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NEWS ARCHIVE FOR THE 2010 - 2011 SEASON |
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July 7, 2010 - The Knoxville Ice Bears are pleased to announce Kevin Swider as the Director of the Knoxville Ice Bears Youth Hockey School. This will be the first time the SPHL All-Time leading scorer will spearhead the Ice Bears Youth Hockey School. MORE |
June 30, 2010 - Marc Rodgers is out as coach of the Knoxville Ice Bears after one season, according to president and general manager Mike Murray MORE |
June 29, 2010 - It’s not certain if the former Detroit Red Wings forward resigned or was fired by the Southern Professional Hockey League team Monday after meeting with the team’s owners and Murray. MORE |
June 27, 2010 - Six-time Southern Professional Hockey League scoring champion Kevin Swider has called it a career. Read more HERE |
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CHARLOTTE, NC (June 18, 2010) – The annual meeting of the Southern Professional Hockey League Board of Governors concluded Wednesday in Las Vegas, NV with several topics being discussed, including finalization of the 2011 playoff format. More information on meeting Here |
June 15, 2010 - Revising the President's Cup playoff format will be at the top of the agenda when the Southern Professional Hockey League's summer meetings open today at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. READ MORE |
May 25, 2010 - Tommy Stewart is the winningest coach in the Fayetteville FireAntz's history. That's not going to change anytime soon. READ MORE |
May 20, 2010 - Brad Ralph, a 29-year-old Canadian less than two years removed from his playing days, was announced as the RiverHawks' first head coach MORE Video Interview |
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May 19,2010 - Former Augusta Lynx player Brad Ralph will be introduced today as the first coach of the Augusta RiverHawks minor league hockey team. MORE |
May 19, 20010 - CHARLOTTE, NC - The Southern Professional Hockey League today released the six players selected by the Augusta RiverHawks in the 2010 SPHL Expansion Draft: MORE |
May 5, 2010 - Phase 1 of the Southern Professional Hockey League's expansion draft came to a close over the weekend. MORE |
May 5, 2010 - The Southern Professional Hockey League today released the names of the players who have been made available for the 2010 expansion draft. MORE |
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May 4, 2010 - The Southern Professional Hockey League today released the names of the players whose rights were protected for the 2010 season. The Augusta RiverHawks will be participating in the 2010 Expansion Draft later this month: MORE |
May 4, 2010 - The Southern Professional Hockey League today announced the league's Board of Governors has signed Commissioner Jim Combs to a three-year contract extension and named him league president. MORE |
May 4, 2010Forwards Tim Vitek and Taylor Hustead, who combined for 46 goals last season, were among eight players left unprotected by the Knoxville Ice Bears on Monday. MORE |
May 3, 2010 - The Knoxville Ice Bears are preparing for the 2010-11 Southern Professional Hockey League season as if captain and six-time league scoring champion Kevin Swider will return. MORE |
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NEWS ARCHIVE FOR THE 2009 - 2010 SEASON |
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April 17, 2010 - The Havoc swept the best-of-five series 3-0 from the Surge, who were the SPHL's regular season champion. MORE |
April 16, 2010 - BILOXI, MS - The Hunstville Havoc grabbed a two-games-to-none lead in the SPHL's Game 2 - MORE - GAMESHEET |
April 13, 2010 - Fayetteville’s St. Vincent Suspended Four Games MORE |
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April 12, 2010 - Mississippi's Bartle Suspended One Game MORE |
April 10, 2010 - The Havoc swept the Ice Bears in the best-of-three semifinal series to end Knoxville's two-year reign as President's Cup champion. Huntsville advances to the Southern Professional Hockey League finals for the first time against Mississippi. MORE |
April 9, 2010 - Already down a game in their President's Cup semifinal series against Huntsville, the Knoxville Ice Bears will be down another player when the series resumes at 7:30 tonight at Civic Coliseum. MORE |
April 8, 2010 - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Von Braun Center has become a House of Horrors for the Knoxville Ice Bears. MORE |
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April 6, 2010 - Each time the two-time defending Southern Professional Hockey League champion Knoxville Ice Bears appear on the verge of elimination, they seem to find way to come back and win. MORE |
April 5, 2010 - "This team's got a lot of character, a lot of heart," said Pelkey about trailing 3-0. "We just keep plugging away and everybody pulls together and that's why we've got something special going." MORE - GAMESHEET |
April 4, 2010 - It was a record-breaker, tie breaker, back-breaker, and for one goalie, a deal-breaker. The Full Story |
April 4, 2010 - Shortly after the clock struck midnight, the Knoxville Ice Bears extended their season in dramatic fashion. MORE - GAMESHEET |
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April 3, 2010 - Rich Zalewski's deflection of Jim Jensen shot at 1:01 of the third was the only Knoxville attempt of 48 that got past Fayetteville's Guy St. Vincent. MORE - GAMESHEET |
April 2, 1010 - The eyes of the SPHL - and those of many in the world of minor league hockey - will be focused on the Crown Coliseum when the puck drops for Game 1. MORE |
April 2, 2010 - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Kevin Swider of the Knoxville Ice Bears is the Sher-Wood SPHL Player of the Week for March 22-27. MORE |
April 2, 2010 -Fayetteville’s Rob Sich Voted SPHL Most Valuable Player - MORE |
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April 2, 2010 - Quick Response Saves Surge's Weidlich After Skate Cuts His Neck. MORE |
April 2, 2010 - Ice Bears Featured In Time Magazine MORE |
March 31, 2010 - Rodgers will watch from the stands in Crown Coliseum as Ice Bears president/general manager Mike Murray takes over the coaching duties. - MORE |
March 30, 2010 - B2Video of Brawl HERE |
| March 30, 2010 - Fayetteville's actions leading to the forfeiture of the contest. FULL STORY |
March 31, 2010 - What fight were you watching? MORE |
March 28, 2010 - Nineteen players, coach ejected in brawl MORE - GAMESHEET |
March 27, 2010 - Knoxville defenseman Mark Val Vliet celebrates his first goal against Huntsville on Friday night in the Ice Bears' 9-3 home win. MORE - GAMESHEET |
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March 26, 2010 - Kevin Swider and Mark Van Vliet make all SPHL First Team. MORE |
March 26, 2010 John Halverson admittedly got the itch to play pro hockey again and when the Trinity College Bantams, where he was a first-year assistant coach and former captain, were eliminated from the Division III playoffs. MORE |
