2008–09 Southern Professional Hockey League season

	2008–09 SPHL season
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Regular season
Season champions	Knoxville Ice Bears
Season MVP	Travis Kauffeldt (Huntsville)
Top scorer	Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Knoxville Ice Bears
Finals runners-up	Fayetteville FireAntz

The 2008–09 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the fifth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began August 24, 2008, and ended April 16, 2009, after a 60-game regular season and a four-team playoff. The Knoxville Ice Bears captured their second consecutive championship.

Preseason[]

The Jacksonville Barracudas franchise was suspended from the season due to lack lack of an arena. The team would eventually fold.^[2]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Team^[3]	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Knoxville Ice Bears^‡	60	35	16	9	216	171	79
Columbus Cottonmouths	60	31	22	7	194	196	69
Fayetteville FireAntz	60	30	25	5	212	224	65
Huntsville Havoc	60	29	24	7	204	197	65
Richmond Renegades	60	30	27	3	215	235	63
Twin City Cyclones	60	25	29	6	208	236	56

^‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners

Advanced to playoffs

Attendance[]

Team	Total	Games	Average
Huntsville	106,848	30	3,561
Fayetteville	102,637	30	3,421
Knoxville	101,054	30	3,368
Richmond	99,071	30	3,302
Columbus	82,415	30	2,747
Twin City	33,909	30	1,130

President's Cup playoffs[]

Semifinals							Final

1	Knoxville Ice Bears	6	4	2	3	3
4	Huntsville Havoc	4	2	4	4	2
							1	Knoxville Ice Bears	5	1	3	1	1	5	3

							3	Fayetteville FireAntz	2	3	2	4	2	4	1
3	Fayetteville FireAntz	3	7	4	3	2

2	Columbus Cottonmouths	9	3	3	5	0

Finals[]

April 3, 2009
7:35 pm

Fayetteville

2 – 5

Knoxville

James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 2,417


Guy St. Vincent	Goalies	Kirk Irving	Referees: John-Michael McNulty Brent Coulombe
Sich (Rapoza) (SH) - 44:36 Moreland (Snyder, Leveille) (PP) - 53:47	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 – 4 2 – 4 2 – 5	01:55 - Swider (Harris, Vitek) (PP) 17:43 - Pelkey (Norrie, Harris) 27:14 - Vitek (Carter, Swider) 29:00 - Vitek (Harris, Swider) (PP) 17:51 - Vitek (Swider, Martell) (EN)
10 min	Penalties	4 min
41	Shots	33

April 4, 2009
7:35 pm

Fayetteville

3 – 1

Knoxville

James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 2,519


Guy St. Vincent	Goalies	Andrew Gallant	Referees: John-Michael McNulty Ryan Hersey
Ruberto (Colangelo) - 38:19 Sich (Snyder, Rapoza) (PP) - 48:23 Ruberto (Colangelo) - 50:11	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1	54:11 - Vitek (Pelkey, Swider) (PP)
16 min	Penalties	4 min
28	Shots	42

April 10, 2009
7:35 pm

Knoxville

3 – 2 (OT)

Fayetteville

Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC
Attendance: 2,113


Kirk Irving	Goalies	Guy St. Vincent	Referees: Dan Dreger Curtis Marouelli
Moore - 16:10 Furdero (Norrie) - 29:27 Rebernik (Swider) - 75:53	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2	27:47 - Ruberto (Colangelo, Snyder) 36:36 - Olauson (Rapoza, Snyder) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	12 min
37	Shots	38

April 11, 2009
7:35 pm

Knoxville

1 – 4

Fayetteville

Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC
Attendance: 2,111


Kirk Irving	Goalies	Guy St. Vincent	Referees: Tim Mayer Curtis Marouelli
Swider (Carter) - 38:03	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4	32:33 - Sich (Hessler, Geerlinks) (PP) 33:40 - Olauson (SH) 53:15 - Norrington (Colangelo, Ruberto) 59:54 - Sich (EN)
4 min	Penalties	8 min
40	Shots	41

April 12, 2009
5:00 pm

Knoxville

1 – 2

Fayetteville

Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC
Attendance: 1,810


Kirk Irving	Goalies	Guy St. Vincent	Referees: Tim Mayer Dan Dreger
Furdero (Rebernik, Moore) - 7:30	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2	24:29 - Snyder (Sich, Moreland) (PP) 26:40 - Sich (Leveille, Moreland)
18 min	Penalties	16 min
44	Shots	38

