Slow start stops Marksmen streak, fall 4-3 to Roanoke

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Following a nail-biting win Friday, sending the streak to eight, the Marksmen came home for their fourth straight game against Roanoke. Fayetteville looked keep winning, not yet losing since the flip of the calendar. Roanoke wanted no part of the noise and they showed it, scoring only three minutes into the game. The Rail […]

Late flurry helps Rivermen weather Storm

PEORIA, IL – The Peoria Rivermen scored three goals in a 5-minute, 48-second third period span to break a 2-2 tie en route to a 5-2 win over the Quad City Storm at Carver Arena Saturday. The win, Peoria’s seventh in a row, lifts the Rivermen to 24-3-3 on the season before next weekend’s trio […]

Havoc sweep weekend series with 5-2 win

HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville Havoc stuck to the script and came away with a convincing 5-2 win Saturday night over the Knoxville Ice Bears in front of more than 6,000 fans at the Von Braun Center. Team captain Christian Powers recorded a goal and two assists to help take the series from a league rival. Read more

Minkowski scores first pro goal in close loss to Macon

EVANSVILLE, IN – Cheektowaga, NY native Max Mikowski introduced himself in his Evansville Thunderbolts debut tonight against the second-place Macon Mayhem. Mikowski made a major impact by scoring a goal in his first professional game that would spark a three-goal third period from the Thunderbolts, as Evansville was just barely edged by Macon, 5-3. Jake Schultz would […]

Ice Bears fall to Havoc 4-1

Knoxville, TN (January 18, 2019) – Danny Cesarz scored in the third period to spoil a shutout, extending his point streak to nine games, but the Ice Bears fell to the Huntsville Havoc 4-1 at the Civic Coliseum on Friday night in front of a heroic crowd of 4,618. Michael Santaguida made 26 saves for Knoxville. […]

Dawgs fall late to Fayetteville 3-2

ROANOKE, Va. – Jordan Carvalho had a goal and an assist and Jacob Caffrey made 29 saves but the Fayetteville Marksmen netted the eventual game-winning goal with just 2:11 remaining as they beat the Rail Yard Dawgs, 3-2, in front of a crowd of 5,509 on Friday night at Berglund Center. With the game tied at two […]

Klein makes history as Rivermen blank Storm

PEORIA, IL – Behind goaltender Stephen Klein’s third straight shutout, the Peoria Rivermen topped the Quad City Storm, 2-0, on Friday at the Peoria Civic Center. The win, Peoria’s sixth in a row, lifts the Rivermen to 23-3-3 on the season before tomorrow night’s rematch with the Storm in Peoria. Klein turned aside all 27 shots […]

After up-and-down first half, Storm searching for consistency

By Bobby Metcalfe, Quad-City Times (Photo by Andy Abeyta) At times this season, the Quad-City Storm have looked like a team to be reckoned with. There was the season-opening win over Peoria, another 4-1 win over the Rivermen on New Year’s Eve and a 3-2 win over Knoxville last week. Read more

Doug Price appointed Commissioner of the Southern Professional Hockey League

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (January 17, 2019) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced that Doug Price has been named the league’s new Commissioner. Price has a long history with the SPHL and the industry, having spent 25 years in professional hockey. He has been with the SPHL for the past 10 seasons as Vice President of […]

Fayetteville’s Nathan Perry named Warrior Player of the Week

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (January 15, 2019) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced goaltender Nathan Perry of the Fayetteville Marksmen is the Warrior Player of the Week for January 7-13. Making only his second and third appearances of the season after starting goaltender Dillon Kelly was loaned to ECHL Adirondack, Perry went 2-0-0, posting […]