The 2019–20 SPHL season was the 16th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). Like most other events at the time, the season was cancelled before its conclusion in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
League business
Team changes For the first time since the 2012–13 SPHL season, there were no changes to the league membership.
Teams 2019-20 Southern Professional Hockey League Team City Arena Birmingham Bulls Pelham, Alabama Pelham Civic Center Evansville Thunderbolts Evansville, Indiana Ford Center Fayetteville Marksmen Fayetteville, North Carolina Crown Complex Huntsville Havoc Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum Macon Mayhem Macon, Georgia Macon Coliseum Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Bay Center Peoria Rivermen Peoria, Illinois Carver Arena Quad City Storm Moline, Illinois TaxSlayer Center Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Roanoke, Virginia Berglund Center
Map of teams
Regular season
Standings Final standings: Team Peoria Rivermen 46 33 8 5 150 105 71 Fayetteville Marksmen 46 31 6 9 163 120 71 Huntsville Havoc 46 27 14 5 144 124 59 Pensacola Ice Flyers 46 23 11 12 127 113 58 Evansville Thunderbolts 46 25 14 7 153 151 57 Knoxville Ice Bears 48 26 17 5 165 154 57 Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 47 16 22 9 117 151 41 Quad City Storm 44 16 20 8 123 144 40 Birmingham Bulls 46 17 23 6 122 161 40 Macon Mayhem 47 17 24 6 115 156 40 ‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners Qualified to advance to playoffs
Attendance Team Total Games Average Huntsville 110,869 23 4,820 Knoxville 85,740 23 3,727 Pensacola 87,527 24 3,646 Roanoke 73,962 21 3,522 Peoria 87,854 25 3,514 Quad City 65,529 22 2,978 Fayetteville 59,260 22 2,693 Birmingham 54,496 23 2,369 Evansville 50,848 22 2,311 Macon 48,555 26 1,867 League 724,640 231 3,136
President's Cup playoffs For 2020, the top eight teams at the end of the regular season would have qualified for the playoffs. The league returned to the traditional highest seed versus lowest seed format for all rounds, replacing the "challenge round" used in the previous two seasons where the top three seeds choose their opponent from the bottom four qualifiers. As a result of the league shutdown, there was no playoffs in 2020.
Awards Award Recipient(s) President's Cup Not awarded William B. Coffey Trophy(Best regular-season record) Not awarded Defenseman of the Year Nick Neville (Peoria) Rookie of the Year Austin Plevy (Evansville) Goaltender of the Year Eric Levine (Peoria) Coach of the Year Jesse Kallechy (Fayetteville) Most Valuable Player Austin Plevy (Evansville) Kevin Swider Leading Scorer Award Austin Plevy (Evansville)
All-SPHL selections Position First Team Second Team All-Rookie G Eric Levine (Peoria) Max Milosek (Huntsville) Joseph Murdaca (Knoxville) D Matt Fuller (Birmingham)Nick Neville (Peoria) Travis Armstrong (Roanoke)Saverio Posa (Huntsville) tieGehrett Sargis (Knoxville) tie Braden Hellems (Evansville)Meirs Moore (Pensacola) F Brian Bowen (Fayetteville)Alec Hagaman (Peoria)Austin Plevy (Evansville) Max Cook (Fayetteville)Scott Cuthrell (Knoxville)Garrett Milan (Pensacola) Shane Bednard (Fayetteville)Tommaso Bucci (Pensacola)Austin Plevy (Evansville)
References
External links Southern Professional Hockey League website