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The Knoxville Ice Bears are a minor league hockey team. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, they are a member of the SPHL.

Ice Bears Downed by Peoria to Conclude Weekend

December 13, 2025 - The Knoxville Ice Bears saw a close game slip away in the third period and couldn't get the bounces offensively as Knoxville fell to the Peoria Rivermen 5-0 at the Peoria Civic Center Saturday night. Knoxville continued to apply pressure offensively thoughout the final 40 minutes, but couldn't beat Nick Latinovich, who made 24 saves for the shutout. Tyler Williams had a chance from the slot deflect off a stick and sit in the crease, Brayden Stannard had a drag shot from the slot blocked and Andrew Kurapov's backdoor tap-i... Full Story

Ice Bears Overcome Rivermen in 3-1 Road Win

December 12, 2025 - Stephen Mundinger made 33 saves in Friday's win. PHOTO: Courtney Ronk. Stephen Mundinger made 33 saves and the Knoxville Ice Bears opened up the weekend with a 3-1 road win against the Peoria Rivermen at the Peoria Civic Center Friday night. The Ice Bears have won five of their last six. Peoria has dropped three of four. Ryan Orgel scored the only goal of the first period when he fired a puck through traffic from the blie line with 31 seconds remaining. Kyle Soper fed the puck back to Brayden Stannard at the point. Sta... Full Story

Leroux Activated Ahead of Peoria Trip

December 12, 2025 - The Knoxville Ice Bears have activated forward Paxton Leroux from the injured reserve ahead of tonight's road game at Peoria. In a subsequent move, the Ice Bears have also placed forward Nick Cafarelli on the 14-day injured reserve. The Ice Bears also re-signed Kyle Soper to a five-game player tryout following the conclusion of his last PTO, which expired after his fifth game last Friday. Leroux is in his fifth pro season and first in the SPHL. After spending time in the OHL during his junior career, he played in 75 ga... Full Story

Ice Bears Drop Late Decision 4-2

December 5, 2025 - Knoxville was bitten by a tough bounce midway through the third period and couldn't recover as the Ice Bears fell to the Quad City Storm 4-2 at the Civic Coliseum Friday night. The Ice Bears had a four-game win streak snapped with the loss. Quad City has won two of its last three. With the score tied 2-2, Dmitri Toporowski fired a shot from the blue line that sailed wide and hit the glass behind the Knoxville net and bounced out in front of the crease where Brandon Stojcevski put the loose puck on net past Tyriq Outen ... Full Story

• Ice Bears Downed by Peoria to Conclude Weekend - December 13, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Overcome Rivermen in 3-1 Road Win - December 12, 2025
  
• Leroux Activated Ahead of Peoria Trip - December 12, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Drop Late Decision 4-2 - December 5, 2025
  
• Strong Start Leads Ice Bears to 3-1 Win - December 4, 2025
  
• McKinney Returns; Outen Activated for Ice Bears - December 4, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Stonewall Mayhem Behind Giesbrecht's 43 Saves - November 28, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Get Well-Deserved Road Win in Huntsville on Thanksgiving in Overtime - November 27, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Crush Rail Yard Dawgs with Massive Second Period - November 26, 2025
  
• Kyle Soper Returns; Button Activated Ahead of Three-Game Week - November 26, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Drop Heartbreaker to Bolts with Late Goal Against - November 22, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Drop Heartbreaker with Late Goal Against - November 22, 2025
  
• Knoxville Nearly Rallies, Can't Pull Even in Road Loss - November 21, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Surge Past Dawgs 5-1 - November 16, 2025
  
• Ice Bears Pick up Point in Overtime Loss - November 14, 2025
  
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League: SPHL
Home: Knoxville, Tennessee
Website: Knoxville Ice Bears site
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Sat., Dec 13	L	Knoxville 0 at Peoria 5	Final
Fri., Dec 12	W	Knoxville 3 at Peoria 1	Final
Fri., Dec 5	L	Quad City 4 at Knoxville 2	Final
Thu., Dec 4	W	Quad City 1 at Knoxville 3	Final
Fri., Nov 28	W	Macon 1 at Knoxville 2	Final
Thu., Nov 27	W	Knoxville 4 at Huntsville 3	Final (OT)
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• Knoxville Smokies (SL) - Knoxville, Tennessee
  
• One Knoxville SC (USL1) - Knoxville, Tennessee
  

• Rail Yard Dawgs unable to recover from Ice Bears' second-quarter onslaught - SPHL Roanoke Times & World News (November 27)
  
• Rail Yard Dawgs fall at Knoxville - SPHL Roanoke Times & World News (November 17)
  
• Ice Bears strike late to top Rail Yard Dawgs - SPHL Roanoke Times & World News (November 1)
  
• Ice Bears' second-period goals too much for Rail Yard Dawgs to overcome - SPHL Roanoke Times & World News (October 26)
  
• Claeys shines in net as Rail Yard Dawgs shut out Ice Bears - SPHL Roanoke Times & World News (October 25)
  
• Knoxville Ice Bears promote executive Dave Feather to general manager - SPHL Knoxville News-Sentinel (October 1)
  
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