April 15, 2009
7:35 pm

Fayetteville

4 – 5 (OT)

Knoxville

James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 2,128


Guy St. Vincent	Goalies	Kirk Irving	Referees: Curtis Marouelli Brent Coulombe
Olauson (Needham, Buccella) - 04:35 Sich (Hessler) - 05:51 Moreland (Leveille) - 34:42 Hessler (Leveille, Cryer) - 47:06	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3 4 – 4 4 – 5	08:22 - Pelkey (Carter, Keller) (PP) 29:26 - Pelkey (Rebernik) 42:02 - Rebernik (Furdero, Pelkey) (PP) 58:49 - Vitek (Furdero, Carter) 71:52 - Pelkey (Harris, Pallardy)
16 min	Penalties	16 min
36	Shots	64

April 16, 2009
7:35 pm

Fayetteville

1 – 3

Knoxville

James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 2,705


Guy St. Vincent	Goalies	Kirk Irving	Referees: Curtis Marouelli Tim Mayer
McConnachie (Ruberto) - 15:05	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3	03:21 - Norrie (Pelkey, Pallardy) 17:52 - Rebernik (Harris, Furdero) 31:35 - Rebernik (Furdero, Norrie)
10 min	Penalties	16 min
40	Shots	32

Awards[]

SPHL Award winners were announced April 23, 2009.^[4]

President's Cup:	Knoxville Ice Bears
Coffey Trophy:	Knoxville Ice Bears
League MVP:	Travis Kauffeldt (Huntsville)
Rookie of the Year:	Michael Richard (Twin City)
Defenseman of the Year:	Kevin Harris (Knoxville)
Goaltender of the Year:	Andrew Gallant (Knoxville)^[5]
Coach of the Year:	Scott Hillman (Knoxville)
Playoff MVP:	Kirk Irving (Knoxville)^[6]

All-Star selections[]

1st Team All-Stars
F Travis Kauffeldt (Huntsville) F Don Melnyk (Twin City) F Kevin Swider (Knoxville) D Kevin Harris (Knoxville) D Dan Vandermeer (Richmond) G Andrew Gallant (Knoxville)

2nd Team All-Stars
F Tim Green (Columbus) F Beau McLaughlin (Richmond) F Rob Sich (Fayetteville) D Corey Hessler (Fayetteville) D Lawne Snyder (Fayetteville) G Ian Vigier (Columbus)

Rookie All-Stars
F Sam Bowles (Columbus) F Ryan Busby (Richmond) F Michael Richard (Twin City) D Kyle Lundale (Columbus) D Travis Martell (Knoxville) G Ryan Scott (Richmond)

References[]

↑ "SPHL honors Kauffeldt", The Huntsville Times, March 24, 2009. Retrieved on 17 March 2010.
↑ Gates, Nick (June 21, 2009). Murray liking SPHL expansion. Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved on 16 March 2010.
↑ SPHL Standings. Pointstreak.com. Retrieved on 17 March 2010.
↑ Renegades Named SPHL Award Winners. Press release (March 23, 2009). Retrieved on 17 March 2010.
↑ Mississippi's Bill Zaniboni Named Goaltender of the Year. Press release (April 1, 2010). Retrieved on 03 April 2010.
↑ Gates, Nick. "Repeat performance on Hockey Top", Knoxville News Sentinel, April 16, 2009. Retrieved on 17 March 2010.

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[1] "SPHL honors Kauffeldt", The Huntsville Times, March 24, 2009. Retrieved on 17 March 2010.

[Knox_expansion-2] Gates, Nick (June 21, 2009). Murray liking SPHL expansion. Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved on 16 March 2010.

[Standings-3] SPHL Standings. Pointstreak.com. Retrieved on 17 March 2010.

[Awards-4] Renegades Named SPHL Award Winners. Press release (March 23, 2009). Retrieved on 17 March 2010.

[5] Mississippi's Bill Zaniboni Named Goaltender of the Year. Press release (April 1, 2010). Retrieved on 03 April 2010.

[6] Gates, Nick. "Repeat performance on Hockey Top", Knoxville News Sentinel, April 16, 2009. Retrieved on 17 March 2010.

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