2021–22 SPHL season
2021–22 SPHL season | |
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League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | October 15, 2021 – May 3, 2022 |
Number of games | 56 |
Number of teams | 11 |
Regular season | |
William B. Coffey Trophy | Knoxville Ice Bears |
Season MVP | Alec Baer (Peoria) |
Top scorer | Alec Baer (Peoria) |
Playoffs | |
Finals champions | Peoria Rivermen |
Playoffs Playoffs MVP | Jack Berry (Peoria) |
The 2021–22 SPHL season was the 18th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The playoffs concluded on May 3, 2022 with the Peoria Rivermen defeating the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in 4 games in the President's Cup Finals, claiming their first President's Cup.[1]
Contents
League business
After playing a shortened 2020–21 season with only five teams, the league returned with all ten clubs from the 2019–20 season and added an expansion team, the Vermilion County Bobcats.[2][3]
Regular season
Standings
As of April 10, 2022.[4]
Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
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z–Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 220 | 136 |
x–Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 194 | 124 |
x–Peoria Rivermen | 56 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 83 | 219 | 126 |
x–Fayetteville Marksmen | 56 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 197 | 140 |
x–Quad City Storm | 56 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 191 | 157 |
x–Pensacola Ice Flyers | 56 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 189 | 164 |
x–Evansville Thunderbolts | 56 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 162 | 155 |
x–Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 56 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 176 | 181 |
e–Birmingham Bulls | 56 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 144 | 198 |
e–Macon Mayhem | 56 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 123 | 250 |
e–Vermilion County Bobcats | 56 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 83 | 267 |
z– indicates team has clinched William B. Coffey Trophy (regular season champion) and a playoff spot
x– indicates team has clinched a playoff spot
e– indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention
Statistical leaders
Leading skaters
The following players are sorted by points, then goals. Updated as of April 10, 2022.[5]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Alec Baer | Peoria Rivermen | 53 | 26 | 54 | 80 | 32 | 36 |
Alec Hagaman | Peoria Rivermen | 47 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 40 | 151 |
Sy Nutkevitch | Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 25 | 45 | 70 | 9 | 30 |
Jacob Barber | Huntsville Havoc | 54 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 17 | 24 |
Marcel Godbout | Peoria Rivermen | 50 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 15 | 22 |
Mac Jansen | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 55 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 3 | 52 |
Rob Darrar | Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 35 | 16 |
Anthony McVeigh | Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 23 | 24 |
Dean Balsamo | Knoxville Ice Bears | 46 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 5 | 37 |
Weiland Parrish | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 50 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 22 | 22 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders with a minimum 660 minutes played lead the league in goals against average. Updated as of April 10, 2022.[6]
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout loss
Player | Team | GP | TOI | SA | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | W | L | OT |
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Hunter Vorva | Huntsville Havoc | 32 | 1,892 | 928 | 61 | 3 | 1.93 | .934 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
Eric Levine | Peoria Rivermen | 43 | 2,446 | 1,161 | 83 | 5 | 2.04 | .929 | 29 | 8 | 4 |
Jason Pawloski | Fayetteville Marksmen | 22 | 1,288 | 608 | 46 | 2 | 2.14 | .924 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
Kristian Stead | Knoxville Ice Bears | 24 | 1,394 | 659 | 51 | 2 | 2.20 | .923 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
Brent Moran | Fayetteville Marksmen | 21 | 1,271 | 710 | 50 | 1 | 2.36 | .930 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
Postseason
For 2022, the format returned to the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualifying for the playoffs.[7]
Playoff bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | President's Cup Final | |||||||||||
1 | Knoxville | 1 | |||||||||||
8 | Roanoke | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Huntsville | 0 | |||||||||||
