2021–22 SPHL season
The 2021–22 SPHL season is the 18th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).
| 2021–22 SPHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | Regular season October 15, 2021 – April 10, 2022 Playoffs April 13, 2022 – April 29, 2022 |
| Number of games | 56 |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| Regular season | |
| William B. Coffey Trophy | Knoxville Ice Bears |
| Season MVP | Alec Baer (Peoria) |
| Top scorer | Alec Baer (Peoria) |
| Playoffs | |
League business
After playing a shortened 2020–21 season with only five teams, the league returned with all ten clubs from the 2019–20 season and added an expansion team, the Vermilion County Bobcats.[1][2]
Regular season
Standings
As of April 10, 2022.[3]
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| z–Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 220 | 136 |
| x–Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 194 | 124 |
| x–Peoria Rivermen | 56 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 83 | 219 | 126 |
| x–Fayetteville Marksmen | 56 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 197 | 140 |
| x–Quad City Storm | 56 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 191 | 157 |
| x–Pensacola Ice Flyers | 56 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 189 | 164 |
| x–Evansville Thunderbolts | 56 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 162 | 155 |
| x–Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 56 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 176 | 181 |
| e–Birmingham Bulls | 56 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 144 | 198 |
| e–Macon Mayhem | 56 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 123 | 250 |
| e–Vermilion County Bobcats | 56 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 83 | 267 |
z– indicates team has clinched William B. Coffey Trophy (regular season champion) and a playoff spot
x– indicates team has clinched a playoff spot
e– indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention
Leading skaters
The following players are sorted by points, then goals. Updated as of April 10, 2022.[4]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Baer | Peoria Rivermen | 53 | 26 | 54 | 80 | 32 | 36 |
| Alec Hagaman | Peoria Rivermen | 47 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 40 | 151 |
| Sy Nutkevitch | Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 25 | 45 | 70 | 9 | 30 |
| Jacob Barber | Huntsville Havoc | 54 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 17 | 24 |
| Marcel Godbout | Peoria Rivermen | 50 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 15 | 22 |
| Mac Jansen | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 55 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 3 | 52 |
| Rob Darrar | Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 35 | 16 |
| Anthony McVeigh | Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 23 | 24 |
| Dean Balsamo | Knoxville Ice Bears | 46 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 5 | 37 |
| Weiland Parrish | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 50 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 22 | 22 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders with a minimum 660 minutes played lead the league in goals against average. Updated as of April 10, 2022.[5]
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout loss
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | SA | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | W | L | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Vorva | Huntsville Havoc | 32 | 1,892 | 928 | 61 | 3 | 1.93 | .934 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
| Eric Levine | Peoria Rivermen | 43 | 2,446 | 1,161 | 83 | 5 | 2.04 | .929 | 29 | 8 | 4 |
| Jason Pawloski | Fayetteville Marksmen | 22 | 1,288 | 608 | 46 | 2 | 2.14 | .924 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| Kristian Stead | Knoxville Ice Bears | 24 | 1,394 | 659 | 51 | 2 | 2.20 | .923 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| Brent Moran | Fayetteville Marksmen | 21 | 1,271 | 710 | 50 | 1 | 2.36 | .930 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
Postseason
For 2022, the format returns to the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualifying for the playoffs.[6]
Playoff bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | President's Cup Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Knoxville | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Roanoke | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Huntsville | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Roanoke | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Huntsville | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Evansville | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Roanoke | 0 | ||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Peoria | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Peoria | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Pensacola | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Peoria | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Quad City | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fayetteville | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Quad City | 2 | ||||||||||||
(1) Knoxville Ice Bears vs. (8) Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
| April 13, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 1 – 4 | Knoxville Ice Bears | Knoxville Civic Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 6:21 – Stepan Timofeyev (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:13 – Andrew Bellant (1) | ||||||