March 25, 2010 - SPHL 2009-2010 All-Rookie Team announced. MORE |
March 24,2010 - CHARLOTTE, NC - The SPHL today announced that four players have been suspended for their actions during SPHL Game #186, Mississippi at Pensacola, played on Saturday, March 20. HERE March 21, 2010 - No Southern Professional Hockey League goalie has had his way with the Knoxville Ice Bears this season like Huntsville's Mark Sibbald. MORE - GAMESHEE |
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March 20, 2010 - Pelkey's unassisted score at 11:41 of the first provided the defending league champions with a 2-1 lead. MORE - GAMESHEET |
March 19, 2010 - Their bus had mechanical problems and the Southern Professional Hockey League team had to charter a coach to Columbus, where the Cottonmouths defeated Knoxville 7-5 on Thursday night. MORE GAMESHEET |
March 16, 2010 - Knoxville coach Marc Rodgers will shake up his roster before the Ice Bears' game at Columbus on Thursday for a reason: "I want to win." MORE |
March 14, 2010 - The Ice Bears (27-21-3) have won two in a row at home and evened the season series at 5-5-0. They are five points behind third-place Fayetteville (30-20-2) with five games to go and have a game in hand on the FireAntz. MORE - GAMESHEE |
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March 13, 2010 - '"Oh, my gosh, it was priceless," Furdero said of Hustead's 21st goal. MORE - GAMESHEET |
March 12, 2010 - "All it takes is one spark," J.J. Wrobel, who was part of Knoxville's last two title teams, said. "Both goalies they have now - (Andrew) Gallant and (Chad) Collins - have won a championship at this level. That says a lot. MORE |
March 8, 2010 - "Obviously," Gallant said. "I just think it's a stupid unnecessary thing and I shouldn't have done it." - MORE |
March 7, 2010 - Another Ice Bears Loss. MORE |
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CHARLOTTE, NC – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Kevin Swider of the Knoxville Ice Bears is the Sher-Wood SPHL Player of the Week for February 22- MORE |
CHARLOTTE, NC - Following its review, the SPHL today announced disciplinary action resulting from incidents occurring in Game #152, Knoxville at Louisiana, played on February 25. MORE |
March 3, 2010 - Knoxville's Kevin Swider, who is trying to catch Sich and reign as the SPHL's regular-season scoring champion for the sixth year in a row, cut the margin to 2-1 later in the first. MORE - GAMESHEE |
February 28, 2010 - "I think we started playing individually, and we didn't keep playing as a team," Ice Bears coach Marc Rodgers said. MORE - GAMESHEE |
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February 27, 2010 - After Police escort Ice Bears out of Lafayette, Ice Bears go to Pensacola for their second road win.MORE - GAMESHEET |
More from Pensacola Newspaper about game. ICE FLYERS |
February 26, 2010 - Lafayette, LA The IceBears came into Thursday night with intentions to get revenge and won big 10-4. MORE |
February 24, 2010 - The last time A.J. Bucchino was in Knoxville he received a broken nose. MORE - GAMESHEET |
| February 25, 2010 - The Southern Professional Hockey League franchise filling the local void is looking for a new nickname MORE |
CHARLOTTE, NC – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Kevin Swider of the Knoxville Ice Bears is the Sher-Wood SPHL Player of the Week for February 22- MORE |
CHARLOTTE, NC - Following its review, the SPHL today announced disciplinary action resulting from incidents occurring in Game #152, Knoxville at Louisiana, played on February 25. MORE |
March 3, 2010 - Knoxville's Kevin Swider, who is trying to catch Sich and reign as the SPHL's regular-season scoring champion for the sixth year in a row, cut the margin to 2-1 later in the first. MORE - GAMESHEET |
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February 28, 2010 - "I think we started playing individually, and we didn't keep playing as a team," Ice Bears coach Marc Rodgers said. MORE - GAMESHEET |
More from Pensacola Newspaper about game. ICE FLYERS |
February 27, 2010 - After Police escort Ice Bears out of Lafayette, Ice Bears go to Pensacola for their second road win.MORE - GAMESHEET |
February 26, 2010 - Lafayette, LA-Tuesday night in Knoxville, Louisiana won 7-5. The IceBears came into Thursday night with intentions to get revenge and won big 10-4. The ‘Gators couldn’t slow the ‘Bears down in this one. MORE - The real story is HERE Check out the list of penalties. If you didn't watch or hear the game this will surprise you. |
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February 24, 2010 - The last time A.J. Bucchino was in Knoxville he received a broken nose. This time the Louisiana goalie came away with a victory. MORE - GAMESHEET |
February 23, 2010 - "We're taking way too many minor penalties," Rodgers said. "It hasn't been a fun stretch but we're putting ourselves in that position. Confidence is down a little but that's because we're not making the simple plays." MORE |
February 21, 2010 - The first of Sich's two goals against Knoxville on Saturday helped stake the FireAntz to a 5-1 win at the Crown Coliseum, and helped vault the Antz past Huntsville and into second place. MORE |
February 20, 2010 - "Every time we take a penalty it deflates our team because we know we can't stop them (from scoring)," Rodgers said. "I have to correct that. MORE |
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February 18, 2010 - Columbus building new ice rink to be completed in early 2011 MORE |
February 18, 2010 - The defending President's Cup champions are a league best 17-2-0 at home heading into tonight's 7:30 game against the Mississippi Surge (22-10-8) at Civic Coliseum; it's on the road where they are an inexplicable 6-12-2. MORE |
February 15, 2010 - The Huntsville Havoc ended their nine-game Southern Professional Hockey League winless streak and it came at the Knoxville IceBears' expense. MORE - GAMESHEET |
February 14, 2010 - The Ice Bears (23-13-2) and Havoc (21-10-8) are headed in opposite directions. Knoxville has won eight of its last 11 games to close to four points of front-running Mississippi. The Ice Bears have two games in hand on the Surge. MORE - GAMESHEET |
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February 13, 2010 - Goalie Chad Collins looked like a fish out of water flopping around making save after save. Those catlike reflexes and instincts made him the President's Cup MVP in 2007 for the Southern Professional Hockey League champion Fayetteville FireAntz. MORE - GAME SHEETT |
February 12, 2010 - "He might be the (best all-around player) in the entire league," Rodgers said. "It doesn't matter where you play him. He comes to play. That shows heart and dedication." MORE |
February 9, 2010 - Hot on the heels of their second championship, and currently in the hunt for an unprecedented three peat, the Knoxville Ice Bears have won yet another prestigious award. MORE |
