2005–06 Southern Professional Hockey League season

The 2005–06 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the second season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 21, 2005, and ended April 12, 2006, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Knoxville Ice Bears won their first SPHL championship.
==Preseason==
The Asheville Aces, Macon Trax, and Winston-Salem Polar Twins all folded following the 2004-05 season. Replacing them were the Florida Seals and Pee Dee Cyclones. 
A new playoff structure was announced, with the top seed and sixth seed playing each other in a best-of-5-game series, with the winner advancing to the championship. The second and fifth, and third and fourth seeds each play a best-of-3-game series, with the winners meeting in another 3-game series to determine the second finalist.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Knoxville Ice Bears‡ 	56	36	14	6	262	192	78
Columbus Cottonmouths 	56	34	16	6	247	182	74
Florida Seals 	56	32	17	7	211	174	71
Fayetteville FireAntz 	56	31	19	6	224	175	68
Huntsville Havoc 	56	32	21	3	203	186	67
Pee Dee Cyclones 	56	16	33	7	201	307	39
Jacksonville Barracudas	56	15	39	2	183	315	32
:‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
: Advanced to playoffs
===Attendance===
Team 	Total 	Games	Average
Fayetteville	103,179	28 	3,684
Knoxville 	96,428 	28 	3,443
Columbus 	90,518 	28 	3,232
Huntsville 	87,871 	28 	3,183
Florida 	57,538 	28 	2,054
Jacksonville	57,028 	28 	2,036
Pee Dee 	40,626 	28 	1,450
==President's Cup playoffs==
===Finals===
==Awards==
The All-SPHL teams were announced March 21, 2006, followed by the MVP on March 22, Defenseman of the Year on March 23, Coach of the Year on March 24, Rookie of the Year on March 27, and Goalie of the Year on Match 28.
President's Cup: 	Knoxville Ice Bears
Commissioner's Cup: 	Knoxville Ice Bears
League MVP: 	Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)
Rookie of the Year: 	Rob Sich (Florida)
Defenseman of the Year:	Mike Clarke (Fayetteville)
Goalie of the Year: 	Terry Denike (Florida)
Coach of the Year: 	Jerome Bechard (Columbus)
===All-Star selections===
1st Team All-Stars
 F Tim Green (Columbus)
 F Tylor Keller (Columbus)
 F Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
 D Ryan Aikia (Columbus)
 D Mike Clarke (Fayetteville)
 G Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)
2nd Team All-Stars
 F Jason Bermingham (Knoxville)
 F Dean Jackson (Fayetteville)
 F Edan Welch (Pee Dee)
 D Mat Ponto (Columbus)
 D Doug Searle (Knoxville)
 G Terry Denike (Florida)
05-06FayFA.jpg|Fayetteville FireAntz
==References==
Category:2005 in hockey
Category:2006 in hockey
Category:Southern Professional Hockey League seasons