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Sports season
The 2016–17 SPHL season was the 13th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).
League business
Team changes
Regular season
Standings
Final standings[5]
- ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
- Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
Team
|
Total
|
Games
|
Average
|
Huntsville |
130,166 |
28 |
4,648
|
Peoria |
112,713 |
28 |
4,025
|
Pensacola |
104,631 |
28 |
3,736
|
Knoxville |
101,123 |
28 |
3,611
|
Roanoke |
87,831 |
28 |
3,136
|
Evansville |
63,854 |
28 |
2,280
|
Mississippi |
63,276 |
28 |
2,259
|
Columbus |
63,220 |
28 |
2,257
|
Macon |
52,052 |
28 |
1,859
|
Fayetteville |
52,013 |
28 |
1,857
|
League |
830,879 |
280 |
2,967
|
President's Cup playoffs
Playoff bracket
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Finals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Macon
| 2
| | | |
|
| 8
| Columbus
| 1
| |
| | 1
| Macon
| 2
| |
|
| |
| | | 7
| Pensacola
| 0
| |
| 2
| Fayetteville
| 0
| |
| |
| 7
| Pensacola
| 2
| |
| | 1
| Macon
| 2
| |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
| |
| | | 3
| Peoria
| 0
| |
| 3
| Peoria
| 2
| | |
| |
| 6
| Knoxville
| 0
| |
| | 3
| Peoria
| 2
| |
|
| |
| | | 4
| Huntsville
| 1
| |
| 4
| Huntsville
| 2
| |
| |
| 5
| Mississippi
| 1
| |
Finals
- Home team is listed first.
April 28
|
Peoria Rivermen
|
|
1–2
|
|
Macon Mayhem
|
Carver Arena
|
Recap
|
|
Michael Colantone – 1:35
|
First period
|
No scoring
|
No scoring
|
Second period
|
No scoring
|
No scoring
|
Third period
|
6:27 – John Siemer 10:49 – PP – Stephen Pierog
|
Storm Phaneuf 23 shots / 21 saves
|
Goalie stats
|
Jordan Ruby 26 shots / 25 saves
|
April 30
|
Macon Mayhem
|
|
2–1
|
|
Peoria Rivermen
|
Macon Coliseum
|
Recap
|
|
Dennis Sicard – 16:12
|
First period
|
No scoring
|
Jake Trask – 16:11
|
Second period
|
1:52 – Cody Dion
|
No scoring
|
Third period
|
No scoring
|
Jordan Ruby 40 shots / 39 saves
|
Goalie stats
|
Storm Phaneuf 34 shots / 32 saves
|
Awards
2016–17 SPHL awards
Award |
Recipient(s) |
Finalists
|
President's Cup |
Macon Mayhem |
Peoria Rivermen
|
William B. Coffey Trophy (Best regular-season record) |
Macon Mayhem |
|
Defenseman of the Year |
Louis Belisle (Pensacola) |
Nolan Kaiser (Huntsville) Stuart Stefan (Huntsville)
|
Rookie of the Year |
Mike Moran (Mississippi) |
Keegan Bruce (Columbus)
|
Goaltender of the Year |
Sean Bonar (Fayetteville) |
Jordan Ruby (Macon)
|
Coach of the Year |
Kevin Kerr (Macon) |
Jeff Bes (Fayetteville)
|
Most Valuable Player |
Sean Bonar (Fayetteville) |
Tayler Thompson (Fayetteville)
|
Kevin Swider Leading Scorer Award |
Tayler Thompson (Fayetteville) |
|
All-SPHL selections
Position |
First Team |
Second Team |
All-Rookie
|
G
|
Sean Bonar (Fayetteville)
|
Jordan Ruby (Macon)
|
Storm Phaneuf (Peoria)
|
D
|
Louis Belisle (Pensacola)
|
Nick Schneider (Roanoke)
|
Nathan Bruyere (Pensacola)
|
D
|
Nolan Kaiser (Huntsville)
|
Stuart Stefan (Huntsville)
|
Daniel Echeverri (Macon)
|
F
|
Mike Moran (Mississippi)
|
Keegan Bruce (Columbus)
|
Keegan Bruce (Columbus)
|
F
|
Sy Nutkevitch (Huntsville)
|
Bobby Chaumont (Fayetteville)
|
Mike Moran (Mississippi)
|
F
|
Tayler Thompson (Fayetteville)
|
Jake Hauswirth (Fayetteville)
|
John Siemer (Macon)
|
References
- ^ Berman, Mark (October 20, 2015). "Roanoke, hockey are 'a good match,' mayor says". Roanoke.com. The Roanoke Times. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ^ "SPHL expanding to Roanoke, VA for 2016-2017 season". Southern Professional Hockey League. October 20, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ^ "Evansville will be home to Southern Professional Hockey League franchise". Evansville Courier & Press. February 8, 2016.
- ^ "Louisiana IceGators suspend operations for 2016-2017 season". SPHL. May 16, 2016.
- ^ "2016–17 SPHL Standings". Pointstreak. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
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