SPHL Weekly: Week 9

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 […]

SPHL announces suspension

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 16, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Friday announced the following suspension: Peoria’s Jordan Ernst Peoria’s Jordan Ernst has been suspended one game as a result of his actions in Game 95, Quad City at Peoria, played on Thursday, December 15. Ernst was assessed a major penalty and game […]

Why the Peoria Rivermen played a game in front of 7,000 screaming school kids

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 […]

SPHL Transactions – Thursday, December 15

Transactions for Thursday, December 15: BIRMINGHAM Add D Ryan Romeo, signed PTO EVANSVILLE Add C Matt Ustaski, activated from IR Traded C Matt Ustaski to Quad City to complete previous trade MACON Add LW Rhett Kingston, returned from ECHL Savannah (12/13) PENSACOLA Add D Troy Button, acquired from Birmingham PEORIA Add C Andrew Durham, signed […]

SPHL Transactions – Wednesday, December 14

Transactions for Wednesday, December 14: BIRMINGHAM Add D Jake Cass, signed contract Traded D Troy Button to Pensacola for future considerations EVANSVILLE Add D Kyle Thacker, acquired from Quad City MACON Add C Brett Radford, signed contract QUAD CITY Delete G Kevin Resop, loaned to ECHL Fort Wayne VERMILION COUNTY Add RW Tyler Dill, signed […]

Promises kept, coach makes moves to find winning combinations

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 […]

SPHL Transactions – Tuesday, December 13

Transactions for Tuesday, December 13: EVANSVILLE Delete RW Matthew Barron, loaned to ECHL Indy Traded D Roshen Jaswal to Vermilion County for future considerations Add D James Isaacs, signed contract HUNTSVILLE Add G Cody Karpinski, signed contract Add C Kasey Kulczycki, acquired from Peoria MACON Delete LW Alexander Jmaeff, placed on team suspension QUAD CITY […]

Vermilion County’s Austin Albrecht named Warrior/SPHL Player of the Week

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 […]

SPHL Transactions – Monday, December 12

Transactions for Monday, December 12: PEORIA Add LW Carter Roo, acquired from Huntsville Delete RW Cayden Cahill, placed on 21-day IR Delete G Josh Boyko, placed on waivers Delete G Ian Eberle, released as emergency backup Add G Ben Churchfield, activated from IR QUAD CITY Add D Danylo Kozachuk, signed contract Add D Alexis Girard, […]

SPHL announces suspensions

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (December 12, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Monday announced the following suspensions: Birmingham’s Mike Davis Birmingham’s Mike Davis has been suspended one game as a result of his actions in Game 94, Birmingham at Roanoke, played on Saturday, December 10. Davis was assessed a match penalty under Rule 52.2 […]