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2005–06 SPHL season
League Southern Professional Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Regular season
Season champions Knoxville Ice Bears
Season MVP Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)[1]
Top scorer Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
Playoffs
Finals champions Knoxville Ice Bears
  Finals runners-up Florida Seals
SPHL seasons

The 2005–06 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the second season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 21, 2005, and ended April 12, 2006, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Knoxville Ice Bears won their first SPHL championship.

Preseason[]

The Asheville Aces, Macon Trax[2], and Winston-Salem Polar Twins[3] all folded following the 2004-05 season. Replacing them were the Florida Seals[4] and Pee Dee Cyclones[5].

A new playoff structure was announced, with the top seed and sixth seed playing each other in a best-of-5-game series, with the winner advancing to the championship. The second and fifth, and third and fourth seeds each play a best-of-3-game series, with the winners meeting in another 3-game series to determine the second finalist.[6]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Team[7] GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
Knoxville Ice Bears 56 36 14 6 262 192 78
Columbus Cottonmouths 56 34 16 6 247 182 74
Florida Seals 56 32 17 7 211 174 71
Fayetteville FireAntz 56 31 19 6 224 175 68
Huntsville Havoc 56 32 21 3 203 186 67
Pee Dee Cyclones 56 16 33 7 201 307 39
Jacksonville Barracudas 56 15 39 2 183 315 32
William B. Coffey Trophy winners
     Advanced to playoffs

Attendance[]

Team Total Games Average
Fayetteville 103,179 28 3,684
Knoxville 96,428 28 3,443
Columbus 90,518 28 3,232
Huntsville 87,871 28 3,183
Florida 57,538 28 2,054
Jacksonville 57,028 28 2,036
Pee Dee 40,626 28 1,450

President's Cup playoffs[]

  1st Round 2nd Round Finals
                                               
1  Knoxville Ice Bears 4 7 3 6 x  
6  Pee Dee Cyclones 5 1 1 3 x    
    1  Knoxville Ice Bears 6 2 1 3 x
  3  Florida Seals 3 1 3 2 x
  3  Florida Seals 2 1 1  
4  Fayetteville FireAntz 1 8 0  
3  Florida Seals 4 5 x
 
  5  Huntsville Havoc 2 3 x  
5  Huntsville Havoc 4 3 3
  2  Columbus Cottonmouths 1 4 2  

Finals[]

April 7, 2006
7:35 pm
Florida 3 – 6
Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 2,312
April 8, 2006
7:35 pm
Florida 1 – 2
Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 2,688
April 11, 2006
7:35 pm
Knoxville 1 – 3
Florida Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, FL
Attendance: 2,766
April 12, 2006
7:35 pm
Knoxville 3 – 2
Florida Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, FL
Attendance: 2,028

Awards[]

The All-SPHL teams were announced March 21, 2006, followed by the MVP on March 22, Defenseman of the Year on March 23, Coach of the Year on March 24, Rookie of the Year on March 27, and Goalie of the Year on Match 28.[8]

President's Cup: Knoxville Ice Bears
Commissioner's Cup: Knoxville Ice Bears
League MVP: Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)[1]
Rookie of the Year: Rob Sich (Florida)[9]
Defenseman of the Year: Mike Clarke (Fayetteville)[10]
Goalie of the Year: Terry Denike (Florida)[11]
Coach of the Year: Jerome Bechard (Columbus)[12]

All-Star selections[]

1st Team All-Stars

Flag of Canada F Tim Green (Columbus)
Flag of Canada F Tylor Keller (Columbus)
Flag of the United States F Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
Flag of Canada D Ryan Aikia (Columbus)
Flag of Canada D Mike Clarke (Fayetteville)
Flag of Canada G Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)

2nd Team All-Stars

Flag of Canada F Jason Bermingham (Knoxville)
Flag of Canada F Dean Jackson (Fayetteville)
Flag of Canada F Edan Welch (Pee Dee)
Flag of Canada D Mat Ponto (Columbus)
Flag of the United States D Doug Searle (Knoxville)
Flag of Canada G Terry Denike (Florida)

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Carmichael named SPHL MVP. Press release (March 22, 2006). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  2. Trax Suspend Operation. Press release (April 13, 2005). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  3. "SPHL's Polar Twins on ice", The Huntsville Times, June 3, 2005. Retrieved on 24 March 2010. 
  4. Central Florida’s other Professional Hockey Team Preparing for Season. Press release (February 23, 2005). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  5. Florence, SC Becomes First SPHL Expansion City. Press release (May 11, 2005). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  6. SPHL 2005 annual meeting concludes. Press release (June 3, 2005). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  7. SPHL Standings. Pointstreak.com. Retrieved on 17 March 2010.
  8. All-SPHL Teams Announced. Press release (March 21, 2006). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  9. Sich named SPHL Rookie of the Year. Press release (March 27, 2006). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  10. Clarke named SPHL Defenseman of the Year. Press release (March 23, 2006). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  11. SPHL Goalie of the Year. Press release (March 28, 2006). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.
  12. Bechard named Coach of the Year. Press release (March 24, 2006). Retrieved on 24 March 2010.


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