The 2015–16 SPHL season was the 12th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Peoria Rivermen in the President's Cup final 3 games to none to win their 3rd SPHL title in 4 years.
Preseason On May 4, 2015, the SPHL held an expansion draft in preparation for the Macon Mayhem to begin play as the league's 9th team.
Teams 2015-16 Southern Professional Hockey League Team City Arena Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center Fayetteville FireAntz Fayetteville, North Carolina Crown Complex Huntsville Havoc Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum Louisiana IceGators Lafayette, Louisiana Cajundome Macon Mayhem Macon, Georgia Macon Coliseum Mississippi RiverKings Southaven, Mississippi Landers Center Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Bay Center Peoria Rivermen Peoria, Illinois Carver Arena
Map of teams
Regular season Standings Final standings Team Peoria Rivermen‡ 563912519612583 Pensacola Ice Flyers 563120517515767 Mississippi RiverKings 5628181015116166 Fayetteville FireAntz 563021516714565 Knoxville Ice Bears 562921616316564 Louisiana IceGators 562626415116256 Huntsville Havoc 562626415115856 Macon Mayhem 562427513815753 Columbus Cottonmouths 561929812418646 ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners Advanced to playoffs
Attendance Team Total Games Average Huntsville 117,298 28 4,187 Peoria 109,466 28 3,909 Pensacola 107,521 28 3,840 Knoxville 91,902 28 3,282 Fayetteville 78,460 28 2,802 Columbus 77,043 28 2,751 Mississippi 65,232 28 2,329 Louisiana 59,063 28 2,109 Macon 58,653 28 2,094 League 764,638 252 3,034
President's Cup playoffs Playoff bracket
Finals Home team is listed first.
Awards + 2015–16 SPHL awards Award Recipient(s) Finalists President's Cup Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen William B. Coffey Trophy(Best regular-season record) Peoria Rivermen Easton Defenseman of the Year Brandon Greenside (Peoria) Jason Price (Knoxville) Easton Rookie of the Year John Lidgett (Huntsville) Joseph Manno (Fayetteville) Goaltender of the Year Garrett Bartus (Macon) Kyle Rank (Peoria) Easton Coach of the Year Jean-Guy Trudel (Peoria) Jeff Bes (Fayetteville)Rod Aldoff (Pensacola) Easton Most Valuable Player Garrett Bartus (Macon) Corey Banfield (Pensacola) Kevin Swider Leading Scorer Award Corey Banfield (Pensacola)
All-SPHL selections Position First Team Second Team All-Rookie G Garrett Bartus (Macon) Kyle Rank (Peoria) Brandon Jaeger (Columbus) D Brandon Greenside (Peoria) Dave Pszenyczny (Peoria) Corey Hale (Knoxville) D Jason Price (Knoxville) Stuart Stefan (Huntsville) Mike Krieg (Pensacola) F Corey Banfield (Pensacola) Jake Hauswirth (Louisiana) Zac Frischmon (Louisiana) F Kyle Gibbons (Fayetteville) Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) John Lidgett (Huntsville) F Adam Pawlick (Pensacola) Shawn Skelly (Macon) Joseph Manno (Fayetteville)
References
External links Southern Professional Hockey League website