The 2009–10 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the sixth season of the

Southern Professional Hockey League The SPHL (formerly the Southern Professional Hockey League) 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 Indian ...

. The season began October 22, 2009, and ended April 17, 2010, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The

Huntsville Havoc The Huntsville Havoc are a professional ice hockey team in the SPHL. They play their home games at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. History The team began play in the 2004–05 season, following the defunct Huntsville ...

captured their first SPHL championship.

Preseason

The

Richmond Renegades The Richmond Renegades were a professional ice hockey team in Richmond, Virginia that played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1990 until 2003. The Renegades played at the Richmond Coliseum, which they marketed in later years as ''the Freeze ...

and Twin City Cyclones franchises folded during the off-season. The Louisiana IceGators,

Mississippi Surge The Mississippi Surge were a professional hockey team in the Southern Professional Hockey League that began play in the 2009–10 season and folded on May 2, 2014. Playing for five seasons, the Surge was based in Biloxi, Mississippi, Biloxi and h ...

, and

Pensacola Ice Flyers The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a professional ice hockey team of the SPHL. The team played their first season in 2009–10. Home games are played at the Pensacola Bay Center, previously home to the ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until th ...

joined the league, after each of those markets had recently lost an

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...

team.

Teams

Map of teams

Regular season

Final standings

:^‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners : Advanced to playoffs

Attendance

President's Cup playoffs

* indicates overtime game.

Finals

All times are local ( CDT)

Awards

The SPHL All-Rookie team was announced March 25, 2010, followed by the All-SPHL teams on March 26, Rookie of the Year on March 29, Coach of the Year on March 30, Defenseman of the Year on March 31, Goaltender of the Year on April 1, and MVP on April 2.

All-SPHL selections

References

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