2006–07_SPHL_season
2006–07 SPHL season
Sports season
The 2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 27, 2006, and ended April 18, 2007, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz won their first SPHL championship.
Quick Facts League, Sport ...
| 2006–07 SPHL season | |
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| League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 27, 2006–April 18, 2007 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Columbus Cottonmouths |
| Season MVP | Rob Sich (Fayetteville)[1] |
| Top scorer | Kevin Swider (Knoxville) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Fayetteville FireAntz |
| Finals runners-up | Jacksonville Barracudas |
| Playoffs MVP | Chad Collins (Fayetteville)[2] |
| SPHL seasons | |
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The Richmond Renegades joined the league as an expansion franchise, succeeding the United Hockey League's Richmond RiverDogs.[3]
Final standings
More information Team, GP ...
| Team[4] | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Columbus Cottonmouths‡ | 56 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 217 | 181 | 74 |
| Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 219 | 185 | 70 |
| Fayetteville FireAntz | 56 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 246 | 205 | 70 |
| Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 221 | 210 | 62 |
| Richmond Renegades | 56 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 187 | 219 | 58 |
| Jacksonville Barracudas | 56 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 198 | 238 | 57 |
| Pee Dee Cyclones | 56 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 225 | 280 | 40 |
| Florida Seals* | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 110 | 105 | 23 |
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- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
The Florida Seals folded mid-season after not meeting contractual obligations to their arena. A one-round dispersal draft was held January 5, with each team choosing one player from the Seals' roster. The picks were as follows: Pee Dee - Justin Keller, Jacksonville - Lawne Snyder, Fayetteville - Rob Sich, Richmond - Matt Balser, Columbus - Chad Haacke, Knoxville - Craig Geerlinks, Huntsville - Craig Miller.[5]
Attendance
More information Team, Total ...
| Team | Total | Games | Average |
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| Huntsville | 109,615 | 28 | 3,914 |
| Richmond | 95,756 | 28 | 3,419 |
| Fayetteville | 93,301 | 28 | 3,332 |
| Columbus | 92,534 | 28 | 3,304 |
| Knoxville | 90,640 | 28 | 3,237 |
| Jacksonville | 70,773 | 26 | 2,722 |
| Florida | 34,470 | 17 | 2,027 |
| Pee Dee | 36,928 | 26 | 1,420 |
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| First round | Second round | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Jacksonville Barracudas | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Jacksonville Barracudas | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 3 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Huntsville Havoc | 2 | 4 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 4 | 5 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 1 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Richmond Renegades | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 3 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1) Columbus Cottonmouths vs. (6) Jacksonville Barracudas
The Columbus Cottonmouths and the Jacksonville Barracudas 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 Semi-final round.
More information Game-by-Game, Score ...
| Game-by-Game | Score | Columbus goals | Jacksonville goals | Winning goalie | ||
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| 1 | March 29 | at Columbus 1, Jacksonville 2 | 2OT 5:06 | Mark Prentice | Steve Zoryk, Greg LeColst | Ryan Person |
| 2 | March 30 | at Columbus 3, Jacksonville 4 | OT 1:15 | Ryan Haggarty, Mark Prentice, Daryl Moor | Steve Zoryk 2, Tyrone Garner 2 | Ryan Person |
| 3 | April 1 | at Jacksonville 2, Columbus 4 | Galloway Carroll 3, Ryan Rutz | Tyrone Garner, Jim Murphy | Chad Rycroft | |
| 4 | April 3 | at Jacksonville 4, Columbus 3 | Craig Stahl 2, Jason Price | Steve Zoryk, Jim Murphy, Tyrone Garner 2 | Ryan Person | |
| Jacksonville win series 3-1 | Prentice 2 | Zoryk 4, Garner 4, Murphy 2 | ||||
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Quarter-finals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (5) Richmond Renegades
More information Game-by-Game, Score ...
