2008–09 SPHL season
2008–09 SPHL season | |
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League | 2009–10 → |
The 2008–09 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the fifth season of the
Preseason
The Jacksonville Barracudas franchise was suspended from the season due to lack of a search for a arena. The team would eventually fold.[2]
Regular season
Final standings
Team[3] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Knoxville Ice Bears‡ | 60 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 216 | 171 | 79 |
Columbus Cottonmouths | 60 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 194 | 196 | 69 |
Fayetteville FireAntz |
60 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 212 | 224 | 65 |
Huntsville Havoc | 60 | 29 | 24 | 7 | 204 | 197 | 65 |
Richmond Renegades | 60 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 215 | 235 | 63 |
Twin City Cyclones | 60 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 208 | 236 | 56 |
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophywinners
- Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
Team | Total | Games | Average |
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Huntsville | 106,848 | 30 | 3,561 |
Fayetteville | 102,637 | 30 | 3,421 |
Knoxville | 101,054 | 30 | 3,368 |
Richmond | 99,071 | 30 | 3,302 |
Columbus | 82,415 | 30 | 2,747 |
Twin City | 33,909 | 30 | 1,130 |
President's Cup playoffs
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Huntsville Havoc | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Fayetteville FireAntz
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Fayetteville FireAntz
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Finals
April 3, 2009 7:35 pm | Fayetteville | 2 – 5 | Knoxville | PP) - 53:47 | 2 – 4 | |
2 – 5 | 17:51 - Vitek (Swider, Martell) (EN) |
April 4, 2009 7:35 pm | Fayetteville | 3 – 1 | Knoxville | PP ) |
April 10, 2009 7:35 pm | Knoxville | 3 – 2 (OT) | Fayetteville | PP) |
Rebernik (Swider) - 75:53 | 3 – 2 |
April 11, 2009 7:35 pm | Knoxville | 1 – 4 | Fayetteville | SH) |
Swider (Carter) - 38:03 | 1 – 2 | |||
1 – 3 | 53:15 - Norrington (Colangelo, Ruberto) | |||
1 – 4 | 59:54 - Sich (EN) |
April 12, 2009 5:00 pm | Knoxville | 1 – 2 | Fayetteville | PP) |
1 – 2 | 26:40 - Sich (Leveille, Moreland) |
April 15, 2009 7:35 pm | Fayetteville | 4 – 5 (OT) | Knoxville | PP) |
Hessler (Leveille, Cryer) - 47:06 | 4 – 3 | |||
4 – 4 | 58:49 - Vitek (Furdero, Carter) | |||
4 – 5 | 71:52 - Pelkey (Harris, Pallardy) |
April 16, 2009 7:35 pm | Fayetteville | 1 – 3 | Knoxville | James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN Attendance: 2,705 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Guy St. Vincent | Goalies | Kirk Irving | Referees: Curtis Marouelli Tim Mayer | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 32 |
Awards
SPHL Award winners were announced April 23, 2009.[4]
President's Cup : |
Knoxville Ice Bears |
Coffey Trophy : |
Knoxville Ice Bears |
League MVP: | Travis Kauffeldt (Huntsville) |
Rookie of the Year: | Michael Richard (Twin City) |
Defenseman of the Year: | Kevin Harris (Knoxville) |
Goaltender of the Year: | Andrew Gallant (Knoxville)[5] |
Coach of the Year: | Scott Hillman (Knoxville) |
Playoff MVP: | Kirk Irving (Knoxville)[6] |
All-Star selections
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Rookie All-Stars |
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F Sam Bowles (Columbus) |
References
- ^ "SPHL honors Kauffeldt". The Huntsville Times. 24 March 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ Gates, Nick (June 21, 2009). "Murray liking SPHL expansion". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Renegades Named SPHL Award Winners". Press release. March 23, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Mississippi's Bill Zaniboni Named Goaltender of the Year". Press release. April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ^ Gates, Nick (April 16, 2009). "Repeat performance on Hockey Top". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 17, 2010.