February 9, 2010 - Injured goalie Andrew Gallant will return to the Knoxville Ice Bears on March 4. That's when Gallant is eligible to come off 30-day injured reserve MORE |
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February 8, 2010 - The Knoxville Ice Bears are teaming up with Buffalo Wild Wings to raise money for Childhelp. This fundraiser will coincide with the grand opening of the Buffalo Wild Wings Turkey Creek location, which is scheduled for Monday, February 15. - MORE |
February 7, 2010 - BILOXI, Miss. - The Knoxville Ice Bears just weren't themselves. At least that was the assessment of the Mississippi Surge. MORE - GAMESHEET |
February 6, 2009 - The Surge (21-10-7) are now tied with Huntsville for first place. MORE- GAME SHEET |
February 5, 2010 - David Segal, Taylor Hustead and Kevin Swider of the Ice Bears all slipped the puck past Ryan Scott in the final period after the Ice Flyers closed to 3-2. MORE - GAMESHEET |
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February 3, 2010 - The Southern Professional Hockey League today announced that hockey will return to Augusta's James Brown Arena in the fall of 2010 MORE |
February 2, 2010 - The Ice Bears (20-12-1), who have won five in a row, leave tonight to begin a three-game road trip at Pensacola on Thursday. They play at Mississippi on Friday and return to Pensacola on Saturday. MORE |
January 31, 2010 - Donald Melnyk will return to the Knoxville Ice Bears next week from attending his grandfather's funeral, leaving Travis Hanson and rookie Randy Johnston competing for the 10th - and last - forward spot. MORE |
January 30,2010 - Nearly three years and three teams later, Collins, who was signed last week by the Knoxville Ice Bears to back up Andrew Gallant, believes he is the same goalie, if not better. MORE |
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January 29, 2010 - Davis Segal had a Gordie Howe hat trick - a goal, an assist and a fight - and Travis Hanson doubled his season's goal-scoring total with two goals to spark the Knoxville Ice Bears to their fourth consecutive victory. MORE |
CHARLOTTE, NC (January 26, 2010) - The mid-winter meeting of the Southern Professional Hockey League Board of Governors concluded yesterday in Concord, NC with several topics being discussed, MORE |
January 26, 2010 - The Southern Professional Hockey League is moving forward to add an eighth team for the 2010-11 season. MORE |
January 24, 2009 - Knoxville did a better job of staying out of the penalty box. Huntsville had a pair of power plays in the first period and the first was partially negated by a Havoc penalty - MORE GAMESHEET |
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Janluary 23, 2009 - Teams come and go in the 6-year-old Southern Professional Hockey League but there is one constant: The border rivalry between the Knoxville Ice Bears and the Huntsville Havoc is arguably the best. MORE |
January 22, 2009 - Mike Kneeland hopes his stay with the Knoxville Ice Bears will push the Southern Professional Hockey League team and his pro career in the right direction. MORE |
January 18, 2010 - Third-period goals by Kevin Swider, Taylor Hustead and Tim Vitek rallied Knoxville and the Ice Bears pulled out an improbable 6-5 win when B.J. Pelkey - the Ice Bears' sixth shooter - roofed a backhander high into the net over Pensacola goalie Jamie Gilbert. More |
January 17, 2009 - "I thought we were ready," Rodgers said. "I did everything I could to get these guys ready. We're not a team that comes back-to-back games and does very well. That I will have to fix. MORE - Gameshee |
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January 16, 2009 - A 5-day break didn’t hinder the Knoxville Ice Bears from overwhelming the Columbus Cottonmouths in front of a packed house.The Ice Bears defeated the Cottonmouths 6-1 to bring their record to 15-11-1 for the season. MORE - Gamesheet |
Janulary 15, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears realize the importance of the seven-game homestand they are about to embark on tonight at 7:35 when they face the Columbus Cottonmouths (11-12-4) at Civic Coliseum. MORE |
January 11, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears start a seven-game homestand Friday the defending President's Cup champions hope will serve as a slingshot up the Southern Professional Hockey League standings MORE |
January 10, 2010 - Donald Melnyk's unassisted goal gave the Knoxville Ice Bears a 3-2 win over the Pensacola Ice Flyers in overtime in front of 4,224 at the Hangar on Saturday. MORE |
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January 9, 2010 - The Knoxville Ice Bears lost to the Pensacola Ice Flyers and lost forward David Segal on Friday night. MOR |
January 6, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears released Tom McMonagle. The 30-year-old forward had two goals and five assists in 21 games. Knoxville is expected to sign right winger Mike Kneeland. The 5-foot-11 Kneeland, a native of Calgary, had four goals and an assist in 18 games with the Wichita Thunder in the Central Hockey League this season. |
January 3, 2010 - Taylor Hustead's four goals were not enough to pull off the win MORE - GAME SHEET |
January 2, 2010 - "We lost but we outplayed them and we outshot them," Knoxville coach Marc Rodgers said. M O R E |
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December 31, 2009 - Hanson busy with hockey. Read MORE about Travis Hanson |
December 30, 2009 Randy Johnston's third-period goal tied the game and Tim Vitek - Knoxville's fifth shooter - got the game-winner in the Ice Bears' 4-3 shootout victory over the Mississippi Surge on Tuesday night. M O R E GAME SHEET |
December 29, 2009 - Two GMs, three coaches and quite a few transactions Jensen said of his Lousiana experience. "We had a decent group of quality players on paper with good resumes. But its hard to get them to gel when there are new faces in the locker room every day. M
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December 28, 2009 - Van Vliet skated into the high slot and took a feed from Donald Melnyk. The converted forward clanged a low shot off the pipe and behind Columbus goalie Chad Rycroft, who made 41 saves in what Knoxville coach Marc Rodgers called a ''stellar effort M
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December 27, 2009 - Martell has a hard shot. He can blast a slapper from the point that almost leaves a vapor trail. Problem is he doesn't shoot often enough, especially on the power play. M O R
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December 27, 2009 - FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A six-day Christmas break from practice and games was welcome by virtually all of the Fayetteville FireAntz. Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn wasn't among them. M O R E |
December 19, 2009 - Knoxville defenseman Travis Martell dominates a fight against Paul McBrien of the Louisiana IceGators on Saturday night at Civic Coliseum. The Ice Bears won, 2-0. |
