What does SPHL stand for?

SPHL stands for Southern Professional Hockey League.

How many teams play in the SPHL?

The SPHL currently consists of 12 teams.

Who won the most recent SPHL championship?

Evansville Thunderbolts won the most recent SPHL championship in 2026.

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2026-2027 Season

Pensacola Ice Flyers lead the 2026-27 SPHL standings with 9 points. Athens Rock Lobsters (7 points) and Quad City Storm (6 points) follow.

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2026-2027 SPHL Standings

2026-2027 SPHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Pensacola Ice Flyers	4	3	-	1	-	0	9	6	3	9	2.25	-
2.	Athens Rock Lobsters	3	2	-	0	-	1	10	6	4	7	2.33	-
3.	Quad City Storm	3	2	-	1	-	0	10	7	3	6	2.00	-
4.	Birmingham Bulls	3	2	-	1	-	0	7	5	2	6	2.00	-
5.	Knoxville Ice Bears	3	2	-	1	-	0	10	10	0	5	1.67	-
6.	Pee Dee IceCats	4	2	-	2	-	0	8	11	-3	5	1.25	-
7.	Fayetteville Marksmen	3	1	-	0	-	2	6	7	-1	5	1.67	-
8.	Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs	3	2	-	1	-	0	7	6	1	4	1.33	-
9.	Huntsville Havoc	4	1	-	2	-	1	7	10	-3	4	1.00	-
10.	Evansville Thunderbolts	4	1	-	3	-	0	14	17	-3	3	0.75	-
11.	Macon Mayhem	4	1	-	3	-	0	7	12	-5	3	0.75	-
12.	Peoria Rivermen	2	1	-	1	-	0	6	4	2	3	1.50	-

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2026-2027 SPHL Player Stats

2026-2027 SPHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Tommy Tsicos (F)	3	2	4	6	0
2.	Seth Bernard (F)	4	3	2	5	2
3.	Blake Tosto (F)	3	0	5	5	5
4.	Dustin Hutton (F)	4	3	1	4	4
5.	Stefan Diezi (F)	3	2	2	4	0

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2026-2027 SPHL Goalie Stats

2026-2027 SPHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Hayden Stewart (G)	2	0.51	.985
2.	Jacob Mucitelli (G)	2	1.90	.958
3.	Rico DiMatteo (G)	3	1.35	.955
4.	Josh Boyko (G)	2	1.53	.953
5.	Carter McPhail (G)	2	1.50	.950

2026-2027 SPHL Demographics

SPHL Games

SPHL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/29/2026 07:00 PM GMT-4	Fayetteville Marksmen	Knoxville Ice Bears	-
10/24/2026 07:15 PM GMT-5	Peoria Rivermen	Pee Dee IceCats	4 - 1
10/24/2026 07:05 PM GMT-5	Evansville Thunderbolts	Quad City Storm	2 - 5
10/24/2026 07:05 PM GMT-5	Pensacola Ice Flyers	Huntsville Havoc	3 - 0
10/24/2026 07:30 PM GMT-4	Knoxville Ice Bears	Fayetteville Marksmen	3 - 2 (OT 66:31)

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SPHL Transactions

SPHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/28/2026	Confirmed	Zackary Jones (F)	Pensacola Ice Flyers	Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs	Details
10/28/2026	Confirmed	Michael Ferrandino (D)	Worcester Railers	Peoria Rivermen	Details
10/27/2026	Confirmed	Cole Bishop (F)	Coquitlam Express	Pee Dee IceCats	Details
10/26/2026	Confirmed	Marcus Fechko (F)	Pee Dee IceCats	Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs	Details
10/26/2026	Confirmed	Joe Widmar (F)	Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs	Pee Dee IceCats	Details

2026-2027 SPHL Free Agents

2026-2027 SPHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs	Travis Broughman (F)
Huntsville Havoc	Josh Kestner (F)
Birmingham Bulls	MacGregor Sinclair (F)
Fayetteville Marksmen	John Moncovich (F)
Evansville Thunderbolts	Myles Abbate (F)

2027-2028 SPHL Free Agents

2027-2028 SPHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Quad City Storm	Tommy Tsicos (F)
Evansville Thunderbolts	Seth Bernard (F)
Knoxville Ice Bears	Blake Tosto (F)
Evansville Thunderbolts	Dustin Hutton (F)
Quad City Storm	Stefan Diezi (F)

SPHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2026-2027 SPHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Athens Rock Lobsters	21	544	6'0"	187 lbs	26.29
2.	Birmingham Bulls	22	1 249	6'0"	187 lbs	26.23
3.	Evansville Thunderbolts	24	1 012	6'1"	198 lbs	25.50
4.	Fayetteville Marksmen	22	478	6'1"	192 lbs	25.00
5.	Huntsville Havoc	24	1 501	6'0"	181 lbs	26.38
6.	Knoxville Ice Bears	22	1 121	6'1"	192 lbs	26.68
7.	Macon Mayhem	21	735	6'0"	187 lbs	25.19
8.	Pee Dee IceCats	20	318	6'0"	194 lbs	25.65
9.	Pensacola Ice Flyers	23	498	6'1"	190 lbs	25.70
10.	Peoria Rivermen	23	1 505	6'0"	187 lbs	26.65
11.	Quad City Storm	23	1 194	6'1"	192 lbs	25.57
12.	Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs	22	550	6'0"	190 lbs	25.05

Team Comparison History

SPHL Interesting Facts

SPHL — Oldest
Oldest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Carter Shinkaruk	34 yrs
2.	Cody Karpinski	34 yrs
3.	Tommy Tsicos	34 yrs
4.	Paxton Leroux	33 yrs
5.	Talor Joseph	32 yrs

SPHL — Tallest
Tallest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Stephen Mundinger	6'8"
2.	Ayodele Adeniye	6'7"
3.	Ranon Joseph	6'6"
4.	Gage Alexander	6'6"
5.	Dominic Basse	6'6"

SPHL — Heaviest
Heaviest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Stephen Mundinger	249 lbs
2.	Mike Krupinski	229 lbs
3.	Ryan Reifler	229 lbs
4.	Jordan Simoneau	229 lbs
5.	Will van der Veen	229 lbs

SPHL — Youngest
Youngest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Lincoln Moore	21 yrs
2.	Cole Bishop	21 yrs
3.	Cameron Golovin	21 yrs
4.	Caleb Lepitre	21 yrs
5.	Aydan Doyle	21 yrs

SPHL — Shortest
Shortest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Timmy Kent	5'6"
2.	Bailey Morissette	5'7"
3.	Matt Wiesner	5'8"
4.	Kolten Olynek	5'8"
5.	Andrew Poulias	5'8"

SPHL — Lightest
Lightest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Ashton Paul	161 lbs
2.	Savva Smirnov	161 lbs
3.	Kilian Bernasconi	163 lbs
4.	Hassan Akl	165 lbs
5.	Danil Fyodorov	165 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

SPHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	David Thomson (F)	2026-2027	Milton Keynes Lightning	NIHL	12	8	19	27	0
2.	Danny Weight (F)	2026-2027	Milton Keynes Lightning	NIHL	12	10	13	23	2
3.	Justin Kirsch (F)	2026-2027	Hannover Scorpions	Oberliga	12	14	8	22	0
4.	Patrick Del Vecchio (F)	2026-2027	Smoke Eaters Geleen	Eredivisie	5	12	9	21	4
5.	Marly Quince (F)	2026-2027	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	ICEHL	15	4	16	20	10
6.	Dylan Stewart (F)	2026-2027	Bristol Pitbulls	NIHL	12	4	15	19	2
7.	Robbie Fisher (F)	2026-2027	Bristol Pitbulls	NIHL	12	8	10	18	0
8.	Charles Farmer (F)	2026-2027	Basingstoke Bison	NIHL	12	8	10	18	2
9.	John Dunbar (F)	2026-2027	Bristol Pitbulls	NIHL	12	6	12	18	4
10.	Jake Witkowski (F)	2026-2027	Deeside Dragons	NIHL 1	4	11	6	17	0

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SPHL All-Time Points

SPHL — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Kevin Swider (F)	381	255	438	693
2.	Rob Sich (F)	345	259	223	482
3.	Alec Hagaman (F)	471	190	264	454
4.	Trevor Karasiewicz (F)	360	104	291	395
5.	Tim Green (F)	314	177	216	393

SPHL All-Time Goals

SPHL — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rob Sich (F)	345	259	223	482
2.	Kevin Swider (F)	381	255	438	693
3.	Alec Hagaman (F)	471	190	264	454
4.	Tim Green (F)	314	177	216	393
5.	Lorne Misita (F)	332	163	216	379

SPHL All-Time Assists

SPHL — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Kevin Swider (F)	381	255	438	693
2.	Trevor Karasiewicz (F)	360	104	291	395
3.	Sy Nutkevitch (F)	371	118	268	386
4.	Alec Hagaman (F)	471	190	264	454
5.	Jason Price (D)	720	85	261	346

SPHL All-Time Penalty Min.

