Editing SPHL (section)

==Teams==
{{Location map+|USA|width=500|float=left
 |alt=SPHL map
 |caption=Teams currently in the SPHL
 |places=
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 33.329 |long= -86.789 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = left |label=[[Birmingham Bulls (SPHL)|Bulls]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 37.972189 |long= -87.567844 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = left |label=[[Evansville Thunderbolts|Thunderbolts]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 35.015124 |long= -78.891714 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = right |label=[[Fayetteville Marksmen|Marksmen]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 34.72699 |long= -86.590887 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = left |label=[[Huntsville Havoc|Havoc]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 35.965316 |long= -83.911653 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = left |label=[[Knoxville Ice Bears|Ice Bears]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 32.841944 |long= -83.619722 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = right |label=[[Macon Mayhem|Mayhem]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 30.416485 |long= -87.209372 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = right |label=[[Pensacola Ice Flyers|Ice Flyers]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 40.691944 |long= -89.596389 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = left |label=[[Peoria Rivermen (SPHL)|Rivermen]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 41.507837 |long= -90.520437 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = top |label=[[Quad City Storm|Storm]]}}
 {{Location map~|USA|lat= 37.280171 |long= -79.935669 |label_size=80 |mark = Blue pog.svg |position = right |label=[[Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs|Rail Yard Dawgs]]}}
}}
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===2024-25 members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
|+Overview of SPHL teams
! scope="col" align="center"|Team
! scope="col" align="center"|City
! scope="col" align="center|Arena
! scope="col" align="center|Capacity
! scope="col" align="center|Founded
! scope="col" align="center"|Joined
! scope="col" align="center|Head Coach
|-
!scope="row"| [[Birmingham Bulls (SPHL)|Birmingham Bulls]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Pelham council approves ice arena lease for professional hockey team |url=http://www.wbrc.com/story/34550533/pelham-council-approves-ice-arena-lease-for-professional-hockey-team |access-date=February 21, 2017 |work=[[WBRC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first= Lauren| last= Walsh |title= Former Birmingham Bulls owner sets sights on Pelham for professional hockey team |url=http://abc3340.com/news/local/former-birmingham-bulls-owner-sets-sights-on-pelham-for-professional-hockey-team|access-date=February 21, 2017 |work=[[WBMA-LD|ABC 33/40]]}}</ref>
| [[Pelham, Alabama]] || [[Pelham Civic Center]] ||align=center| 4,100 ||colspan=2 align=center| 2017 || Craig Simchuk
|-
!scope="row"| [[Evansville Thunderbolts]]
| [[Evansville, Indiana]] || [[Ford Center (Evansville)|Ford Center]] ||align=center| 9,000 ||colspan=2 align=center| 2016 || [[Jeff Bes]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Fayetteville Marksmen]]
| [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]] || [[Crown Coliseum]]||align=center| 9,500 ||align=center| 2002 ||align=center| 2004 ||Kyle Sharkey
|-
!scope="row"| [[Huntsville Havoc]]
| [[Huntsville, Alabama]] || [[Von Braun Center]] ||align=center| 6,050 || colspan="2" align="center" | 2004 || Stuart Stefan
|-
!scope="row"| [[Knoxville Ice Bears]]
| [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] || [[Knoxville Civic Coliseum]] ||align=center| 5,109 ||align=center| 2002 ||align=center| 2004 || John Gurskis
|-
!scope="row"| [[Macon Mayhem]]
| [[Macon, Georgia]] || [[Macon Coliseum]] ||align=center| 6,550 ||colspan=2 align=center| 2010{{efn|name=Relocated|Relocated franchise}} || Nick Niedert
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pensacola Ice Flyers]]
| [[Pensacola, Florida]] || [[Pensacola Bay Center]] ||align=center| 8,150 ||colspan=2 align=center| 2009 || Gary Graham
|-
!scope="row"| [[Peoria Rivermen (SPHL)|Peoria Rivermen]]
| [[Peoria, Illinois]] || [[Peoria Civic Center|Carver Arena]] ||align=center| 9,815 ||colspan=2 align=center| 2013 || [[Jean-Guy Trudel]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Quad City Storm]]
| [[Moline, Illinois]] || [[Vibrant Arena at The MARK]] ||align=center| 9,200 ||colspan=2 align=center| 2009{{efn|name=Relocated}} ||Shayne Toporowski
|-
!scope="row"| [[Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs]]
| [[Roanoke, Virginia]] || [[Berglund Center]] ||align=center| 8,672 ||colspan=2 align=center| 2009{{efn|name=Relocated}} || Dan Bremner
|}

