Knoxville Ice Bears head coach Jeff Carr has been hired by the Norfolk Admirals of the ECHL as the team’s new assistant coach. Norfolk is the affiliate for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL and the Chicago Wolves in the AHL. Carr concludes his tenure in Knoxville with a 151-83-24 (.631%) record, the 2021-22 Coach […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (July 26, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced a new educational partnership with Bellevue University, one of the nation’s leading online universities, that stands to benefit the players and staff of the league’s 11 teams, as well as their family members. Bellevue University and the SPHL will partner to […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (July 21, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced today that Dave Feather of the Knoxville Ice Bears has been selected as the winner of the 2021-2022 Wanda Amos Community Service Award as voted on by the league’s Board of Governors. After a two-year hiatus due to the effects of the […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (July 13, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced Wednesday the league will drop the puck for its 19th season on October 20 with a rare Thursday night opener as the Huntsville Havoc will travel to Pensacola to kick off the 2022-2023 schedule against the Ice Flyers. Five more teams kick […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (June 21, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced today that nominations for the Wanda Amos Community Service Award are now being accepted. After a two-year hiatus due to the effects of the pandemic on the league, the award will again recognize an organization, current team staff member or league alumnus […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (May 26, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League announced Thursday that Cynthia West of the Macon Mayhem is the recipient of the 2021-2022 SPHL Athletic Trainer of the Year Award. The winner was selected by a vote of the league’s equipment managers and athletic trainers. West, a native of Ft. Worth, Texas, […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (May 26, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League announced Thursday that Josh Eaves of the Quad City Storm is the recipient of the 2021-2022 SPHL Equipment Manager of the Year Award. The winner was selected by a vote of the league’s equipment managers and athletic trainers. Eaves was born in Joliet, Illinois, […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (May 13, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Friday announced the players whose rights were protected for the 2022-2023 season: Birmingham – Carson Rose, Jake Pappalardo, Coltyn Bates, Jordan Martin, Troy MacTavish, Colton Fletcher, CJ Hayes, Artur Terchiyev, Mike Gurska, Jake Cass, Sam Stormoen, Troy Button, Hayden Stewart Evansville – […]
By Wes Huett, Peoria Journal Star PEORIA — Mitch McPherson remembers the crowd. The noise. The Peoria native was 6 years old in 2000, when he stood among the seats inside Carver Arena and watched the Peoria Rivermen hockey team hoist the Kelly Cup as champions of the ECHL. Twenty two years later, McPherson had […]
By Dave Eminian, Peoria Journal Star (Photo credit: Tim Lester) ROANOKE, Va. — The weight is over. The Peoria Rivermen lifted the 22-pound President’s Cup on Tuesday and shed the heavy burden of 22 years without a title. The Rivermen won the SPHL championship, adding to their 40-year franchise legacy by beating the Roanoke Rail […]