SPHL — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Dennis Sicard (F)	488	112	235	2220
2.	David Segal (F)	336	93	158	1780
3.	Alec Hagaman (F)	471	190	454	1340
4.	Luke Phillips (F)	170	26	62	1185
5.	Daryl Moor (D)	210	14	84	984

SPHL All-Time Games Played

SPHL — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jason Price (D)	720	85	261	346
2.	Dennis Sicard (F)	488	112	123	235
3.	Alec Hagaman (F)	471	190	264	454
4.	Orrin Hergott (F)	404	142	156	298
5.	Tommy Tsicos (F)	399	75	116	191

SPHL All-Time Points Per Game

SPHL — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Lee Elias (F)	2	2	5	2.50
2.	Zachary Purcell (F)	2	2	5	2.50
3.	Michael Hill (F)	2	1	4	2.00
4.	Kevin Swider (F)	381	255	693	1.82
5.	Garrick Perry (F)	3	3	5	1.67

SPHL All-Time Points Per Season

SPHL — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kevin Swider (F)	2004-2005	SPHL	52	33	73	106	2.04	27
2.	Kevin Swider (F)	2009-2010	SPHL	53	44	58	102	1.92	38
3.	Kevin Swider (F)	2005-2006	SPHL	55	34	66	100	1.82	24
4.	Rob Sich (F)	2009-2010	SPHL	56	63	35	98	1.75	213
5.	Kevin Swider (F)	2007-2008	SPHL	48	38	60	98	2.04	32

SPHL All-Time Goals Per Season

SPHL — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Rob Sich (F)	2009-2010	SPHL	56	63	35	98	1.75	213
2.	Matt Zultek (F)	2009-2010	SPHL	52	47	21	68	1.31	93
3.	Rob Sich (F)	2006-2007	SPHL	51	46	46	92	1.80	93
4.	Kevin Swider (F)	2009-2010	SPHL	53	44	58	102	1.92	38
5.	K.J. Voorhees (F)	2004-2005	SPHL	52	44	48	92	1.77	49

SPHL All-Time Assists Per Season

SPHL — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kevin Swider (F)	2004-2005	SPHL	52	33	73	106	2.04	27
2.	Kevin Swider (F)	2005-2006	SPHL	55	34	66	100	1.82	24
3.	Tylor Keller (F)	2005-2006	SPHL	56	28	66	94	1.68	67
4.	Kevin Swider (F)	2011-2012	SPHL	56	31	65	96	1.71	32
5.	Chris Leveille (F)	2009-2010	SPHL	56	19	65	84	1.50	35

SPHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

SPHL — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mat Goody (F)	2006-2007	SPHL	43	9	15	24	0.56	428
2.	Luke Phillips (F)	2005-2006	SPHL	48	7	12	19	0.40	396
3.	Andrew Katzberg (F)	2005-2006	SPHL	55	12	10	22	0.40	341
4.	Luke Phillips (F)	2006-2007	SPHL	45	8	11	19	0.42	317
5.	Corey Bellamy (F)	2014-2015	SPHL	38	2	4	6	0.16	302

List of SPHL Champions

SPHL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Evansville Thunderbolts
2025	Evansville Thunderbolts
2024	Peoria Rivermen
2023	Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
2022	Peoria Rivermen
2021	Pensacola Ice Flyers
2019	Huntsville Havoc
2018	Huntsville Havoc
2017	Macon Mayhem
2016	Pensacola Ice Flyers
2015	Knoxville Ice Bears
2014	Pensacola Ice Flyers
2013	Pensacola Ice Flyers
2012	Columbus Cottonmouths
2011	Mississippi Surge
2010	Huntsville Havoc
2009	Knoxville Ice Bears
2008	Knoxville Ice Bears
2007	Fayetteville FireAntz
2006	Knoxville Ice Bears
2005	Columbus Cottonmouths