2013–14 SPHL season
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2013–14 SPHL season | ||
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League | Finals champions Pensacola Ice Flyers | |
Finals runners-up | Columbus Cottonmouths | |
Playoffs MVP | Brett Lutes (Pensacola) |
The 2013–14 Southern Professional Hockey League season is the 10th season of the
Preseason
The Augusta RiverHawks have suspended operations for the 2013-14 season due to 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
Regular season
Standings
Team[5] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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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 Trophywinners
- Advanced to playoffs
After games of March 22, 2014
Attendance
Team | Total | Games | Average |
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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
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
All times are local (
April 10, 2014 7:05pm | Columbus | 1 - 9 (0-3, 1-3, 0-3) | Pensacola |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Loewen, Shannon Szabados | Goalies | Ross MacKinnon | Referees: Pete MacDougall Mike Sheehan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 33 |
April 12, 2014 7:30pm | Pensacola | 5 - 1 (2-1, 3-0, 0-0) | Columbus | Columbus Civic Center Columbus, Georgia Attendance: 4,127 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ross MacKinnon | Goalies | Andrew Loewen | Referees: Ken Anderson Pete MacDougall | |||||||||||||||||
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17 min | Penalties | 19 min | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 22 |
Awards
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]
Award | Recipient(s) | Finalists |
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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
Position | First Team | Second Team | All-Rookie |
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G | Kyle Rank (Peoria) | Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) | Kevin Genoe (Huntsville) |
D | Andrew Randazzo (Mississippi RiverKings) | Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) | Mike Grace (Mississippi RiverKings) |
D | Stuart Stefan (Huntsville) | Leland Fidler (Huntsville) | Jason Gray (Columbus) |
F | Shawn McNeil (Louisiana) | Garrett Vermeersch (Peoria) | Garrett Vermeersch (Peoria) |
F | Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings) | Matt Gingera (Columbus) | Joe Caveney (Pensacola) |
F | Joe Caveney (Pensacola) | Nick Lazorko (Huntsville) | Francis Drolet (Knoxville) |
References
- ^ "Ice Flyers Capture President's Cup". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ "Augusta RiverHawks won't be playing hockey in 2013-14". WRDW-Augusta. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
- ^ "Bloomington hockey franchise changes name to Thunder". The SHPL. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ^ Peoria to join SPHL under former Rivermen management team - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com
- ^ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ^ "SPHL Announces All-Rookie Team". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "SPHL Announces First Team Selections". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Huntsville's Stuart Stefan Named Easton Defenseman of the Year". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "Pensacola's Joe Caveney Named Easton Rookie of the Year". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ "Peoria's Kyle Rank Named Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ^ "Pensacola's Rod Aldoff Named Easton Coach of the Year". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
- ^ "Louisiana's Shawn McNeil Named Easton Most Valuable Player". www.thesphl.com. Retrieved April 3, 2014.