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2011–12 SPHL season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 2011–12 SPHL season |
| league | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| sport | Ice hockey |
| duration | October 20, 2011–April 14, 2012 |
| season | Regular season |
| season_champs | Augusta RiverHawks |
| MVP | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
| top_scorer | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
| playoffs | Playoffs |
| conf1 | Finals |
| conf1_link | President's Cup (SPHL) |
| conf1_champ | Columbus Cottonmouths |
| conf1_runner-up | Pensacola Ice Flyers |
| playoffs_MVP | Ian Vigier (Columbus) |
| seasonslistnames | SPHL |
| prevseason_link | 2010–11 Southern Professional Hockey League season |
| prevseason_year | 2010–11 |
| nextseason_link | 2012–13 Southern Professional Hockey League season |
| nextseason_year | 2012–13 |
| conf1_runner-up = Pensacola Ice Flyers
The 2011–12 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the eighth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The season began October 20, 2011, and ended April 14, 2012, after a 56-game regular season and an eight-team playoff. The Columbus Cottonmouths captured their second SPHL championship.
Preseason
The Mississippi RiverKings joined the SPHL after 19 seasons in the Central Hockey League. With 9 teams now in the SPHL, the league adopted an 8-team playoff format, with all rounds using best-of-three game series.
Teams
| Team | City | Arena | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta RiverHawks | ||||
| Columbus Cottonmouths | ||||
| Fayetteville FireAntz | ||||
| Huntsville Havoc | ||||
| Knoxville Ice Bears | ||||
| Louisiana IceGators | ||||
| Mississippi RiverKings | ||||
| Mississippi Surge | ||||
| Pensacola Ice Flyers |
Map of teams
Regular season
Final standings
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta RiverHawks‡ | 56 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 206 | 159 | 79 |
| Columbus Cottonmouths | 56 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 185 | 155 | 75 |
| Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 208 | 170 | 72 |
| Pensacola Ice Flyers | 56 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 187 | 176 | 64 |
| Mississippi Surge | 56 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 166 | 162 | 61 |
| Mississippi RiverKings | 56 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 167 | 177 | 53 |
| Louisiana IceGators | 56 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 177 | 202 | 53 |
| Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 163 | 198 | 50 |
| Fayetteville FireAntz | 56 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 180 | 240 | 43 |
:‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners : Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
| Team | Total | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | 100,425 | 28 | 3,586 |
| Huntsville | 94,354 | 28 | 3,369 |
| Fayetteville | 91,521 | 28 | 3,268 |
| Pensacola | 86,752 | 28 | 3,098 |
| Mississippi RiverKings | 82,068 | 28 | 2,931 |
| Columbus | 76,484 | 28 | 2,731 |
| Mississippi Surge | 63,280 | 28 | 2,260 |
| Louisiana | 56,514 | 28 | 2,018 |
| Augusta | 53,266 | 28 | 1,902 |
| League | 704,664 | 252 | 2,796 |
President's Cup playoffs
| team-width=170
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Augusta RiverHawks | RD1-score1-1=4* | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-score1-3=2 | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=Huntsville Havoc | RD1-score2-1=3 | RD1-score2-2=4* | RD1-score2-3=6
| RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=Pensacola Ice Flyers | RD1-score3-1=4 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-3=X | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4=Mississippi Surge | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-3=X
| RD1-seed5=6 | RD1-team5=Mississippi RiverKings | RD1-score5-1=6 | RD1-score5-2=2 | RD1-score5-3=3 | RD1-seed6=3 | RD1-team6=Knoxville Ice Bears | RD1-score6-1=3 | RD1-score6-2=4 | RD1-score6-3=6
| RD1-seed7=7 | RD1-team7=Louisiana IceGators | RD1-score7-1=2 | RD1-score7-2=2 | RD1-score7-3=X | RD1-seed8=2 | RD1-team8=Columbus Cottonmouths | RD1-score8-1=4 | RD1-score8-2=3* | RD1-score8-3=X
| RD2-seed1=2 | RD2-team1=Columbus Cottonmouths | RD2-score1-1=5 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3=X | RD2-seed2=8 | RD2-team2=Huntsville Havoc | RD2-score2-1=0 | RD2-score2-2=1 | RD2-score2-3=X
| RD2-seed3=4 | RD2-team3=Pensacola Ice Flyers | RD2-score3-1=4 | RD2-score3-2=1 | RD2-score3-3=X | RD2-seed4=3 | RD2-team4=Knoxville Ice Bears | RD2-score4-1=1 | RD2-score4-2=0 | RD2-score4-3=X
| RD3-seed1=2 | RD3-team1=Columbus Cottonmouths | RD3-score1-1=3 | RD3-score1-2=3 | RD3-score1-3=X | RD3-seed2=4 | RD3-team2=Pensacola Ice Flyers | RD3-score2-1=2 | RD3-score2-2=1 | RD3-score2-3=X
- indicates overtime game.
Finals
All times are local (EDT/CDT) 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 Dan Buccella (Harris) – 3:13 1:21 – Orrin Hergott (Pallardy, Cianfrini) 4:30 – Sam Bowles (Krelove) 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 Greg Beller (Pallardy, Maldonado) – 14:56 John Sullivan – en – 19:32
Awards
The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced March 26, 2012, followed by the All-SPHL teams on March 27, Defenseman of the Year on March 28, Rookie of the Year on March 29, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.
| Playoff MVP: | Ian Vigier (Columbus) |
|---|
All-SPHL selections
| url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4373248 | title=Ice Bears, RiverHawks Head All-SPHL First Team | date=27 March 2012 | work=Press release | accessdate=28 March 2012 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821113418/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4373248 | archivedate=21 August 2012 | url-status=live }} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4373220 | title=All-SPHL Second Team Announced | date=27 March 2012 | work=Press release | accessdate=28 March 2012 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821105827/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4373220 | archivedate=21 August 2012 | url-status=live }} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4372865 | title=Cottonmouths, Surge Lead SPHL All-Rookie Team | date=26 March 2012 | work=Press release | accessdate=26 March 2012 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821091829/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4372865 | archivedate=21 August 2012 | url-status=live }} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References
References
- Link, Dave. (4 April 2012). "Kevin Swider of Ice Bears named MVP of SPHL". [[Knoxville News Sentinel]].
- Gierer, Kathy. (16 April 2012). "Columbus Cottonmouths celebrate third title". [[Ledger-Enquirer]].
- Van Tuyl, Chris. (13 June 2011). "Mississippi RiverKings announce change to Southern Professional Hockey League". [[The Commercial Appeal]].
- Link, Dave. (7 July 2011). "SPHL expands to eight-team playoff". [[Knoxville News Sentinel]].
- (6 July 2011). "New Playoff Format". [[Ledger-Enquirer]].
- "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com.
- (22 March 2012). "SPHL Awards Schedule Announced". Press release.
- (30 March 2012). "Surge's Smiley, Ice Pilots' Chong Named SBK Co-Rookies of the Year". Press release.
- (28 March 2012). "Knoxville's Mark Van Vliet Named SBK Defenseman of the Year". Press release.
- (2 April 2012). "Columbus' Ian Vigier Named SBK Goaltender of the Year". Press release.
- (3 April 2012). "Surge's Jeff Bes Named SBK Coach of the Year". Press release.
- (27 March 2012). "Ice Bears, RiverHawks Head All-SPHL First Team". Press release.
- (27 March 2012). "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". Press release.
- (26 March 2012). "Cottonmouths, Surge Lead SPHL All-Rookie Team". Press release.
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