2010–11 SPHL season
| 2010–11 SPHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Mississippi Surge |
| Season MVP | Matt Auffrey (Augusta)[1] |
| Top scorer | Chris Leveille (Fayetteville) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Mississippi Surge |
| Finals runners-up | Augusta Riverhawks |
The 2010–11 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the seventh season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The season began October 21, 2010, and ended April 15, 2011, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Mississippi Surge captured their first SPHL championship.
Contents
Preseason
The Augusta Riverhawks joined the SPHL, after the departure of the city's ECHL franchise two years prior.[2][3]
Regular season
Final standings
| Team[4] | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Surge‡ | 56 | 37 | 19 | 207 | 157 | 74 |
| Augusta Riverhawks | 56 | 35 | 21 | 203 | 177 | 70 |
| Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 30 | 26 | 168 | 158 | 60 |
| Columbus Cottonmouths | 56 | 29 | 27 | 169 | 171 | 58 |
| Pensacola Ice Flyers | 56 | 28 | 28 | 187 | 195 | 56 |
| Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 27 | 29 | 186 | 187 | 54 |
| Fayetteville FireAntz | 56 | 22 | 34 | 170 | 184 | 44 |
| Louisiana IceGators | 56 | 16 | 40 | 170 | 231 | 32 |
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
| Team | Total | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 98,372 | 28 | 3,513 |
| Knoxville | 95,563 | 28 | 3,412 |
| Fayetteville | 93,056 | 28 | 3,323 |
| Pensacola | 84,433 | 28 | 3,015 |
| Columbus | 79,116 | 28 | 2,825 |
| Mississippi | 71,360 | 28 | 2,548 |
| Louisiana | 50,971 | 28 | 1,820 |
| Augusta | 45,853 | 28 | 1,637 |
| League | 618,724 | 224 | 2,762 |
President's Cup playoffs
| 1st Round | 2nd Round | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mississippi Surge | 4 | 8 | 3* | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mississippi Surge | 3 | 4* | 5 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Augusta Riverhawks | 2 | 3 | 1 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Huntsville Havoc | 2 | 4 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 4 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Augusta Riverhawks | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Augusta Riverhawks | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
* indicates overtime game.
Finals
| April 12, 2011 7:05 pm |
Augusta | 2–3 (1–2, 0–0, 1–1) |
Mississippi | Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS Attendance: 1,077 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Olthuis | Goalies | Bill Zaniboni | Referees: Thomas Chmielewski Jacob Brenk, James Sanders |
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| Travis Dunstall (Auffrey, Snetsinger) – pp – 9:20 Neil Graham (Wynn, Tolles) – 47:22 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 |
15:33 – Matt Zultek (Cacaro, Klaren) 19:43 – pp – Jason Beeman (Klaren, Richard) 57:58 – Matt Zultek (Richard, Masters) |
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| 11 min | Penalties | 15 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 39 | ||
| April 13, 2011 7:05 pm |
Augusta | 3 – 4 OT (0–0, 1–3, 0–2, 0–1) |
Mississippi | Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS Attendance: 1,291 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Skoggard | Goalies | Bill Zaniboni | Referees: Brent Coulombe James Sanders, Tyler Puddifant |
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Branden Kosolofsky (Dunstall, Auffrey) – pp – 29:55 Egor Mironov – 30:06 Matt Auffrey (Olidis, Price) – pp – 35:53 |
0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 3 – 4 |
20:47 – Rusty Masters (Wolgemuth, Winchester) 41:24 – pp – Jason Beeman (Richard, Klaren) 46:45 – Matt Zultek (Richard, Klaren) 70:28 – Adam Bartholomy (Klaren, Cacaro) |
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| 14 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 55 | ||
| April 15, 2011 7:30 pm |
Mississippi | 5–1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1) |
Augusta | James Brown Arena, Augusta, GA Attendance: 2,251 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Zaniboni | Goalies | Jon Olthuis | Referees: Donald Jablonski Jr. Jacob Brenk, Jason Schulz |
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| Shane Wagner (Masters, Versteeg-Lytwyn) – 18:29 Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (Grant) – 23:02 Jack Wolgemouth (McCarthy, Beeman) – 33:58 Shane Wagner (Versteeg-Lytwyn) – 45:17 Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (Masters, Wolgemouth) – pp – 47:35 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 |
41:17 – pp – Branden Kosolofsky (Snetsinger, Gehring) |
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| 10 min | Penalties | 38 min | ||
| 35 | Shots | 24 | ||
Awards
The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced March 24, 2011, followed by the All-SPHL teams on March 25, Defenseman of the Year on March 28, Goaltender of the Year on March 29, Rookie of the Year on March 30, Coach of the Year on March 31, and MVP on April 1.[5]
| President's Cup: | Mississippi Surge |
| Coffey Trophy: | Mississippi Surge |
| League MVP: | Matt Auffrey (Augusta)[1] |
| Rookie of the Year: | Chris Wilson (Pensacola)[6] |
| Defenseman of the Year: | Mark van Vliet (Knoxville)[7] |
| Goaltender of the Year: | Mark Sibbald (Huntsville)[8] |
| Coach of the Year: | Brad Ralph (Augusta)[9] |
All-SPHL selections
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| All-Rookie Team[12] |
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