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2005–06 SPHL season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 2005–06 SPHL season |
| league | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| sport | Ice hockey |
| duration | October 21, 2005–April 12, 2006 |
| season | Regular season |
| season_champs | Knoxville Ice Bears |
| MVP | Matt Carmichael (Huntsville) |
| top_scorer | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
| playoffs | Playoffs |
| conf1 | Finals |
| conf1_link | President's Cup (SPHL) |
| conf1_champ | Knoxville Ice Bears |
| conf1_runner-up | Florida Seals |
| seasonslistnames | SPHL |
| prevseason_link | 2004–05 Southern Professional Hockey League season |
| prevseason_year | 2004–05 |
| nextseason_link | 2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season |
| nextseason_year | 2006–07 |
| conf1_runner-up = Florida Seals
The 2005–06 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the second season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 21, 2005, and ended April 12, 2006, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Knoxville Ice Bears won their first SPHL championship.
Preseason
The Asheville Aces, Macon Trax, and Winston-Salem Polar Twins all folded following the 2004–05 season. Replacing them were the Florida Seals and Pee Dee Cyclones.
A new playoff structure was announced, with the top seed and sixth seed playing each other in a best-of-5-game series, with the winner advancing to the championship. The second and fifth, and third and fourth seeds each play a best-of-3-game series, with the winners meeting in another 3-game series to determine the second finalist.
Teams
| Team | City | Arena | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Cottonmouths | ||||
| Fayetteville FireAntz | ||||
| Florida Seals | ||||
| Huntsville Havoc | ||||
| Jacksonville Barracudas | ||||
| Knoxville Ice Bears | ||||
| Pee Dee Cyclones |
Map of teams
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Regular season
Final standings
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Ice Bears‡ | 56 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 262 | 192 | 78 |
| Columbus Cottonmouths | 56 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 247 | 182 | 74 |
| Florida Seals | 56 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 211 | 174 | 71 |
| Fayetteville FireAntz | 56 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 224 | 175 | 68 |
| Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 203 | 186 | 67 |
| Pee Dee Cyclones | 56 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 201 | 307 | 39 |
| Jacksonville Barracudas | 56 | 15 | 39 | 2 | 183 | 315 | 32 |
:‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners : Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
| Team | Total | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | 103,179 | 28 | 3,684 |
| Knoxville | 96,428 | 28 | 3,443 |
| Columbus | 90,518 | 28 | 3,232 |
| Huntsville | 87,871 | 28 | 3,183 |
| Florida | 57,538 | 28 | 2,054 |
| Jacksonville | 57,028 | 28 | 2,036 |
| Pee Dee | 40,626 | 28 | 1,450 |
President's Cup playoffs
| RD2-to-RD1 = yes | team-width = 175 | RD1-legs1 = 5 | RD1-legs2 = 5 | RD3-legs1 = 5 | RD3-legs2 = 5
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Knoxville Ice Bears | RD1-score1-1=4 | RD1-score1-2=7 | RD1-score1-3=3 | RD1-score1-4=6 | RD1-score1-5=x | RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2=Pee Dee Cyclones | RD1-score2-1=5 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-3=1 | RD1-score2-4=3 | RD1-score2-5=x | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Florida Seals | RD1-score3-1=2 | RD1-score3-2=1 | RD1-score3-3=1 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4=Fayetteville FireAntz | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=8 | RD1-score4-3=0 | RD1-seed5=5 | RD1-team5=Huntsville Havoc | RD1-score5-1=4 | RD1-score5-2=3 | RD1-score5-3=3 | RD1-seed6=2 | RD1-team6=Columbus Cottonmouths | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=4 | RD1-score6-3=2 | RD2-seed1=3 | RD2-team1=Florida Seals | RD2-score1-1=4 | RD2-score1-2=5 | RD2-score1-3=x | RD2-seed2=5 | RD2-team2=Huntsville Havoc | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score2-2=3 | RD2-score2-3=x | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Knoxville Ice Bears | RD3-score1-1=6 | RD3-score1-2=2 | RD3-score1-3=1 | RD3-score1-4=3 | RD3-score1-5=x | RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-team2=Florida Seals | RD3-score2-1=3 | RD3-score2-2=1 | RD3-score2-3=3 | RD3-score2-4=2 | RD3-score2-5=x
(1) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (6) Pee Dee Cyclones
The Knoxville Ice Bears and the Macon trax 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 Simi Final round.
