Pensacola Ice Flyers

Pensacola Ice Flyers
founding	2009
history	Pensacola Ice Flyers since 2009
Stadion	Pensacola Civic Center
Location	Pensacola , Florida
Team colors	navy blue, gold
league	Southern Professional Hockey League
Head coach	Todd Gordon
General manager	Todd Gordon
owner	Tim Kerr

The Pensacola Ice Flyers are an American ice hockey team based in Pensacola , Florida . The team has played in the Southern Professional Hockey League since 2009 .

history

The team was founded in 2009 as a franchise of the Southern Professional Hockey League . In Pensacola they filled the void left in the city by the Pensacola Ice Pilots , who played in the ECHL from 1996 to 2008 . The name was chosen as an allusion to the nearby Pensacola Naval Air Station Pensacola , as well as due to the fact that team owner Tim Kerr had played for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League for eleven years .

In their premiere season, the Pensacola Ice Flyers finished fifth after the regular season in the 2009/10 season and immediately made it to the playoffs for the President's Cup . In the playoffs they were defeated in the first round by the eventual champions Huntsville Havoc with 1: 2 wins in the best-of-three series. The decision in favor of Huntsville was only made in extra time in game three.

Trainer

In the premiere season, the Canadian Todd Gordon was both head coach and general manager of the team. Before that, he had been the head coach of the Pensacola Ice Pilots in the ECHL from 2001 to 2004.

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
2009/10	56	25th	23	-	6th	2	58	176	205	5th, SPHL	Defeat in the first round
2010/11	56	28	21st	-	4th	3	56	187	195	5th, SPHL	Defeat in the first round
2011/12	56	30th	22nd	-	2	2	64	187	176	4th, SPHL	Defeat in the final

Team records

Career records

Games: 109 Erik Stoyanovich

Goals: 39 Chris Wilson, Matt Whitehead

Assists: 59 Matt Whitehead

Points: 98 Matt Whitehead

Penalty Minutes: 289 Tyler Barr

Known players

• Joey Hughes (Australian international)

Web links

• Official website (English).
• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Pensacola Ice Flyers
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Pensacola Ice Flyers