The 2018–19 SPHL season is the 15th season of the
Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).
League business
After eleven seasons, president Jim Combs left the league to pursue other opportunities. He originally joined the league in the
2007–08 season and had been league president since
2010–11
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. Combs was replaced by Doug Price on January 17, 2019.
Team changes
*The
Quad City Storm
The Quad City Storm is a professional minor league hockey team to begin play in the 2018–19 season as a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The team is based in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa, with home games at the Vi ...
from
Moline, Illinois
Moline ( ) is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. With a population of 42,985 in 2020, it is the largest city in Rock Island County. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island ...
, joined the SPHL by acquiring the dormant
Louisiana IceGators franchise. The Storm replaced the folded
Quad City Mallards
The Quad City Mallards were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa that competed in the International Hockey League, Central Hockey League and ECHL. They were named after the Mallards team ...
of the
ECHL
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL).
The ...
in the
Quad Cities
The Quad Cities is a region of cities (originally four, see History) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline in northwestern Illinois. These cities are t ...
.
*The
Mississippi RiverKings
The Mississippi RiverKings were a professional minor league ice hockey team. The RiverKings were a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League from 2011 to 2018 after playing their first nineteen seasons (1992–2011) in the Central Hock ...
ownership suspended operations while the league seeks to find new ownership.
Regular season
Standings
Final standings:
:
‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
: Advanced to playoffs
President's Cup playoffs
For 2019, the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualify for the playoffs. The league kept the format implemented in the previous season where the top three seeds choose their opponent from the bottom four qualifiers, calling it the "challenge round". The second round will still have the highest versus lowest remaining seed format.
Playoff bracket
Awards
All-SPHL selections
References
External links
Southern Professional Hockey League website
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