The two Midwest based teams in the now 10-team Southern Professional Hockey League both opened the regular season with a couple of defeats on home ice. While the defending regular season champion Peoria Rivermen were thrashed by the Huntsville Havoc, 6-1 and 5-1 at the Peoria Civic Center Oct. 21-22, the expansion Evansville Thunderbolts fell
The Peoria Rivermen saw a successful 2015-16 season end in sudden and a little controversial fashion this past spring but looks to regain its perch atop the standings in what is now a 10-team loop. Both the Evansville Thunderbolts, a second Midwest based entry and the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs have entered the league this
The Peoria Rivermen have won a lot of games against tough odds this past season in order to claim the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) Regular Season championship. However, the team is facing its toughest test of the year after dropping a pair of decisions on home ice and handing all of the momentum over to the Pensacola Ice
The Peoria Rivermen trainers already have the added job of polishing the William B. Coffey Trophy, presented to the SPHL’s Regular Season champion, but the team has also cleared space in its trophy cabinet for the President’s Cup as playoff champions. After a brief bump in its opening game of the post season against the Macon
Parity has found its way into the Southern Professional Hockey League, but the league’s lone Midwest entry is keeping its nose in front of the rest of the pack. Wins in its past five games and points from its past seven have the Rivermen leading the way in in the tight SPHL points race with
The SPHL leading Peoria Rivermen made the trip into Alabama and pulled off a split with the host Huntsville Havoc last weekend (March 13-14, 2015). Rivermen took the first game with a 6-2 margin but the home side regrouped and pulled out a 3-1 edge in the getaway game. The Havoc controlled the game to
