2012–13 SPHL season

2012–13 SPHL season
2012–13 SPHL season
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October 26, 2012–April 14, 2013
Regular season
Season champions	Fayetteville FireAntz
Season MVP	Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)
Top scorer	Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Pensacola Ice Flyers
Finals runners-up	Huntsville Havoc
SPHL seasons
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the ninth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The regular season began October 26, 2012 and ended April 14, 2013, after a 56-game regular season and an 8-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz captured their first SPHL regular season title.^[1] The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Huntsville Havoc in the President's Cup final 2 games to 1 to win the team's first President's Cup.^[2]

Teams

Team	City	Arena
2012-13 Southern Professional Hockey League
Augusta RiverHawks	Augusta, Georgia	James Brown Arena
Columbus Cottonmouths	Columbus, Georgia	Columbus Civic Center
Fayetteville FireAntz	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
Huntsville Havoc	Huntsville, Alabama	Von Braun Center
Knoxville Ice Bears	Knoxville, Tennessee	Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Louisiana IceGators	Lafayette, Louisiana	Cajundome
Mississippi RiverKings	Southaven, Mississippi	Landers Center
Mississippi Surge	Biloxi, Mississippi	Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Pensacola Ice Flyers	Pensacola, Florida	Pensacola Bay Center

Map of teams

Augusta

Columbus

Fayetteville

Huntsville

Knoxville

Louisiana

RiverKings

Surge

Pensacola

SPHL teams

Regular season

Final standings

Team^[3]	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Fayetteville FireAntz^‡	56	35	18	3	195	154	73
Louisiana IceGators	56	34	17	5	172	167	73
Pensacola Ice Flyers	56	33	18	5	171	149	71
Knoxville Ice Bears	56	33	19	4	180	157	70
Columbus Cottonmouths	56	28	24	4	149	138	60
Mississippi Surge	56	25	23	8	152	156	58
Mississippi RiverKings	56	24	24	8	165	183	56
Huntsville Havoc	56	21	29	6	135	179	48
Augusta RiverHawks	56	19	31	6	150	186	44

^‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners

Advanced to playoffs

Attendance

Team	Total	Games	Average
Huntsville	98,393	28	3,514
Knoxville	96,570	28	3,448
Fayetteville	96,313	28	3,439
Pensacola	92,087	28	3,288
Columbus	79,260	28	2,830
Mississippi RiverKings	70,373	28	2,513
Louisiana	64,080	28	2,288
Mississippi Surge	58,496	28	2,089
Augusta	51,247	28	1,830
League	706,819	252	2,804

President's Cup playoffs

First Round					Semifinals					Final

1	Fayetteville FireAntz	2	4	X

8	Huntsville Havoc	3*	5*	X
					2	Louisiana IceGators	3	2***	1

					8	Huntsville Havoc	5	1	5
4	Knoxville Ice Bears	3	3	X

5	Columbus Cottonmouths	0	0	X
										8	Huntsville Havoc	1	2	0
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
										3	Pensacola Ice Flyers	2*	1	2
6	Mississippi Surge	1	3	X

3	Pensacola Ice Flyers	4	5	X
					3	Pensacola Ice Flyers	3	1

					4	Knoxville Ice Bears	2	0
7	Mississippi RiverKings	5	5	4

2	Louisiana IceGators	7	2	5*

* indicates overtime period.

Finals

All times are local (EDT/CDT)

April 9, 2013
7:05pm

Huntsville

1 – 2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Pensacola

Pensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, Florida
Attendance: 3,632

Game reference

Jesse Kallechy

Goalies

Ross MacKinnon

Referees:
Andrew Howard
Tyler Puddifant

Stuart Stefan (Fidler, Gurtler) - 17:08	1–0
	1–1	19:10 - Mitchell Good (Soehner, Dupuis)
	1–2	17:01 - Dan Buccella (Cooper, Knowlton)

2 min

Penalties

2 min

44

Shots

72

April 12, 2013
7:30pm

Pensacola

1 – 2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Huntsville

Von Braun Center
Huntsville, Alabama
Attendance: 4,856

Game reference

Ross MacKinnon

Goalies

Jesse Kallechy

Referees:
Peter MacDougall
Curtis Marouelli

Patrick Knowlton (Dunbar) - pp - 16:10	1–0
	1–1	10:30 - Aaron McGill (Fidler, DeBruyn)
	1–2	19:51 - Justin Fox (Stefan, McGill)

43 min

Penalties

39 min

37

Shots

25

April 14, 2013
6:05pm

Huntsville

0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Pensacola

Pensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, Florida
Attendance: 4,693

Game reference

Jesse Kallechy

Goalies

Ross MacKinnon

Referees:
Tyler Puddifant
Curtis Marouelli

	0–1	2:07 - Patrick Knowlton (Dunbar, Vossberg)
	0–2	12:32 - Brad Cooper (Dunbar, Chong)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

46

Awards

The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced on March 27, 2013, the All-SPHL teams on March 28, Defenseman of the Year on March 29, Rookie of the Year on April 1, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.^[4]

2012–13 SPHL awards
Award	Recipient(s)	Finalists
President's Cup	Pensacola Ice Flyers	Huntsville Havoc
William B. Coffey Trophy (Best regular-season record)	Fayetteville FireAntz
Easton Defenseman of the Year	Andrew Smale (Fayetteville)	Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)
Easton Rookie of the Year	Matt Gingera (Columbus)	Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola)
Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year	Riley Gill (Louisiana)	Andrew Loewen (Columbus)
Easton Coach of the Year	Mark DeSantis (Fayetteville)	Kevin Kaminski (Louisiana)
Easton Most Valuable Player	Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)	Riley Gill (Louisiana)

All-SPHL selections

Position	First Team^[5]	Second Team^[6]	All-Rookie^[7]
G	Riley Gill (Louisiana)	Andrew Loewen (Columbus)	Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola)
D	Andrew Smale (Fayetteville)	Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)	Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)
D	Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville)	Bret Tyler (Columbus)	Mike Kavanagh (Fayetteville)
F	Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)	Matt Gingera (Columbus)	Derek Elliott (Fayetteville)
F	Matt Robertson (Louisiana)	Eric Satim (Knoxville)	Matt Gingera (Columbus)
F	Ryan Salvis (Pensacola)	Matt Whitehead (Mississippi RiverKings)	Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings))

References

^ "Fayetteville FireAntz clinch SPHL regular-season title". thesphl.com. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
^ "Huntsville Havoc loses to Pensacola in SPHL championship game". al.com. April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
^ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
^ "SPHL Awards Schedule Announced". thesphl.com. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
^ "Fayetteville, Louisiana Head All-SPHL First Team". thesphl.com. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
^ "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". thesphl.com. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
^ "SPHL Announces All-Rookie Team". thesphl.com. March 27, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.

[1] "Fayetteville FireAntz clinch SPHL regular-season title". thesphl.com. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.

[2] "Huntsville Havoc loses to Pensacola in SPHL championship game". al.com. April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.

[Standings-3] "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 25, 2013.

[4] "SPHL Awards Schedule Announced". thesphl.com. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.

[First_All-Star-5] "Fayetteville, Louisiana Head All-SPHL First Team". thesphl.com. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.

[Second_All-Star-6] "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". thesphl.com. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.

[All-Rookie-7] "SPHL Announces All-Rookie Team". thesphl.com. March 27, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.

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