PEORIA — The Peoria Rivermen come off Christmas break Tuesday sitting in first place in the Southern Professional Hockey League with one of the highest pointsmaking percentages in pro hockey. What will they need to do to stay there, and who do they need to do it? The defending SPHL champions are on a 14-1-2 […]
Contact: awest@thesphl.com HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 26, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League continues its 19th season with the first matchup in a week full of games as we skate toward the new year. You can follow all the action this season at www.sphltv.com. Today’s Schedule: Huntsville @ Knoxville (6:00 p.m. EST, 5:00 p.m. CST) […]
Contact: awest@thesphl.com HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 23, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League continues its 19th season with three games to wrap up the holiday week. You can follow all the action this season at www.sphltv.com. Birmingham Bulls (11-7-1) • Michael Gillespie leads the SPHL with 33 points (12g, 21a) • Gillespie’s 21 assists are […]
Contact: awest@thesphl.com HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 22, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League continues its 19th season tonight as the Macon Mayhem welcome the Birmingham Bulls to the Macon Centreplex. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m. EST. You can follow all the action this season at www.sphltv.com Birmingham Bulls (11-6-1) • Michael Gillespie leads the […]
Contact: awest@thesphl.com HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 21, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League continues its 19th season tonight as the Knoxville Ice Bears welcome the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs to the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. You can follow all the action this season at www.sphltv.com Knoxville Ice Bears (12-5-2) • Center Justin MacDonald ranks second in […]
By: Allan Westerholt HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 20, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced today that Alec Baer of the Peoria Rivermen has been named the Warrior/SPHL Player of the Week for December 12-18. Baer tallied four goals, added three assists and was +2 as Peoria split a pair of games with Quad City while […]
Contact: awest@thesphl.com HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 16, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League continues its 19th season today with three days of games. You can follow all the action this season at www.sphltv.com. Birmingham Bulls (10-5-1) • Michael Gillespie separated himself from the pack last week with a goal and four assists to be the […]
By: Dave Eminian, Peoria Journal Star (Photo by Matt Dayhoff) PEORIA — The Peoria Rivermen didn’t get a win on the ice, but they certainly got one in the grandstand Thursday with the re-birth of their morning game aimed to bring in area schoolkids. Dubbed Rivermen Education Day and underwritten by Eureka College, the event […]
By Tom Johnston, Quad City Times The Quad City Storm coach rattled off the SPHL’s major statistical categories — goals allowed, save percentage, penalty kill, power-play chances, etc. — and the fact that his club ranked among the best in the league in all of them. But that wasn’t translating to the standings where the […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 13, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced today that Austin Albrecht of the Vermilion County Bobcats has been named the Warrior/SPHL Player of the Week for December 5-11. Albrecht tallied two goals, added two assists and was +2 as Vermilion County defeated league leading Evansville 4-2 in their only game of […]
