Macon’s Jason Tackett named Warrior Hockey/SPHL Player of the Week

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (March 30, 2021) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced that Jason Tackett of the Macon Mayhem has been named the Warrior Hockey/SPHL Player of the Week for March 22-28. Tackett scored two goals, including one game-winner, added a pair of assists and was +3 as Macon swept a pair of […]

SPHL announces suspension

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (March 29, 2021) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Monday announced the following suspension: Macon’s Brian Bowen Macon’s Brian Bowen has been suspended one game as a result of an unpenalized cross-checking incident in the third period of SPHL Game 75, Macon at Pensacola, played on Saturday, March 27. Bowen will […]

Ice Flyers head into final month with urgency following twin defeats

By Bill Vilona, Ice Flyers correspondent The same pattern unfolded again Saturday night with the Ice Flyers. They hope a new direction is near, following a 4-2 loss against the Macon Mayhem that brought the same type of hard-luck finish the Ice Flyers have felt so often at the Pensacola Bay Center. The Ice Flyers […]

Di Salvo sets new SPHL wins mark

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Knoxville Ice Bears goaltender Peter Di Salvo set the SPHL record for career wins on Sunday, defeating Huntsville 3-0. In recording his first shutout of the season, Di Salvo now has 104 career victories, breaking the previous mark of 103 originally set by Chad Collins (Fayetteville/Knoxville/Pensacola, 2004-09). Now in his eighth professional […]

Ice Flyers generate late-game suspense, but Macon holds for win

By Bill Vilona, Ice Flyers correspondent When the final horn sounded, Ice Flyers captain Garrett Milan slammed his stick to the ice hard enough to echo throughout the arena. It was another one of those kinds of games, this kind of defeat, that kind of reaction, after the Macon Mayhem continued their success at the […]

Di Salvo ties all-time mark as Ice Bears win 4-2

Jacob Benson scored twice, Peter Di Salvo made 30 saves for his record-tying 103rd SPHL victory and the Knoxville Ice Bears defeated the Birmingham Bulls 4-2 Friday night at the Civic Coliseum. Di Salvo tied Chad Collins for the most all-time wins by a goalie in league history. The Ice Bears have now won 11 […]