| Game-by-Game | Score | Knoxville goals | Pee Dee goals | Winning goalie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 24 | at Pee Dee 5, Knoxville 4 | OT 3:50 | Jason Bermingham 2, K.J. Voorhees, Robbie Rangus |
| 2 | March 25 | at Pee Dee 1, Knoxville 7 | Kevin Swider 2, Robbie Rangus, Jason Bermingham, Curtis Menzul, Rob Miller, K.J. Voorhees | |
| 3 | March 31 | at Knoxville 3, Pee Dee 1 | K.C. Caudill, Jason Bermingham, Kevin Swider | |
| 4 | March 31 | at Knoxville 6, Pee Dee 3 | Jason Bermingham 5, Nathan Daly | |
| Knoxville win series 3–1 | Bermingham 9, Swider 3, Voorhees 2, Rangus 2 | Siebold 3, Roat 2, Rollins 2 |
Quarterfinals
:Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Columbus Cottonmouths vs. (5) Huntsville Havoc
| Game-by-Game | Score | Columbus goals | Huntsville goals | Winning goalie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 23 | at Columbus 1, Huntsville 4 | Tim Green | |
| 2 | March 25 | at Huntsville 3, Columbus 4 | 2OT 7:32 | Lorne Misita, Tom McMonagle, Mat Ponto,Ryan Haggarty |
| 3 | March 28 | at Columbus 2, Huntsville 3 | Craig Stahl, Tom McMonagle | |
| Huntsville win series 2–1 | McMonagle 2 | Patrick 2 |
(3) Florida Seals vs. (4) Fayetteville FireAntz
| Game-by-Game | Score | Florida goals | Fayetteville goals | Winning goalie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 24 | at Florida 2, Fayetteville 1 | John Gurskis, Robert Sich | |
| 2 | March 25 | at Fayetteville 8, Florida 1 | Justin Keller | |
| 3 | March 28 | at Florida 1, Fayetteville 0 | Robert Sich | |
| Florida win series 2–1 | Sich 2 |
Semifinals
:Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(3) Florida Seals vs. (5) Huntsville Havoc
| Game-by-Game | Score | Florida goals | Huntsville goals | Winning goalie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 31 | at Florida 4, Huntsville 2 | Steve Zoryk, Robert Sich 2, Nick Cammarata | |
| 2 | April 2 | at Huntsville 3, Florida 5 | Craig Miller, Nick Cammarata, Justin Keller, John Gurskis 2 | |
| Florida win series 2–0 | Sich 2, Cammarata 2, Gurskis 2 | Dams 2 |
Finals
0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 – 4 1 – 5 2 – 5 2 – 6 3 – 6
Miller (Zoryk) (PP) – 41:34
Peppler (Mnatsakanov, Zoryk) – 48:35
Deeves (Zoryk, Snyder) (PP) – 57:45 14:27 – Forsberg (Kovalcik, Craigen) 21:04 – Swider (Bermingham) (PP) 32:16 – Miller (Craigen)
44:45 – Daly (Menzul, Bermingham) (PP)
51:11 – Bermingham, (Menzul, Swider) (PP) 1 – 1 1 – 2 07:25 – Craigen (Forsberg, Carriere) 14:04 – Daly (Bermingham, Lewis) 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 Forsberg (Kovalcik, Carriere) – 14:56
47:31 – Keller (Snyder, Sich) (PP) 59:59 – Miller (Hammer) (EN) 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 Menzul (Daly) – 14:48 Swider (Rangus, Menzul) – 19:38
30:24 – Keller (Deeves) (SH) 42:23 – Zoryk (Deeves)
Awards
The All-SPHL teams were announced March 21, 2006, followed by the MVP on March 22, Defenseman of the Year on March 23, Coach of the Year on March 24, Rookie of the Year on March 27, and Goalie of the Year on Match 28.
| Coach of the Year: | Jerome Bechard (Columbus) |
|---|
All-Star selections
| 1st Team All-Stars |
|---|
| 2nd Team All-Stars |
|---|
References
References
- (March 22, 2006). "Carmichael named SPHL MVP". Press release.
- (June 17, 2005). "Asheville out of SPHL next season". Knoxville News-Sentinel.
- (April 13, 2005). "Trax Suspend Operation". Press release.
- (June 3, 2005). "SPHL's Polar Twins on ice". The Huntsville Times.
- (February 23, 2005). "Central Florida's other Professional Hockey Team Preparing for Season". Press release.
- (May 11, 2005). "Florence, SC Becomes First SPHL Expansion City". Press release.
- (June 3, 2005). "SPHL 2005 annual meeting concludes". Press release.
- "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com.
- (March 21, 2006). "All-SPHL Teams Announced". Press release.
- (March 27, 2006). "Sich named SPHL Rookie of the Year". Press release.
- (March 23, 2006). "Clarke named SPHL Defenseman of the Year". Press release.
- (March 28, 2006). "SPHL Goalie of the Year". Press release.
- (March 24, 2006). "Bechard named Coach of the Year". Press release.
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