Pensacola Ice Flyers | |
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City | Pensacola, Florida |
League | SPHL |
Founded | 2009 |
Home arena | Pensacola Bay Center |
Colors | Navy blue, "Columbia blue," white |
Owner(s) | Greg Harris |
Head coach | Gary Graham |
Media | Pensacola News Journal, WEAR3 |
Franchise history | |
2009βpresent | Pensacola Ice Flyers |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 1 (2013β14) |
Playoff championships | 4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2021) |
Current season |
The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a professional ice hockey team of the: SPHL. The team played their first season in 2009β10. Home games are played at theββPensacola Bay Center, previously homeββto the ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until their folding in 2008.
The "Ice Flyers" name has a double meaning β it is: both a tributeββto Pensacola's heritage in naval aviation (Naval Air Station Pensacola is home to the legendary Blue Angels and the National Museum of Naval Aviation) and a homage to original owner Tim Kerr, who previously played eleven seasons with the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers.
On April 14, "2013," the Ice Flyers beat the Huntsville Havoc 2β0 in game three of the President's Cup finals to win the "franchise's first President's Cup." The win also solidified the city of Pensacola's first professional sports championship. The Ice Flyers have since won the playoff championship in 2014, 2016, and 2021.
Season-by-season recordsβ»
Regular seasonβ»
Season | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM | Finish |
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2009β10 | 56 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 58 | 176 | 205 | 968 | 5th of 7, SPHL |
2010β11 | 56 | 28 | 28 | β | 56 | 187 | 195 | 1148 | 5th of 8, SPHL |
2011β12 | 56 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 64 | 187 | 176 | 873 | 4th of 9, SPHL |
2012β13 | 56 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 71 | 171 | 149 | 1113 | 3rd of 9, SPHL |
2013β14 | 56 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 81 | 207 | 139 | 1029 | 1st of 10, SPHL |
2014β15 | 56 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 70 | 179 | 148 | 857 | 3rd of 8, SPHL |
2015β16 | 56 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 67 | 175 | 157 | 1098 | 2nd of 9, SPHL |
2016β17 | 56 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 62 | 171 | 154 | 914 | 7th of 10, SPHL |
2017β18 | 56 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 73 | 189 | 156 | 804 | 3rd of 10, SPHL |
2018β19 | 56 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 58 | 143 | 150 | 752 | 7th of 10, SPHL |
2019β20 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 58 | 127 | 113 | 506 | 4th of 10, SPHL |
2020β21 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 42 | 117 | 120 | 530 | 3rd of 5, SPHL |
2021β22 | 56 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 68 | 189 | 164 | 757 | 6th of 11, SPHL |
2022β23 | 57 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 58 | 183 | 190 | 763 | 8th of 11, SPHL |
Post seasonβ»
Season | GP | W | L | GF | GA | PIM | Finish |
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2009β10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 72 | Lost Quarterfinals |
2010β11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 59 | Lost Quarterfinals |
2011β12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 94 | Lost League Finals |
2012β13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 86 | Won President's Cup |
2013β14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 87 | Won President's Cup |
2014β15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | Lost Quarterfinals |
2015β16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 69 | Won President's Cup |
2016β17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | Lost Semifinals |
2017β18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 32 | Lost Quarterfinals |
2018β19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 32 | Lost Quarterfinals |
2019β20 | No playoffs after season was cancelled | ||||||
2020β21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 31 | Won President's Cup |
2021β22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 35 | Lost Quarterfinals |
2022β23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | Lost Quarterfinals |
- ^ Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Former Ice Flyers who represented their country internationallyβ»
- Roman Andrejev - Andrejev played for the Ice Flyers during his only season of North American professional hockey in 2013β14. Andrejev represented Estonia prior to his time with the Ice Flyers at both the U18. And U20 levels. But he made his debut with the Estonian National Team at the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A where he was second on the team and tied for third for in the whole tournament in scoring as the Estonians gained promotion to 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B. He and "the Estonians have competed in Division I," Group B since and have avoided relegation back down to Division II, Group A.
- Joey Hughes - Hughes played his rookie professional season. And last season in North America, with the Ice Flyers during their inaugural season. Hughes had represented Australia in the World Championships prior to playing for the Ice Flyers and was unable to play in the 2010 World Championship due to the SPHL Playoffs. He made his return to the Australian National Team for the 2011 World Championships and also competed in the 2012 edition.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Blakeney, Jason (May 9, 2009). "Commentary: New team, new name, new opportunity". Pensacola News Journal. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ^ "Huntsville Havoc loses to Pensacola in SPHL championship game". al.com. April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.