8 | Roanoke | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Huntsville | 2 | |||||||||||
7 | Evansville | 0 | |||||||||||
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | 8 | Roanoke | 1 | ||||||||||
3 | Peoria | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Peoria | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Pensacola | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Peoria | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | Quad City | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Fayetteville | 1 | |||||||||||
5 | Quad City | 2 |
Quarterfinals
(1) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (8) Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
April 13, 2022 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 1 – 4 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Knoxville Civic Coliseum | Recap | |||
6:21 – Stepan Timofeyev (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
17:13 – Andrew Bellant (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
8:31 – pp – Dean Balsamo (1) 16:36 – en – Stepan Timofeyev (2) |
Third period | Mac Jansen (1) – 17:34 | ||||||
Jimmy Poreda (30 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Sammy Bernard (23 saves / 26 shots) |
April 16, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 1 – 5 | Knoxville Ice Bears | Berglund Center | Recap | |||
3:44 – Nick DeVito (1) 8:45 – Travis Armstrong (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
3:27 – Gehrett Sargis (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
1:45 – sh – Brant Sherwood (1) 6:06 – Gehrett Sargis (2) |
Third period | Jared Nash (1) – pp – 15:40 | ||||||
Sammy Bernard (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Jimmy Poreda (21 saves / 25 shots) |
April 17, 2022 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 3 – 1 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Knoxville Civic Coliseum | Recap | |||
11:26 – pp – Stepan Timofeyev (3) | First period | Gehrett Sargis (3) – 3:37 Mac Jansen (2) – 4:57 |
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No scoring | Second period | Nick Ford (1) – 9:46 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jimmy Poreda (2 saves / 4 shots) | Goalie stats | Sammy Bernard (28 saves / 29 shots) |
Roanoke won series 2–1 | |
(2) Huntsville Havoc vs. (7) Evansville Thunderbolts
April 14, 2022 | Huntsville Havoc | 3 – 5 | Evansville Thunderbolts | Propst Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Cameron Cook (1) – 1:38 | ||||||
17:54 – pp – Nolan Kaiser (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
7:07 – Jacob Barber (1) 7:42 – Nate Pionk (1) 12:46 – pp – Bauer Neudecker (1) 18:52 – en – Jacob Barber (2) |
Third period | Connor Chatham (1) – 1:14 Cameron Cook (2) – 19:23 |
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Hunter Vorva (14 saves / 17 shots) | Goalie stats | Chris Janzen (42 saves / 46 shots) |
April 16, 2022 | Evansville Thunderbolts | 3 – 2 | OT | Huntsville Havoc | Ford Center | Recap | ||
18:18 – Cameron Cook (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
16:27 – Derek Osik (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Rob Darrar (1) – pp – 0:40 Bair Gendunov (1) – 9:22 |
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No scoring | First overtime period | Bair Gendunov (2) – pp – 15:34 | ||||||
Chris Janzen (27 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Hunter Vorva (28 saves / 30 shots) |
Huntsville won series 2–0 | |
(3) Peoria Rivermen vs. (6) Pensacola Ice Flyers
April 13, 2022 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 6 – 3 | Peoria Rivermen | Pelham Civic Center (Birmingham) | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Austin Wisely (1) – 9:41 Alec Baer (1) – 14:48 |
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No scoring | Second period | Lordanthony Grissom (1) – 10:27 Jordan Ernst (1) – pp – 16:41 Kasey Kulczycki (1) – 17:16 |
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1:04 – pp – Frederic Letourneau (1) 2:54 – Weiland Parrish (1) 19:05 – Ivan Bondarenko (1) |
Third period | Mike Laidley (1) – 6:41 | ||||||
Cody Karpinski (30 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Levine (40 saves / 43 shots) |
April 15, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 6 – 4 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
0:22 – Alec Baer (2) 4:29 – Alec Baer (3) |
First period | Brennan Blaszczak (1) – pp – 5:19 Brennan Blaszczak (2) – 17:37 |
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No scoring | Second period | Frederic Letourneau (2) – 19:34 | ||||||
5:06 – Alec Baer (4) 10:32 – pp – JM Piotrowski (1) |
Third period | Ivan Bondarenko (1) – pp – 4:15 Rex Moe (1) – pp – 16:05 Brennan Blaszczak (1) – en – 19:14 |
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Jack Berry (3 saves / 4 shots) | Goalie stats | Cody Karpinski (23 saves / 27 shots) |
