2005–06_SPHL_season
2005–06 SPHL season
Sports season
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.
Quick Facts League, Sport ...
| 2005–06 SPHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 21, 2005–April 12, 2006 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Knoxville Ice Bears |
| Season MVP | Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)[1] |
| Top scorer | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Knoxville Ice Bears |
| Finals runners-up | Florida Seals |
| SPHL seasons | |
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The Asheville Aces,[2] Macon Trax,[3] and Winston-Salem Polar Twins[4] all folded following the 2004–05 season. Replacing them were the Florida Seals[5] and Pee Dee Cyclones.[6]
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.[7]
Final standings
More information Team, GP ...
| Team[8] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| 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 |
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- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
More information Team, Total ...
| 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 |
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| First round | Second round | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pee Dee Cyclones | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida Seals | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida Seals | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida Seals | 4 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Huntsville Havoc | 2 | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Huntsville Havoc | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
(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.
More information Game-by-Game, Score ...
| 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 | Justin Siebold, Brett Roat 2, Geoff Rollins, Edan Welch | Kelly Shields |
| 2 | March 25 | at Pee Dee 1, Knoxville 7 | Kevin Swider 2, Robbie Rangus, Jason Bermingham, Curtis Menzul, Rob Miller, K.J. Voorhees | Steve Birch | James Ronayne | |
| 3 | March 31 | at Knoxville 3, Pee Dee 1 | K.C. Caudill, Jason Bermingham, Kevin Swider | Joel Petkoff | James Ronayne | |
| 4 | March 31 | at Knoxville 6, Pee Dee 3 | Jason Bermingham 5, Nathan Daly | Geoff Rollins, Justin Siebold 2 | James Ronayne | |
| Knoxville win series 3–1 | Bermingham 9, Swider 3, Voorhees 2, Rangus 2 | Siebold 3, Roat 2, Rollins 2 | ||||
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Quarterfinals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Columbus Cottonmouths vs. (5) Huntsville Havoc
More information Game-by-Game, Score ...
| Game-by-Game | Score | Columbus goals | Huntsville goals | Winning goalie | ||
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| 1 | March 23 | at Columbus 1, Huntsville 4 | Tim Green | Don Patrick, Mark Cole, Doug Merrell, Jesse Baraniuk | Matt Carmichael | |
| 2 | March 25 | at Huntsville 3, Columbus 4 | 2OT 7:32 | Lorne Misita, Tom McMonagle, Mat Ponto,Ryan Haggarty | Jeff Dams, Chris Peach, Don Patrick | Chad Rycroft |
| 3 | March 28 | at Columbus 2, Huntsville 3 | Craig Stahl, Tom McMonagle | Ryan Brown, James Patterson, Mike O'Sullivan | Matt Carmichael | |
| Huntsville win series 2–1 | McMonagle 2 | Patrick 2 | ||||
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(3) Florida Seals vs. (4) Fayetteville FireAntz
More information Game-by-Game, Score ...
| Game-by-Game | Score | Florida goals | Fayetteville goals | Winning goalie | ||
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| 1 | March 24 | at Florida 2, Fayetteville 1 | John Gurskis, Robert Sich | Kory Baker | Terry Denike | |
| 2 | March 25 | at Fayetteville 8, Florida 1 | Justin Keller | Rob Meanchoff, George Nistas 4, Nick Kormanyos, Dean Jackson, Scott Corbett | Chad Collins | |
| 3 | March 28 | at Florida 1, Fayetteville 0 | Robert Sich | Terry Denike | ||
| Florida win series 2–1 | Sich 2 | |||||
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Semifinals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(3) Florida Seals vs. (5) Huntsville Havoc
More information Game-by-Game, Score ...
| 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 | Chris Peach, Jeff Dams | Terry Denike | |
| 2 | April 2 | at Huntsville 3, Florida 5 | Craig Miller, Nick Cammarata, Justin Keller, John Gurskis 2 | Luke Phillips, Jeff Dams, Jason DeGuehery | Terry Denike | |
| Florida win series 2–0 | Sich 2, Cammarata 2, Gurskis 2 | Dams 2 | ||||
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Finals
| April 7, 2006 7:35 pm | Florida | 3–6 | Knoxville | Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN Attendance: 2,312 |
More information Game reference ...
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Terry Denike | Goalies | James Ronayne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 48 min | Penalties | 24 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Shots | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| April 8, 2006 7:35 pm | Florida | 1–2 | Knoxville | Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN Attendance: 2,688 |
More information Game reference ...
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| Terry Denike | Goalies | James Ronayne | |||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||
| 41 | Shots | 35 | |||||||||
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| April 11, 2006 7:35 pm | Knoxville | 1–3 | Florida | Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, FL Attendance: 2,766 |
More information Game reference ...
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| James Ronayne | Goalies | Terry Denike | ||||||||||||
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| 30 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||
| 35 | Shots | 33 | ||||||||||||
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| April 12, 2006 7:35 pm | Knoxville | 3–2 | Florida | Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, FL Attendance: 2,028 |
More information Game reference ...
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| James Ronayne | Goalies | Terry Denike | Referee: Mike Hughes | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 26 | Shots | 26 | |||||||||||||||
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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.[9]
| President's Cup: | Knoxville Ice Bears |
| Commissioner's Cup: | Knoxville Ice Bears |
| League MVP: | Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)[1] |
| Rookie of the Year: | Rob Sich (Florida)[10] |
| Defenseman of the Year: | Mike Clarke (Fayetteville)[11] |
| Goalie of the Year: | Terry Denike (Florida)[12] |
| Coach of the Year: | Jerome Bechard (Columbus)[13] |
All-Star selections
More information 1st Team All-Stars, 2nd Team All-Stars ...
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- "Carmichael named SPHL MVP". Press release. March 22, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "Asheville out of SPHL next season". Knoxville News-Sentinel. June 17, 2005. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "Trax Suspend Operation". Press release. April 13, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "SPHL's Polar Twins on ice". The Huntsville Times. June 3, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- "Central Florida's other Professional Hockey Team Preparing for Season". Press release. February 23, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "Florence, SC Becomes First SPHL Expansion City". Press release. May 11, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "SPHL 2005 annual meeting concludes". Press release. June 3, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- "All-SPHL Teams Announced". Press release. March 21, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "Sich named SPHL Rookie of the Year". Press release. March 27, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "Clarke named SPHL Defenseman of the Year". Press release. March 23, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "SPHL Goalie of the Year". Press release. March 28, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- "Bechard named Coach of the Year". Press release. March 24, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2010.