December 18, 2009 - HUNTSVILLE, AL - The Huntsville Havoc went to a shootout for the third straight home, and game after winning the first two, took this one 4-3 over the Knoxville Ice Bears. M O R E - GAME STATS |
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| December 13, 2009 - FireAntz win streak snapped - M O R E |
December 13, 2009 - Columbus blows leads, falls in OT. M O R E |
December 13, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears finally found a way to beat the Columbus Cottonmouths at Civic Center in Georgia thanks to Frank Furdero. |
December 11, 2009 - IceGators Make Coaching Change M O R E |
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December 11, 2009 Knoxville Ice Bears to be recognized as the 2009 Professional Team of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame - Read More H E R E |
December 8, 2009 - Ice Bears stung by injury bug - Read M O R E |
December 6, 2009 Nobody would have believed that if they were among the 3,828 at Civic Coliseum on Saturday night. The game resembled pond hockey, left goalies hanging out to dry and was anything but championship caliber. M O R E - Game Stat |
December 4, 2009 - The crowd of 2,279 at Civic Coliseum erupted when Miller skated to center ice and signalled Fudero's had scored a power-play goal with 2:19 remaining to tie the game with the Pensacola Ice Flyers 2-2 on Thursday night. M O R E - Game Stats |
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December 3, 2009 - Louisiana IceGators’ owner revamping hockey operation. M O R E |
December 3, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears will be short-handed once more when the Pensacola Ice Flyers make their first Southern Professional Hockey League visit to Civic Coliseum on Thursday (12/3/09). M O R E |
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November 28, 2009 - Power-play goals by Knoxville's Mark Van Vliet, Tim Vitek, B.J. Pelkey and newcomer Taylor Hustead vaulted the Ice Bears to a 5-2 Southern Professional Hockey League victory over the Louisiana Ice Gators. |
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November 27, 2009 - Taylor Hustead never saw his trade to the Knoxville Ice Bears coming. M O R E |
November 25, 2009 - Pictures from 11/20/09 game vs Biloxi H E R E |
November 24, 2009 - Dan Earles gave Jordan Ramstead no chance to become the Knoxville Ice Bears' backup goalie this season. M O R E |
Pictures from the Billiards night are posted H E R E |
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November 23, 2009 - Pictures from 11/18/09 game vs Lafayette, LA are posted H E R E |
November 21, 2009 - Defenseman Paul Lynch has become a good-luck charm. M O R E |
November 19, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears have obtained Taylor Hustead in a trade M O R E |
November 16, 2009 - SPHL Addresses Issues With B2 Networks, Louisiana Broadcasts. M O R E |
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| November 14, 2009 - Despite finding themselves at a two-goal deficit three different times, the Mississippi Surge battled back with three power-play goals in the third period to grab a 5-4 win over the Fayetteville. M O R E ! | November 10, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears have 10 days between Saturday's 4-1 loss at Huntsville and their next game against the Louisiana IceGators in Lafayette. M O R E ! |
November 8, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears will have a hard time becoming Southern Professional Hockey League contenders unless they learn to win on the road M O R E ! - Game Stats |
November 6, 2009- Less than a month into the season. Knoxville Ice Bears coach Marc Rodgers called Thursday night's game against the Mississippi Surge and Saturday's game at "the two biggest games of the season. M O R E ! |
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| November 4, 2009 - Grant Farrell has been on Knoxville's radar for quite a while but it was former Ice Bear Derek Pallardy, who helped convince the defenseman to become an Ice Bear M O R E ! |
November 3, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths announced today that forward Sam Bowles has returned to the Snakes and signed a three-game tryout. M O R E |
November 3, 2009 - Van Vliet returns. A familiar face was on the ice when the Knoxville Ice Bears practiced Monday. M O R E |
November 1, 2009 - The Mississippi Surge lost its second straight contest, falling 5-4 to the Louisiana Ice Gators in a shootout on Saturday - M O R E |
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| November 1, 2009 - Knoxville's power play went zero-for-Columbus and it resulted in a pair of one-goal losses for the Ice Bears - M
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October 31, 2009 - Late goal sinks Ice Bears, 4-3. M O R E ! [Game Stats ] |
October 31, 2009 - The Mississippi Surge lost for the first time in the young history of the SPHL franchise. M O R E | October 31, 2009 - Columbus Cottonmouths forward Ryan McCarthy was in the right place at the right time. M O R E |
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October 31, 2009 Huntsville beats FireAntz M O R E |
October 31, 2009 - This was the moment the Missouri Mavericks have been waiting for. Read more H E R E |
October 30, 2009 - Newcomer Mike Bulawaka had a hat trick and first-year Ice Bears Randy Johnston and Travis Hanson scored their first goals of the season. Read more H E R E ! |
October 29, 2009 - Dan Earles will get a chance to separate himself from Jordan Ramstead in the battle to become the Knoxville Ice Bears' backup goalie. Read more H E R E |
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| October 27, 2009 - Leslie wants to be more than an enforcer for Cottonmouths - Read more H E R E ! |
October 28, 2009 - The SPHL announced that Knoxville forward David Segal has been suspended three games as a result of his actions in SPHL Game #7 vs. Huntsville on October 24. Read more H E R E ! |
October 28, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears will be without injured defenseman Paul Lynch and probably forward David Segal when the defending Southern Professional Hockey League champions face the Fayetteville FireAntz on Thursday at Civic Coliseum. Read more H E R E ! |
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| October 27, 2009 - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Justin Rohr of the Huntsville Havoc is the SPHL Player of the Week for October 22-24. Read more H E R E ! | October 27, 2009 - IceGators announced that Brent Sapergia will temporarily replace Ron Handy as head coach. Read more H E R E ! | October 26, 2009 - Columbus Cottonmouths head coach Jerome Bechard has made a final decision regarding the Snakes goaltending competition. Read more H E R E ! |
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| October 25, 2009 - Knoxville didn't retain Mike Carter and two games into the Ice Bears' 2009-2010 Southern Professional Hockey League season the veteran who was part of two President's Cup championship teams began making them pay - Read more H E R E - [Game Stats] |
