The 2021–22 SPHL season was the 18th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The playoffs concluded on May 3, 2022 with the Peoria Rivermen defeating the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in 4 games in the President's Cup Finals, claiming their first President's Cup.
2021–22 SPHL season
Southern Professional Hockey League Ice hockey October 15, 2021 – May 3, 2022 56 11 Knoxville Ice Bears Alec Baer (Peoria) Alec Baer (Peoria) Peoria Rivermen Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Jack Berry (Peoria)
The 2021–22 SPHL season was the 18th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The playoffs concluded on May 3, 2022 with the Peoria Rivermen defeating the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in 4 games in the President's Cup Finals, claiming their first President's Cup.
After playing a shortened 2020–21 season with only five teams, the league returned with all ten clubs from the 2019–20 season and added an expansion team, the Vermilion County Bobcats .
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2021-22 Southern Professional Hockey League Birmingham Bulls Pelham, Alabama Pelham Civic Center Evansville Thunderbolts Evansville, Indiana Ford Center Fayetteville Marksmen Fayetteville, North Carolina Crown Complex Huntsville Havoc Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum Macon Mayhem Macon, Georgia Macon Coliseum Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Bay Center Peoria Rivermen Peoria, Illinois Carver Arena Quad City Storm Moline, Illinois TaxSlayer Center Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Roanoke, Virginia Berglund Center Vermilion County Bobcats Danville, Illinois David S. Palmer Arena
As of April 10, 2022.
Team .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
z–Knoxville Ice Bears 56 42 10 2 2 88 220 136 x–Huntsville Havoc 56 41 13 1 1 84 194 124 x–Peoria Rivermen 56 38 11 3 4 83 219 126 x–Fayetteville Marksmen 56 40 14 1 1 82 197 140 x–Quad City Storm 56 32 15 5 4 73 191 157 x–Pensacola Ice Flyers 56 31 19 5 1 68 189 164 x–Evansville Thunderbolts 56 28 26 2 0 58 162 155 x–Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 56 23 24 4 5 55 176 181 e–Birmingham Bulls 56 18 32 5 1 42 144 198 e–Macon Mayhem 56 10 40 3 3 26 123 250 e–Vermilion County Bobcats 56 5 46 5 0 15 83 267
x– indicates team has clinched a playoff spot
e– indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention
Team Total Games Average
Huntsville 134,713 28 4,811 Knoxville 102,323 28 3,654 Pensacola 97,647 28 3,487 Roanoke 95,011 28 3,393 Fayetteville 80,640 28 2,880 Peoria 76,657 28 2,738 Birmingham 70,747 28 2,527 Evansville 70,678 28 2,524 Quad City 66,481 28 2,374 Macon 48,002 28 1,714 Vermillion County 41,770 28 1,492 League 884,669 308 2,872
The following players are sorted by points, then goals. Updated as of April 10, 2022.
GP = Games played; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Alec Baer Peoria Rivermen 53 26 54 80 32 36 Alec Hagaman Peoria Rivermen 47 28 43 71 40 151 Sy Nutkevitch Huntsville Havoc 56 25 45 70 9 30 Jacob Barber Huntsville Havoc 54 29 34 63 17 24 Marcel Godbout Peoria Rivermen 50 33 28 61 15 22 Mac Jansen Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 55 29 31 60 3 52 Rob Darrar Huntsville Havoc 56 27 33 60 35 16 Anthony McVeigh Knoxville Ice Bears 56 21 38 59 23 24 Dean Balsamo Knoxville Ice Bears 46 27 31 58 5 37 Weiland Parrish Pensacola Ice Flyers 50 15 42 57 22 22
The following goaltenders with a minimum 660 minutes played lead the league in goals against average . Updated as of April 10, 2022.
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts ; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage ; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime /shootout loss
For 2022, the format returned to the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualifying for the playoffs.
