2012–13 SPHL season
2012–13 SPHL season | |
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League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | October 26, 2012–April 14, 2013 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Fayetteville FireAntz |
Season MVP | Canada Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) |
Top scorer | Canada Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) |
Playoffs | |
Finals champions | Pensacola Ice Flyers |
Finals runners-up | Huntsville Havoc |
The 2012–13 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the ninth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The regular season began October 26, 2012 and ended April 14, 2013, after a 56-game regular season and an 8-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz captured their first SPHL regular season title.[1] The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Huntsville Havoc in the President's Cup final 2 games to 1 to win the team's first President's Cup.[2]
Teams
Map of teams
Regular season
Final standings
Team[3] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Fayetteville FireAntz‡ | 56 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 195 | 154 | 73 |
Louisiana IceGators | 56 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 172 | 167 | 73 |
Pensacola Ice Flyers | 56 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 171 | 149 | 71 |
Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 180 | 157 | 70 |
Columbus Cottonmouths | 56 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 149 | 138 | 60 |
Mississippi Surge | 56 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 152 | 156 | 58 |
Mississippi RiverKings | 56 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 165 | 183 | 56 |
Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 135 | 179 | 48 |
Augusta RiverHawks | 56 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 150 | 186 | 44 |
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
Team | Total | Games | Average |
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Huntsville | 98,393 | 28 | 3,514 |
Knoxville | 96,570 | 28 | 3,448 |
Fayetteville | 96,313 | 28 | 3,439 |
Pensacola | 92,087 | 28 | 3,288 |
Columbus | 79,260 | 28 | 2,830 |
Mississippi RiverKings | 70,373 | 28 | 2,513 |
Louisiana | 64,080 | 28 | 2,288 |
Mississippi Surge | 58,496 | 28 | 2,089 |
Augusta | 51,247 | 28 | 1,830 |
League | 706,819 | 252 | 2,804 |
President's Cup playoffs
First Round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 2 | 4 | X | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Huntsville Havoc | 3* | 5* | X | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana IceGators | 3 | 2*** | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Huntsville Havoc | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 3 | 3 | X | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 0 | 0 | X | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Huntsville Havoc | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 2* | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Mississippi Surge | 1 | 3 | X | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 4 | 5 | X | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Mississippi RiverKings | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana IceGators | 7 | 2 | 5* |
* indicates overtime period.
Finals
April 9, 2013 7:05pm | Huntsville | 1 – 2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | Pensacola | Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola, Florida Attendance: 3,632 |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Jesse Kallechy | Goalies | Ross MacKinnon | Referees: Andrew Howard Tyler Puddifant | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
44 | Shots | 72 |
April 12, 2013 7:30pm | Pensacola | 1 – 2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2) | Huntsville | Von Braun Center Huntsville, Alabama Attendance: 4,856 |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Ross MacKinnon | Goalies | Jesse Kallechy | Referees: Peter MacDougall Curtis Marouelli | ||||||||
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43 min | Penalties | 39 min | |||||||||
37 | Shots | 25 |
April 14, 2013 6:05pm | Huntsville | 0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Pensacola | Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola, Florida Attendance: 4,693 |
Game reference | ||||||||
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Jesse Kallechy | Goalies | Ross MacKinnon | Referees: Tyler Puddifant Curtis Marouelli | |||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
28 | Shots | 46 |
Awards
The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced on March 27, 2013, the All-SPHL teams on March 28, Defenseman of the Year on March 29, Rookie of the Year on April 1, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.[4]
Award | Recipient(s) | Finalists |
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President's Cup | Pensacola Ice Flyers | Huntsville Havoc |
William B. Coffey Trophy (Best regular-season record) |
Fayetteville FireAntz | |
Easton Defenseman of the Year | Andrew Smale (Fayetteville) | Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) |
Easton Rookie of the Year | Matt Gingera (Columbus) | Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) |
Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year | Riley Gill (Louisiana) | Andrew Loewen (Columbus) |
Easton Coach of the Year | Mark DeSantis (Fayetteville) | Kevin Kaminski (Louisiana) |
Easton Most Valuable Player | Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) | Riley Gill (Louisiana) |
All-SPHL selections
Position | First Team[5] | Second Team[6] | All-Rookie[7] |
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G | United States Riley Gill (Louisiana) | Canada Andrew Loewen (Columbus) | United States Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) |
D | Canada Andrew Smale (Fayetteville) | Canada Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) | Canada Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) |
D | Canada Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville) | United States Bret Tyler (Columbus) | United States Mike Kavanagh (Fayetteville) |
F | Canada Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) | Canada Matt Gingera (Columbus) | United States Derek Elliott (Fayetteville) |
F | Canada Matt Robertson (Louisiana) | Canada Eric Satim (Knoxville) | Canada Matt Gingera (Columbus) |
F | Canada Ryan Salvis (Pensacola) | Canada Matt Whitehead (Mississippi RiverKings) | Canada Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings)) |
References
- ↑ "Fayetteville FireAntz clinch SPHL regular-season title". thesphl.com. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Huntsville Havoc loses to Pensacola in SPHL championship game". al.com. April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ↑ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ↑ "SPHL Awards Schedule Announced". thesphl.com. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Fayetteville, Louisiana Head All-SPHL First Team". thesphl.com. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ↑ "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". thesphl.com. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ↑ "SPHL Announces All-Rookie Team". thesphl.com. March 27, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.