Sports season
2006–07 SPHL season |
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League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
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Sport | Ice hockey |
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Duration | October 27, 2006–April 18, 2007 |
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Regular season |
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Season champions | Columbus Cottonmouths |
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Season MVP | Rob Sich (Fayetteville)[1] |
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Top scorer | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
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Playoffs |
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Finals champions | Fayetteville FireAntz |
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Finals runners-up | Jacksonville Barracudas |
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Playoffs MVP | Chad Collins (Fayetteville)[2] |
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SPHL seasons |
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The 2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 27, 2006, and ended April 18, 2007, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz won their first SPHL championship.
Preseason
The Richmond Renegades joined the league as an expansion franchise, succeeding the United Hockey League's Richmond RiverDogs.[3]
Regular season
Final standings
Team[4] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
Columbus Cottonmouths‡ | 56 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 217 | 181 | 74 |
Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 219 | 185 | 70 |
Fayetteville FireAntz | 56 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 246 | 205 | 70 |
Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 221 | 210 | 62 |
Richmond Renegades | 56 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 187 | 219 | 58 |
Jacksonville Barracudas | 56 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 198 | 238 | 57 |
Pee Dee Cyclones | 56 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 225 | 280 | 40 |
Florida Seals* | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 110 | 105 | 23 |
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
The Florida Seals folded mid-season after not meeting contractual obligations to their arena. A one-round dispersal draft was held January 5, with each team choosing one player from the Seals' roster. The picks were as follows: Pee Dee - Justin Keller, Jacksonville - Lawne Snyder, Fayetteville - Rob Sich, Richmond - Matt Balser, Columbus - Chad Haacke, Knoxville - Craig Geerlinks, Huntsville - Craig Miller.[5]
Attendance
Team | Total | Games | Average |
Huntsville | 109,615 | 28 | 3,914 |
Richmond | 95,756 | 28 | 3,419 |
Fayetteville | 93,301 | 28 | 3,332 |
Columbus | 92,534 | 28 | 3,304 |
Knoxville | 90,640 | 28 | 3,237 |
Jacksonville | 70,773 | 26 | 2,722 |
Florida | 34,470 | 17 | 2,027 |
Pee Dee | 36,928 | 26 | 1,420 |
President's Cup playoffs
(1) Columbus Cottonmouths vs. (6) Jacksonville Barracudas
The Columbus Cottonmouths and the Jacksonville Barracudas play at best of 5 round that will take the place of the first two playoff rounds. The other four teams will play a best of 3 game Quarter-final and Semi-final round.
Game-by-Game | Score | Columbus goals | Jacksonville goals | Winning goalie |
1 | March 29 | at Columbus 1, Jacksonville 2 | 2OT 5:06 | Mark Prentice | Steve Zoryk, Greg LeColst | Ryan Person |
2 | March 30 | at Columbus 3, Jacksonville 4 | OT 1:15 | Ryan Haggarty, Mark Prentice, Daryl Moor | Steve Zoryk 2, Tyrone Garner 2 | Ryan Person |
3 | April 1 | at Jacksonville 2, Columbus 4 | | Galloway Carroll 3, Ryan Rutz | Tyrone Garner, Jim Murphy | Chad Rycroft |
4 | April 3 | at Jacksonville 4, Columbus 3 | | Craig Stahl 2, Jason Price | Steve Zoryk, Jim Murphy, Tyrone Garner 2 | Ryan Person |
Jacksonville win series 3-1 | Prentice 2 | Zoryk 4, Garner 4, Murphy 2 |
Quarter-finals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (5) Richmond Renegades
Game-by-Game | Score | Knoxville goals | Richmond goals | Winning goalie |
1 | March 30 | at Knoxville 3, Richmond 4 | 2OT 4:17 | Rob Flynn, Tim Vitek, Matt Kohansky | Dean Jackson, Tyler Schremp, Danny White, Donald Melnyk | Doug Groenestege |
