2011-12 Southern Professional Hockey League Season

The 2011–12 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the eighth season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The season began October 20, 2011, and ended April 14, 2012, after a 56-game regular season and an eight-team playoff. The Columbus Cottonmouths captured their second SPHL championship.
==Preseason==
The Mississippi RiverKings joined the SPHL after 19 seasons in the Central Hockey League. With 9 teams now in the SPHL, the league adopted an 8-team playoff format, with all rounds using best-of-three game series.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Augusta RiverHawks‡ 	56	36	13	7	206	159	79
Columbus Cottonmouths 	56	35	16	5	185	155	75
Knoxville Ice Bears 	56	32	16	8	208	170	72
Pensacola Ice Flyers 	56	30	22	4	187	176	64
Mississippi Surge 	56	29	24	3	166	162	61
Mississippi RiverKings	56	25	28	3	167	177	53
Louisiana IceGators 	56	24	27	5	177	202	53
Huntsville Havoc 	56	22	28	6	163	198	50
Fayetteville FireAntz 	56	19	32	5	180	240	43
:‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
: Advanced to playoffs
===Attendance===
Team 	Total 	Games	Average
Knoxville 	100,425	28 	3,586
Huntsville 	94,354 	28 	3,369
Fayetteville 	91,521 	28 	3,268
Pensacola 	86,752 	28 	3,098
Mississippi RiverKings	82,068 	28 	2,931
Columbus 	76,484 	28 	2,731
Mississippi Surge 	63,280 	28 	2,260
Louisiana 	56,514 	28 	2,018
Augusta 	53,266 	28 	1,902
League 	704,664	252 	2,796
==President's Cup playoffs==
* indicates overtime game.
===Finals===
All times are local (EDT/CDT)
==Awards==
The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced March 26, 2012, followed by the All-SPHL teams on March 27, Defenseman of the Year on March 28, Rookie of the Year on March 29, Goaltender of the Year on April 2, Coach of the Year on April 3, and Most Valuable Player on April 4.
President's Cup: 	Columbus Cottonmouths
Coffey Trophy: 	Augusta RiverHawks
League MVP: 	Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
Rookies of the Year: 	Kiefer Smiley (Mississippi Surge) and Jordan Chong (Pensacola)
Defenseman of the Year:	Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville)
Goaltender of the Year:	Ian Vigier (Columbus)
Coach of the Year: 	Jeff Bes (Mississippi Surge)
Playoff MVP: 	Ian Vigier (Columbus)
===All-SPHL selections===
1st Team All-SPHL
 F Kevin Swider (Knoxville)
 F Emery Olauson (Knoxville)
 F Jim Gehring (Augusta)
 D Mark Van Vliet (Knoxville)
 D Ed Snetsinger (Augusta)
 G Ian Vigier (Columbus)
2nd Team All-SPHL
 F Matt Auffrey (Augusta)
 F Chris Wilson (Pensacola)
 F Jason Hill (Louisiana)
 D Bret Tyler (Columbus)
 D Ricky Helmbrecht (Knoxville)
 G Kiefer Smiley (Mississippi Surge)
All-Rookie Team
 F Jordan Chong (Pensacola)
 F Brayden Metz (Louisiana)
 F Greg Beller (Columbus)
 D Andrew Krelove (Columbus)
 D James Isaacs (Mississippi Surge)
 G Kiefer Smiley (Mississippi Surge)
==References==
Category:Southern Professional Hockey League seasons