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Sports season
2007–08 SPHL season
LeagueSouthern Professional Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOctober 25, 2007–April 13, 2008
Regular season
Season championsKnoxville Ice Bears
Season MVPKevin Swider (Knoxville)
Top scorerKevin Swider (Knoxville)
Playoffs
Finals championsKnoxville Ice Bears
  Finals runners-upJacksonville Barracudas
SPHL seasons
← 2006–072008–09 →

The 2007–08 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the fourth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 25, 2007, and ended April 13, 2008, after a 52-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Knoxville Ice Bears won their second SPHL championship.

Preseason

The Pee Dee Cyclones moved from Florence, South Carolina, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and changed their name to the Twin City Cyclones. The league also named a new commissioner, Jim Combs, in June 2007.

Teams

2007-08 Southern Professional Hockey League
Team City Arena
Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center
Fayetteville FireAntz Fayetteville, North Carolina Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
Huntsville Havoc Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center
Jacksonville Barracudas Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Richmond Renegades Richmond, Virginia Richmond Coliseum
Twin City Cyclones Winston-Salem, North Carolina LJVM Coliseum Annex

Map of teams

2007–08 SPHL season is located in the United StatesColumbusColumbusFayettevilleFayettevilleHuntsvilleHuntsvilleJackson- villeJackson-
villeKnoxvilleKnoxvilleRichmondRichmondTwin CityTwin City SPHL teams

Regular season

Final standings

Team GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
Knoxville Ice Bears 52 32 16 4 199 169 68
Jacksonville Barracudas 52 30 17 5 201 167 65
Fayetteville FireAntz 52 25 19 8 186 198 58
Richmond Renegades 52 27 22 3 178 174 57
Twin City Cyclones 52 23 25 4 185 207 50
Columbus Cottonmouths 52 24 22 6 168 186 50
Huntsville Havoc 52 23 27 2 195 211 48
William B. Coffey Trophy winners
  Advanced to playoffs

Attendance

Team Total Games Average
Fayetteville 102,208 26 3,931
Richmond 101,476 26 3,902
Huntsville 99,672 26 3,833
Knoxville 93,633 26 3,601
Columbus 83,590 26 3,215
Twin City 30,698 26 1,180
Jacksonville 29,200 26 1,123

President's Cup playoffs

First roundSecond roundFinal
1Knoxville Ice Bears45226
6Columbus Cottonmouths22443
1Knoxville Ice Bears644xx
3Fayetteville FireAntz45x
2Jacksonville Barracudas232xx
4Richmond Renegades14x
3Fayetteville FireAntz213
2Jacksonville Barracudas126
5Twin City Cyclones34x
2Jacksonville Barracudas47x

Finals

April 10, 2008
7:30 pm		Jacksonville2 – 6KnoxvilleJames White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 1,971
Game reference
Tim HaunGoaliesKirk IrvingReferee:
Nick Krebsbach
0 – 102:22 - Rutt (Manny)
Furdero (Rebernik, Morris) - 04:161 – 1
1 – 219:47 - Swider (Harris)
1 – 334:52 - Rutt (Cherneski, Harris)
1 – 436:20 - Craigen (Swider, Harris) (PP)
1 – 545:54 - Pelkey (Manny, Harris) (SH)
Rollins (Wagner, Thomas) - 47:112 – 5
2 – 654:22 - Vitek (Harris, Swider) (PP)
8 minPenalties6 min
21Shots35
April 12, 2008
7:35 pm		Knoxville4 – 3JacksonvilleJacksonville Ice, Jacksonville, FL
Attendance: 1,656
Game reference
Kirk IrvingGoaliesRyan PersonReferee:
Joe Sullivan
Vitek (Swider) - 02:26 (PP)1 – 0
Wrobel (Harris, Swider) - 27:06 (PP)2 – 0
2 – 129:53 - Webb (Geerlinks, Shaw)
Vitek (Swider, Craigen) - 31:37 (PP)3 – 1
3 – 240:17 - Rebernik (Thomas, Wagner)
Pelkey (Rutt) - 46:574 – 2
4 – 348:57 - Swartzentruber (Webb, Colangelo)
25 minPenalties21 min
20Shots42
April 13, 2008
7:30 pm		Jacksonville2 – 4KnoxvilleJames White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN
Attendance: 2,229
Game reference
Ryan PersonGoaliesKirk IrvingReferee:
Dan Dreger
0 – 101:19 - Pelkey (Rutt)
0 – 209:51 - Swider (Smith, Craigen)
Thomas (Wagner, Geerlinks) - 12:121 – 2
Webb (MacDonald, Rochefort) - 12:222 – 2
2 – 337:32 - Vitek (Lynch, Craigen)
2 – 453:53 - Vitek (Harris, Swider) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
32Shots24

Awards

SPHL award winners were announced March 24, 2008.

President's Cup: Knoxville Ice Bears
Coffey Trophy: Knoxville Ice Bears
League MVP: Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
Rookie of the Year: Taylor Hustead (Twin City)
Defenseman of the Year: Dan Vandermeer (Richmond)
Goaltender of the Year: Tim Haun (Jacksonville)
Coach of the Year: Rick Alain (Jacksonville)
Playoff MVP: Kirk Irving (Knoxville)


References

  1. Gates, Nick (March 25, 2008). "Swider named SPHL's MVP again". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  2. "SPHL Hires Commissioner, Wraps Up Summer Meetings". Press release. June 26, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  3. "SPHL Standings". Pointstreak.com. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "Hustead And Moore Receive League Recognition". Press release. March 24, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  5. ^ "Vandermeer Defenseman Of The Year". Press release. March 24, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  6. "Mississippi's Bill Zaniboni Named Goaltender of the Year". Press release. April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  7. Gates, Nick (April 14, 2008). "Ice Bears on Hockey Top". Knoxville News Sentential. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
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