Snakes Announce 2014-15 Schedule
August 1, 2014 - SPHL (SPHL)
Columbus Cottonmouths News Release
COLUMBUS, Ga. - The Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today release the full 56-game schedule for the 2014-15 season, their 11th in the league and 19th consecutive season of hockey in Columbus. The slate of games features 28 home and 28 away contests against each of the other seven teams in the eight-member SPHL.
The Snakes will open the season on Friday, October 24 at 7:30 PM EDT with a game against a familiar opponent in the Knoxville Ice Bears. The Ice Bears, who along with the Fayetteville FireAntz and Huntsville Havoc return for their 11th seasons as original SPHL franchises, will face the Snakes ten times this season, with five games in the Columbus Civic Center and five games in Tennessee at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. The Snakes also face the FireAntz ten times (five home, five away). The Cottonmouths will face the rival Huntsville Havoc eight times in the upcoming season (four home, four away); the regular season will close with a back-to-back visit from the Havoc in the Snake Pit on March 27 and 28.
The Cottonmouths waste no time in facing the Pensacola Ice Flyers in a rematch of last season's SPHL President's Cup Finals as they head to the Pensacola Bay Center on Saturday, October 25 in the first road game of the season. After facing each other only twice in the regular season prior to the playoffs last year, the Cottonmouths play the two-time defending champion Ice Flyers ten times this season (five home, five away). In fact, the Snakes will face the Ice Flyers five consecutive times in a thirteen-day stretch with two games in Columbus on March 7 and 12, a back-to-back Friday and Saturday in Pensacola on March 13 and 14, then a return trip to the Snake Pit on March 19.
The other I-10 rival in the league, the Louisiana IceGators, will face the Snakes seven times (four home, three away) this season. After the Mississippi Surge suspended operations in the offseason, the Cottonmouths will play the league's only Magnolia State entry, the Mississippi RiverKings, six times (three home, three away). While Columbus will face Fayetteville, Knoxville, and Pensacola ten times, they will only see the Peoria Rivermen five times. Cottonmouths fans will only have one opportunity to see the Rivermen at home in a game on November 22, while the Snakes travel to Illinois for two back-to-back sets of games on November 15 and 16 and again on December 26 and 27.
The Snakes' home schedule this season is very fan friendly with only four of the 28 home games scheduled for weeknights (one Tuesday, three Thursdays). There are 11 home games scheduled for Friday nights, ten Saturdays, and three Sunday afternoon 4 PM games. As in past seasons, all non-Sunday home games will begin at 7:30 PM.
In addition, the schedule is back-loaded with home games. Thirteen of the Cottonmouths' final 18 games will be home contests with six home games in February and seven in March. The Snakes have no games on Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's Day this season but do have a Black Friday home game against Mississippi on November 28. The final home game of 2014 will be played on Friday, December 19 before the Cottonmouths embark on a season-long six game, three-week road trip before the first home game of 2015 on Saturday, January 11.
Season Tickets are available now for the 2014-15 season and individual tickets are expected to go on sale October 1st. For more information or to inquire about ticket pricing contact the Cottonmouths front office at 706.571.0086.
COLUMBUS COTTONMOUTHS 2014-15 SCHEDULE
Friday October 24, 2014 Knoxville @ Columbus
Saturday October 25, 2014 Columbus @ Pensacola
Saturday November 1, 2014 Columbus @ Fayetteville
Friday November 7, 2014 Columbus @ Huntsville
Sunday November 9, 2014 Fayetteville @ Columbus
Friday November 14, 2014 Columbus @ MS RiverKings
Saturday November 15, 2014 Columbus @ Peoria
Sunday November 16, 2014 Columbus @ Peoria
Friday November 21, 2014 Fayetteville @ Columbus
Saturday November 22, 2014 Peoria @ Columbus
Tuesday November 25, 2014 Fayetteville @ Columbus
Wednesday November 26, 2014 Columbus @ Pensacola
Friday November 28, 2014 MS RiverKings @ Columbus
Saturday November 29, 2014 Columbus @ MS RiverKings
Friday December 5, 2014 Columbus @ Huntsville
Saturday December 6, 2014 Huntsville @ Columbus
Friday December 12, 2014 Columbus @ Louisiana
Saturday December 13, 2014 Louisiana @ Columbus
Friday December 19, 2014 Knoxville @ Columbus
Saturday December 20, 2014 Columbus @ Knoxville
Friday December 26, 2014 Columbus @ Peoria
Saturday December 27, 2014 Columbus @ Peoria
Friday January 2, 2015 Columbus @ Louisiana
Saturday January 3, 2015 Columbus @ Pensacola
Friday January 9, 2015 Columbus @ Fayetteville
Saturday January 10, 2015 Fayetteville @ Columbus
Sunday January 11, 2015 Columbus @ Fayetteville
Friday January 16, 2015 Huntsville @ Columbus
Saturday January 17, 2015 Columbus @ Huntsville
Sunday January 18, 2015 Pensacola @ Columbus
Friday January 23, 2015 Columbus @ Knoxville
Saturday January 24, 2015 Knoxville @ Columbus
Tuesday January 27, 2015 Columbus @ MS RiverKings
Friday January 30, 2015 Fayetteville @ Columbus
Saturday January 31, 2015 Louisiana @ Columbus
Friday February 6, 2015 Columbus @ Knoxville
Saturday February 7, 2015 Columbus @ Knoxville
Tuesday February 10, 2015 Columbus @ Fayetteville
Friday February 13, 2015 Pensacola @ Columbus
Sunday February 15, 2015 Knoxville @ Columbus
Thursday February 19, 2015 Columbus @ Huntsville
Friday February 20, 2015 MS RiverKings @ Columbus
Saturday February 21, 2015 Louisiana @ Columbus
Friday February 27, 2015 MS RiverKings @ Columbus
Saturday February 28, 2015 Louisiana @ Columbus
Thursday March 5, 2015 Fayetteville @ Columbus
Saturday March 7, 2015 Pensacola @ Columbus
Thursday March 12, 2015 Pensacola @ Columbus
Friday March 13, 2015 Columbus @ Pensacola
Saturday March 14, 2015 Columbus @ Pensacola
Thursday March 19, 2015 Pensacola @ Columbus
Friday March 20, 2015 Knoxville @ Columbus
Saturday March 21, 2015 Columbus @ Knoxville
Thursday March 26, 2015 Columbus @ Louisiana
Friday March 27, 2015 Huntsville @ Columbus
Saturday March 28, 2015 Huntsville @ Columbus
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SPHL Stories from August 1, 2014
- Ice Flyers Release 2014-15 Schedule - Pensacola Ice Flyers
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- Ice Bears Release 2014-2015 Season Schedule - Knoxville Ice Bears
- Snakes Announce 2014-15 Schedule - Columbus Cottonmouths
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