Editing SPHL (section)

===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)