LAFAYETTE, LA – When Brent Sapergia took over as interim coach of the Louisiana IceGators following the team’s third game of the season, he stated that he was in search of a full-time replacement for former coach Ron Handy. It … Continue reading
Category Archives: SPHL
Columbus players skate into kids’ hearts
COLUMBUS, GA – The Southern Professional Hockey League prides itself in the way its member franchises become a living, breathing part of the communities they play in. Over the course of the season, teams take part in dozens of events … Continue reading
Sapergia: Losing not an option for IceGators
LAFAYETTE, LA – When Ron Handy stepped down as Louisiana IceGators head coach, his longtime friend, former teammate and now boss Brent Sapergia wasn’t about to stop him from doing so. At 0-3 to start the season, Sapergia, in the … Continue reading
Experience earns Rycroft job over Bounds
COLUMBUS, GA – Days before the start of the SPHL season, Columbus Cottonmouths’ head coach / general manager Jerome Bechard learned that he had a problem that most in his profession would die for: too many goalies. It took him … Continue reading
Handy steps down as IceGators coach
Breaking News LAFAYETTE, LA – Three games into its inaugural SPHL season, the Louisiana IceGators are already making changes. Big changes. Tuesday morning, the team announced via its website that Head Coach Ron Handy had resigned to take a more … Continue reading
IceGators prepare to take bite of SPHL
LAFAYETTE, LA – For ten years, the Cajundome in Lafayette rocked and rolled with the sights and sounds of hockey on the bayou in the form of the Louisiana IceGators. Fans by the thousands packed into the ‘Dome to see … Continue reading