2012-13 Southern Professional Hockey League 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.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==
* indicates overtime game.
===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))
==References==
Category:Southern Professional Hockey League seasons