Changes: 2019-20 Southern Professional Hockey League season

Revision as of 01:11, 16 March 2020

This is the 2019-20 Southern Professional Hockey League season. This is the league's 15th season.

League play suspended

On March 12th the league issued the following statement:

"For the safety of our fans, players, team personnel and arena staff, the Southern Professional Hockey League today announced that due to concerns over the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, it has suspended the 2019-2020 season effective immediately." The SPHL and its member teams will continue to monitor developments over the weekend and provide an update on the 2019-2020 season in the near future.^[1]

The league would officially cancel the season on March 15th.^[2]

Membership Changes

On May 24, 2018 the Mississippi RiverKings announced they were suspending operations for the 2018-19 season. The league was seeking new ownership in the hopes of bringing the organization back for 2019-20.^[3] No official word on if the team will return for the 2019-20 season and the team's website has not been updated since the announcement that the team was suspending operations.

Teams

Standings

To be added upon completion of the regular season

Playoffs

The top eight teams qualify. All rounds are best-of-three.

References

[1] ttp://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_530098

[2] ttp://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_530159

[3] ttps://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/mississippi-riverkings-suspend-operations-for-2018-2019-season/n-5337771

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	"For the safety of our fans, players, team personnel and arena staff, the Southern Professional Hockey League today announced that due to concerns over the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, it has suspended the 2019-2020 season effective immediately." The SPHL and its member teams will continue to monitor developments over the weekend and provide an update on the 2019-2020 season in the near future.<ref>http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_530098</ref>		"For the safety of our fans, players, team personnel and arena staff, the Southern Professional Hockey League today announced that due to concerns over the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, it has suspended the 2019-2020 season effective immediately." The SPHL and its member teams will continue to monitor developments over the weekend and provide an update on the 2019-2020 season in the near future.<ref>http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_530098</ref>

		+	The league would officially cancel the season on March 15th.<ref>http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_530159</ref>

Team	City/Area	Arena
Birmingham Bulls	Pelham, Alabama	Pelham Civic Center
Evansville Thunderbolts	Evansville, Indiana	Ford Center
Fayetteville Marksmen	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
Huntsville Havoc	Huntsville, Alabama	Von Braun Center
Knoxville Ice Bears	Knoxville, Tennessee	Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum
Macon Mayhem	Macon, Georgia	Macon Coliseum
Pensacola Ice Flyers	Pensacola, Florida	Pensacola Bay Center
Peoria Rivermen	Peoria, Illinois	Carver Arena
Quad City Storm	Moline, Illinois	TaxSlayer Center
Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs	Roanoke, Virginia	Berglund Center