Pensacola Ice Flyers

The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a professional ice hockey team of the SPHL. The team played their first season in 2009–10. Home games are played at the Pensacola Bay Center, previously home to the ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until their folding in 2008.

The "Ice Flyers" name has a double meaning – it is both a tribute to 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 2–0 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 records

Regular season Season GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PIM Finish 2009–10 56 25 23 8 58 176 205 968 5th of 7, SPHL 2010–11 56 28 28 — 56 187 195 1148 5th of 8, SPHL 2011–12 56 30 22 4 64 187 176 873 4th of 9, SPHL 2012–13 56 33 18 5 71 171 149 1113 3rd of 9, SPHL 2013–14 56 38 13 5 81 207 139 1029 1st of 10, SPHL 2014–15 56 32 18 6 70 179 148 857 3rd of 8, SPHL 2015–16 56 31 20 5 67 175 157 1098 2nd of 9, SPHL 2016–17 56 27 21 8 62 171 154 914 7th of 10, SPHL 2017–18 56 33 16 7 73 189 156 804 3rd of 10, SPHL 2018–19 56 26 24 6 58 143 150 752 7th of 10, SPHL 2019–20 46 23 11 12 58 127 113 506 4th of 10, SPHL 2020–21 42 18 18 6 42 117 120 530 3rd of 5, SPHL 2021–22 56 31 19 6 68 189 164 757 6th of 11, SPHL 2022–23 57 26 25 6 58 183 190 763 8th of 11, SPHL

Postseason Season GP W L GF GA PIM Finish 2009–10 3 1 2 8 11 72 Lost Quarterfinals 2010–11 3 1 2 8 13 59 Lost Quarterfinals 2011–12 6 4 2 14 8 94 Lost League Finals 2012–13 7 6 1 18 9 86 Won President's Cup 2013–14 7 6 1 28 10 87 Won President's Cup 2014–15 3 1 2 6 7 20 Lost Quarterfinals 2015–16 7 7 0 29 16 69 Won President's Cup 2016–17 4 2 2 9 8 28 Lost Semifinals 2017–18 2 0 2 5 10 32 Lost Quarterfinals 2018–19 3 1 2 7 9 32 Lost Quarterfinals 2019–20 No playoffs after season was cancelled 2020–21 4 4 0 17 7 31 Won President's Cup 2021–22 3 1 2 11 14 35 Lost Quarterfinals 2022–23 2 0 2 3 5 12 Lost Quarterfinals

Former Ice Flyers who represented their country internationally Roman Andrejev - Andrejev played for the Ice Flyers during his only season of North American professional hockey in 2013–14. 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.

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