October 24, 2009 - Knoxville Ice Bears captain Kevin Swider skated to center ice with the President's Cup and the championship banners were raised to the rafters at Civic Coliseum during one last ceremony. Read more H E R E |
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October 23, 2009 Starting Lineup for tonights game. Click H E R E ! to view. |
October 22, 2009 - Avi Walker will be in charge of taking care of the Knoxville Ice Bears this season. The Southern Professional Hockey League team hired Walker as its trainer. Read more H E R E |
October 22, 2009 - It's been six months since Kevin Swider skated around the Civic Coliseum rink with the President's Cup raised triumphantly over his head. Life - on and off the ice - has changed dramatically for the Knoxville Ice Bears captain. Read more H E R E ! |
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| October 22, 2009 - Meet the Surge - Click H E R E for details | October 21, 2009 - HAVOC SETS ROSTER - Click H E R E for details. | October 21, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths have announced their 18-man opening night roster for the 2009-10 season. Read more H E R E ! | October 21, 2009 - Antz Finalize Roster - Click H E R E for details. |
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| October 21, 2009 - Dan Leslie had no doubt he’d be fighting to make a living. The Columbus Cottonmouths enforcer just didn’t know where. After two seasons with the Snakes, Leslie tested the waters in the ECHL, signing with the Ontario (Calif.) Reign. Read more H E R E ! |
October 20, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears and Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale announced today that the Ice Bears will be the face of the Knox County Green Team, which is a way to encourage Knox County residents to be more environmentally conscious in their everyday lives. Read more H E R E |
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| October 20, 2009 - One by one, players made a slow walk into Tommy Stewart's office Monday morning. They went in as Fayetteville FireAntz and came out unemployed - Read more H E R E ! | October 20, 2009 - The Ice Flyers have widdled their roster to fit the league's 18-player maximum roster. Coach Todd Gordon says some moves might still made be made in coming days Read more H E R E |
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| October 20, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths cut forwards Jacob Cline, Josh Coyle and Brandon Heck, the team announced Monday. This made room for enforcer Dan Leslie, who returns to the Snakes for his third season - Read more H E R E ! |
October 20, 2009 - The Southern Professional Hockey League has altered its icing rule for the second consecutive season. It's among several changes that will go into affect Friday when the 2009-2010 season opens. Read more H E R E |
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October 19, 2009 - As the Columbus Cottonmouths prepare for their season opener this Friday, head coach Jerome Bechard made some moves over the weekend in finalizing the Snakes 2009-10 roster. Read more H E R E ! |
October 19, 2009 - Five players did not survive the scrutiny of Knoxville Ice Bears coach Marc Rodgers. The defending Southern Professional Hockey League President's Cup champions released forwards Shane Jury, Adam Larsen, Robb Ross and defensemen Lane Moodie and Lorne Tessier on Sunday. Read more H E R E |
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October 18, 2009 - After a thirteen player shoot-out Friday night in Fayetteville, the Knoxville Ice Bears defeated the Fayetteville FireAntz 7-3 in Knoxville. Six different Ice Bears players scored goals, and even more had assists. Knoxville scored with a fury in the first period, infact the Ice Bears scored five goals in just over five minutes. New player assistant coach Bobby Joe Pelkey scored the first point at 3:06 into the game. Randy Johnston, Tommy McMonagle, Chris Hollens and Frankie Furdero also put points on the board The Ice Bears coaching staff will make the first round of cuts for the 2009-10 training camp tomorrow. Final rosters will be submitted to the league on Thursday, the day before the home opener. GAME STATS |
October 17, 2009 - When coach and player do not see eye-to-eye, there is almost an immediate parting of the ways. That's the reason Tom McMonagle left Knoxville after scoring 29 goals for the Ice Bears in 2003-04. Read more H E R E ! |
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| October 16, 2009 - The Pensacola Ice Flyers took to the ice Thursday for a scrimmage against the Mississippi Surge and finished on top. The 5-3 win showed the team is going to be able to compete in the Southern Professional Hockey League, and the speed of game looked very similar to that of the ECHL. Read more H E R E ! | October 16, 2009 - The Mississippi Surge fell to the Pensacola Ice Flyers 5-3 in a Southern Professional Hockey League scrimmage Thursday morning in Pensacola. Read more H E R E ! |
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October 15, 2009 - Ramstead was injured during practice at Icearium on Wednesday and missed the scrimmage with an ice pack on his left ankle. That left Andrew Gallant and Dan Earles as the only goalies. Rookie Brandon Kohuch left on his own after Tuesday's workout. Read more H E R E ! |
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| October 14, 2009 - Knoxville assistant coach K.J. Voorhees got to play Kevin Swider during the Ice Bears' scrimmage on Tuesday at Icearium. Read more H E R E ! | October 14, 2009 - Tommy McMonagle is 30. He says he doesn't feel old, just experienced and extremely excited for the upcoming season Read more H E R E ! [Video] |
| October 13, 2009 - Marc Rodgers liked what he saw from his Knoxville Ice Bears on their first day of training camp.The intensity was there, the rookie coach said Monday night. That's something I talked about with these kids during the summer and they brought it. Read more H E R E ! |
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October 11, 2009 - With the Season rapidly approaching, head coach Marc Rodgers has filled another roster spot and named the 2009-2010 Player Assistant Coach. Read more H E R E |
October 9, 2009 - ICE Fashion show with Scott Hillman in Independence - Click H E R E ! to view. |
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October 7, 2009 - Due to circumstances out of our control, the Knoxville Ice Bears Season Ticket Holder Pre-Season Party is being re-scheduled for Monday, October 19 at 6:30 at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. Read more H E R E ! |
October 7, 2009 - Due to scheduling conflicts with various SPHL arenas, some game dates and opponents have been changed from the Columbus Cottonmouths originally-released 2009-10 game schedule. Read more H E R E ! |
