Mississippi Surge
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| Mississippi Surge | |
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| City: | Biloxi, Mississippi, United States |
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| League: | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Founded: | 2009 |
| Home Arena: | Mississippi Coast Coliseum |
| Colors: | gold, silver and blue |
| Owner(s): | Coast Hockey LLC |
| General Manager: | Steffon Walby |
| Head Coach: | Steffon Walby |
The Mississippi Surge are a professional ice hockey team in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). They play their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States.
[edit] Creation
The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) Board of Governors approved an application from the Coast Hockey LLC ownership group to operate in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States, in October 2009.
The group secured a lease from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and got final approval from by the SPHL's Board of Governors on May 7, 2009.
The team asked the hockey fans to help name the team by suggesting names on the website www.nameourteam.com. The new name, Mississippi Surge, logo and colors was introduced at a press conference on June 17, 2009 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum by team president Bill Yates. The name was selected from more than 3,500 entries from Coast hockey fans.
[edit] News
Our Sports Central: Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report (must scroll down to hockey section)
Knoxville News Sentinel: Pensacola, Biloxi next SPHL cities?
SunHearald: Hockey returns to Coast in form of SPHL
| Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Teams: Columbus Cottonmouths (GA) • Fayetteville FireAntz (NC) • Huntsville Havoc (AL) • Knoxville Ice Bears (TN) Louisiana IceGators (2009) (Lafayette) • Mississippi Surge (Biloxi) • Pensacola Ice Flyers (FL) |
| Looking to relocate (Suspended Operations for the 2009-10 season): Twin City Cyclones (Winston-Salem, NC) |
| Former Teams: Macon Trax (GA) • Winston-Salem Polar Twins (NC) • Asheville Aces (NC) • Florida Seals (Orlando) Jacksonville Barracudas (FL) • Pee Dee Cyclones (Florence, SC) • Richmond Renegades (VA) |