'''Notes'''
{{notelist}}

===Timeline===
<timeline>
DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy
ImageSize  = width:750 height:auto barincrement:20
Period     = from:01/01/2004 till:12/31/2023
TimeAxis   = orientation:horizontal
PlotArea   = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5

Colors = 
         id:former value:rgb(0.95,0.5,0.4)
         id:hiatus   value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8)
         id:line     value:black
         id:bg       value:white

PlotData=
  width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

  bar:1  color:former from:07/01/2004 till:05/01/2005 text:[[Asheville Aces]] (2004–2005)
  bar:2  color:former from:07/01/2004 till:05/03/2017 text:[[Columbus Cottonmouths]] (2004–2017)
  bar:3  color:red from:07/01/2004 till:05/01/2017 text:[[Fayetteville FireAntz]] (2004–2017)
  bar:3  color:red from:06/01/2017 till:10/06/2020 shift:0 text:[[Fayetteville Marksmen]] (2017–present)
  bar:3  color:hiatus from:10/06/2020 till:06/30/2021
  bar:3  color:red from:07/01/2021 till:end 
  bar:4  color:red from:07/01/2004 till:end text:[[Huntsville Havoc]] (2004–present)
  bar:5  color:former  from:07/01/2004 till:05/01/2008 text:[[Jacksonville Barracudas]] (2004–2008)
  bar:6  color:red from:07/01/2004 till:end text:[[Knoxville Ice Bears]] (2004–present)
  bar:7  color:former from:07/01/2004 till:05/01/2005 text:[[Macon Trax]] (2004–2005)
  bar:8  color:former from:07/01/2004 till:05/01/2005 text:[[Winston-Salem Polar Twins]] (2004–2005)
  bar:9  color:former from:07/01/2005 till:01/04/2007 text:[[Florida Seals]] (2005–2007)
  bar:10 color:former from:07/01/2005 till:03/31/2007 shift:-40 text:[[Pee Dee Cyclones]] (2005–2007)
  bar:10 color:former from:04/24/2007 till:03/31/2009 shift:(40) text:[[Twin City Cyclones]] (2007–2009)
  bar:11 color:former from:07/01/2006 till:05/01/2009 text:[[Richmond Renegades (SPHL)|Richmond Renegades]] (2006–2009)
  bar:12 color:former from:07/01/2009 till:06/30/2016 text:[[Louisiana IceGators (SPHL)|Louisiana IceGators]] (2009–2016)
  bar:12 color:red from:07/01/2018 till:10/06/2020 shift:0 text:[[Quad City Storm]] (2018–present)
  bar:12 color:hiatus from:10/06/2020 till:06/30/2021
  bar:12 color:red from:07/01/2021 till:end 
  bar:13 color:former from:07/01/2009 till:05/02/2014 text:[[Mississippi Surge]] (2009–2014)
  bar:13 color:red from:07/01/2016 till:10/06/2020 shift:0 text:[[Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs]] (2016–present)
  bar:13 color:hiatus from:10/06/2020 till:06/30/2021
  bar:13 color:red from:07/01/2021 till:end 
  bar:14 color:red from:07/01/2009 till:end text:[[Pensacola Ice Flyers]] (2009–present)
  bar:15 color:former from:07/01/2010 till:05/14/2013 text:[[Augusta RiverHawks]] (2010–2013)
  bar:15 color:red from:07/10/2015 till:end text:[[Macon Mayhem]] (2015–present)
  bar:16 color:former from:07/01/2011 till:06/30/2018 text:[[Mississippi RiverKings]] (2011–2018)
  bar:17 color:former from:07/01/2013 till:05/01/2014 text:[[Bloomington Thunder (SPHL)|Bloomington Thunder]] (2013–2014)
  bar:18 color:red from:07/01/2013 till:10/06/2020 text:[[Peoria Rivermen (SPHL)|Peoria Rivermen]] (2013–present)
  bar:18 color:hiatus from:10/06/2020 till:06/30/2021
  bar:18 color:red from:07/01/2021 till:end 
  bar:19 color:red from:07/01/2016 till:10/06/2020 shift:0 text:[[Evansville Thunderbolts]] (2016–present)
  bar:19 color:hiatus from:10/06/2020 till:06/30/2021
  bar:19 color:red from:07/01/2021 till:end 
  bar:20 color:red from:07/01/2017 till:end shift:0 text:[[Birmingham Bulls (SPHL)|Birmingham Bulls]] (2017–present)
  bar:21 color:former from:07/01/2021 till:02/09/2023 shift:-100 text:[[Vermilion County Bobcats]] (2021–2023)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:01/01/2004