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| 10/06/2009 - Goaltender Ian Vigier headed to the Dayton Gems’ training camp last week, carefully packing all his equipment and personal belongings, but leaving his heart behind in Columbus. Vigier quickly decided to reunite his skates and heart and will report to the Columbus Cottonmouths’ training camp on Monday. Read more H E R E ! |
October 6, 2009 - With training camp only one week away, the Ice Bears coaching staff is working diligently on building the best team possible. Head coach Marc Rodgers announced today that they have filled another crucial position by signing defenseman Paul Lynch, who was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in round 5 #138 of the National Hockey League Entry Draft in 2001. Read more H E R E ! |
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| October 4, 2009 - Knoxville Ice Bears coach Marc Rodgers consulted with trainer Bill Murray and received the go-ahead to sign hard-hitting defenseman Paul Lynch to a Southern Professional Hockey League contract.. Read more H E R E ! | October 2, 2009 - The Mississippi Surge announced on Friday that they have signed forward Matt Zultek. Read more H E R E ! |
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| October 1, 2009 - The new Independence Central Hockey League team announced Wednesday that it signed defensemen Sean Perkins, Mark Van Vliet and Jared Lavender. Read more H E R E ! | September 30, 2009 - Columbus Cottonmouths coach and general manager Jerome Bechard searched near and far for the final names to add to his training camp roster. Read more H E R E ! |
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| September 30, 2009 The Pensacola Ice Flyers announced the signing of Chris Rebernik on Tuesday, less than two weeks before the start of training camp for the franchise's first Southern Professional Hockey League season. Read more H E R E ! | September 30, 2009 - The new Independence Central Hockey League team announced Tuesday it had signed defensive forward Derek Pallardy and defensemen Derek Buors and Andrew Davis - Read more H E R E ! |
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| September 29, 2009 - Hockley comes to the Snakes after three seasons with the rival Huntsville Havoc. From 2006-09, the Collingwood, Ontario native picked up 52 points and 338 penalty minutes in 163 games with Huntsville. Read more H E R E ! | September 29, 2009 - The Antz, who were the runners-up in a best-of-seven finals with Knoxville, will host the Ice Bears on Oct. 16 at the Crown Coliseum. Fayetteville will play in Knoxville the next night, after which Stewart will decide the 18-man roster he'll begin the season with Oct. 22 - Read more H E R E ! |
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| September 28, 2009 - Ice Bears re-sign Vitek For immediate release. For more information please contact Kim Bittinger Retirement, call-ups and injuries are a major part of professional sports. Every athlete is going to have to broach these subjects at one time or another throughout their careers, and the teams that they play for have to be prepared to fill these vacant positions. Read more H E R E ! |
September 23, 2009 - The Mississippi Surge on Wednesday announced that they have signed forwards Tim Velemirovich (VELL-im-EAR-o-vitch) and C.J. Tozzo for the 2009-10 season. Read more H E R E ! |
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| September 23, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths, who kickoff the 2009-10 season one month from today, have signed rookies Jacob Cline and Steve Bounds for the upcoming season. Read more H E R E ! | September 20, 2009 - Rodgers' next order of business is to get Tim Vitek's signature on a contract. The 26-year-old forward from Dresden, Ontario, had a career year - 26 goals and 50 assists - last season while playing primarily on a line with Swider and Carter. Read more H E R E ! |
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September 19, 2009 – With only 22 days until the start of training camp, the Knoxville Ice Bears’ coaching staff is busy preparing for the players’ arrival. Training camp is a crucial tool in choosing the final 18-man roster; however, the Ice Bears are one step closer after inking two more players to attend training camp. Head coach Marc Rodgers and Assistant Coach KJ Voorhees announced today, they have signed two more forwards, Tom McMonagle and Richard Jodoin. For more information - click H E R E ! |
September 17, 2009 - The Louisiana IceGators announced today the signing of a highly coveted winger Frank Littlejohn. Frank Littlejohn began his hockey career in 1998 in the WPHL. Since that time, he has continued playing professionally for the last 10 years, playing in the AHL, ECHL, IHL and the UHL. Read more H E R E ! |
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September 15, 2009 - For weeks, since having the wind knocked out of him - traded August 24 from the Fayetteville FireAntz to the Pensacola Ice Flyers - all Collins has wanted to do is get on his feet and applaud. Read more H E R E ! |
September 13, 2009 - The Pensacola Ice Flyers are making moves and preparing for their inaugural campaign. The team opens its Southern Professional Hockey League season Oct. 23 at Louisiana. Pensacola's first home game is Nov. 6 against the Ice Gators. Read more H E R E |
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| September 17, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths will hit the ice for the upcoming Southern Professional Hockey league season with their defensive unit nearly intact. The Snakes announced Wednesday Tyler Johnson’s and Jason Slusher’s return to the blue line. Johnson returns for his third season. It will be Slusher’s first full season with the Snakes. Read more H E R E ! | September 16, 2009 - HUNTSVILLE, AL - Huntsville Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that Travis Kauffeldt will return to Huntsville this season and the team has signed former Knoxville forward Mike Carter. Read more H E R E ! |
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September 13, 2009 - A rookie defenseman, who was a first-round draft pick in the Ontario Hockey League as a junior, has signed a Southern Professional Hockey League tryout contract with the Knoxville Ice Bears Read more H E R E ! |
September 10, 2009 - Three more players from the 2008-09 team will return to the Fayetteville FireAntz this season, and they complete coach Tommy Stewart's list of those who will be back on his roster. Read more H E R E ! |
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 Planning a holiday party? Join the Knoxville Ice Bears for a hard-hitting company outing! The evening will begin with a catered dinner in the Knoxville Civic Coliseum, where you will have the opportunity to exchange gifts and mingle with co-workers. Santa may even take a break from his busy schedule to visit!
