banfield (Pensacola) Playoffs Finals President's Cup (SPHL) Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen Bryan Hince (Pensacola) SPHL 2014–15 SPHL season 2014–15 2016–17 SPHL season 2016–17 The 2015–16 SPHL season was the 12th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Peoria Rivermen in the President's Cup final 3 games to none to win their 3rd SPHL title in 4 years. Preseason On May 4, 2015, the SPHL held an expansion draft in preparation for the Macon Mayhem to begin play as the league's 9th team.http://www.41nbc.com/story/d/story/macon-mayhem-selects-players-in-sphl-expansion-dra/18319/j_G26ocUA0-TlJM2XVEa_g Macon Mayhem selects players in SPHL expansion draft - 41 NBC News 2015-08-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725203502/http://www.41nbc.com/story/d/story/macon-mayhem-selects-players-in-sphl-expansion-dra/18319/j_G26ocUA0-TlJM2XVEa_g 2015-07-25 dead Teams 2015-16 Southern Professional Hockey League Team City Arena Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center Fayetteville FireAntz Fayetteville, North Carolina Crown Complex Huntsville Havoc Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum Louisiana IceGators Lafayette, Louisiana Cajundome Macon Mayhem Macon, Georgia Macon Coliseum Mississippi RiverKings Southaven, Mississippi Landers Center 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 32.45 -84.99 Black pog.svg 80 bottom 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 32.84 -83.62 Black pog.svg 80 top Macon #ffe USA 34.93 -90.00 Black pog.svg 80 top Mississippi #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 Final standingshttp://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/standings.html?leagueid=215&seasonid=14675 2015–16 SPHL Standings Pointstreak March 9, 2016 Team GP Games played W Wins L Regulation Losses OTL Overtime Losses GF Goals for GA Goals against Pts Points Peoria Rivermen‡ 563912519612583 Pensacola Ice Flyers 563120517515767 Mississippi RiverKings 5628181015116166 Fayetteville FireAntz 563021516714565 Knoxville Ice Bears 562921616316564 Louisiana IceGators 562626415116256 Huntsville Havoc 562626415115856 Macon Mayhem 562427513815753 Columbus Cottonmouths 561929812418646 ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners #CCFFCC darkgray Advanced to playoffs Attendance Team Total Games Average Huntsville 117,298 28 4,187 Peoria 109,466 28 3,909 Pensacola 107,521 28 3,840 Knoxville 91,902 28 3,282 Fayetteville 78,460 28 2,802 Columbus 77,043 28 2,751 Mississippi 65,232 28 2,329 Louisiana 59,063 28 2,109 Macon 58,653 28 2,094 League 764,638 252 3,034 President's Cup playoffs Playoff bracket Quarterfinals Semifinals Championships 1 Peoria Rivermen 2 8 Macon Mayhem 1 2 Pensacola Ice Flyers 2 7 Huntsville Havoc 0 3 Mississippi RiverKings 2 6 Louisiana IceGators 0 4 Fayetteville FireAntz 2 5 Knoxville Ice Bears 1 1 Peoria 2 4 Fayetteville 0 2 Pensacola 2 3 Mississippi 0 1 Peoria 0 2 Pensacola 3 Finals Home team is listed first. Peoria Rivermen Pensacola Ice Flyers Carver Arena Pensacola Bay Center April 30 1 2–3 1 2 the_sphl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2880426 No scoring 2:29 – Brandon Zurn Adam Stuart – 12:22 4:09 – Joe Caveney Walker Wintoneak – 16:07 6:35 – Joseph Holka Kyle Rank 32 shots / 29 saves Matt Zenzola 27 shots / 25 saves 3,107 May 1 1 2–3 2 the_sphl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2880427 Dave Pszenyczny – 10:11 11:43 – Steve Bergin 7:04 – Joe Caveney15:25 – Stephen Buco Connor Toomey – PP 5:02 Kyle Rank 19 shots / 16 savesDavid Jacobson 7 shots / 7 saves Matt Zenzola 23 shots / 21 saves 1,861 May 5 2 5–4 2 pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=2880428 13:41 – Connor Toomey Adam Pawlick – 15:55Brandon Zurn – 16:32 1:51 – Chris Wilson 8:51 PP – Mike Gurtler10:17 – Adam Stuart Joseph Holka – 1:19Drew Baker – PP 9:47Josh Cousineau – 19:59 David Jacobson 34 shots / 29 saves Matt Zenzola 23 shots / 19 saves 4,859 Pensacola wins series 3–0 Awards + 2015–16 SPHL awards Award Recipient(s) Finalists President's Cup Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen William B. Coffey Trophy(Best regular-season record) Peoria Rivermen Easton Defenseman of the Year Brandon Greenside (Peoria) Jason Price (Knoxville) Easton Rookie of the Year John Lidgett (Huntsville) Joseph Manno (Fayetteville) Goaltender of the Year Garrett Bartus (Macon) Kyle Rank (Peoria) Easton Coach of the Year Jean-Guy Trudel (Peoria) Jeff Bes (Fayetteville)Rod Aldoff (Pensacola) Easton Most Valuable Player Garrett Bartus (Macon) Corey Banfield (Pensacola) Kevin Swider Leading Scorer Award Corey Banfield (Pensacola) All-SPHL selections Position First Team Second Team All-Rookie G Garrett Bartus (Macon) Kyle Rank (Peoria) Brandon Jaeger (Columbus) D Brandon Greenside (Peoria) Dave Pszenyczny (Peoria) Corey Hale (Knoxville) D Jason Price (Knoxville) Stuart Stefan (Huntsville) Mike Krieg (Pensacola) F Corey Banfield (Pensacola) Jake Hauswirth (Louisiana) Zac Frischmon (Louisiana) F Kyle Gibbons (Fayetteville) Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) John Lidgett (Huntsville) F Adam Pawlick (Pensacola) Shawn Skelly (Macon) Joseph Manno (Fayetteville) References 2 External links Southern Professional Hockey League website Category:SPHL seasons Sphl