The 2006–07 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Southern Professional Hockey League . 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 won their first SPHL championship.
SPHL teams
‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners Advanced to playoffsThe 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 player from the Seals' roster. The picks were as follows: Pee Dee - Justin Keller , Jacksonville - Lawne Snyder, Fayetteville - Rob Sich, Richmond - Matt Balser, Columbus - Chad Haacke, Knoxville - Craig Geerlinks, Huntsville - Craig Miller.[ 5]
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
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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 Semi-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
Steve Zoryk, Jim Murphy, Tyrone Garner 2
Ryan Person
Jacksonville win series 3-1 Prentice 2
Zoryk 4, Garner 4, Murphy 2
Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
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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 CraigenJJ 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
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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 2, Jarrett RobertsonBill 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
Note: game-winning goal scorer indicated in italics
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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
Game reference Ryan Person Goalies Chad Collins Referee: 0 – 1 00:40 - Dobek (Welter , Sich) 0 – 2 02:33 - Clarke (Sich, Welter ) (PP ) 0 – 3 04:06 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich ) (PP ) Hickman (Doherty , Zoryk ) - 24:331 – 3 Zoryk (Rochefort , Thomas ) - 38:382 – 3 2 – 4 41:13 - Stephens (Clarke, Row ) (PP ) Webb (Doherty , Zoryk ) - 41:403 – 4 3 – 5 41:52 - Welter (Sich, Velemirovich ) Garner (Thomas , Murphy ) - 42:124 – 5 Thomas (LeColst , Zoryk ) - 48:055 – 5 5 – 6 53:44 - Row (Welter , Sich)
16 min Penalties 16 min 31 Shots 38
SPHL award winners were announced March 28, 2007.[ 1]
