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Mississippi Surge
Mississippi Surge
City	Biloxi, Mississippi
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Founded	2009
Home arena	Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Colors	Blue, gold, metallic silver, white
Owner(s)	Coast Hockey, LLC (Richard Dedaux, Dr. Mike Diaz, Bo Lindsay, Jason Ondriezek, Chuck Thuss and Steffon Walby)
General manager	Steffon Walby
Media	The Sun Herald
Franchise history
2009-present	Mississippi Surge
Championships
Regular season titles	0

The Mississippi Surge is a team in the Southern Professional Hockey League set to begin play for the 2009-10 season. Based in Biloxi, home games will be played at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, previously home to the ECHL's Mississippi Sea Wolves from 1996 until their suspension of operations in 2009. ^[1]

The team held a name-the-team contest on their temporary webpage. On June 17, the Surge unveiled their name, logo, and colors. ^[2].

The naming of the team was not without controversy, as it evokes the image of the 28-foot storm surge of Hurricane Katrina that destroyed the beachfront of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Many fans disapprove of the team's name because of the reference to the storm, and disapprove of the logo because of its amateurish look and the use of blue and gold as the team's colors, which were the long-time colors of a rival hockey team in Pensacola, Florida.

The team is expected to resume the rivalry between the Sea Wolves and the new Louisiana IceGators that existed when both teams played in the ECHL. The team opened their inaugural season against the IceGators on October 22, 2009 in Blackham Coliseum.

[edit] Roster

Forwards
#	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
7	Mike Richard	F	R	5' 9"	210 lbs.	Saint-Constant, Quebec
9	Matt Zultek	F	L	6' 4"	210 lbs.	Mississauga, Ontario
11	Tim Velemirovich	F	L	6' 0"	194 lbs.	Thompson, Manitoba
14	Chris Greene	F	R	6' 2"	191 lbs.	Massena, New York
15	Steve Koich	F	L	5' 11"	180 lbs.	Ann Arbor, Michigan
16	Greg McCauley	LW	L	5' 9"	175 lbs.	Collingwood, Ontario
17	Andrew Boudreau	F	R	5' 9"	170 lbs.	St. Catharines, Ontario
18	Stephen Schofield	F	L	6' 2"	185 lbs.	Sherman, California
27	Casey Bartzen	F		5' 11"	185 lbs.	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
29	Tom Boudreau	F	R	5' 8"	159 lbs.	Oak Lawn, Illinois
32	Chris Ferazzoli	F	L	5' 6"	165 lbs.	Floral Park, New York

Defensemen
#	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
2	Shane Wagner	D	R	6' 0"	190 lbs.	Stillwater, Minnesota
10	Matthew Larke	D	R	6' 0"	190 lbs.	Oxford, Michigan
19	Daryl Moor	D	L	6' 1"	190 lbs.	Kettleby, Ontario
25	Jack Wolgemuth	D	L	6' 3"	185 lbs.	Anchorage, Alaska
26	Jeffrey Bieber	D	R	6' 2"	215 lbs.	Littleton, Colorado
28	Ryan Bartle	D	L	6' 2"	215 lbs.	Winnipeg, Manitoba
42	Steve Weidlich	D	R	6' 0"	210 lbs.	Edmonton, Alberta

Goaltenders
#	Player	Pos.	Catches	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
1	Ryan Senft	G		6' 3"	215 lbs.	Regina, Saskatchewan
31	John Hallas	G	L	6' 0"	175 lbs.	Largo, Florida

[edit] Season-by-season record

Southern Professional Hockey League

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish
2009-10	12	6	6	1	13	36	39	--	--

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[edit] References

^ "SOUTHERN PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE COMES TO THE COAST". TheSPHL.com. May 7, 2009. http://www.thesphl.com/fanzone/news/index.html?article_id=1165.
^ "Coast Hockey announces new team name". The Sun Herald. June 17, 2009. http://www.sunherald.com/newsupdates/story/1419476.html.

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[0] "SOUTHERN PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE COMES TO THE COAST". TheSPHL.com. May 7, 2009. http://www.thesphl.com/fanzone/news/index.html?article_id=1165.

[1] "Coast Hockey announces new team name". The Sun Herald. June 17, 2009. http://www.sunherald.com/newsupdates/story/1419476.html.

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[edit] Roster

[edit] Season-by-season record

[edit] External links

[edit] References