Tag: SPHL

  • Mississippi Riverkings vs. Pensacola Ice Flyers: Pink In The Rink

    This weekend, the Riverkings held their Pink in the Rink game, to support breast cancer awareness and donate to local cancer charities for people who suffer cancer and needs Home Care Assistance.  They wore pink jerseys that were auctioned off at the end of the game, with proceeds going to charity, and held a raffle to…

  • Mississippi Riverkings vs. Pensacola Ice Flyers: What Is That Thing?

    Sometimes, a game is simply a game.  There isn’t a lot of depth or wackiness to the thing.  You go, you have a good time, you see a hockey game.  Not every game is a transcending experience.  They don’t all have something you have never seen before, or something so remarkable that it requires some long exposition.…

  • Huntsville Havoc vs. Pensacola Ice Pilots: My First SPHL Game

    Near the end of the season, I diverted to Huntsville, AL to take in a SPHL game, the first I had ever seen of that league.  I’d been through Huntsville a few times, but never to see a game. Yesterday,  I showed you a few of the ‘lovely’ trophies the various Huntsville teams had won…

  • Huntsville Havoc and the Carnage

    A few months ago, I stopped in Huntsville, Alabama to see a Huntsville Havoc hockey game.  If you didn’t go back and read that first sentence again, you are doing OK.  Yes, there is hockey in Huntsville.  There has been a lot of hockey in Huntsville, actually. The game I went to was the day…

  • SPHL Cyclones Shutting Down

    The SPHL’s Twin City Cyclones (not to be confused with the ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones) are shutting down after being left behind in the playoff race. This isn’t exactly shocking, considering the attendance was the worst in the league. The fact they made it to the end of the season may be more shocking. Averaging 1.600…