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.[3]
Teams
Map of teams
Regular season
Final standings
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- 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.[5]
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
(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-Game
|
Score
|
Columbus goals
|
Jacksonville goals
|
Winning goalie
|
| 1 |
March 29 |
at Columbus 1, Jacksonville 2 |
2OT 5:06 |
Mark Prentice |
Steve Zoryk, Greg LeColst |
Ryan Person
|
| 2 |
March 30 |
at Columbus 3, Jacksonville 4 |
OT 1:15 |
Ryan Haggarty, Mark Prentice, Daryl Moor |
Steve Zoryk 2, Tyrone Garner 2 |
Ryan Person
|
| 3 |
April 1 |
at Jacksonville 2, Columbus 4 |
|
Galloway Carroll 3, Ryan Rutz |
Tyrone Garner, Jim Murphy |
Chad Rycroft
|
| 4 |
April 3 |
at Jacksonville 4, Columbus 3 |
|
Craig Stahl 2, Jason Price |
Steve Zoryk, Jim Murphy, Tyrone Garner 2 |
Ryan Person
|
| Jacksonville win series 3-1 |
Prentice 2 |
Zoryk 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-Game
|
Score
|
Knoxville goals
|
Richmond goals
|
Winning goalie
|
| 1 |
March 30 |
at Knoxville 3, Richmond 4 |
2OT 4:17 |
Rob Flynn, Tim Vitek, Matt Kohansky |
Dean Jackson, Tyler Schremp, Danny White, Donald Melnyk |
Doug Groenestege
|
| 2 |
March 31 |
at Richmond 2, Knoxville 8 |
|
Mike Tuomi 3, Matt Kohansky, Robbie Rangus, Curtis Menzul, Nick Fouts, Mike Craigen |
JJ Wrobel, Joe Pace |
Terry Dunbar
|
| 3 |
April 3 |
at Knoxville 6, Richmond 2 |
|
Curtis Menzul, Robbie Rangus 2, David Segal, Doug Searle, Mike Tuomi |
Tyler Schremp, Brian Goudie |
Terry Dunbar
|
| Knoxville win series 2-1 |
Tuomi 4, Rangus 3,Kohansky 2 |
Schremp 2
|
(3) Fayetteville FireAntz vs. (4) Huntsville Havoc
| Game-by-Game
|
Score
|
Fayetteville goals
|
Huntsville goals
|
Winning goalie
|
| 1 |
March 30 |
at Fayetteville 3, Huntsville 2 |
|
Jarrett Robertson, Robert Sich 2 |
Bill Monkman, Tristan Senior |
Chad Collins
|
| 2 |
March 31 |
at Huntsville 4, Fayetteville 5 |
OT 5:41 |
Tim Velemirovich 2, Mike Clarke 2, Jarrett Robertson |
Bill Monkman, Dan Buccella 2, Craig Bushey |
Chad Collins
|
| Fayetteville win series 2-0 |
Robertson 2, Sich 2, Velemirovich 2, Clarke 2 |
Monkman 2, Buccella 2
|
Semi-finals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (3) Fayetteville FireAntz
| Game-by-Game
|
Score
|
Knoxville goals
|
Fayetteville goals
|
Winning goalie
|
| 1 |
April 6 |
at Knoxville 1, Fayetteville 4 |
|
Mike Tuomi |
Tim Velemirovich, Josh Welter, BJ Stephens, Jarrett Robertson |
Chad Collins
|
| 2 |
April 7 |
at Fayetteville 5, Knoxville 2 |
|
Kevin Swider, Matt Kohansky |
Tim Velemirovich, Marc Norrington, Josh Tataryn, Robert Sich, Bryan Dobek |
Chad Collins
|
| Fayetteville win series 2-0 |
|
Velemirovich 2
|
Finals
| Game reference |
|---|
| Ryan Person | Goalies | Chad Collins | Referee:
Adam Fish |
| 0 – 1 | 00:40 - Dobek (Welter, Sich) | | 0 – 2 | 02:33 - Clarke (Sich, Welter) (PP) | | 0 – 3 | 04:06 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich) (PP) | | Hickman (Doherty, Zoryk) - 24:33 | 1 – 3 | | | Zoryk (Rochefort, Thomas) - 38:38 | 2 – 3 | | | 2 – 4 | 41:13 - Stephens (Clarke, Row) (PP) | | Webb (Doherty, Zoryk) - 41:40 | 3 – 4 | | | 3 – 5 | 41:52 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich) | | Garner (Thomas, Murphy) - 42:12 | 4 – 5 | | | Thomas (LeColst, Zoryk) - 48:05 | 5 – 5 | | | 5 – 6 | 53:44 - Row (Welter, Sich) |
|
| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min |
| 31 | Shots | 38 |
Awards
SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007.[1]
All-Star selections
References
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