# 2012–13 SPHL season

The 2012–13 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the ninth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). The regular season began October 26, 2012 and ended April 14, 2013, after a 56-game regular season and an 8-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz captured their first SPHL regular season title. The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Huntsville Havoc in the President's Cup final 2 games to 1 to win the team's first President's Cup.

## Teams

2012-13 Southern Professional Hockey League :
| Team | City | Arena |
| Augusta RiverHawks | Augusta, Georgia | James Brown Arena |
| Columbus Cottonmouths | Columbus, Georgia | Columbus Civic Center |
| Fayetteville FireAntz | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Cumberland County Crown Coliseum |
| Huntsville Havoc | Huntsville, Alabama | Von Braun Center |
| Knoxville Ice Bears | Knoxville, Tennessee | Knoxville Civic Coliseum |
| Louisiana IceGators | Lafayette, Louisiana | Cajundome |
| Mississippi RiverKings | Southaven, Mississippi | Landers Center |
| Mississippi Surge | Biloxi, Mississippi | Mississippi Coast Coliseum |
| Pensacola Ice Flyers | Pensacola, Florida | Pensacola Bay Center |

## Regular season
### Final standings

| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Fayetteville FireAntz$^‡$ | 56 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 195 | 154 | 73 |
| Louisiana IceGators | 56 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 172 | 167 | 73 |
| Pensacola Ice Flyers | 56 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 171 | 149 | 71 |
| Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 180 | 157 | 70 |
| Columbus Cottonmouths | 56 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 149 | 138 | 60 |
| Mississippi Surge | 56 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 152 | 156 | 58 |
| Mississippi RiverKings | 56 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 165 | 183 | 56 |
| Huntsville Havoc | 56 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 135 | 179 | 48 |
| Augusta RiverHawks | 56 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 150 | 186 | 44 |
    $^‡$ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
    Advanced to playoffs

### Attendance

| Team | Total | Games | Average |
| Huntsville | 98,393 | 28 | 3,514 |
| Knoxville | 96,570 | 28 | 3,448 |
| Fayetteville | 96,313 | 28 | 3,439 |
| Pensacola | 92,087 | 28 | 3,288 |
| Columbus | 79,260 | 28 | 2,830 |
| Mississippi RiverKings | 70,373 | 28 | 2,513 |
| Louisiana | 64,080 | 28 | 2,288 |
| Mississippi Surge | 58,496 | 28 | 2,089 |
| Augusta | 51,247 | 28 | 1,830 |
| League | 706,819 | 252 | 2,804 |

## President's Cup playoffs

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Fayetteville FireAntz | 2 | 4 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Huntsville Havoc | 3* | 5* | X | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Huntsville Havoc | 3* | 5* | X | | | 2 | Louisiana IceGators | 3 | 2*** | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 8 | Huntsville Havoc | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 3 | 3 | X | | | 8 | Huntsville Havoc | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| 5 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 0 | 0 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Columbus Cottonmouths | 0 | 0 | X | | | | | | | | 8 | Huntsville Havoc | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 8 | Huntsville Havoc | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 3 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 2* | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Mississippi Surge | 1 | 3 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 2* | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 4 | 5 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 4 | 5 | X | | | 3 | Pensacola Ice Flyers | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mississippi RiverKings | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | 4 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Louisiana IceGators | 7 | 2 | 5* | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* indicates overtime period.

### Finals

All times are local (EDT/CDT)

## Awards

The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced on March 27, 2013, the All-SPHL teams on March 28, Defenseman of the Year on March 29, Rookie of the Year on April 1, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.
2012–13 SPHL awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) | Finalists |
| President's Cup | Pensacola Ice Flyers | Huntsville Havoc |
| William B. Coffey Trophy (Best regular-season record) | Fayetteville FireAntz | |
| Easton Defenseman of the Year | Andrew Smale (Fayetteville) | Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) |
| Easton Rookie of the Year | Matt Gingera (Columbus) | Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) |
| Sher-Wood Goaltender of the Year | Riley Gill (Louisiana) | Andrew Loewen (Columbus) |
| Easton Coach of the Year | Mark DeSantis (Fayetteville) | Kevin Kaminski (Louisiana) |
| Easton Most Valuable Player | Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) | Riley Gill (Louisiana) |

### All-SPHL selections

| Position | First Team | Second Team | All-Rookie |
| G | Riley Gill (Louisiana) | Andrew Loewen (Columbus) | Ross MacKinnon (Pensacola) |
| D | Andrew Smale (Fayetteville) | Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) | Kirk Byczynski (Louisiana) |
| D | Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville) | Bret Tyler (Columbus) | Mike Kavanagh (Fayetteville) |
| F | Josh McQuade (Fayetteville) | Matt Gingera (Columbus) | Derek Elliott (Fayetteville) |
| F | Matt Robertson (Louisiana) | Eric Satim (Knoxville) | Matt Gingera (Columbus) |
| F | Ryan Salvis (Pensacola) | Matt Whitehead (Mississippi RiverKings) | Todd Hosmer (Mississippi RiverKings)) |