| Game-by-Game | Score | Knoxville goals | Richmond goals | Winning goalie | ||
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| 1 | March 30 | at Knoxville 3, Richmond 4 | 2OT 4:17 | Rob Flynn, Tim Vitek, Matt Kohansky | Dean Jackson, Tyler Schremp, Danny White, Donald Melnyk | Doug Groenestege |
| 2 | March 31 | at Richmond 2, Knoxville 8 | Mike Tuomi 3, Matt Kohansky, Robbie Rangus, Curtis Menzul, Nick Fouts, Mike Craigen | JJ Wrobel, Joe Pace | Terry Dunbar | |
| 3 | April 3 | at Knoxville 6, Richmond 2 | Curtis Menzul, Robbie Rangus 2, David Segal, Doug Searle, Mike Tuomi | Tyler Schremp, Brian Goudie | Terry Dunbar | |
| Knoxville win series 2-1 | Tuomi 4, Rangus 3,Kohansky 2 | Schremp 2 | ||||
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(3) Fayetteville FireAntz vs. (4) Huntsville Havoc
More information Game-by-Game, Score ...
| Game-by-Game | Score | Fayetteville goals | Huntsville goals | Winning goalie | ||
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| 1 | March 30 | at Fayetteville 3, Huntsville 2 | Jarrett Robertson, Robert Sich 2 | Bill Monkman, Tristan Senior | Chad Collins | |
| 2 | March 31 | at Huntsville 4, Fayetteville 5 | OT 5:41 | Tim Velemirovich 2, Mike Clarke 2, Jarrett Robertson | Bill Monkman, Dan Buccella 2, Craig Bushey | Chad Collins |
| Fayetteville win series 2-0 | Robertson 2, Sich 2, Velemirovich 2, Clarke 2 | Monkman 2, Buccella 2 | ||||
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Semi-finals
- Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (3) Fayetteville FireAntz
More information Game-by-Game, Score ...
| Game-by-Game | Score | Knoxville goals | Fayetteville goals | Winning goalie | ||
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| 1 | April 6 | at Knoxville 1, Fayetteville 4 | Mike Tuomi | Tim Velemirovich, Josh Welter, BJ Stephens, Jarrett Robertson | Chad Collins | |
| 2 | April 7 | at Fayetteville 5, Knoxville 2 | Kevin Swider, Matt Kohansky | Tim Velemirovich, Marc Norrington, Josh Tataryn, Robert Sich, Bryan Dobek | Chad Collins | |
| Fayetteville win series 2-0 | Velemirovich 2 | |||||
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Finals
| April 13, 2007 7:35 pm | Jacksonville | 1 – 3 | Fayetteville | Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC Attendance: 3,209 |
More information Game reference ...
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Ryan Person | Goalies | Chad Collins | Referee: Zac Wiebe | |||||||||||
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| 22 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 36 | ||||||||||||
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| April 15, 2007 4:00 pm | Jacksonville | 5 – 6 | Fayetteville | Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC Attendance: 3,209 |
More information Game reference ...
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| Ryan Person | Goalies | Chad Collins | Referee: Adam Fish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| April 16, 2007 7:35 pm | Fayetteville | 2 – 3 | Jacksonville | Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 712 |
More information Game reference ...
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| Chad Collins | Goalies | Ryan Person | Referee: Zac Wiebe | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||
| 40 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||||||||
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| April 18, 2007 8:00 pm | Fayetteville | 5 – 3 | Jacksonville | Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 806 |
More information Game reference ...
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| Chad Collins | Goalies | Ryan Person | Referee: Scott Bokal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20 min | Penalties | 32 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Shots | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007.[1]
| President's Cup: | Fayetteville FireAntz |
| Commissioner's Cup: | Columbus Cottonmouths |
| League MVP: | Rob Sich (Fayetteville) |
| Rookie of the Year: | Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) |
| Defenseman of the Year: | Brian Goudie (Richmond) |
| Goalie of the Year: | Chad Rycroft (Columbus) |
| Coach of the Year: | John Marks (Fayetteville) |
| Franchise of the Year: | Huntsville Havoc |
| Playoff MVP: | Chad Collins (Fayetteville)[2] |
All-Star selections
More information 1st Team All-Stars, 2nd Team All-Stars ...
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More information Rookie All-Stars ...
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- "SPHL's Third Regular Season Ends". Press release. March 28, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- "FireAntz Win SPHL President's Cup". Press release. April 19, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- "Renegades return to Richmond in SPHL". Press release. April 25, 2006. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- "Florida Seals cease operations". Press release. January 5, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2010.