2011–12 SPHL season
2011–12 SPHL season | |
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League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Augusta RiverHawks |
Season MVP | Kevin Swider (Knoxville)[1] |
Top scorer | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
Playoffs | |
Finals champions | Columbus Cottonmouths |
Finals runners-up | Pensacola Ice Flyers |
Playoffs Playoffs MVP | Ian Vigier (Columbus)[2] |
The 2011–12 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the eighth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The season began October 20, 2011, and ended April 14, 2012, after a 56-game regular season and an eight-team playoff. The Columbus Cottonmouths captured their second SPHL championship.
Contents
Preseason
The Mississippi RiverKings joined the SPHL after 19 seasons in the Central Hockey League.[3] With 9 teams now in the SPHL, the league adopted an 8-team playoff format, with all rounds using best-of-three game series.[4][5]
Regular season
Final standings
Team[6] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Augusta RiverHawks‡ | 56 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 206 | 159 | 79 |
Columbus Cottonmouths | 56 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 185 | 155 | 75 |
Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 208 | 170 | 72 |
Pensacola Ice Flyers | 56 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 187 | 176 | 64 |
Mississippi Surge | 56 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 166 | 162 | 61 |
Mississippi RiverKings | 56 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 167 | 177 | 53 |
Louisiana IceGators | 56 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 177 | 202 | 53 |
Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 163 | 198 | 50 |
Fayetteville FireAntz | 56 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 180 | 240 | 43 |
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
Team | Total | Games | Average |
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Knoxville | 100,425 | 28 | 3,586 |
Huntsville | 94,354 | 28 | 3,369 |
Fayetteville | 91,521 | 28 | 3,268 |
Pensacola | 86,752 | 28 | 3,098 |
Mississippi RiverKings | 82,068 | 28 | 2,931 |
Columbus | 76,484 | 28 | 2,731 |
Mississippi Surge | 63,280 | 28 | 2,260 |
Louisiana | 56,514 | 28 | 2,018 |
Augusta | 53,266 | 28 | 1,902 |
League | 704,664 | 252 | 2,796 |
President's Cup playoffs
First Round | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Augusta RiverHawks | 4* | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Huntsville Havoc | 3 | 4* | 6 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 5 | 6 | x | |||||||||||||||
8 | Huntsville Havoc | 0 | 1 | x | |||||||||||||||
4 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 4 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||
5 | Mississippi Surge | 1 | 0 | x | |||||||||||||||
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.) | 2 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 3 | 3 | x | ||||||||||||||
4 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 2 | 1 | x | |||||||||||||||
6 | Mississippi RiverKings | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 4 | 1 | x | |||||||||||||||
3 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 1 | 0 | x | |||||||||||||||
7 | Louisiana IceGators | 2 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||
2 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 4 | 3* | x |
* indicates overtime game.
Finals
April 12, 2012 7:30 PM |
Pensacola | 2 – 3 (0–1, 1–0, 1–2) |
Columbus | Columbus Civic Center, Columbus, GA Attendance: 2,245 |
Game reference | ||||
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Steve Christie | Goalies | Ian Vigier | Referees: Tyler Puddifant, Andrew Wilk Andrew Gray, Joshua Greco |
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Matthew Robertson (Buccella) - 1:20 Dan Buccella (Harris) - 3:13 |
First Period 0 – 1 Second Period 1 – 1 Third Period 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 |
3:18 - Orrin Hergott (Beller, Pallardy) 1:21 - Orrin Hergott (Pallardy, Cianfrini) 4:30 - Sam Bowles (Krelove) |
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
33 | Shots | 27 |
April 14, 2012 7:05 PM |
Columbus | 3 – 1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0) |
Pensacola | Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL Attendance: 5,630 |
Game reference | ||||
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Ian Vigier | Goalies | Steve Christie | Referees: Jason Schulz, Andrew Wilk Jared Gregor, Andrew Gray |
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Jordan Braid (Maldonado, Sullivan) - 9:38 Greg Beller (Pallardy, Maldonado) - 14:56 John Sullivan - en - 19:32 |
First Period 1 – 0 1 – 1 Second Period 2 – 1 Third Period 3 – 1 |
14:50 - Ryan Salvis |
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
31 | Shots | 32 |
Awards
The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced March 26, 2012, followed by the All-SPHL teams on March 27, Defenseman of the Year on March 28, Rookie of the Year on March 29, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.[7]
President's Cup: | Columbus Cottonmouths |
Coffey Trophy: | Augusta RiverHawks |
League MVP: | Kevin Swider (Knoxville)[1] |
Rookies of the Year: | Kiefer Smiley (Mississippi Surge) and Jordan Chong (Pensacola)[8] |
Defenseman of the Year: | Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville)[9] |
Goaltender of the Year: | Ian Vigier (Columbus)[10] |
Coach of the Year: | Jeff Bes (Mississippi Surge)[11] |
Playoff MVP: | Ian Vigier (Columbus)[2] |
All-SPHL selections
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All-Rookie Team[14] |
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F Jordan Chong (Pensacola) |
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