The 2012–13 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the ninth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The regular season began October 26, 2012 and ended April 14, 2013, after a 56-game regular season and an 8-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz captured their first SPHL regular season title. The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Huntsville Havoc in the President's Cup final 2 games to 1 to win the team's first President's Cup.
Teams 2012-13 Southern Professional Hockey League Team City Arena Augusta RiverHawks Augusta, Georgia James Brown Arena Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center Fayetteville FireAntz Fayetteville, North Carolina Cumberland County Crown Coliseum Huntsville Havoc Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum Louisiana IceGators Lafayette, Louisiana Cajundome Mississippi RiverKings Southaven, Mississippi Landers Center Mississippi Surge Biloxi, Mississippi Mississippi Coast Coliseum Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Bay Center
Map of teams
Regular season
Final standings Team Fayetteville FireAntz‡ 56 35 18 3 195 154 73 Louisiana IceGators 56 34 17 5 172 167 73 Pensacola Ice Flyers 56 33 18 5 171 149 71 Knoxville Ice Bears 56 33 19 4 180 157 70 Columbus Cottonmouths 56 28 24 4 149 138 60 Mississippi Surge 56 25 23 8 152 156 58 Mississippi RiverKings 56 24 24 8 165 183 56 Huntsville Havoc 56 21 29 6 135 179 48 Augusta RiverHawks 56 19 31 6 150 186 44
‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners Advanced to playoffs
Attendance Team Total Games Average Huntsville 98,393 28 3,514 Knoxville 96,570 28 3,448 Fayetteville 96,313 28 3,439 Pensacola 92,087 28 3,288 Columbus 79,260 28 2,830 Mississippi RiverKings 70,373 28 2,513 Louisiana 64,080 28 2,288 Mississippi Surge 58,496 28 2,089 Augusta 51,247 28 1,830 League 706,819 252 2,804
President's Cup playoffs
* indicates overtime period.
Finals All times are local (EDT/CDT)
Awards The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced on March 27, 2013, the All-SPHL teams on March 28, Defenseman of the Year on March 29, Rookie of the Year on April 1, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.
+ 2012–13 SPHL awards Award Recipient(s) Finalists President's Cup Pensacola Ice Flyers Huntsville Havoc William B. Coffey Trophy(Best regular-season record) Fayetteville FireAntz Easton Defenseman of the Year Andrew Smale (Fayetteville) Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Easton Rookie of the Year Matt Gingera (Columbus) Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year Riley Gill (Louisiana) Andrew Loewen (Columbus) Easton Coach of the Year Mark DeSantis (Fayetteville) Kevin Kaminski (Louisiana) Easton Most Valuable Player Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) Riley Gill (Louisiana)
All-SPHL selections Position First Team Second Team All-Rookie G Riley Gill (Louisiana) Andrew Loewen (Columbus) Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) D Andrew Smale (Fayetteville) Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) D Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville) Bret Tyler (Columbus) Mike Kavanagh (Fayetteville) F Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) Matt Gingera (Columbus) Derek Elliott (Fayetteville) F Matt Robertson (Louisiana) Eric Satim (Knoxville) Matt Gingera (Columbus) F Ryan Salvis (Pensacola) Matt Whitehead (Mississippi RiverKings) Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings))
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