Knoxville Ice Bears

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Knoxville Ice Bears
founding 2002
history Knoxville Ice Bears
since 2002
Stadion James White Civic Coliseum
Location Knoxville , Tennessee
Team colors black, orange, purple
league Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002–2003)
South East Hockey League (2003–2004)
Southern Professional Hockey League (since 2004)
Head coach Mike Craigen
General manager Mike Murray

The Knoxville Ice Bears are an American ice hockey team from Knoxville , Tennessee . The team has played in the Southern Professional Hockey League since 2004 .

history

The team was founded in 2002 as a franchise of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League . They replaced the Knoxville Speed in Knoxville , which competed in the United Hockey League from 1999 to 2002 . In the ACHL, they finished second after the regular season in their debut season. In the following playoffs, they failed until the final. When the league was dissolved after only a year, the team joined the South East Hockey League . This league was only active for one year and again the Ice Bears were eliminated after a second place in the regular season in the playoff final. In the summer of 2004, the Ice Bears joined the SEHL's successor, the Southern Professional Hockey League .

In the SPHL, in which they have been playing since then, the Knoxville Ice Bears have won the championship title three times, the President's Cup (2006, 2008 and 2009). They also received the William B. Coffey Trophy four times as the best team of the regular season (2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009).

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season GP W. L. T OTL SOL Pts GF GA space Playoffs
2002/03 59 36 21st - - 2 68 231 186 2., ACHL Defeat in the final
2003/04 56 26th 30th - - - 52 201 195 2., SEHL Defeat in the final
2004/05 56 34 22nd - - - 68 235 185 1st, SPHL Defeat in the second round
2005/06 56 36 14th - 5 1 78 262 192 1st, SPHL President's Cup
2006/07 56 33 19th - 3 1 70 219 185 3rd, SPHL Defeat in the second round
2007/08 52 32 16 - 1 3 68 199 169 1st, SPHL President's Cup
2008/09 60 35 16 - 5 4th 79 216 171 1st, SPHL President's Cup
2009/10 56 30th 23 - 2 1 63 228 199 4th, SPHL Defeat in the second round
2010/11 56 27 25th - 3 1 54 186 187 6th, SPHL Defeat in the first round
2011/12 56 32 16 - 8th 0 72 208 170 3rd, SPHL Defeat in the second round
2012/13 56 33 19th - 4th 0 70 180 157 4th, SPHL Defeat in the second round
2013/14 56 25th 24 - 7th 0 57 157 163 7th, SPHL not reached

Team Records (SPHL)

Career records

Games: 319 Kevin SwiderUnited StatesUnited States
Goals: 222 Kevin SwiderUnited StatesUnited States
Assists: 369 Kevin SwiderUnited StatesUnited States
Points: 591 Kevin SwiderUnited StatesUnited States
Penalty minutes: 895 Mike CraigenCanadaCanada

Known players

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