No scoring First period 6:21 – Stepan Timofeyev (1) No scoring Second period 17:13 – Andrew Bellant (1) Mac Jansen (1) – 17:34 Third period 8:31 – pp – Dean Balsamo (1)16:36 – en – Stepan Timofeyev (2) Sammy Bernard (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Jimmy Poreda (30 saves / 31 shots)
No scoring First period 3:44 – Nick DeVito (1)8:45 – Travis Armstrong (1) No scoring Second period 3:27 – Gehrett Sargis (1) Jared Nash (1) – pp – 15:40 Third period 1:45 – sh – Brant Sherwood (1)6:06 – Gehrett Sargis (2) Jimmy Poreda (21 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Sammy Bernard (23 saves / 24 shots)
Gehrett Sargis (3) – 3:37Mac Jansen (2) – 4:57 First period 11:26 – pp – Stepan Timofeyev (3) Nick Ford (1) – 9:46 Second period No scoring No scoring Third period No scoring Sammy Bernard (28 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Jimmy Poreda (2 saves / 4 shots)
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Roanoke won series 2–1
Cameron Cook (1) – 1:38 First period No scoring No scoring Second period 17:54 – pp – Nolan Kaiser (1) Connor Chatham (1) – 1:14Cameron Cook (2) – 19:23 Third period 7:07 – Jacob Barber (1)7:42 – Nate Pionk (1)12:46 – pp – Bauer Neudecker (1)18:52 – en – Jacob Barber (2) Chris Janzen (42 saves / 46 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Vorva (14 saves / 17 shots)
No scoring First period 18:18 – Cameron Cook (3) No scoring Second period 16:27 – Derek Osik (1) Rob Darrar (1) – pp – 0:40Bair Gendunov (1) – 9:22 Third period No scoring Bair Gendunov (2) – pp – 15:34 First overtime period No scoring Hunter Vorva (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Chris Janzen (27 saves / 30 shots)
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Huntsville won series 2–0
Austin Wisely (1) – 9:41Alec Baer (1) – 14:48 First period No scoring Lordanthony Grissom (1) – 10:27Jordan Ernst (1) – pp – 16:41Kasey Kulczycki (1) – 17:16 Second period No scoring Mike Laidley (1) – 6:41 Third period 1:04 – pp – Frederic Letourneau (1)2:54 – Weiland Parrish (1)19:05 – Ivan Bondarenko (1) Eric Levine (40 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Cody Karpinski (30 saves / 34 shots)
Brennan Blaszczak (1) – pp – 5:19Brennan Blaszczak (2) – 17:37 First period 0:22 – Alec Baer (2)4:29 – Alec Baer (3) Frederic Letourneau (2) – 19:34 Second period No scoring Ivan Bondarenko (1) – pp – 4:15Rex Moe (1) – pp – 16:05Brennan Blaszczak (1) – en – 19:14 Third period 5:06 – Alec Baer (4)10:32 – pp – JM Piotrowski (1) Cody Karpinski (23 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Jack Berry (3 saves / 4 shots)
Frederic Letourneau (3) – pp – 10:34 First period 5:12 – Dale Deon (1)17:20 – pp – Alec Hagaman (1) No scoring Second period 19:43 – Austin Wisely (2) Weiland Parrish (2) – pp – 14:19 Third period 14:28 – Jordan Ernst (2) Cody Karpinski (35 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Jack Berry (25 saves / 27 shots)
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Peoria won series 2–1
Zach Remers (1) – 7:00 First period 10:26 – pp – Ben Duperreault (1) No scoring Second period No scoring Taylor Best (1) – 0:30Drake Glover (1) – 16:10 Third period 15:34 – Drake Glover (1) Brent Moran (38 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 29 shots)
No scoring First period No scoring Dillon Fournier (1) – pp – 9:22 Second period 8:01 – pp – Drake Glover (2) Shane Bennett (1) – 1:45Logan Nelson (1) – en – 19:31 Third period No scoring Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Brent Moran (32 saves / 34 shots)
Taylor Price (1) – 8:59Triston Theriot (1) – 16:12 First period 17:13 – Bryan Moore (1) No scoring Second period 8:37 – Nick Mangone (1) Ben Duperreault (2) – 3:13Ben Duperreault (3) – 11:09 Third period No scoring Bailey Brkin (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Brent Moran (32 saves / 36 shots)
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Quad City won series 2–1
Rob Darrar (2) – pp – 7:59 First period 4:44 – Brant Sherwood (2)14:56 – pp – Jeff Jones (1) Jacob Barber (3) – pp – 10:45Jacob Barber (4) – 15:30 Second period 6:50 – Nick Ford (2)11:10 – Sean Leonard (1)14:42 – pp – Jeff Jones (2) No scoring Third period No scoring Hunter Vorva (26 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Austyn Roudebush (18 saves / 20 shots)
No scoring First period No scoring Brady Heppner (1) – 4:20 Second period No scoring Nick Ford (3) – 13:03 Third period No scoring Austyn Roudebush (36 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Vorva (23 saves / 25 shots)