2 | March 31 | at Richmond 2, Knoxville 8 | | Mike Tuomi 3, Matt Kohansky, Robbie Rangus, Curtis Menzul, Nick Fouts, Mike Craigen | JJ Wrobel, Joe Pace | Terry Dunbar |
3 | April 3 | at Knoxville 6, Richmond 2 | | Curtis Menzul, Robbie Rangus 2, David Segal, Doug Searle, Mike Tuomi | Tyler Schremp, Brian Goudie | Terry Dunbar |
Knoxville win series 2-1 | Tuomi 4, Rangus 3,Kohansky 2 | Schremp 2 |
(3) Fayetteville FireAntz vs. (4) Huntsville Havoc
Game-by-Game | Score | Fayetteville goals | Huntsville goals | Winning goalie |
1 | March 30 | at Fayetteville 3, Huntsville 2 | | Jarrett Robertson, Robert Sich 2 | Bill Monkman, Tristan Senior | Chad Collins |
2 | March 31 | at Huntsville 4, Fayetteville 5 | OT 5:41 | Tim Velemirovich 2, Mike Clarke 2, Jarrett Robertson | Bill Monkman, Dan Buccella 2, Craig Bushey | Chad Collins |
Fayetteville win series 2-0 | Robertson 2, Sich 2, Velemirovich 2, Clarke 2 | Monkman 2, Buccella 2 |
Semi-finals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (3) Fayetteville FireAntz
Game-by-Game | Score | Knoxville goals | Fayetteville goals | Winning goalie |
1 | April 6 | at Knoxville 1, Fayetteville 4 | | Mike Tuomi | Tim Velemirovich, Josh Welter, BJ Stephens, Jarrett Robertson | Chad Collins |
2 | April 7 | at Fayetteville 5, Knoxville 2 | | Kevin Swider, Matt Kohansky | Tim Velemirovich, Marc Norrington, Josh Tataryn, Robert Sich, Bryan Dobek | Chad Collins |
Fayetteville win series 2-0 | | Velemirovich 2 |
Finals
Game reference |
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| Ryan Person | Goalies | Chad Collins | Referee: Zac Wiebe |
| 0 – 1 | 12:47 - Stephens (Tataryn, Saittakari) | | 0 – 2 | 34:12 - Stephens (Dobek, Tataryn) (PP) | | 0 – 3 | 43:36 - Welter (Velemirovich, Sich) | Zoryk (Thomas, LeColst) (PP) - 51:07 | 1 – 3 | |
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22 min | Penalties | 16 min |
27 | Shots | 36 |
Game reference |
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| Ryan Person | Goalies | Chad Collins | Referee: Adam Fish |
| 0 – 1 | 00:40 - Dobek (Welter, Sich) | | 0 – 2 | 02:33 - Clarke (Sich, Welter) (PP) | | 0 – 3 | 04:06 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich) (PP) | Hickman (Doherty, Zoryk) - 24:33 | 1 – 3 | | Zoryk (Rochefort, Thomas) - 38:38 | 2 – 3 | | | 2 – 4 | 41:13 - Stephens (Clarke, Row) (PP) | Webb (Doherty, Zoryk) - 41:40 | 3 – 4 | | | 3 – 5 | 41:52 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich) | Garner (Thomas, Murphy) - 42:12 | 4 – 5 | | Thomas (LeColst, Zoryk) - 48:05 | 5 – 5 | | | 5 – 6 | 53:44 - Row (Welter, Sich) |
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16 min | Penalties | 16 min |
31 | Shots | 38 |
Game reference |
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| Chad Collins | Goalies | Ryan Person | Referee: Zac Wiebe |
| 0 – 1 | 01:51 - Doherty (Webb, Hickman) | | 0 – 2 | 09:14 - LeColst (Zoryk, Thomas) | Sich (Clarke, Welter) (PP) - 30:36 | 1 – 2 | | | 1 – 3 | 37:06 - LeColst (Webb, Wagner) (PP) | Velemirovich (Welter, Clarke) (PP) - 50:49 | 2 – 3 | |
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12 min | Penalties | 14 min |
40 | Shots | 30 |
Game reference |
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| Chad Collins | Goalies | Ryan Person | Referee: Scott Bokal |
Stephens (Dobek, Clarke) (PP) - 01:42 | 1 – 0 | | Sich (Welter, Velemirovich) (PP) - 06:18 | 2 – 0 | | Norrington (Welter) - 27:01 | 3 – 0 | | | 3 – 1 | 34:13 - Webb (Hickman) | Sich (Row) (PP) - 37:07 | 4 – 1 | | | 4 – 2 | 46:30 - Garner (Cassells, Murphy) (PP) | | 4 – 3 | 54:10 - Webb (Doherty, Garner) | Tataryn (Stephens) (EN) - 59:11 | 5 – 3 | |
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20 min | Penalties | 32 min |
37 | Shots | 38 |
Awards
SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007.[1]
All-Star selections
References
- ^ a b "SPHL's Third Regular Season Ends". Press release. March 28, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- ^ a b "FireAntz Win SPHL President's Cup". Press release. April 19, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- ^ "Renegades return to Richmond in SPHL". Press release. April 25, 2006. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- ^ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Florida Seals cease operations". Press release. January 5, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2010.