| Mac Jansen (1) – 17:34 | Third period | 8:31 – pp – Dean Balsamo (1) 16:36 – en – Stepan Timofeyev (2) | ||||||
| Sammy Bernard (23 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Jimmy Poreda (30 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 16, 2022 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 1 – 5 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Berglund Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:44 – Nick DeVito (1) 8:45 – Travis Armstrong (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:27 – Gehrett Sargis (1) | ||||||
| Jared Nash (1) – pp – 15:40 | Third period | 1:45 – sh – Brant Sherwood (1) 6:06 – Gehrett Sargis (2) | ||||||
| Jimmy Poreda (21 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Sammy Bernard (23 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 17, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 3 – 1 | Knoxville Ice Bears | Knoxville Civic Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Gehrett Sargis (3) – 3:37 Mac Jansen (2) – 4:57 |
First period | 11:26 – pp – Stepan Timofeyev (3) | ||||||
| Nick Ford (1) – 9:46 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sammy Bernard (28 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Jimmy Poreda (2 saves / 4 shots) | ||||||
| Roanoke won series 2–1 | |
(2) Huntsville Havoc vs. (7) Evansville Thunderbolts
| April 14, 2022 | Evansville Thunderbolts | 3 – 5 | Huntsville Havoc | Propst Arena | Recap | |||
| Cameron Cook (1) – 1:38 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:54 – pp – Nolan Kaiser (1) | ||||||
| Connor Chatham (1) – 1:14 Cameron Cook (2) – 19:23 |
Third period | 7:07 – Jacob Barber (1) 7:42 – Nate Pionk (1) 12:46 – pp – Bauer Neudecker (1) 18:52 – en – Jacob Barber (2) | ||||||
| Chris Janzen (42 saves / 46 shots) | Goalie stats | Hunter Vorva (14 saves / 17 shots) | ||||||
| April 16, 2022 | Huntsville Havoc | 3 – 2 | OT | Evansville Thunderbolts | Ford Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 18:18 – Cameron Cook (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:27 – Derek Osik (1) | ||||||
| Rob Darrar (1) – pp – 0:40 Bair Gendunov (1) – 9:22 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bair Gendunov (2) – pp – 15:34 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hunter Vorva (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Chris Janzen (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Huntsville won series 2–0 | |
(3) Peoria Rivermen vs. (6) Pensacola Ice Flyer
| April 13, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 6 – 3 | Pensacola Ice Flyer | Pelham Civic Center (Birmingham) | Recap | |||
| Austin Wisely (1) – 9:41 Alec Baer (1) – 14:48 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lordanthony Grissom (1) – 10:27 Jordan Ernst (1) – pp – 16:41 Kasey Kulczycki (1) – 17:16 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Laidley (1) – 6:41 | Third period | 1:04 – pp – Frederic Letourneau (1) 2:54 – Weiland Parrish (1) 19:05 – Ivan Bondarenko (1) | ||||||
| Eric Levine (40 saves / 43 shots) | Goalie stats | Cody Karpinski (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 15, 2022 | Pensacola Ice Flyer | 6 – 4 | Peoria Rivermen | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Brennan Blaszczak (1) – pp – 5:19 Brennan Blaszczak (2) – 17:37 |
First period | 0:22 – Alec Baer (2) 4:29 – Alec Baer (3) | ||||||
| Frederic Letourneau (2) – 19:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ivan Bondarenko (1) – pp – 4:15 Rex Moe (1) – pp – 16:05 Brennan Blaszczak (1) – en – 19:14 |
Third period | 5:06 – Alec Baer (4) 10:32 – pp – JM Piotrowski (1) | ||||||
| Cody Karpinski (23 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (3 saves / 4 shots) | ||||||
| April 16, 2022 | Pensacola Ice Flyer | 2 – 4 | Peoria Rivermen | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Frederic Letourneau (3) – pp – 10:34 | First period | 5:12 – Dale Deon (1) 17:20 – pp – Alec Hagaman (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:43 – Austin Wisely (2) | ||||||
| Weiland Parrish (2) – pp – 14:19 | Third period | 14:28 – Jordan Ernst (2) | ||||||
| Cody Karpinski (35 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (25 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| Peoria won series 2–1 | |
(4) Fayetteville Marksmen vs. (5) Quad City Storm
| April 13, 2022 | Fayetteville Marksmen | 3 – 2 | Quad City Storm | TaxSlayer Center | Recap | |||
| Zach Remers (1) – 7:00 | First period | 10:26 – pp – Ben Duperreault (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Taylor Best (1) – 0:30 Drake Glover (1) – 16:10 |
Third period | 15:34 – Drake Glover (1) | ||||||
| Brent Moran (38 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| April 15, 2022 | Quad City Storm | 3 – 1 | Fayetteville Marksmen | Crown Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dillon Fournier (1) – pp – 9:22 | Second period | 8:01 – pp – Drake Glover (2) | ||||||
| Shane Bennett (1) – 1:45 Logan Nelson (1) – en – 19:31 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Brent Moran (32 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 16, 2022 | Quad City Storm | 4 – 2 | Fayetteville Marksmen | Crown Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Taylor Price (1) – 8:59 Triston Theriot (1) – 16:12 |
First period | 17:13 – Bryan Moore (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 8:37 – Nick Mangone (1) | ||||||
| Ben Duperreault (2) – 3:13 Ben Duperreault (3) – 11:09 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bailey Brkin (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Brent Moran (32 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| Quad City won series 2–1 | |