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Roanoke won series 2–0
No scoring First period 2:01 – Marcus Ortiz (1)15:25 – Taylor Pryce (2) Marcel Godbout (1) – 19:34 Second period 5:05 – Taylor Pryce (3) No scoring Third period 18:07 – en – Marcus Ortiz (2) Jack Berry (36 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Bailey Brkin (35 saves / 36 shots)
No scoring First period 15:05 – Marcel Godbout (2) Connor Fries (1) – 16:01 Second period 0:28 – Zach Wilkie (1)11:02 – pp – Alec Baer (5) No scoring Third period 3:06 – pp – Marcel Godbout (3)16:01 – en – Lordanthony Grissom (2) Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Jack Berry (29 saves / 30 shots)
No scoring First period 8:51 – Marcel Godbout (4) Connor Fries (1) – 8:42 Second period No scoring Tommy Tsicos (1) – 12:30 Third period 4:43 – JM Piotrowski (2)15:06 – pp – Jordan Ernst (3) Bailey Brkin (18 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Jack Berry (28 saves / 30 shots)
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Peoria won series 2–1
Travis Armstrong (2) – 13:38 First period No scoring Gehrett Sargis (4) – 4:11 Second period 12:29 – pp – Mitchell McPherson (1)17:24 – pp – Mike Laidley (2) No scoring Third period 6:47 – Lordanthony Grissom (3) Sammy Bernard (21 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Jack Berry (34 saves / 36 shots)
Nick Ford (4) – pp – 8:31 First period 2:30 – Jordan Ernst (4)6:24 – Alec Baer (6)7:20 – Kasey Kulczycki (2)11:37 – Jordan Ernst (5)12:13 – Marcel Godbout (5) Brady Heppner (2) – pp – 12:29 Second period 10:12 – Alec Hagaman (2) Travis Broughman (1) – 16:54 Third period 19:10 – pp – Jordan Ernst (6) Austyn Roudebush (19 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Jack Berry (34 saves / 36 shots)
No scoring First period No scoring Alec Hagaman (3) – pp – 1:13Kasey Kulczycki (3) – 14:12JM Piotrowski (3) – 19:20 Second period 6:37 – Nick Ford (5)11:03 – Nick Ford (6)12:22 – Nick Ford (7) No scoring Third period 10:06 – Brant Sherwood (3) Jack Berry (32 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Sammy Bernard (22 saves / 25 shots)
No scoring First period 2:19 – Mac Jansen (3) Mike Gurtler (1) – 6:10 Second period 1:56 – pp – Travis Broughman (2) Marcel Godbout (6) – pp – 12:23 Third period No scoring JM Piotrowski (4) – 1:06 First overtime period No scoring Jack Berry (31 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Sammy Bernard (22 saves / 25 shots)
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Peoria won series 3–1
The following players are sorted by points, then goals. Updated as of May 3, 2022.
GP = Games played; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Nick Ford Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 9 7 5 12 10 4 Marcel Godbout Peoria Rivermen 10 6 6 12 10 10 Alec Baer Peoria Rivermen 10 6 5 11 3 6 JM Piotrowski Peoria Rivermen 10 4 7 11 4 4 Mac Jansen Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 9 3 7 10 5 0 Alec Hagaman Peoria Rivermen 10 3 7 10 0 12
The following goaltenders with a minimum 350 minutes played lead the playoffs in goals against average . Updated as of May 3, 2022.
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts ; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage ; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime /shootout loss
Award Recipient(s)
President's Cup Peoria Rivermen William B. Coffey Trophy(Best regular-season record) Knoxville Ice Bears Defenseman of the Year Jason Price (Knoxville) Rookie of the Year Marcel Godbout (Peoria) Goaltender of the Year Hunter Vorva (Huntsville) Coach of the Year Jeff Carr (Knoxville) Most Valuable Player Alec Baer (Peoria) Leading Scorer Award Alec Baer (Peoria)
Position First Team Second Team All-Rookie
G Hunter Vorva (Huntsville) Eric Levine (Peoria) Kristian Stead (Knoxville) D Jason Price (Knoxville)Donald Olivieri (Fayetteville) Joe Sova (Quad City)Dylan Carabia (Pensacola) Dylan Carabia (Pensacola)Zach Wilkie (Peoria) F Alec Baer (Peoria)Alec Hagaman (Peoria)Sy Nutkevitch (Huntsville)Jacob Barber (Huntsville) Mac Jansen (Roanoke)Marcel Godbout (Peoria)Anthony McVeigh (Knoxville) Marcel Godbout (Peoria)Taylor Best (Fayetteville)Weiland Parrish (Pensacola) Carson Rose (Birmingham)
On January 22, 2022 – The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeat the Macon Mayhem 13–4 (record for most goals by one team)
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