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From: The Huntsville Havoc >News

Detulleo to Transition to Front Office at Season’s End​

October 12, 2022

HUNTSVILLE,AL – The Huntsville Havoc have announced that head coach Glenn Detulleo will be retiring from coaching at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season.

Following his retirement, Detulleo will be transitioning into a front office role with the team as Executive General Manager. The upcoming season will be his 11th year at the helm in Huntsville already notching a total of 278 wins. Detulleo has led the Havoc to two championships during his time as head coach. He is also the longest-tenured and winningest coach in franchise history. ...

Upon Detulleo’s retirement, Assistant Coach Stuart Stefan will take over as head coach. He will become the seventh head coach in the Havoc’s 19-year existence. Stefan played seven seasons with the Havoc before becoming an assistant coach in 2018. As a player, Stefan scored 84 goals and tallied 164 assists for Huntsville. He was also a part of the team’s two most recent championships as a player as well as a coach. ...


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From: The Pensacola (FL) News Journal > Story > Sports > Pensacola Ice Flyers

Hockey: A return to normal as the Pensacola Ice Flyers begin training camp, new season​

Bill Vilona
Special to the News Journal
Published 6:00 a.m. CT Oct 16, 2022

The natural adrenalin rush and emotion surge during the Pensacola Ice Flyers first practice Saturday had a different kind of feel.

“This year, it’s getting back to normal, for the most part,” said Ice Flyers coach Rod Aldoff, who begins his eighth season behind the bench. This is the first time in three seasons, however, the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic isn’t hovering with practice protocols, restrictions with player and fan interaction and other issues.

“It is a better feeling coming into this season, knowing we will have a good group coming in and as time goes on with the ECHL camps trimming rosters, we’ll see what happens,” Aldoff said.

“At the end of the day, you go play hockey and it’s always exciting.” ...


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SPHL play resumes on Thursday, October 20th (this week). Streaming coverage is on HockeyTV again this season. To get the fan juices flowing, Field Pass Hockey is publishing SPHL team-by-team previews ...

• 2022-23 Birmingham Bulls Season Preview

• 2022-23 Huntsville Havoc Season Preview

• 2022-23 Macon Mayhem Season Preview

• 2022-23 Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Season Preview

• 2022-23 Knoxville Ice Bears Season Preview ...


Gimme more ... can't wait to read about the VC Circus ...
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ETA ...

• 2022-23 Quad City Storm Season Preview

• 2022-23 Peoria Rivermen Season Preview

• 2022-23 Pensacola Ice Flyers Preview

• 2022-23 Fayetteville Marksmen Season Preview

• 2022-23 Evansville Thunderbolts Season Preview ...

FPH must be waiting to see if they should bother with a Boob-cats preview. :deadhorse


And the moment we've all been waiting for .............

• 2022-23 Vermilion County Bobcats Season Preview
 
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And from the middle of the pack ...

Birmingham Sweeps Thunderbolts, Continue to Climb the Standings​

by James Hayes
November 21, 2022


PELHAM, Ala. – The Birmingham Bulls came out of the weekend with four points after sweeping the Evansville Thunderbolts at home on Friday and Saturday night. Six possible points were available, but unplayable ice conditions in Macon prevented Thursday night’s game against the Mayhem from happening. The Bulls took care of business in overtime Friday night in a 6-5 victory over the Thunderbolts. Saturday night was not as close of a battle as the Bulls took down the Bolts 4-2. ...

Key Takeaways​

  • (Jake) Pappalardo, (Mike) Gillespie, and (Mike) Davis all finished the weekend with four points and have been huge pieces to this high-powered Birmingham offense this season.
  • Artur Terchiyev has quietly been producing offense from the blueline this season. He is fifth on the team with nine points and leads all defensemen in points in the SPHL.
  • The Bull’s special teams are top-notch so far this season. The penalty kill unit only allowed one goal on six chances and is currently the best in the league, with an 83.9% success rate. The power play struck twice on nine chances at sits with a 25% success rate which is good enough for third in the league. ...

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JMCx4 said:
Let's leave this question to Eddie. This thread needs a boost of the old holiday spirit.
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The organization is still coated in McDonald's grease after Kerzner sold. Hard to scrub off. Hard to recruit players to an organization that smells like a cross between stale fries, grade B burgers, and a rotting corpse.
 