April 16, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 2 – 4 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
5:12 – Dale Deon (1) 17:20 – pp – Alec Hagaman (1) |
First period | Frederic Letourneau (3) – pp – 10:34 | ||||||
19:43 – Austin Wisely (2) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
14:28 – Jordan Ernst (2) | Third period | Weiland Parrish (2) – pp – 14:19 | ||||||
Jack Berry (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Cody Karpinski (35 saves / 39 shots) |
Peoria won series 2–1 | |
(4) Fayetteville Marksmen vs. (5) Quad City Storm
April 13, 2022 | Quad City Storm | 3 – 2 | Fayetteville Marksmen | TaxSlayer Center | Recap | |||
10:26 – pp – Ben Duperreault (1) | First period | Zach Remers (1) – 7:00 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
15:34 – Drake Glover (1) | Third period | Taylor Best (1) – 0:30 Drake Glover (1) – 16:10 |
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Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Brent Moran (38 saves / 40 shots) |
April 15, 2022 | Fayetteville Marksmen | 3 – 1 | Quad City Storm | Crown Coliseum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
8:01 – pp – Drake Glover (2) | Second period | Dillon Fournier (1) – pp – 9:22 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Shane Bennett (1) – 1:45 Logan Nelson (1) – en – 19:31 |
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Brent Moran (32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 27 shots) |
April 16, 2022 | Fayetteville Marksmen | 4 – 2 | Quad City Storm | Crown Coliseum | Recap | |||
17:13 – Bryan Moore (1) | First period | Taylor Price (1) – 8:59 Triston Theriot (1) – 16:12 |
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8:37 – Nick Mangone (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Ben Duperreault (2) – 3:13 Ben Duperreault (3) – 11:09 |
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Brent Moran (32 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Bailey Brkin (28 saves / 30 shots) |
Quad City won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals
(2) Huntsville Havoc vs. (8) Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
April 21, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 3 – 5 | Huntsville Havoc | Berglund Center | Recap | |||
4:44 – Brant Sherwood (2) 14:56 – pp – Jeff Jones (1) |
First period | Rob Darrar (2) – pp – 7:59 | ||||||
6:50 – Nick Ford (2) 11:10 – Sean Leonard (1) 14:42 – pp – Jeff Jones (2) |
Second period | Jacob Barber (3) – pp – 10:45 Jacob Barber (4) – 15:30 |
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No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Austyn Roudebush (18 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Hunter Vorva (26 saves / 31 shots) |
April 16, 2022 | Huntsville Havoc | 2 – 0 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Propst Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Brady Heppner (1) – 4:20 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Nick Ford (3) – 13:03 | ||||||
Hunter Vorva (23 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Austyn Roudebush (36 saves / 36 shots) |
Roanoke won series 2–0 | |
(3) Peoria Rivermen vs. (5) Quad City Storm
April 20, 2022 | Quad City Storm | 1 – 4 | Peoria Rivermen | TaxSlayer Center | Recap | |||
2:01 – Marcus Ortiz (1) 15:25 – Taylor Pryce (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
5:05 – Taylor Pryce (3) | Second period | Marcel Godbout (1) – 19:34 | ||||||
18:07 – en – Marcus Ortiz (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Bailey Brkin (35 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (36 saves / 39 shots) |
April 22, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 1 – 5 | Quad City Storm | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
15:05 – Marcel Godbout (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
0:28 – Zach Wilkie (1) 11:02 – pp – Alec Baer (5) |
Second period | Connor Fries (1) – 16:01 | ||||||
3:06 – pp – Marcel Godbout (3) 16:01 – en – Lordanthony Grissom (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jack Berry (29 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 30 shots) |
April 23, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 2 – 3 | Quad City Storm | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
8:51 – Marcel Godbout (4) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Connor Fries (1) – 8:42 | ||||||
4:43 – JM Piotrowski (2) 15:06 – pp – Jordan Ernst (3) |
Third period | Tommy Tsicos (1) – 12:30 | ||||||
Jack Berry (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Bailey Brkin (18 saves / 21 shots) |
Peoria won series 2–1 | |
President's Cup Final
(3) Peoria Rivermen vs. (8) Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
April 28, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 2 – 3 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Travis Armstrong (2) – 13:38 | ||||||
