2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season

2006–07 SPHL season
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Regular season
Season champions	Columbus Cottonmouths
Season MVP	Rob Sich (Fayetteville)
Top scorer	Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Fayetteville FireAntz
Finals runners-up	Jacksonville Barracudas

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.

Preseason

The Richmond Renegades joined the league as an expansion franchise, succeeding the United Hockey League's Richmond RiverDogs.

Regular season

Final standings

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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

^‡ 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 team 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.

Attendance

Team	Total	Games	Average
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

President's Cup playoffs

	1st Round									2nd Round							Finals
	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	6	2	5	x
	3	Fayetteville FireAntz	3	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

Finals

April 13, 2007 7:35 pm

Jacksonville

1 – 3

Fayetteville

Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC Attendance: 3,209

Game reference
	Ryan Person	Goalies	Chad Collins	Referee: Zac Wiebe
	Zoryk (Thomas, LeColst) (PP) - 51:07	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3	12:47 - Stephens (Tataryn, Saittakari) 34:12 - Stephens (Dobek, Tataryn) (PP) 43:36 - Welter (Velemirovich, Sich)
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	36

April 15, 2007 4:00 pm

Jacksonville

5 – 6

Fayetteville

Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC Attendance: 3,209

Game reference
	Ryan Person	Goalies	Chad Collins	Referee: Adam Fish
	Hickman (Doherty, Zoryk) - 24:33 Zoryk (Rochefort, Thomas) - 38:38 Webb (Doherty, Zoryk) - 41:40 Garner (Thomas, Murphy) - 42:12 Thomas (LeColst, Zoryk) - 48:05	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 3 – 4 3 – 5 4 – 5 5 – 5 5 – 6	00:40 - Dobek (Welter, Sich) 02:33 - Clarke (Sich, Welter) (PP) 04:06 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich) (PP) 41:13 - Stephens (Clarke, Row) (PP) 41:52 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich) 53:44 - Row (Welter, Sich)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	38

April 16, 2007 7:35 pm

Fayetteville

2 – 3

Jacksonville

Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 712

Game reference
	Chad Collins	Goalies	Ryan Person	Referee: Zac Wiebe
	Sich (Clarke, Welter) (PP) - 30:36 Velemirovich (Welter, Clarke) (PP) - 50:49	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3	01:51 - Doherty (Webb, Hickman) 09:14 - LeColst (Zoryk, Thomas) 37:06 - LeColst (Webb, Wagner) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	30

April 18, 2007 8:00 pm

Fayetteville

5 – 3

Jacksonville

Jacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 806

Game reference
	Chad Collins	Goalies	Ryan Person	Referee: Scott Bokal
	Stephens (Dobek, Clarke) (PP) - 01:42 Sich (Welter, Velemirovich) (PP) - 06:18 Norrington (Welter) - 27:01 Sich (Row) (PP) - 37:07 Tataryn (Stephens) (EN) - 59:11	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2 4 – 3 5 – 3	34:13 - Webb (Hickman) 46:30 - Garner (Cassells, Murphy) (PP) 54:10 - Webb (Doherty, Garner)
	20 min	Penalties	32 min
	37	Shots	38

Awards

SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007.

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)

All-Star selections

1st Team All-Stars F Rob Sich (Fayetteville) F Allan Sirois (Pee Dee) F Kevin Swider (Knoxville) D Brian Goudie (Richmond) D Jonathan Lounsbury (Huntsville) G Chad Rycroft (Columbus)

2nd Team All-Stars F Tim Green (Columbus) F James Patterson (Huntsville) F Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) D Steve Howard (Columbus) D Doug Searle (Knoxville) G Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)

Rookie All-Stars
F Daryl Moore (Pee Dee) F Mike Tuomi (Knoxville) F Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) D Dylan Row (Fayetteville) D Phillip Youngclaus (Richmond) G Doug Groenestege (Richmond)