SPHL 2011/12

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The 2011-12 season was the eighth regular season of the Southern Professional Hockey League . The nine teams played 56 games each in the regular season . The playoff winners, the Columbus Cottonmouths , received the President's Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

Southern Professional Hockey League teams

team arena capacity Hometown accession
Augusta RiverHawks James Brown Arena 9,167 Augusta , Georgia 2010
Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus Civic Center 7,509 Columbus , Georgia 2004
Fayetteville FireAntz Cumberland County Crown Coliseum 8,500 Fayetteville , North Carolina 2004
Huntsville Havoc From Braun Center 6,602 Huntsville , Alabama 2004
Knoxville Ice Bears James White Civic Coliseum 7.141 Knoxville , Tennessee 2004
Louisiana IceGators Cajundome 12,068 Lafayette , Louisiana 2009
Mississippi RiverKings DeSoto Civic Center n / A Southaven , Mississippi 2011
Mississippi Surge Mississippi Coast Coliseum 9,150 Biloxi , Mississippi 2009
Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola Civic Center 8,150 Pensacola , Florida 2009

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

GP W. L. OTL GF GA Pts
Augusta RiverHawks 56 36 13 7th 206 159 79
Columbus Cottonmouths 56 35 16 5 185 155 75
Knoxville Ice Bears 56 32 16 8th 208 170 72
Pensacola Ice Flyers 56 30th 22nd 4th 187 176 64
Mississippi Surge 56 29 24 3 166 162 61
Mississippi RiverKings 56 25th 28 3 167 177 53
Louisiana IceGators 56 24 27 5 177 202 53
Huntsville Havoc 56 22nd 28 6th 163 198 50
Fayetteville FireAntz 56 19th 32 5 180 240 43

President's Cup playoffs

  President's Cup quarter-finals President's Cup semi-finals President's Cup Final
                           
  2 Columbus Cottonmouths 2        
7th Louisiana IceGators 0  
2 Columbus Cottonmouths 2
  8th Huntsville Havoc 0  
1 Augusta RiverHawks 1
8th Huntsville Havoc 2  
2 Columbus Cottonmouths 2
  4th Pensacola Ice Flyers 0
3 Knoxville Ice Bears 2    
6th Mississippi RiverKings 1  
3 Knoxville Ice Bears 0
  4th Pensacola Ice Flyers 2  
4th Pensacola Ice Flyers 2
  5 Mississippi Surge 0  

Awarded trophies

Award player team
Coach of the Year
Best Trainer
Jeff Bes Mississippi Surge
Most Valuable Player
Best regular season player
Kevin Swider Knoxville Ice Bears
Scoring Leader
Best scorer of the regular season
Kevin Swider Knoxville Ice Bears
Rookie of the Year
Best rookie of the regular season
Pine smiley
Jordan Chong
Mississippi Surge
Pensacola Ice Flyers
Defenseman of the Year
Best Regular Season Defender
Mark Van Vliet Knoxville Ice Bears
Goaltender of the Year
Best goalkeeper of the regular season
Ian Vigier Columbus Cottonmouths
President's Cup
Winner of the Playoffs
Columbus Cottonmouths
William B. Coffey Trophy
Best Regular Season Team
Augusta RiverHawks

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