12:29 – pp – Mitchell McPherson (1) 17:24 – pp – Mike Laidley (2) |
Second period | Gehrett Sargis (4) – 4:11 | ||||||
6:47 – Lordanthony Grissom (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jack Berry (34 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Sammy Bernard (21 saves / 24 shots) |
April 29, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 3 – 7 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
2:30 – Jordan Ernst (4) 6:24 – Alec Baer (6) 7:20 – Kasey Kulczycki (2) 11:37 – Jordan Ernst (5) 12:13 – Marcel Godbout (5) |
First period | Nick Ford (4) – pp – 8:31 | ||||||
10:12 – Alec Hagaman (2) | Second period | Brady Heppner (2) – pp – 12:29 | ||||||
19:10 – pp – Jordan Ernst (6) | Third period | Travis Broughman (1) – 16:54 | ||||||
Jack Berry (34 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Austyn Roudebush (19 saves / 23 shots) |
May 2, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 3 – 4 | Peoria Rivermen | Berglund Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
6:37 – Nick Ford (5) 11:03 – Nick Ford (6) 12:22 – Nick Ford (7) |
Second period | Alec Hagaman (3) – pp – 1:13 Kasey Kulczycki (3) – 14:12 JM Piotrowski (3) – 19:20 |
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10:06 – Brant Sherwood (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Sammy Bernard (22 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (32 saves / 36 shots) |
May 3, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 3 – 2 | OT | Peoria Rivermen | Berglund Center | Recap | ||
2:19 – Mac Jansen (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
1:56 – pp – Travis Broughman (2) | Second period | Mike Gurtler (1) – 6:10 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Marcel Godbout (6) – pp – 12:23 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | JM Piotrowski (4) – 1:06 | ||||||
Sammy Bernard (22 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (31 saves / 33 shots) |
Peoria won series 3–1 | |
Statistical leaders
Skaters
The following players are sorted by points, then goals. Updated as of May 3, 2022.[8]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Nick Ford | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 9 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
Marcel Godbout | Peoria Rivermen | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Alec Baer | Peoria Rivermen | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 6 |
JM Piotrowski | Peoria Rivermen | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
Mac Jansen | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
Alec Hagaman | Peoria Rivermen | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
Goaltenders
The following goaltenders with a minimum 350 minutes played lead the playoffs in goals against average. Updated as of May 3, 2022.[9]
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout loss
Player | Team | GP | TOI | SA | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | W | L | OT |
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Bailey Brkin | Quad City Storm | 6 | 357 | 173 | 14 | 0 | 2.25 | .919 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Jack Berry | Peoria Rivermen | 9 | 492 | 263 | 20 | 0 | 2.44 | .924 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Sammy Bernard | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 8 | 386 | 167 | 18 | 0 | 2.80 | .892 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
Award | Recipient(s) |
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President's Cup | Peoria Rivermen |
William B. Coffey Trophy (Best regular-season record) |
Knoxville Ice Bears |
Defenseman of the Year | Jason Price (Knoxville)[10] |
Rookie of the Year | Marcel Godbout (Peoria)[11] |
Goaltender of the Year | Hunter Vorva (Huntsville)[12] |
Coach of the Year | Jeff Carr (Knoxville)[13] |
Most Valuable Player | Alec Baer (Peoria)[14] |
Leading Scorer Award | Alec Baer (Peoria)[15] |
All-SPHL selections
Position | First Team[16] | Second Team[16] | All-Rookie[17] |
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G | Hunter Vorva (Huntsville) | Eric Levine (Peoria) | Kristian Stead (Knoxville) |
D | Jason Price (Knoxville) Donald Olivieri (Fayetteville) |
Joe Sova (Quad City) Dylan Carabia (Pensacola) |
Dylan Carabia (Pensacola) Zach Wilkie (Peoria) |
F | Alec Baer (Peoria) Alec Hagaman (Peoria) Sy Nutkevitch (Huntsville) Jacob Barber (Huntsville) |
Mac Jansen (Roanoke) Marcel Godbout (Peoria) Anthony McVeigh (Knoxville) |
Marcel Godbout (Peoria) Taylor Best (Fayetteville) Weiland Parrish (Pensacola) Carson Rose (Birmingham) |
Milestones and records
- On January 22, 2022 – The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeat the Macon Mayhem 13–4 (record for most goals by one team)[18]
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