Then your
group can cheer
on your hometown champion Ice Bears as they take on other SPHL opponents. Read more H E R E !
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September 9, 2009 - Huntsville Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that the team has re-signed defenseman Bill McCreary and signed defenseman Dean Petiot. Read more H E R E ! |
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September 8, 2009 - The Knoxville Ice Bears Hunnies announced today that they are introducing a new program for young fans called the Junior Hunnies. The Junior Hunnies program will give girls an opportunity to be involved with a dance group, but more importantly, learn how vital it is to be active in your community. Read more H E R E ! |
September 8, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths welcome back a pair of defensemen, as Will Barlow and Kyle Lundale have re-signed for the upcoming season. Read more H E R E ! |
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| September 4, 2009 - Huntsville Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that forwards Ryan Ellis, Jason O'Bannon and John Stefani, along with defenseman Paul D'Agostino and goalie Mark Sibbald, will all be coming to training camp in October - Read more H E R E ! | September 2, 2009 - HUNTSVILLE, AL – Huntsville Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that the team has re-signed forward Dennis Sicard and signed forward Nick Jennette. Read more H E R E ! | September 1, 2009 - Fayetteville FireAntz coach Tommy Stewart likes defenseman Craig Geerlinks so much that he went out and found a near-carbon copy. Stewart announced Tuesday that Geerlinks will return to the team for the 2009-10 Southern Professional Hockey League season, and that Adam Spinarsky is coming aboard after spending his first pro season in Holland. Read more H E R E ! |
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| September 1, 2009 - BILOXI, MS - The Mississippi Surge announced on Tuesday that they have signed rookie forwards Ryan Gervais and Ryan Mero for the 2009-10 season - read more H E R E ! | September 1, 2009 - All-Star Goalie Comes To Pensacola - Head coach Todd Gordon is very optimistic about starting the team with Chad Collins an all-star goal tender that holds every goal tender record in the Southern Professional Hockey League. "We are very fortunate to get a legitimate number one goalie, who can backstop us into a championship season. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 31, 2009 - CLEVELAND, OH – It’s a show of champions on Week 14 edition of ‘Puska on Pucks’. Join host Denis J. Puska as he interviews two coaches from teams that won respective pro hockey championships during the 2008-2009 season. Dan Wildfong guided the Texas Brahmas to their first President Cup Championship in the Central Hockey League. It’s just Wildfong’s second year behind the bench. The Knoxville Ice Bears won their third Southern Professional Hockey League Championship in five years, but as they get set to defend their crown -- they will do it with a new bench boss. Mark Rogers, who was the team’s Assistant Coach on the championship team, takes over behind the bench. Read more H E R E ! |
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 August 30, 2009 - Frank Furdero, catalyst for the Knoxville Ice Bears on their playoff march to the
President's
Cup last season,
is coming back and
hopes to play a larger role for the Southern Professional Hockey League team this season.
