| 2017–18 SPHL season | |
| League: | Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | October 20, 2017–April 9, 2018 |
| No Of Games: | 56 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champ Name: | William B. Coffey Trophy |
| Season Champs: | Peoria Rivermen |
| Mvp: | Berkley Scott (Knoxville) |
| Top Scorer: | Berkley Scott (Knoxville) |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Finals |
| Conf1 Link: | President's Cup (SPHL) |
| Conf1 Champ: | Huntsville Havoc |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Peoria Rivermen |
| Playoffs Mvp: | Sy Nutkevitch (Huntsville) |
| Seasonslistnames: | SPHL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2016–17 SPHL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2018–19 SPHL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 SPHL season was the 14th season of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).
Final standings.[4]
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria Rivermen‡ | 56 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 211 | 154 | 81 | |
| 56 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 214 | 174 | 73 | ||
| 56 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 189 | 156 | 73 | ||
| 56 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 203 | 180 | 70 | ||
| 56 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 205 | 182 | 66 | ||
| 56 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 186 | 191 | 63 | ||
| 56 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 193 | 181 | 60 | ||
| 56 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 170 | 195 | 56 | ||
| 56 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 159 | 199 | 50 | ||
| 56 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 144 | 262 | 30 |
‡ William B. Coffey Trophy winners
Advanced to playoffs
For 2018, the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The league implemented a new format so that the top three seeds chose their opponent from the bottom four qualifiers, calling it the "challenge round". The second round still had the highest versus lowest remaining seed format.[5]
Home team is listed first.
| Award | Recipient(s) | Finalists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria Rivermen | |||
| William B. Coffey Trophy (Best regular-season record) | |||
| Defenseman of the Year | Dave Pszenyczny (Peoria) | Daniel Gentzler (Macon) Stuart Stefan (Hunstville) | |
| Rookie of the Year | Jacob Barber (Birmingham) | Eliot Grauer (Knoxville) Tomas Sholl (Evansville) | |
| Goaltender of the Year | Brad Barone (Roanoke) | Tomas Sholl (Evansville) | |
| Coach of the Year[6] | Jean-Guy Trudel (Peoria) | Jeff Bes (Pensacola) Kevin Kerr (Macon) | |
| Most Valuable Player | Berkley Scott (Knoxville) | Jake Trask (Macon) | |
| Kevin Swider Leading Scorer Award | Berkley Scott (Knoxville) | Jake Trask (Macon) |
| Position | First Team | Second Team | All-Rookie | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | G | Brad Barone (Roanoke) | Tomas Sholl (Evansville) | Tomas Sholl (Evansville) | |
| align=center | D | Dave Pszenyczny (Peoria) Stuart Stefan (Huntsville) | David Brancik (Knoxville) Daniel Gentzler (Macon) | Anthony Calabrese (Huntsville) (tie) Michael Chen (Knoxville) Derek Perl (Huntsville) (tie) | |
| align=center | F | Alec Hagaman (Peoria) Berkley Scott (Knoxville) Jake Trask (Macon) | Jake Hauswirth (Fayetteville) Steve Mele (Roanoke) Garrett Milan (Pensacola) | Jacob Barber (Birmingham) Eliot Grauer (Knoxville) Joseph Widmar (Peoria) |