The 2008–09 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the fifth season of the
Southern Professional Hockey League
The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) is a professional ice hockey independent minor league based in Huntersville, North Carolina, with teams located primarily in the southeastern United States as well as Illinois and Indiana in the midw ...
. The regular season began August 24, 2008, and ended April 16, 2009, after a 60-game regular season and a four-team playoff. The
Knoxville Ice Bears
The Knoxville Ice Bears are a professional ice hockey team. The team competes in the Southern Professional Hockey League. They play their home games at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Ice Bears have made the playoffs ...
captured their second consecutive championship.
Preseason
The
Jacksonville Barracudas franchise was suspended from the season due to lack of a search for a arena. The team would eventually fold.
Regular season
Final standings
:
‡ William B. Coffey Trophy
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winners
: Advanced to playoffs
Attendance
President's Cup playoffs
Finals
Awards
SPHL Award winners were announced April 23, 2009.
All-Star selections
References
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Southern Professional Hockey League seasons
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...