2006–07 PIHA season
2007 PIHA season | |
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League | Professional Inline Hockey Association |
Sport | Inline hockey |
Duration | December 1, 2006-May 27, 2007 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Joe D'Aloisio (Philadelphia) |
Top scorer | Brian Yingling (Colorado Springs) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Boston Roller Rats |
Eastern runners-up | Harrisburg Lunatics |
Western champions | Southside Snipers |
Western runners-up | Pikes Peak Prowlers |
Playoffs Playoffs MVP | Rodney Millette (Boston) |
Finals | |
Champions | Boston Roller Rats |
Runners-up | Southside Snipers |
The 2007 PIHA season is the sixth regular season of the Professional Inline Hockey Association (PIHA). The 2007 Founders Cup Playoffs began on April 24, 2007 and concluded on May 27, with the Boston Roller Rats defeating the Southside Snipers to win their first Founders Cup.
Events
The 2007 All-Star Classic was hosted by the Colorado Springs Thunder and the Pikes Peak Prowlers at the Tour Inline Hockey Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The event took place the weekend of March 23–25, 2007. Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak host the All-Star Classic for the first time. The North Blue Coats swept the South Grey Coats in a best-of-seven series four games to zero, with Tommy Bruce (North) of the Southside Snipers being named MVP of the series.
Regular season
Final standings
Green shaded teams clinched a playoff berth.
Yellow shaded teams clinched their division and home-court advantage throughout the divisional playoffs.
Orange shaded teams clinched their conference.
Red shaded team won the Best Overall Record trophy.
Eastern Conference
Northeast Division | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA |
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Philadelphia Growl | 32 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 54 | .813 | 178 | 88 |
Boston Roller Rats | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 42 | .656 | 194 | 126 |
Massachusetts Bombers | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 39 | .563 | 136 | 109 |
Connecticut Blaze | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 36 | .563 | 132 | 116 |
New Jersey Grizzlies | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 33 | .469 | 110 | 136 |
New Jersey Minutemen | 32 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 27 | .375 | 92 | 148 |
Hartford Fire Ants | 32 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 9 | .063 | 76 | 195 |
Mason Dixon Division | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA |
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Pittsburgh Bandits | 32 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 60 | .938 | 179 | 79 |
Harrisburg Lunatics | 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 48 | .719 | 159 | 88 |
Marple Gladiators | 32 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 35 | .500 | 161 | 140 |
Pottstown eXpress | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 32 | .500 | 133 | 148 |
Feasterville Fury | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 31 | .438 | 128 | 136 |
Scottsdale Inferno | 32 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 30 | .438 | 116 | 141 |
Richmond Rollin' Robins | 32 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 21 | .313 | 102 | 148 |
York Typhoon | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 10 | .156 | 77 | 175 |
Western Conference
Gateway Division | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA |
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Midwest Tornados | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 47 | .719 | 131 | 75 |
Southside Snipers | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 45 | .656 | 142 | 100 |
River City Whalers | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 37 | .531 | 160 | 136 |
St. Louis Pythons | 32 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 34 | .500 | 140 | 129 |
Cincinnati Flying Monkeys | 32 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 10 | .094 | 75 | 208 |
Rocky Mountain Division | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA |
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Westminster Blizzard | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 43 | .594 | 151 | 119 |
Pikes Peak Prowlers | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 42 | .531 | 148 | 126 |
Fort Collins Catz | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 35 | .469 | 109 | 124 |
Littleton Fire | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 34 | .438 | 129 | 154 |
Colorado Springs Thunder | 32 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 31 | .469 | 136 | 150 |
Tiebreaking Procedures
If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order:
- The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage).
- The greater number of games won.
- The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs.
- The greater differential between goals for and against.
Leading Scorers
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes; Star = Star Points<
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Star |
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Brian Yingling | Colorado Springs Thunder | 28 | 54 | 40 | 94 | 12 | 48 |
Darrell Interbartolo | Boston Roller Rats | 32 | 49 | 48 | 87 | 18 | 41 |
CJ Yoder | Colorado Springs Thunder | 28 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 18 | 27 |
Sean Sullivan | Philadelphia Growl | 32 | 58 | 24 | 82 | 26 | 42 |
John Pinheiro | Connecticut Blaze | 30 | 36 | 44 | 80 | 8 | 44 |
Jeff Goulet | Boston Roller Rats | 32 | 21 | 56 | 77 | 28 | 18 |
Dustin Roux | Pittsburgh Bandits | 28 | 37 | 34 | 71 | 18 | 47 |
Parker Harrison | Pikes Peak Prowlers | 32 | 39 | 26 | 65 | 54 | 26 |
Jim Vivona | Philadelphia Growl | 32 | 14 | 50 | 64 | 2 | 26 |
Ryan Sobieski | Feasterville Fury | 30 | 36 | 26 | 62 | 22 | 36 |
Leading Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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Brett Leggatt | Pittsburgh Bandits | 15 | 358 | 15 | 0 | 258 | 29 | 1.94 | .888 | 2 |
James Cash | Midwest Tornados | 16 | 391 | 13 | 3 | 282 | 35 | 2.15 | .876 | 1 |
Dustin Brown | Southside Snipers | 19 | 431 | 15 | 4 | 319 | 43 | 2.39 | .865 | 4 |
James Rohrbach | Harrisburg Lunatics | 20 | 479 | 15 | 5 | 305 | 48 | 2.41 | .843 | 1 |
Jake Menzal | Midwest Tornados | 14 | 354 | 8 | 6 | 274 | 37 | 2.51 | 8.65 | 0 |
Founders Cup Playoffs
Playoff bracket
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Founders Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Philadelphia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Connecticut | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Massachusetts | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
N2 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
M2 | Harrisburg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Pottstown | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Pittsburgh | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Harrisburg | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Harrisburg | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Marple | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
N2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | Southside | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Midwest | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | St. Louis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Midwest | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Southside | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Southside | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | River City | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | Southside | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
R2 | Pikes Peak | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Westminster | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Littleton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Westminster | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Pikes Peak | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Pikes Peak | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Fort Collins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
PIHA awards
2006-07 PIHA awards | |
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Award | Recipient(s) |
Founders Cup: | Boston Roller Rats |
Best Overall Record: | Pittsburgh Bandits |
Eastern Conference Champions: | Boston Roller Rats |
Western Conference Champions: | Southside Snipers |
Organization of the Year: | Midwest Tornados |
All-Star MVP: | Tommy Bruce, Southside Snipers |
Joe Cook Award: | Brian Yingling, Colorado Springs Thunder |
Scott Rupp Award: | Joe D'Aloisio, Philadelphia Growl |
Walt Frazier Award: | Rodney Millette, Boston Roller Rats |