2007–08 SPHL season

2007–08 SPHL season
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Regular season
Season champions	Knoxville Ice Bears
Season MVP	Kevin Swider (Knoxville)^[1]
Top scorer	Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Knoxville Ice Bears
Finals runners-up	Jacksonville Barracudas

The 2007–08 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the fourth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 25, 2007, and ended April 13, 2008, after a 52-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Knoxville Ice Bears won their second SPHL championship.

Preseason

The Pee Dee Cyclones moved from Florence, South Carolina, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and changed their name to the Twin City Cyclones. The league also named a new commissioner, Jim Combs, in June 2007.^[2]

Regular season

Final standings

Team^[3]	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Knoxville Ice Bears^‡	52	32	16	4	199	169	68
Jacksonville Barracudas	52	30	17	5	201	167	65
Fayetteville FireAntz	52	25	19	8	186	198	58
Richmond Renegades	52	27	22	3	178	174	57
Twin City Cyclones	52	23	25	4	185	207	50
Columbus Cottonmouths	52	24	22	6	168	186	50
Huntsville Havoc	52	23	27	2	195	211	48

^‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners

Advanced to playoffs

Attendance

Team	Total	Games	Average
Fayetteville	102,208	26	3,931
Richmond	101,476	26	3,902
Huntsville	99,672	26	3,833
Knoxville	93,633	26	3,601
Columbus	83,590	26	3,215
Twin City	30,698	26	1,180
Jacksonville	29,200	26	1,123

President's Cup playoffs

1st Round							2nd Round					Finals

1	Knoxville Ice Bears	4	5	2	2	6

6	Columbus Cottonmouths	2	2	4	4	3

												1	Knoxville Ice Bears	6	4	4	x	x
												2	Jacksonville Barracudas	2	3	2	x	x
3	Fayetteville FireAntz	4	5	x
4	Richmond Renegades	1	4	x
							3	Fayetteville FireAntz	2	1	3

							2	Jacksonville Barracudas	1	2	6
5	Twin City Cyclones	3	4	x

2	Jacksonville Barracudas	4	7	x

Finals

April 10, 2008
7:30 pm

Jacksonville

2 – 6

Knoxville

James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 1,971

Game reference

Tim Haun

Goalies

Kirk Irving

Referee:
Nick Krebsbach

	0 – 1	02:22 - Rutt (Manny)
Furdero (Rebernik, Morris) - 04:16	1 – 1
	1 – 2	19:47 - Swider (Harris)
	1 – 3	34:52 - Rutt (Cherneski, Harris)
	1 – 4	36:20 - Craigen (Swider, Harris) (PP)
	1 – 5	45:54 - Pelkey (Manny, Harris) (SH)
Rollins (Wagner, Thomas) - 47:11	2 – 5
	2 – 6	54:22 - Vitek (Harris, Swider) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

April 12, 2008
7:35 pm

Knoxville

4 – 3

Jacksonville

Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL
Attendance: 1,656

Game reference

Kirk Irving

Goalies

Ryan Person

Referee:
Joe Sullivan

Vitek (Swider) - 02:26 (PP)	1 – 0
Wrobel (Harris, Swider) - 27:06 (PP)	2 – 0
	2 – 1	29:53 - Webb (Geerlinks, Shaw)
Vitek (Swider, Craigen) - 31:37 (PP)	3 – 1
	3 – 2	40:17 - Rebernik (Thomas, Wagner)
Pelkey (Rutt) - 46:57	4 – 2
	4 – 3	48:57 - Swartzentruber (Webb, Colangelo)

25 min

Penalties

21 min

Shots

April 13, 2008
7:30 pm

Jacksonville

2 – 4

Knoxville

James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 2,229

Game reference

Ryan Person

Goalies

Kirk Irving

Referee:
Dan Dreger

	0 – 1	01:19 - Pelkey (Rutt)
	0 – 2	09:51 - Swider (Smith, Craigen)
Thomas (Wagner, Geerlinks) - 12:12	1 – 2
Webb (MacDonald, Rochefort) - 12:22	2 – 2
	2 – 3	37:32 - Vitek (Lynch, Craigen)
	2 – 4	53:53 - Vitek (Harris, Swider) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

Awards

SPHL award winners were announced March 24, 2008.^[4]

President's Cup:	Knoxville Ice Bears
Coffey Trophy:	Knoxville Ice Bears
League MVP:	Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
Rookie of the Year:	Taylor Hustead (Twin City)^[4]
Defenseman of the Year:	Dan Vandermeer (Richmond)^[5]
Goaltender of the Year:	Tim Haun (Jacksonville)^[6]
Coach of the Year:	Rick Alain (Jacksonville)^[5]
Playoff MVP:	Kirk Irving (Knoxville)^[7]

References

↑ Gates, Nick (March 25, 2008). "Swider named SPHL's MVP again". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
↑ "SPHL Hires Commissioner, Wraps Up Summer Meetings". Press release. June 26, 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
↑ "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
1 2 "Hustead And Moore Receive League Recognition". Press release. March 24, 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
1 2 "Vandermeer Defenseman Of The Year". Press release. March 24, 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
↑ "Mississippi's Bill Zaniboni Named Goaltender of the Year". Press release. April 1, 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
↑ Gates, Nick (April 14, 2008). "Ice Bears on Hockey Top". Knoxville News Sentential. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

Southern Professional Hockey League

Teams	Columbus Cottonmouths Evansville Thunderbolts Fayetteville FireAntz Huntsville Havoc Knoxville Ice Bears Louisiana IceGators (suspended) Macon Mayhem Mississippi RiverKings Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs

Arenas	Berglund Center (Rail Yard Dawgs) Cajundome (IceGators) Carver Arena (Rivermen) Columbus Civic Center (Cottonmouths) Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (FireAntz) Ford Center (Thunderbolts) Landers Center (RiverKings) Macon Coliseum (Mayhem) James White Civic Coliseum (Ice Bears) Pensacola Bay Center (Ice Flyers) Von Braun Center (Havoc)

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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