The Southern Hockey League (abbreviated SHL) is a defunct low-level professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 league.

It operated in the United States

United States

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 from 1995 to 1996, with teams in the southeastern United States

Southeastern United States

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. It was originally named the Sunshine Hockey League

Sunshine Hockey League

The Sunshine Hockey League was a low-minors professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 to 1995. The league was based in Florida and consisted of five teams in its inaugural 1992-93 season....

, but changed its name after expanding outside of Florida

Florida

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. The league only played one season. The Huntsville Channel Cats

Huntsville Channel Cats

The Huntsville Channel Cats was a professional ice hockey team based in Huntsville, Alabama. The franchise was a member of several different leagues, the Southern Hockey League , the Central Hockey League and the South East Hockey League...

, along with the planned 1996–97 expansion teams Columbus Cottonmouths

Columbus Cottonmouths

The Columbus Cottonmouths are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Georgia. The team is nicknamed the Snakes, and play their home games at the Columbus Civic Center.-Central Hockey League : 1996-2001:...

, Macon Whoopee

Macon Whoopee

The Macon Whoopee was the name given to two distinct former ice hockey teams, both of which were located in Macon, Georgia. The teams played their home games at the Macon Coliseum....

, and Nashville Nighthawks, joined the Central Hockey League

Central Hockey League

The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs....

 following the SHL's demise.

Regular season standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Lakeland Prowlers	60	41	13	6	0	88	342	229	1291
Daytona Beach Breakers Daytona Beach Sun Devils The Daytona Beach Sun Devils were a franchise in the defunct Sunshine Hockey League The Sun Devils began play in the league's first season in 1992-93 and remained with the SuHL until 1995 when the league changed its name to Southern Hockey League. After the 1995-96 season both the team and the...	60	33	20	7	0	73	297	251	2487
Winston-Salem Mammoths Winston-Salem Mammoths The Winston-Salem Mammoths were an American ice hockey team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They played in the Southern Hockey League for the 1995-96 season.-Season-by-season record:-Records:*Games Alain Côté, Hayden O'Rear, Bruno Villeneuve 60...	60	30	23	7	0	67	273	274	2110
Huntsville Channel Cats Huntsville Channel Cats The Huntsville Channel Cats was a professional ice hockey team based in Huntsville, Alabama. The franchise was a member of several different leagues, the Southern Hockey League , the Central Hockey League and the South East Hockey League...	60	27	31	2	0	56	274	294	2191
West Palm Beach Barracudas	60	26	32	2	0	54	251	319	2084
Jacksonville Bullets Jacksonville Bullets The Jacksonville Bullets were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They played in the Sunshine Hockey League, later renamed the Southern Hockey League, from 1992–1996...	60	23	33	4	0	50	282	352	1791

Playoffs