The 2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Southern Professional Hockey League

Southern Professional Hockey League

The Southern Professional Hockey League is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with teams located in the southeastern United States.- History :...

. The regular season began October 27, 2006, and ended April 18, 2007, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz

Fayetteville FireAntz

The Fayetteville FireAntz are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. They currently play in the Southern Professional Hockey League . They play their home games in the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum....

 won their first SPHL championship.

Preseason

The Richmond Renegades

Richmond Renegades

The Richmond Renegades was a SPHL ice hockey team in Richmond, Virginia. The team, owned by Allan B. Harvie Jr., the founder of the former ECHL Renegades franchise, began play in October 2006 at the Richmond Coliseum. The team's first head coach was John Brophy...

 joined the league as an expansion franchise, succeeding the United Hockey League

United Hockey League

The United Hockey League was a low-level professional ice hockey league , with teams in the United States...

's Richmond RiverDogs

Richmond RiverDogs

The Richmond RiverDogs were a professional minor league ice hockey franchise based in Richmond, Virginia. They played at the Richmond Coliseum....

.

Final standings

Team
Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus Cottonmouths The Columbus Cottonmouths are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Georgia. The team is nicknamed the Snakes, and play their home games at the Columbus Civic Center.-Central Hockey League : 1996-2001:... ‡	56	36	18	2	217	181	74
Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville Ice Bears The Knoxville Ice Bears are a professional ice hockey team. The team competes in the Southern Professional Hockey League. They play their home games at James White Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 2006 the Ice Bears defeated the Florida Seals to take the SPHL championship and the...	56	33	19	4	219	185	70
Fayetteville FireAntz Fayetteville FireAntz The Fayetteville FireAntz are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. They currently play in the Southern Professional Hockey League . They play their home games in the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum....	56	32	18	6	246	205	70
Huntsville Havoc Huntsville Havoc The Huntsville Havoc are a professional ice hockey team in the Southern Professional Hockey League . They play their home games at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville, Alabama.-History:...	56	29	23	4	221	210	62
Richmond Renegades Richmond Renegades The Richmond Renegades was a SPHL ice hockey team in Richmond, Virginia. The team, owned by Allan B. Harvie Jr., the founder of the former ECHL Renegades franchise, began play in October 2006 at the Richmond Coliseum. The team's first head coach was John Brophy...	56	27	25	4	187	219	58
Jacksonville Barracudas Jacksonville Barracudas The Jacksonville Barracudas were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They were established in 2002, and played in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League , the World Hockey Association 2 , and the Southern Professional Hockey League , before folding in 2008.They won...	56	25	24	7	198	238	57
Pee Dee Cyclones	56	16	32	8	225	280	40
Florida Seals Florida Seals The Florida Seals was a minor league ice hockey franchise, a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League . Originally based in Orlando, Florida, they later moved to Kissimmee, Florida, a suburb thirty miles south of Orlando in Osceola County... *	26	11	14	1	110	105	23

^‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners

Advanced to playoffs

The Florida Seals folded mid-season after not meeting contractual obligations to their arena. A one-round dispersal draft was held January 5, with each team choosing one team from the Seals' roster. The picks were as follows: Pee Dee - Justin Keller

Justin Keller

Justin Keller is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the EHC Black Wings Linz in the Austrian Hockey League...

, Jacksonville - Lawne Snyder, Fayetteville - Rob Sich, Richmond - Matt Balser, Columbus - Chad Haacke, Knoxville - Craig Geerlinks, Huntsville - Craig Miller.

Attendance

Team	Total	Games	Average
Huntsville	109,615	28	3,914
Richmond	95,756	28	3,419
Fayetteville	93,301	28	3,332
Columbus	92,534	28	3,304
Knoxville	90,640	28	3,237
Jacksonville	70,773	26	2,722
Florida	34,470	17	2,027
Pee Dee	36,928	26	1,420

President's Cup playoffs

(1) Columbus Cottonmouths vs. (6) Jacksonville Barracudas

The Columbus Cottonmouths and the Jacksonville Barracudas play at best of 5 round that will take the place of the first two playoff rounds. The other four teams will play a best of 3 game Quarter Final and Simi Final round.

Game-by-Game		Score		Columbus goals	Jacksonville goals	Winning goalie
1	March 29	at Columbus 1, Jacksonville 2	2OT 5:06	Mark Prentice	Steve Zoryk, Greg LeColst	Ryan Person
2	March 30	at Columbus 3, Jacksonville 4	OT 1:15	Ryan Haggarty, Mark Prentice, Daryl Moor	Steve Zoryk 2, Tyrone Garner 2	Ryan Person
3	April 1	at Jacksonville 2, Columbus 4		Galloway Carroll 3, Ryan Rutz	Tyrone Garner, Jim Murphy	Chad Rycroft
4	April 3	at Jacksonville 4, Columbus 3		Craig Stahl 2, Jason Price Jason Price (ice hockey) Jason Price is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently playing with the Augusta Riverhawks in the Southern Professional Hockey League.-External links:...	Steve Zoryk, Jim Murphy, Tyrone Garner 2	Ryan Person
Jacksonville win series 3-1				Prentice 2	Zoryk 4, Garner 4, Murphy 2

