2017–18 SPHL season

2017–18 SPHL season
League Southern Professional Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration October 20, 2017–April 9, 2018
Number of games 56
Number of teams 10
Regular Season
William B. Coffey Trophy Peoria Rivermen
Season MVP Berkley Scott (Knoxville)
Top scorer Berkley Scott (Knoxville)
Playoffs
Finals champions Huntsville Havoc
  Finals runners-up Peoria Rivermen
Playoffs MVP Sy Nutkevitch (Huntsville)

The 2017–18 SPHL season was the 14th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).

League business

Team changes

Regular season

Standings

Final standings.[4]

Team GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
Peoria Rivermen‡563813521115481
Macon Mayhem563316721417473
Pensacola Ice Flyers563316718915673
Huntsville Havoc5630161020318070
Knoxville Ice Bears563020620518266
Evansville Thunderbolts562720918619163
Mississippi RiverKings562925219318160
Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs562626417019556
Birmingham Bulls562228615919950
Fayetteville Marksmen561238614426230
‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
     Advanced to playoffs

President's Cup playoffs

For 2018, the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The league implemented a new format so that the top three seeds chose their opponent from the bottom four qualifiers, calling it the "challenge round". The second round still had the highest versus lowest remaining seed format.[5]

Playoff bracket

  Challenge Round Second Round Championships
                           
  1 Peoria 2  
8 Roanoke 0  
  1 Peoria 2  
  5 Knoxville 0  
2 Macon 2
  6 Evansville 1  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   1 Peoria 1
  4 Huntsville 2
  3 Pensacola 0  
5 Knoxville 2  
  2 Macon 1
  4 Huntsville 2  
4 Huntsville 2
  7 Mississippi 1  

Finals

Home team is listed first.
Huntsville won series 2–1

Awards

AwardRecipient(s)Finalists
President's CupHuntsville HavocPeoria Rivermen
William B. Coffey Trophy
(Best regular-season record)		Peoria Rivermen
Defenseman of the YearDave Pszenyczny (Peoria)Daniel Gentzler (Macon)
Stuart Stefan (Hunstville)
Rookie of the YearJacob Barber (Birmingham)Eliot Grauer (Knoxville)
Tomas Sholl (Evansville)
Goaltender of the YearBrad Barone (Roanoke)Tomas Sholl (Evansville)
Coach of the Year[6]Jean-Guy Trudel (Peoria)Jeff Bes (Pensacola)
Kevin Kerr (Macon)
Most Valuable PlayerBerkley Scott (Knoxville)Jake Trask (Macon)
Kevin Swider Leading Scorer AwardBerkley Scott (Knoxville)Jake Trask (Macon)

All-SPHL selections

PositionFirst TeamSecond TeamAll-Rookie
G Brad Barone (Roanoke) Tomas Sholl (Evansville) Tomas Sholl (Evansville)
D Dave Pszenyczny (Peoria)
Stuart Stefan (Huntsville)		 David Brancik (Knoxville)
Daniel Gentzler (Macon)		 Anthony Calabrese (Huntsville) (tie)
Michael Chen (Knoxville)
Derek Perl (Huntsville) (tie)
F Alec Hagaman (Peoria)
Berkley Scott (Knoxville)
Jake Trask (Macon)		 Jake Hauswirth (Fayetteville)
Steve Mele (Roanoke)
Garrett Milan (Pensacola)		 Jacob Barber (Birmingham)
Eliot Grauer (Knoxville)
Joseph Widmar (Peoria)

References

  1. ↑ "Birmingham Bulls to Join SPHL for 2017–18". Arena Digest. April 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cottonmouths to suspend operations for next season". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. May 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ "FIREANTZ REBRAND, BECOME THE FAYETTEVILLE MARKSMEN". Fayetteville Marksmen. May 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ "2017–18 SPHL Standings". Pointstreak. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ "SPHL announces new 2017-2018 playoff format". SPHL. October 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Peoria's Jean-Guy Trudel named SPHL Coach of the Year". SPHL. April 19, 2018.
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