Southern Hockey League 1995/96

	Southern Hockey League
	◄ previous	1995/96 season
Master:	Huntsville Channel Cats
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The 1995/96 season was the fourth and final regular season of the Southern Hockey League (until 1995 Sunshine Hockey League ). During the regular season, the six teams played 60 games each. In the play-offs, the Huntsville Channel Cats prevailed and won the first Sunshine Cup in their club's history.

Team changes

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

• The Fresno Falcons stopped playing.
• The Huntsville Channel Cats were added to the league as an expansion team.
• The Winston-Salem Mammoths were added to the league as an expansion team.
• The Daytona Beach Sun Devils changed their name to Daytona Beach Breakers.
• The Lakeland Ice Warriors changed their name to Lakeland Prowlers.
• The West Palm Beach Blaze changed their name to West Palm Beach Barracudas.

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
Lakeland Prowlers	60	41	13	6th	342	229	80
Daytona Beach Breakers	60	33	20th	7th	297	251	67
Winston-Salem Mammoths	60	30th	23	7th	273	274	47
Huntsville Channel Cats	60	27	31	2	274	294	37
West Palm Beach Barracudas	60	26th	32	2	251	319	18th
Jacksonville Bullets	60	23	33	4th	282	352	18th

Sunshine Cup playoffs

	Sunshine Cup semi-finals					Sunshine Cup Final
	2	Daytona Beach Breakers	1
	3	Winston-Salem Mammoths	3
						3	Winston-Salem Mammoths	1
						4th	Huntsville Channel Cats	4th
	1	Lakeland Prowlers	2
	4th	Huntsville Channel Cats	3

Web links

• 1995/96 season on hockeydb.com (engl.)