KNOXVILLE, TN (October 12, 2020) – The Knoxville Ice Bears today announced that the 2020-2021 season game schedule. The Ice Bears will travel to Huntsville on Saturday, December 26 to launch the new season. Knoxville’s first home game will be a New Year’s special on Thursday, December 31 with a 6 pm puck drop. Knoxville […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (October 6, 2020) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced that the 2020-2021 season will be comprised of five teams and feature a 42-game regular-season schedule. The SPHL is set to drop the puck for the 2020-2021 regular season on Saturday, December 26 with the Birmingham Bulls, Huntsville Havoc, Knoxville […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (July 28, 2020) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced that it is targeting mid-to-late December for the start of the 2020-2021 regular season. “With the continued spikes in COVID-19 throughout the country and the challenges other sports are facing in their attempts to resume play, delaying our start to December […]
For immediate release – For more information, contact: Dave Feather, Executive VP (865) 525-7825 // (865) 254-7825 dfeather@knoxvilleicebears.com Knoxville, TN (May 22, 2020) – Mike Murray, President and General Manager of the Knoxville Ice Bears has been inducted as a member of the 2020 Class of the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. Murray has […]
All-SPHL First and Second Teams Announced HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 10, 2020) – The Southern Professional Hockey League on Friday announced its All-SPHL First and Second Teams as selected by a vote of SPHL coaches, broadcasters and media representatives. 2019-2020 All-SPHL First Team F – Austin Plevy, Evansville Thunderbolts F – Brian Bowen, Fayetteville Marksmen F […]
The Knoxville Ice Bears would like to thank you for your support, as we work through the abrupt ending of the 2019-2020 SPHL season. We have always thought of our MemBEARs, Partners, Players, Staff and Fans as a family and we appreciate your patience during this unprecedented time of uncertainty. As a small business and […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (March 15, 2020) – The Southern Professional Hockey League today announced its Board of Governors voted unanimously to cancel of the remainder of the 2019-2020 regular season and playoffs. SPHL Commissioner Doug Price made the following statement: The decision made to cancel the remainder of the regular season and playoffs was extremely difficult. […]
March 12, 2020 7:15 PM EDT FROM THE Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL): For the safety of our fans, players, team personnel and arena staff, the Southern Professional Hockey League today announced that due to concerns over the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, it has suspended the 2019-2020 season effective immediately. The SPHL and its member teams will continue […]
Josh Pietrantonio and Scott Cuthrell scored in the first period and Joe Murdaca’s 28 saves made it stand as the Ice Bears beat the Macon Mayhem 2-1 Friday night at the Civic Coliseum. Knoxville is 7-0-2 in its past nine games. Macon has lost three of five. Knoxville opened the scoring when Macon’s Ben Campbell […]
Max Cook scored with ten seconds remaining in overtime and the Knoxville Ice Bears fell to the Fayetteville Marksmen 3-2 Saturday night at the Civic Coliseum. The Ice Bears kept an eight-game point streak intact and are 6-0-2 in that span. Fayetteville is 5-1-1 in its last seven games. Brian Bowen fielded a pass from […]