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2009–10 SPHL season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 2009–10 SPHL season |
| league | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| sport | Ice hockey |
| duration | October 22, 2009–April 17, 2010 |
| season | Regular season |
| season_champs | Mississippi Surge |
| MVP | Rob Sich (Fayetteville) |
| top_scorer | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
| playoffs | Playoffs |
| conf1 | Finals |
| conf1_link | President's Cup (SPHL) |
| conf1_champ | Huntsville Havoc |
| conf1_runner-up | Mississippi Surge |
| playoffs_MVP | () -- |
| seasonslistnames | SPHL |
| prevseason_link | 2008–09 Southern Professional Hockey League season |
| prevseason_year | 2008–09 |
| nextseason_link | 2010–11 Southern Professional Hockey League season |
| nextseason_year | 2010–11 |
| conf1_runner-up = Mississippi Surge
The 2009–10 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the sixth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The season began October 22, 2009, and ended April 17, 2010, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Huntsville Havoc captured their first SPHL championship.
Preseason
The Richmond Renegades and Twin City Cyclones franchises folded during the off-season. The Louisiana IceGators, Mississippi Surge, and Pensacola Ice Flyers joined the league, after each of those markets had recently lost an ECHL team.
Teams
| Team | City | Arena | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Cottonmouths | ||||
| Fayetteville FireAntz | ||||
| Huntsville Havoc | ||||
| Knoxville Ice Bears | ||||
| Louisiana IceGators | ||||
| Mississippi Surge | ||||
| Pensacola Ice Flyers |
Map of teams
Regular season
Final standings
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Surge‡ | 56 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 210 | 165 | 76 |
| Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 199 | 178 | 71 |
| Fayetteville FireAntz | 56 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 231 | 213 | 65 |
| Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 228 | 199 | 63 |
| Pensacola Ice Flyers | 56 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 176 | 205 | 58 |
| Columbus Cottonmouths | 56 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 171 | 207 | 51 |
| Louisiana IceGators | 56 | 23 | 31 | 2 | 175 | 223 | 48 |
:‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners : Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
| Team | Total | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | 102,243 | 28 | 3,651 |
| Huntsville | 98,365 | 28 | 3,513 |
| Pensacola | 96,804 | 28 | 3,457 |
| Knoxville | 91,304 | 28 | 3,260 |
| Columbus | 78,331 | 28 | 2,797 |
| Mississippi | 74,223 | 28 | 2,650 |
| Louisiana | 54,779 | 28 | 1,956 |
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=Mississippi Surge | RD1-score1-1=5 | RD1-score1-2=4 | RD1-score1-3=4 | RD1-score1-4=6 | RD1-score1-5=x | RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2=Columbus Cottonmouths | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score2-2=5* | RD1-score2-3=2 | RD1-score2-4=2 | RD1-score2-5=x
| RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Fayetteville FireAntz | RD1-score3-1=7 | RD1-score3-2=5 | RD1-score3-3=3 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4=Knoxville Ice Bears | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=6** | RD1-score4-3=4*
| RD1-seed5=5 | RD1-team5=Pensacola Ice Flyers | RD1-score5-1=3 | RD1-score5-2=1 | RD1-score5-3=4 | RD1-seed6=2 | RD1-team6=Huntsville Havoc | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=5 | RD1-score6-3=5*
| RD2-seed1=4 | RD2-team1=Knoxville Ice Bears | RD2-score1-1=1 | RD2-score1-2=1 | RD2-score1-3=x | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Huntsville Havoc | RD2-score2-1=5 | RD2-score2-2=3 | RD2-score2-3=x
| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Mississippi Surge | RD3-score1-1=2 | RD3-score1-2=2 | RD3-score1-3=2 | RD3-score1-4= | RD3-score1-5= | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=Huntsville Havoc | RD3-score2-1=3 | RD3-score2-2=3 | RD3-score2-3=3 | RD3-score2-4= | RD3-score2-5=
- indicates overtime game.
Finals
All times are local (CDT) 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 Jeff Winchester (MacDonald) – pp – 24:59
Chris Myers (McCreary, Radovich) – 31:21 Travis Kauffeldt (McCreary, Schembri) – pp – 36:00
31:02 – Matt Larke (Greene, Wolgemuth) 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2
Brett Liscomb (Hartinger) – pp – 29:24 Mike MacDonald – 49:04 Justin Rohr (Liscomb, Petiot) – 50:00 19:46 – pp – Matthew Larke (Greene) 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3
Nick Klaren (Cacaro, Grant) – 55:43 Tim Velemirovich (Richard) – 56:18 34:19 – Andrew Schembri (Rohr, Kauffeldt) 51:37 – Mike MacDonald
Awards
The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced March 25, 2010, followed by the All-SPHL teams on March 26, Rookie of the Year on March 29, Coach of the Year on March 30, Defenseman of the Year on March 31, Goaltender of the Year on April 1, and MVP on April 2.
| Playoff MVP: | []() () -- |
|---|
All-SPHL selections
| url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3980507 | title=All-SPHL First Team Announced | date=March 26, 2010 | work=Press release | accessdate=27 March 2010}} |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3980572 | title=All-SPHL Second Team Announced | date=March 26, 2010 | work=Press release | accessdate=27 March 2010}} |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3980015 | title=SPHL All-Rookie Team Announced | date=March 25, 2010 | work=Press release | accessdate=27 March 2010}} |
|---|---|---|---|---|
References
References
- (April 2, 2010). "Fayetteville's Rob Sich Voted SPHL Most Valuable Player". Press release.
- (April 30, 2009). "Renegades Officially Done". Press release.
- (March 24, 2009). "Cyclones To Cease Operations". Press release.
- (May 17, 2009). "Hockey Returns to Lafayette". Press release.
- (June 17, 2009). "Coast Hockey Announces New Team Name". Press release.
- (July 15, 2009). "Pensacola Ice Flyers Will Play This Year". Press release.
- "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com.
- (March 22, 2010). "Postseason Awards Schedule Announced". Press release.
- (March 29, 2010). "Fayetteville's Jesse Biduke Named Rookie of the Year". Press release.
- (March 31, 2010). "Mississippi's Steve Weidlich Named Defenseman of the Year". Press release.
- (April 1, 2010). "Mississippi's Bill Zaniboni Named Goaltender of the Year". Press release.
- (March 30, 2010). "Surge Head Coach Walby Wins Coach Of The Year Award". Press release.
- (March 26, 2010). "All-SPHL First Team Announced". Press release.
- (March 26, 2010). "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". Press release.
- (March 25, 2010). "SPHL All-Rookie Team Announced". Press release.
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