2012–13 SPHL season

The 2012–13 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the ninth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The regular season began October 26, 2012 and ended April 14, 2013, after a 56-game regular season and an 8-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz captured their first SPHL regular season title.[1] The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Huntsville Havoc in the President's Cup final 2 games to 1 to win the team's first President's Cup.[2]

2012–13 SPHL season
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October 26, 2012–April 14, 2013
Regular season
Season champions	Fayetteville FireAntz
Season MVP	Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)
Top scorer	Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Pensacola Ice Flyers
Finals runners-up	Huntsville Havoc

Regular season

Final standings

Team[3]	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Fayetteville FireAntz^‡	56	35	18	3	195	154	73
Louisiana IceGators	56	34	17	5	172	167	73
Pensacola Ice Flyers	56	33	18	5	171	149	71
Knoxville Ice Bears	56	33	19	4	180	157	70
Columbus Cottonmouths	56	28	24	4	149	138	60
Mississippi Surge	56	25	23	8	152	156	58
Mississippi RiverKings	56	24	24	8	165	183	56
Huntsville Havoc	56	21	29	6	135	179	48
Augusta RiverHawks	56	19	31	6	150	186	44

^‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners

  Advanced to playoffs

Attendance

Team	Total	Games	Average
Huntsville	98,393	28	3,514
Knoxville	96,570	28	3,448
Fayetteville	96,313	28	3,439
Pensacola	92,087	28	3,288
Columbus	79,260	28	2,830
Mississippi RiverKings	70,373	28	2,513
Louisiana	64,080	28	2,288
Mississippi Surge	58,496	28	2,089
Augusta	51,247	28	1,830
League	706,819	252	2,804

President's Cup playoffs

	First Round							Semifinals							Final
	1	Fayetteville FireAntz	2	4
	8	Huntsville Havoc	3*	5*
								2	Louisiana IceGators	3	2***	1
								8	Huntsville Havoc	5	1	5
	4	Knoxville Ice Bears	3	3
	5	Columbus Cottonmouths	0	0
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)													8	Huntsville Havoc	1	2	0
															3	Pensacola Ice Flyers	2*	1	2
	6	Mississippi Surge	1	3
	3	Pensacola Ice Flyers	4	5
								3	Pensacola Ice Flyers	3	1
								4	Knoxville Ice Bears	2	0
	7	Mississippi RiverKings	5	5	4
	2	Louisiana IceGators	7	2	5*

* indicates overtime game.

Finals

All times are local (EDT/CDT)

April 9, 2013 7:05pm

Huntsville

1 – 2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Pensacola

Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola, Florida Attendance: 3,632

Game reference
	Jesse Kallechy	Goalies	Ross MacKinnon	Referees: Andrew Howard Tyler Puddifant
	Stuart Stefan (Fidler, Gurtler) - 17:08 1–0 1–1 19:10 - Mitchell Good (Soehner, Dupuis) 1–2 17:01 - Dan Buccella (Cooper, Knowlton)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	44	Shots	72

April 12, 2013 7:30pm

Pensacola

1 – 2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Huntsville

Von Braun Center Huntsville, Alabama Attendance: 4,856

Game reference
	Ross MacKinnon	Goalies	Jesse Kallechy	Referees: Peter MacDougall Curtis Marouelli
	Patrick Knowlton (Dunbar) - pp - 16:10 1–0 1–1 10:30 - Aaron McGill (Fidler, DeBruyn) 1–2 19:51 - Justin Fox (Stefan, McGill)
	43 min	Penalties	39 min
	37	Shots	25

April 14, 2013 6:05pm

Huntsville

0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Pensacola

Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola, Florida Attendance: 4,693

Game reference
	Jesse Kallechy	Goalies	Ross MacKinnon	Referees: Tyler Puddifant Curtis Marouelli
	0–1 2:07 - Patrick Knowlton (Dunbar, Vossberg) 0–2 12:32 - Brad Cooper (Dunbar, Chong)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	46

Awards

The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced on March 27, 2013, the All-SPHL teams on March 28, Defenseman of the Year on March 29, Rookie of the Year on April 1, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.[4]

2012–13 SPHL awards

Award	Recipient(s)	Finalists
President's Cup	Pensacola Ice Flyers	Huntsville Havoc
William B. Coffey Trophy (Best regular-season record)	Fayetteville FireAntz
Easton Defenseman of the Year	Andrew Smale (Fayetteville)	Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)
Easton Rookie of the Year	Matt Gingera (Columbus)	Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola)
Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year	Riley Gill (Louisiana)	Andrew Loewen (Columbus)
Easton Coach of the Year	Mark DeSantis (Fayetteville)	Kevin Kaminski (Louisiana)
Easton Most Valuable Player	Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)	Riley Gill (Louisiana)

All-SPHL selections

Position	First Team[5]	Second Team[6]	All-Rookie[7]
G	Riley Gill (Louisiana)	Andrew Loewen (Columbus)	Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola)
D	Andrew Smale (Fayetteville)	Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)	Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana)
D	Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville)	Bret Tyler (Columbus)	Mike Kavanagh (Fayetteville)
F	Josh McQuade (Fayetteville)	Matt Gingera (Columbus)	Derek Elliott (Fayetteville)
F	Matt Robertson (Louisiana)	Eric Satim (Knoxville)	Matt Gingera (Columbus)
F	Ryan Salvis (Pensacola)	Matt Whitehead (Mississippi RiverKings)	Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings))

References

1. "Fayetteville FireAntz clinch SPHL regular-season title". thesphl.com. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
2. "Huntsville Havoc loses to Pensacola in SPHL championship game". al.com. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
3. "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
4. "SPHL Awards Schedule Announced". thesphl.com. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
5. "Fayetteville, Louisiana Head All-SPHL First Team". thesphl.com. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
6. "All-SPHL Second Team Announced". thesphl.com. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
7. "SPHL Announces All-Rookie Team". thesphl.com. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.