</timeline>

===Defunct and relocated teams===
*[[Asheville Aces]] (2004–05)
*[[Augusta RiverHawks]] (2010–13) Moved to [[Macon, Georgia]], as the Mayhem for the 2015–16 season.<ref name="RiverHawks suspend ops">{{cite news|last=Lee |first=David |title=Augusta RiverHawks won't play next season |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/riverhawks/2013-05-14/augusta-riverhawks-wont-play-next-season?v=1368558504 |access-date=May 19, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Augusta Chronicle]] |date=May 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108083404/http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/riverhawks/2013-05-14/augusta-riverhawks-wont-play-next-season?v=1368558504 |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Mayhem SPHL">{{cite web|title=SPHL Approves RiverHawks' Move To Macon, GA For 2015–2016 Season|url=http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_158472|publisher=The SPHL|access-date=25 June 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714113759/http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_158472|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Bloomington Thunder (SPHL)|Bloomington Thunder]] (2013–14) Membership terminated to make way for a team in the [[United States Hockey League]].
*[[Columbus Cottonmouths]] (2004–17) Inaugural member of the SPHL, suspended operations when ownership could no longer fund the team.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/other-sports/columbus-cottonmouths/article148268789.html |title=Cottonmouths to suspend operations for next season |newspaper=Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |date=May 3, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Florida Seals]] (2005–07) Membership terminated in the middle of the 2006–07 SPHL season.<ref name="Seals cease">{{cite press release |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3412289 |title=Florida Seals cease operations |date=January 5, 2007 |website=OurSports Central |publisher=Southern Professional Hockey League |access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref>
*[[Jacksonville Barracudas]] (2004–08) Suspended for the 2008–09 season and dissolved.<ref name="Knox expansion">{{cite web|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jun/21/murray-liking-sphl-expansion/|title=Murray liking SPHL expansion|last=Gates|first=Nick|date=June 21, 2009|work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]|access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref>
*[[Louisiana IceGators (SPHL)|Louisiana IceGators]] (2009–16) Suspended operations for the 2016–17 season claiming the arena needed the year for renovations but later dissolved. In 2018, the franchise was sold and became the Quad City Storm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_503721 |title=SPHL adding Quad City for 2018-2019 season |work=SPHL |date=May 23, 2018 |access-date=May 23, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701003240/http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_503721 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Macon Trax]] (2004–05)
*[[Mississippi RiverKings]] (2011–18) Joined from the [[Central Hockey League]] in 2011, ownership suspended operations in 2018.<ref name="suspend" />
*[[Mississippi Surge]] (2009–14) Moved to [[Roanoke, Virginia]], as the Rail Yard Dawgs for the 2016–17 season.<ref name="Surge Hockey Operations to Suspend Indefinitely">{{cite press release |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4781279 |title=Surge Hockey Operations to Suspend Indefinitely |date=May 2, 2014 |website=OurSports Central |publisher=Southern Professional Hockey League |access-date=4 May 2014}}</ref>
*[[Twin City Cyclones|Pee Dee Cyclones]] (2005–07) Moved to [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]].
*[[Richmond Renegades (SPHL)|Richmond Renegades]] (2006–09)<ref name="Renegades Done">{{cite press release |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3815536 |title=Renegades Officially Done |date=May 2, 2014 |website=OurSports Central |publisher=Southern Professional Hockey League |access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref>
*[[Twin City Cyclones]] (2007–09)<ref name="Cyclones Cease">{{cite press release |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3794436 |title=Cyclones To Cease Operations |date=March 24, 2009 |website=OurSports Central |publisher=Southern Professional Hockey League |access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref>
*[[Vermilion County Bobcats]] (2021-23) Ceased operations on February 9, 2023 after 88 games played.<ref name="vcb">{{Cite tweet |author=Vermilion County Bobcats |user=VCBobcats |number=1623691267153530887 |date=February 9, 2023 |title=The Vermillion County Bobcats of the SPHL announced today that they have ceased operations, effective immediately. |language=en |access-date=February 9, 2023 |link=https://twitter.com/VCBobcats/status/1623691267153530887}}</ref>
*[[Winston-Salem Polar Twins]] (2004–05)