Fayetteville's Tayler Thompson Earns Kevin Swider Leading Scorer Award
April 10, 2017 - SPHL (SPHL) News Release
HUNTERSVILLE, NC - The Southern Professional Hockey League on Monday an- nounced Fayetteville's Tayler Thompson is the 2016-2017 winner of the Kevin Swider Leading Scorer Award.
In addition to his 60 points, Thompson led the SPHL with 42 assists while finishing second in both plus/minus rating (+21) and shootout goals (four).
Thompson becomes the first Fayetteville player to lead the SPHL in scoring since Josh McQuade in 2012-13 and joins Pensacola's Corey Banfield (2015-16) and Adam Pawlick (2014-15) as recipients of the award.
The award was renamed in 2015 for the SPHL's all-time leading scorer. Swider led the league in scoring each of his seven seasons with Knoxville and helped the Ice Bears to three President's Cup Champi- onships. A three-time league MVP, Swider holds or shares more than 20 SPHL regular season and play- off scoring records.
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