2006–07 SPHL season
2006–07 SPHL season | |
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The 2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the
Preseason
The Richmond Renegades joined the league as an expansion franchise, succeeding the United Hockey League's Richmond RiverDogs.[3]
Regular season
Final standings
Team[4] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Columbus Cottonmouths‡ | 56 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 217 | 181 | 74 |
Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 219 | 185 | 70 |
Fayetteville FireAntz |
56 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 246 | 205 | 70 |
Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 221 | 210 | 62 |
Richmond Renegades | 56 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 187 | 219 | 58 |
Jacksonville Barracudas | 56 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 198 | 238 | 57 |
Pee Dee Cyclones |
56 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 225 | 280 | 40 |
Florida Seals* | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 110 | 105 | 23 |
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophywinners
- 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 |
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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
First round | Second round | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 4 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 1 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Richmond Renegades | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 3 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
(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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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
April 13, 2007 7:35 pm | Jacksonville | 1 – 3 | Fayetteville | PP ) - 51:07 | 1 – 3 |
April 15, 2007 4:00 pm | Jacksonville | 5 – 6 | Fayetteville | 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) |
April 16, 2007 7:35 pm | Fayetteville | 2 – 3 | Jacksonville | PP ) - 50:49 | 2 – 3 |
April 18, 2007 8:00 pm | Fayetteville | 5 – 3 | Jacksonville | PP) |
4 – 3 | 54:10 - Webb (Doherty, Garner) | |||
Tataryn (Stephens) (EN) - 59:11 | 5 – 3 |
Awards
SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007.[1]
President's Cup : |
Fayetteville FireAntz
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Commissioner's Cup : |
Columbus Cottonmouths |
League MVP: | Rob Sich (Fayetteville) |
Rookie of the Year: | Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) |
Defenseman of the Year: | Brian Goudie (Richmond) |
Goalie of the Year: | Chad Rycroft (Columbus) |
Coach of the Year: | John Marks (Fayetteville) |
Franchise of the Year: | Huntsville Havoc |
Playoff MVP: | Chad Collins (Fayetteville)[2] |
All-Star selections
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Rookie All-Stars |
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F Daryl Moore (Pee Dee) |
References
- ^ a b "SPHL's Third Regular Season Ends". Press release. March 28, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- ^ a b "FireAntz Win SPHL President's Cup". Press release. April 19, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- ^ "Renegades return to Richmond in SPHL". Press release. April 25, 2006. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- ^ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Florida Seals cease operations". Press release. January 5, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2010.