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For those who haven't been sucked into the Vermilion County Bobcats' drama covered by other threads in this forum, here is some SPHL schedule shuffling news for this weekend courtesy of OurSportsCentral.com. More to follow ...

The Birmingham Bulls will replace Vermilion County as the opponent for the Huntsville Havoc's home game on Friday, February 10.

The Knoxville Ice Bears will replace Vermilion County as the opponent for Birmingham's home game on Saturday, February 11.

Finally, after playing there Friday, the Macon Mayhem will remain in Fayetteville for the game on Saturday against the Marksmen.
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Here's an SPHL hockey brain tickler for you ... The Ceased Ops Bobcats have one less loss this season than the Macon Mayhem (VC = 24 L, MAC = 25 L). So if the League decides to rely on winning percentages instead of earned points to determine the 2022-23 order-of-finish standings, is it possible that the Mayhem - who have 6 games remaining according to the latest published schedule - could end up in the #11 slot at the end of the regular season? Sharpen those pencils, folks, this could get even crazier. :huh:
 
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JMCx4 said:
Here's an SPHL hockey brain tickler for you ... The Ceased Ops Bobcats have one less loss this season than the Macon Mayhem (VC = 24 L, MAC = 25 L). So if the League decides to rely on winning percentages instead of earned points to determine the 2022-23 order-of-finish standings, is it possible that the Mayhem - who have 6 games remaining according to the latest published schedule - could end up in the #11 slot at the end of the regular season? Sharpen those pencils, folks, this could get even crazier. :huh:
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If they finish 11th, then they really need to close up shop.
 
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Quad City & Knoxville (so far) have signed former VC Bobcat players. So either the rumored dispersal draft took place, or the SPHL free agent market session has started.
 
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Like the headline says (and doesn't say) ...
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From: Southern Professional Hockey League > News

SPHL releases schedule changes
February 15, 2023

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (February 15, 2023) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today released its updated schedule for the remainder of the 2022-2023 season.

Based on the number of games played to date, several teams will be required to play an additional road game to complete the schedule. As such, an updated standings format will be announced in the near future.

The complete revised schedule can be found on the SPHL’s website at thesphl.com.
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Meanwhile, the SPHL Standings. The prevailing rumor is that final home ice win percentages will be used to determine rankings for post-season stacking, because home game counts did not change after the VC emergency (I have not confirmed). Note that defending champs Peoria have clinched a playoff appearance (no surprise) while the Boob-cats remain listed (just for old times' sake?) ...

ETA: Sorry for the shift in standings table headers below, lost in translation. :huh:

SPHLGPWLOTLSOLPTSPCTGFGASTKP10PIM
1
x - PEO		46321121670.7281781150-1-0-06-3-0-1870
2
BHM		46291412610.6631781415-0-0-18-1-0-1682
3
HSV		44281411580.6591581263-0-0-07-3-0-0696
4
KNX		46271612570.6201741492-0-0-06-4-0-01094
5
RNK		44251531540.6141401210-1-1-04-5-1-0843
6
EVV		43251620520.6051441341-0-0-07-3-0-0670
7
PEN		45221922480.5331541541-0-1-13-3-2-2608
8
FAY		45181980440.4891241421-0-2-03-2-5-0571
9
QC		46202411420.4571161412-0-0-05-5-0-0918
10
MAC		4393220200.2331131890-3-0-03-7-0-0957
11
VC		3042420100.167591260-6-1-01-8-1-0332
x = Clinched Playoff Position
y = Clinched Division
z = Regular Season Champion
 
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Funny that they kept Vermilion County in. When the ECHL had teams fold mid-season (which happened three times), they pretty much removed them from the standings and pretended they never existed.
 
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Funny that they kept Vermilion County in. When the ECHL had teams fold mid-season (which happened three times), they pretty much removed them from the standings and pretended they never existed.
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SHHHHHHHH ... Don't tell the League office they forgot to hit the DELETE button. This way, the 23 hockey fans left in Danville (all busy attending public hearings instead of hockey games) have something to remain hopeful about. :crossfing
 
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