(2) Huntsville Havoc vs. (8) Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
| April 21, 2022 | Huntsville Havoc | 3 – 5 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Berglund Center | Recap | |||
| Rob Darrar (2) – pp – 7:59 | First period | 4:44 – Brant Sherwood (2) 14:56 – pp – Jeff Jones (1) | ||||||
| Jacob Barber (3) – pp – 10:45 Jacob Barber (4) – 15:30 |
Second period | 6:50 – Nick Ford (2) 11:10 – Sean Leonard (1) 14:42 – pp – Jeff Jones (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hunter Vorva (26 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Austyn Roudebush (18 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| April 16, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 2 – 0 | Huntsville Havoc | Propst Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brady Heppner (1) – 4:20 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Ford (3) – 13:03 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Austyn Roudebush (36 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Hunter Vorva (23 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| Roanoke won series 2–0 | |
(3) Peoria Rivermen vs. (5) Quad City Storm
| April 20, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 1 – 4 | Quad City Storm | TaxSlayer Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:01 – Marcus Ortiz (1) 15:25 – Taylor Pryce (2) | ||||||
| Marcel Godbout (1) – 19:34 | Second period | 5:05 – Taylor Pryce (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:07 – en – Marcus Ortiz (2) | ||||||
| Jack Berry (36 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Bailey Brkin (35 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 22, 2022 | Quad City Storm | 1 – 5 | Peoria Rivermen | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:05 – Marcel Godbout (2) | ||||||
| Connor Fries (1) – 16:01 | Second period | 0:28 – Zach Wilkie (1) 11:02 – pp – Alec Baer (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:06 – pp – Marcel Godbout (3) 16:01 – en – Lordanthony Grissom (2) | ||||||
| Bailey Brkin (26 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (29 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 23, 2022 | Quad City Storm | 2 – 3 | Peoria Rivermen | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 8:51 – Marcel Godbout (4) | ||||||
| Connor Fries (1) – 8:42 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tommy Tsicos (1) – 12:30 | Third period | 4:43 – JM Piotrowski (2) 15:06 – pp – Jordan Ernst (3) | ||||||
| Bailey Brkin (18 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (28 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Peoria won series 2–1 | |
(3) Peoria Rivermen vs. (8) Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
| April 28, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 2 – 3 | Peoria Rivermen | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Travis Armstrong (2) – 13:38 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gehrett Sargis (4) – 4:11 | Second period | 12:29 – pp – Mitchell McPherson (1) 17:24 – pp – Mike Laidley (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:47 – Lordanthony Grissom (3) | ||||||
| Sammy Bernard (21 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (34 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 29, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 3 – 7 | Peoria Rivermen | Peoria Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Nick Ford (4) – pp – 8:31 | First period | 2:30 – Jordan Ernst (4) 6:24 – Alec Baer (6) 7:20 – Kasey Kulczycki (2) 11:37 – Jordan Ernst (5) 12:13 – Marcel Godbout (5) | ||||||
| Brady Heppner (2) – pp – 12:29 | Second period | 10:12 – Alec Hagaman (2) | ||||||
| Travis Broughman (1) – 16:54 | Third period | 19:10 – pp – Jordan Ernst (6) | ||||||
| Austyn Roudebush (19 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Berry (34 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| May 2, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 3 – 4 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Berglund Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alec Hagaman (3) – pp – 1:13 Kasey Kulczycki (3) – 14:12 JM Piotrowski (3) – 19:20 |
Second period | 6:37 – Nick Ford (5) 11:03 – Nick Ford (6) 12:22 – Nick Ford (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:06 – Brant Sherwood (3) | ||||||
| Jack Berry (32 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Sammy Bernard (22 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| May 3, 2022 | Peoria Rivermen | 7:05 PM ET | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | Berglund Center | ||||
| May 5, 2022 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs | 8:15 PM ET | Peoria Rivermen | Peoria Civic Center | ||||
| Peoria leads series 2–1 | |
Milestones and records
- On January 22, 2022 – The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeat the Macon Mayhem 13–4 (record for most goals by one team)[7]
References
- "SPHL releases 2021-2022 regular season schedule". thesphl.com. July 14, 2021.
- "SPHL HOCKEY: Bobcats set to start season". commercial-news.com. October 23, 2021.
- "2021–22 Regular Season Standings". SPHL. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- "Player Stats TheSPHL.com". SPHL.
- "Top Goalies - 2021-22 Regular Season - Goals Against Average". SPHL.
- "SPHL announces President's Cup first round schedule". thesphl.com. April 10, 2022.
- "Ice Flyers shatter SPHL scoring record in 13-4 rout of Macon". weartv.com. January 28, 2022.
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