HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 10, 2019) – The Southern Professional Hockey League announced Wednesday that Ray Pack of the Birmingham Bulls is the recipient of the 2018-2019 SPHL Equipment Manager of the Year Award. The winner was determined by a vote of the league’s equipment managers and athletic trainers. Ray began his career with the ECHL […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 10, 2019) – Today, the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) named Brian Billett of the Pensacola Ice Flyers the Player of the Month for March. Last month, Billett had a record of 6-1-2 and had three shutouts. In addition, he had a 1.48 GAA, made 211 saves and a .942 SV%. […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 9, 2019) — Today, the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) announced that Joe Kalisz of the Peoria Rivermen was named Warrior Player of the Week for April 1 to April 7. Kalisz scored four goals during a two-game weekend series against the Macon Mayhem. The left wing scored the first goal of […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 8, 2019) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Monday announced the following suspension: Macon’s Leo Thomas Macon head coach Leo Thomas has been suspended one game as a result of his actions in SPHL Game 279, Macon at Peoria, played on Saturday, April 6. Thomas was assessed a game misconduct […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 7, 2019) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Sunday announced the best-of-three schedules for the 2019 Challenge Round: #1 Peoria Rivermen vs. #5 Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Game 1 – Wednesday, April 10 at Roanoke, 7:05 pm Game 2 – Friday, April 12 at Peoria (at Owens Center), 7:15 pm […]
This article first appeared in the Quad City Times. The first female president in the Southern Professional Hockey League and the Quad-Cities Chamber of Commerce’s CEO were awarded Thursday for their work empowering and mentoring women throughout their careers. Thursday afternoon, Iowa-based Women Lead Change hosted its annual Athena and Male Champion of Change Awards […]
Knoxville, TN (April 5, 2019) The Knoxville Ice Bears fell to the Pensacola Ice Flyers at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum 4-0. The Knoxville Ice Bears celebrated their lifelong friendship with their friendly neighbors out West, the Nashville Predators, with specialty black Predators jerseys and wanted to prove that they were just as good as the big […]
HUNTSVILLE – Having secured their position in the final standings, the Huntsville Havoc were looking to finish the regular season strong against the eighth place Fayetteville Marksmen – a team they lit up to the tune of 8-2 just two weeks ago. Huntsville held the lead starting the third period but allowed three Marksmen goals – including […]
Home ice advantage helped the Storm complete an incredible comeback victory Friday night at the TaxSlayer Center. After a scoreless first period in which the Storm out chanced the Evansville Thunderbolts, the visitors broke onto the scoresheet with the first two goals of the game. Stephen Gaul got Quad City on the board with a […]
Peoria, IL – The Peoria Rivermen overcame a 2-1 first-period deficit with four unanswered goals to defeat the Macon Mayhem 5-2 at Carver Arena Friday. The victory, Peoria’s 22nd on home ice this season, pushes them to 39-7-9 overall before tomorrow night’s regular-season finale. Rivermen winger Joe Kalisz wasted no time lighting the lamp, scoring […]
