2013–14 SPHL season

2013–14 SPHL season
LeagueSouthern Professional Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOctober 25, 2013–April 12, 2014
Regular season
Season championsPensacola Ice Flyers
Season MVPCanada Shawn McNeil (Louisiana)
Top scorerCanada Shawn McNeil (Louisiana)
Playoffs
Finals championsPensacola Ice Flyers
  Finals runners-upColumbus Cottonmouths
Playoffs MVPCanada Brett Lutes (Pensacola)
SPHL seasons

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.[1]

Preseason

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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.[2]

On May 15, 2013, it was announced that the CHL's Bloomington Thunder (formerly known as the Blaze[3]), 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.[4]

Teams

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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

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SPHL teams

Regular season

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Standings

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Team[5] GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
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
  Advanced to playoffs

After games of March 22, 2014

Attendance

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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

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First Round Semifinals Final
               
1 Pensacola Ice Flyers 5 4* X
8 Mississippi Surge 1 3 X
1 Pensacola Ice Flyers 0 3 2
7 Knoxville Ice Bears 2 1 1
4 Mississippi RiverKings 4 2 3
5 Huntsville Havoc 2 4 5
1 Pensacola Ice Flyers 9 5 X
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
6 Columbus Cottonmouths 1 1 X
6 Columbus Cottonmouths 0 6 4
3 Peoria Rivermen 2 1 1
5 Huntsville Havoc 0 2 X
6 Columbus Cottonmouths 1 4 X
7 Knoxville Ice Bears 3 3* X
2 Louisiana IceGators 0 2 X

* indicates overtime period.

Finals

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All times are local (EDT/CDT)

April 10, 2014
7:05pm		Columbus1 - 9
(0-3, 1-3, 0-3)		PensacolaPensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, Florida
Attendance: 4,266
Game reference
Andrew Loewen, Shannon SzabadosGoaliesRoss MacKinnonReferees:
Pete MacDougall
Mike Sheehan
0–1Ryan Salvis (Jeremy Gates, John Dunbar) 0:31
0–2Brett Lutes (Joe Caveney) 1:41
Will Aide (Alex Gallant, Chris Bailer) 1:561–2
1–3Ryan Salvis (Keegan Flaherty) 2:36
1–4Joe Caveney (Mitchell Good, Steve Bergin) 8:08
1–5Adam Pawlick (Ryan Salvis, John Dunbar) 15:20
1–6Corey Banfield (unassisted) 16:55
1–7Brett Lutes (power play) (Jeremy Gates, Adam Pawlick) 1:56
1–8Joe Caveney (power play) (Tyler Amburgey, Corey Banfield) 9:27
1–9Mitchell Good (Brett Lutes, Drew Baker) 10:00
10 minPenalties10 min
29Shots33
April 12, 2014
7:30pm		Pensacola5 - 1
(2-1, 3-0, 0-0)		ColumbusColumbus Civic Center
Columbus, Georgia
Attendance: 4,127
Game reference
Ross MacKinnonGoaliesAndrew LoewenReferees:
Ken Anderson
Pete MacDougall
Brett Lutes (Steve Bergin, Drew Baker) 2:181–0
Brett Lutes (Drew Baker) 7:432–0
Corey Banfield (Tyler Amburgey, Paul Rodrigues) 8:213–0
Corey Banfield (Steve Whitely, Paul Rodrigues) 11:154–0
4–1Preston Shupe (Jason Gray) 11:35
John Dunbar (power play) (Jeremy Gates, Ryan Salvis) 16:505–1
17 minPenalties19 min
30Shots22

Awards

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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.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

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

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  Position   First Team Second Team All-Rookie
G United States Kyle Rank (Peoria) United States Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) Canada Kevin Genoe (Huntsville)
D Canada Andrew Randazzo (Mississippi RiverKings) Canada Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) United States Mike Grace (Mississippi RiverKings)
D Canada Stuart Stefan (Huntsville) United States Leland Fidler (Huntsville) Canada Jason Gray (Columbus)
F Canada Shawn McNeil (Louisiana) United States Garrett Vermeersch (Peoria) United States Garrett Vermeersch (Peoria)
F Canada Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings) Canada Matt Gingera (Columbus) United States Joe Caveney (Pensacola)
F United States Joe Caveney (Pensacola) United States Nick Lazorko (Huntsville) Canada Francis Drolet (Knoxville)

References

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  1. ^ "Ice Flyers Capture President's Cup". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Augusta RiverHawks won't be playing hockey in 2013-14". WRDW-Augusta. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Bloomington hockey franchise changes name to Thunder". The SHPL. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  4. ^ Peoria to join SPHL under former Rivermen management team - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com
  5. ^ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  6. ^ "SPHL Announces All-Rookie Team". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  7. ^ "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  8. ^ "SPHL Announces First Team Selections". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  9. ^ "Huntsville's Stuart Stefan Named Easton Defenseman of the Year". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  10. ^ "Pensacola's Joe Caveney Named Easton Rookie of the Year". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  11. ^ "Peoria's Kyle Rank Named Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  12. ^ "Pensacola's Rod Aldoff Named Easton Coach of the Year". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  13. ^ "Louisiana's Shawn McNeil Named Easton Most Valuable Player". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
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