(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (5) Richmond Renegades

Game-by-Game		Score		Knoxville goals	Richmond goals	Winning goalie
1	March 30	at Knoxville 3, Richmond 4	2OT 4:17	Rob Flynn, Tim Vitek, Matt Kohansky	Dean Jackson, Tyler Schremp, Danny White, Donald Melnyk	Doug Groenestege
2	March 31	at Richmond 2, Knoxville 8		Mike Tuomi 3, Matt Kohansky, Robbie Rangus, Curtis Menzul, Nick Fouts, Mike Craigen	JJ Wrobel, Joe Pace	Terry Dunbar
3	April 3	at Knoxville 6, Richmond 2		Curtis Menzul, Robbie Rangus 2, David Segal, Doug Searle, Mike Tuomi	Tyler Schremp, Brian Goudie	Terry Dunbar
Knoxville win series 2-1				Tuomi 4, Rangus 3,Kohansky 2	Schremp 2

(3) Fayetteville FireAntz vs. (4) Huntsville Havoc

Game-by-Game		Score		Fayetteville goals	Huntsville goals	Winning goalie
1	March 30	at Fayetteville 3, Huntsville 2		Jarrett Robertson, Robert Sich 2	Bill Monkman, Tristan Senior	Chad Collins
2	March 31	at Huntsville 4, Fayetteville 5	OT 5:41	Tim Velemirovich 2, Mike Clarke Mike Clarke (ice hockey b. 1979) Mike Clarke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.Clarke attended Elmira College where he played four seasons of NCAA III college hockey before turning professional to play in the inaugural 2003–04 season of the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Edinburgh Capitals.-Awards and...  2, Jarrett Robertson	Bill Monkman, Dan Buccella 2, Craig Bushey	Chad Collins
Fayetteville win series 2-0				Robertson 2, Sich 2, Velemirovich 2, Clarke 2	Monkman 2, Buccella 2

(2) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (3) Fayetteville FireAntz

Game-by-Game		Score		Knoxville goals	Fayetteville goals	Winning goalie
1	April 6	at Knoxville 1, Fayetteville 4		Mike Tuomi	Tim Velemirovich, Josh Welter, BJ Stephens, Jarrett Robertson	Chad Collins
2	April 7	at Fayetteville 5, Knoxville 2		Kevin Swider, Matt Kohansky	Tim Velemirovich, Marc Norrington, Josh Tataryn, Robert Sich, Bryan Dobek	Chad Collins
Fayetteville win series 2-0					Velemirovich 2

Finals

Awards

SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007.

President's Cup President's Cup (SPHL) The President's Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the playoff champions of the Southern Professional Hockey League.-Winners:... :	Fayetteville FireAntz Fayetteville FireAntz The Fayetteville FireAntz are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. They currently play in the Southern Professional Hockey League . They play their home games in the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum....
Commissioner's Cup:	Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus Cottonmouths The Columbus Cottonmouths are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Georgia. The team is nicknamed the Snakes, and play their home games at the Columbus Civic Center.-Central Hockey League : 1996-2001:...
League MVP:	Rob Sich (Fayetteville)
Rookie of the Year:	Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville)
Defenseman of the Year:	Brian Goudie (Richmond)
Goalie of the Year:	Chad Rycroft (Columbus)
Coach of the Year:	John Marks (Fayetteville)
Franchise of the Year:	Huntsville Havoc Huntsville Havoc The Huntsville Havoc are a professional ice hockey team in the Southern Professional Hockey League . They play their home games at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville, Alabama.-History:...
Playoff MVP:	Chad Collins (Fayetteville)

All-Star selections

1st Team All-Stars

F Rob Sich (Fayetteville)   F Allan Sirois Allan Sirois Allan Sirois is a former ice hockey player.- Playing career :Sirois started his hockey career with stints with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and the Rimouski Océanic, both teams of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, or QMJHL. In his one season with the Oceanic, he tallied a points total of 127...  (Pee Dee)   F Kevin Swider (Knoxville)   D Brian Goudie (Richmond)   D Jonathan Lounsbury (Huntsville)   G Chad Rycroft (Columbus)

2nd Team All-Stars

F Tim Green (Columbus)   F James Patterson James Patterson (ice hockey) James Patterson born on October 7, 1977 in Huntsville, Alabama is a minor league hockey forwardPatterson, who played college hockey at the University of Denver, has played in the Central Hockey League, the International Hockey League, the East Coast Hockey League, the American Hockey League, the...  (Huntsville)   F Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville)   D Steve Howard (Columbus)   D Doug Searle (Knoxville)   G Matt Carmichael Matt Carmichael (ice hockey) Matt Carmichael is a Canadian former professional ice hockey minor league Goalie that played in a number of leagues and teams other his career. Matt was named second team All-SPHL in the 2006–07 season when he went 26–19–3 with a 3.40 goals against average and a 90.3 save percentage...  (Huntsville)

Rookie All-Stars
F Daryl Moore (Pee Dee)   F Mike Tuomi (Knoxville)   F Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville)   D Dylan Row (Fayetteville)   D Phillip Youngclaus (Richmond)   G Doug Groenestege (Richmond)