The 26-year-old forward from Livonia, Mich. - the hometown of Ice Bears captain Kevin Swider - was among several players signed by first-year coach Marc Rodgers. Read more |
August 28, 2009 - The Mississippi Surge announced on Thursday, August 28 the signing of veteran forward Marc Lefebvre for the 2009-10 season. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 27, 2009 - Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that the team has re-signed forward Justin Rohr, defenseman Paul Falco and goaltender Ross Cherry. Read more H E R E ! | August 27, 2009 - BILOXI -- The Mississippi Surge announced today the signing for forward Mark Black for the 2009-10 season. A native of Edmonton, Alta., Black appeared in eight games during 2008-09 for Twin City of the Southern Professional Hockey League, earning 45 minutes in penalties, including a season-high 12 against Columbus in his SPHL debut on October 31, 2008. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 27, 2009 - The USA Hockey Officiating Development Program and the United States Hockey League announced today that Bryan Pancich a native of Great Falls, MT has been hired by the National Hockey League as a linesman for the 2009-10 season. Read more H E R E ! | August 25, 2009 - Chad Collins wasn't surprised by the impasse, but that didn't make the outcome any easier to swallow. The Fayetteville FireAntz' top goalie for the past five seasons, Collins was traded Monday for future considerations to the Pensacola (Fla.) Ice Flyers, one of the three expansion teams for 2009-10 in the Southern Professional Hockey League. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 25, 2009 - Huntsville Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that the team has re-signed forward Ray Ortiz and signed forward Kyle Tyll - Read more H E R E ! |
August 25, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths have signed four forwards for the upcoming season, including three newcomers. Josh Coyle will rejoin the Snakes and Levi Lind, Brandon Heck and Joey Martini will each come to Columbus for their first professional season. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 23, 2009 - Knoxville Ice Bears first-year coach Marc Rodgers has had his eye on Don Melnyk after the Twin City Cyclones leading scorer last season wasn't selected in the Southern Professional Hockey League expansion draft. Read more H E R E ! | August 20, 2009 - The Louisiana IceGators announced today the playing of an Alumni game featuring numerous ex IceGators players and staff - Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 20, 2009 - The Mississippi Surge announced Wednesday that Art Clarkson has been named as the Chief Operating Officer. Read more H E R E ! | August 20, 2009 - Roach, 27, will come out of retirement this season to literally add some punch to the Fayetteville FireAntz roster. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound forward knows what will be expected of him - and it isn't scoring. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 20, 2009 - (CHL) Kaminski announced the signing of Matt Pierce to the RiverKings’ roster for the 2009-2010 season, becoming the 16th roster addition for the upcoming year. Read more H E R E ! | August 19, 2009 - Snakes forward Ryan McCarthy has re-signed with the Snakes and will return for his second full season in Columbus. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 19, 2009 - (CHL) The Missouri Mavericks didn’t have to go far to add another player to its ever expanding roster. Independence’s new Central Hockey League team added left winger Ted Vandermeer, brother of recently signed forward Bill Vandermeer - More H E R E ! | August 18, 2009 - Huntsville Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that the team has re-signed defenseman Martin Kubaliak and signed defenseman Grant Buckley. Read more H E R E ! |
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 August 15, 2009 – The Knoxville Ice Bears announced today that K.J. Voorhees, a former player,
is the new assistant coach. The organization looked to fill this position after Marc Rodgers was promoted from assistant to head coach on June 23. Rodgers had been the assistant for three seasons. Voorhees will begin working with Rodgers immediately to prepare for training camp, which is set to begin on Sunday, October 11
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| August 11, 2009 - Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that the team has signed forwards Mike MacDonald and Jeremy Beirnes. Read more H E R E ! | August 11, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths have re-signed defenseman Andrew Dwyer, and welcome forward Jesse Cole for the 2009-10 season. Dwyer enters his fourth season as a Snake and when healthy, is one of the team's top defensemen. Back problems limited Dwyer to just 20 games last year, but extensive rehabilitation has gotten him ready for what he hopes is a full, healthy season. Read more H E R E ! |
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August 7, 2009 - The Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League will be injecting a little spirit into their roster for the upcoming season - Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 6, 2009 - Huntsville Havoc Head Coach Randy Murphy announced today that the team has re-signed forward B.J. Radovich and signed rookie forward Nick Monroe. Read more H E R E ! | August 5, 2009. Lafayette, Louisiana. Today the Louisiana IceGators announced the signing of a former second round draft pick for the Philadelphia Flyers, defenseman Shane Kenny. Shane was the 48th overall pick in the 1995 draft. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 5, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths are pleased to announce that Ultimate Fighting Championships star Forrest Griffin will be making an appearance for 'Fight Night' at the Snake Pit, thanks to our sponsors Premier Martial Arts, Play N Trade/GameLink, Flip Flops and Chester's Barbeque. Fight Night is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, when the Snakes take on the Huntsville Havoc at 7:30 p.m. Read more HERE | August 3, 2009 - The Columbus Cottonmouths will be returning only half of their goaltending tandem next season, as Chad Rycroft will enter his fifth season with the Snakes, but Ian Vigier will be attending camp at a higher level. Read more H E R E ! |
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| August 2, 2009 - Quality defensemen are hard to find, especially at the Southern Professional Hockey League level. That's why Knoxville Ice Bears coach Marc Rodgers decided to re-sign veteran blueliners Kevin Harris and Chris Brannen for the 2009-10 season - Read more H E R E ! | July 31, 2009 - Independence, MO — .Normally starting a minor league team from scratch during a tough economic time is a recipe for disaster. And making it a hockey team in a non-hockey town makes the odds even longer for not only success, but survival. With that said, though, the timing may be just right for the Missouri Mavericks, the new Central Hockey League team. Read more H E R E ! |
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July 27, 2009 - Martel signs with Missouri Mavericks. Read more H E R E |
July 27, 2009 - MARIETTA, GA - General Managers, coaches and players aren’t the only individuals getting ready for 2009-10 hockey season. Preparation for the season is also underway for on-ice officials through a series of USA Hockey Officiating seminars throughout the United States. Read more H E R E ! |
July 24, 2009 - Ice Flyers Reveal New Logo At Fan Party. More H E R E ! |
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July 18, 2009 - Goalie - Andrew Gallant will return this season. Andrew Gallant was a Southern Professional Hockey League first team all-star last season and the goalie is returning to the Knoxville Ice Bears. Gallant's signing was significant for first-year coach Marc Rodgers considering Kirk Irving, who split time with Gallant in 2008-09, is sitting out for 2009-10. Read more H E R E |
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June 24, 2009 - The search for a new head coach has ended for the Knoxville Ice Bears. The search began after former head coach Scott Hillman resigned on May 31 to take a head coaching job with a Central Hockey League expansion team in Independence, Missouri. The Knoxville Ice Bears have named Marc Rodgers as their new bench boss. The decision to promote Rodgers from assistant coach to head coach was made this week, and will be effectively immediately. Read more H E R E ! |
July 8, 2009 - Swider will return to the Knoxville Ice BearsKnoxville Ice Bears announced today that Kevin Swider will be returning to the team for the 2009-10 season, after some speculation that he may retire. Swider has been a driving force behind the success of the Ice Bears. Swider is in his 8th season with the Knoxville Ice Bears, during which time he has been a positive force on and off the ice. Read more H E R E ! |
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