Professional Inline Hockey Association

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The Professional Inline Hockey Association (PIHA) is a professional sports organization composed of inline hockey teams in North America. It is the premier professional inline hockey league in the world. The league's teams are divided into two conferences, with five divisions total.

The league awarded its first champion in 2002 with eight teams, and through a series of expansions, reductions and relocations is now composed of 25 teams in the United States.

1 Game
2 Teams
- 2.1 Eastern Conference
- 2.2 Western Conference
3 League Championships & Award

[edit] Game

Each Professional Inline Hockey Association regulation game is an inline hockey game played between two teams and is 24 minutes long. The game is composed of two 12-minute periods with an intermission of between periods.At the end of the 24 minute regulation time, the team with the most goals wins the game. If a game is tied after regulation time, overtime ensues. Overtime is a four-minute, three-player on three-player sudden-death period, in which the first team to score a goal wins the game. If no team scores after one overtime, overtime is a three-minute, two-player on two-player sudden-death period. If no team scores after two overtimes, overtime is a two-minute, one-player on one-player sudden-death period. If the game is still tied at the end of overtime, the game enters a shootout. One player for each team in turn take a penalty shot. The team with the most goals during the round shootout wins the game. If the game is still tied after the shootout round, the shootout continues, but becomes sudden death. Whichever team ultimately wins the shootout is awarded the goal and awarded two points. The losing team in overtime or shootout is awarded only one. Shootout goals and saves are not tracked in hockey statistics.

[edit] Teams

[edit] Eastern Conference

Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Northeast	Philadelphia Growl	Voorhees, NJ	Flyers Skate Zone	200
	Connecticut Blaze	Glastonbury, CT	Z-Rink	100
	New Jersey Grizzlies	Wallington, NJ	I.S.C.A.	100
	New Jersey Minutemen	Morristown, NJ	Morristown Roller Hockey Rink	100
	Massachusetts Bombers	Boston, MA	Sports World Center	250
	Boston Roller Rats	Holbrook, MA	Holbrook Sports Center	200
	Hartford Fire Ants	Glastonbury, CT	Z-Rink	100
Mason Dixon	Harrisburg Lunatics	Lemoyne, PA	Susquehanna Sports Center	100
	Pottstown eXpress	Pottstown, PA	Action Sports Center	100
	Marple Gladiators	Broomall, PA	Marple Sports Arena	1,000
	Feasterville Fury	Feasterville,PA	Sportsplex	500
	Scottdale Inferno	Mount Pleasant, PA	Hot Shots Sports Arena	300
	Pittsburgh Bandits	Pittsburgh, PA	Bladerunners - Harmarville	300
	York Typhoon	York, PA	The Blast Arena	150
	Richmond Rollin Robins	Midlothian, VA	Shooters Indoor Sportsplex	100

[edit] Western Conference

Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Rocky Mountain	Fort Collins Catz	Fort Collins, CO	OD's Sports Crossingr	500
	Pikes Peak Prowlers	Pikes Peak, CO	Tour Hockey Arena	100
	Colorado Springs Thunder	Colorado Springs, CO	Tour Hockey Arena	100
	Westminster Blizzard	Westminster, CO	Bladium Sports Clubs - Denver	300
	Littleton Fire	Littleton, CO	Rocky Mountain Roller	200
Gateway	Midwest Tornados	Ballwin, MO	Midwest Sport Hockey	500+
	St. Louis Pythons	St Peters, MO	Matteson Square Gardens Tri-Plex	500+
	Southside Snipers	St Louis, MO	All American Sports Mall	500+
	River City Whalers	St Peters, MO	Omni Sportsplex	500+
	Cincinnati Flying Monkeys	Cincinnati, OH

[edit] League Championships & Award

[edit] PIHA Champion

Season	League Champion	2nd Place Team
2001-02	York Typhoon	Marple Gladiators
2002-03	York Typhoon	Reading Nasty Boyz
2003-04	York Typhoon	New Jersey Minutemen
2004-05	Philadelphia Growl	York Typhoon
2005-06	Philadelphia Growl	Littleton Fire

[edit] League MVP

Season	Winner	Team
2001-02	Brian Yingling	York Typhoon
2002-03	Steve Yingling	York Typhoon
2003-04	Jim Vivona	New Jersey Minutemen
2004-05	Jay Mazer	Harrisburg Lunatics
2005-06	Ryan Clemens	Littleton Fire

[edit] League Scoring Champion

Season	Winner	Team
2001-02	Brian Yingling	York Typhoon
2002-03	Brian Fischer	Philadelphia Growl
2003-04	Jim Vivona	New Jersey Minutemen
2004-05	Brian Yingling	York Typhoon
2005-06	Sean Sullivan	Philadelphia Growl

[edit] Playoff MVP

Season	Winner	Team
2001-02	Shane Byrd	York Typhoon
2002-03	Geoff Finch	York Typhoon
2003-04	Brian Yingling	York Typhoon
2004-05	Jason Kalish	Philadelphia Growl
2005-06	Joe D'Aloisio	Philadelphia Growl

[edit] All-Star MVP

Season	Winner	Team
2002-03	Brian Yingling	York Typhoon
2003-04	Matt Cooper	New Jersey Minutemen
2004-05	JD Davidson	Philadelphia Growl
2005-06	Brian Yingling	Pikes Peak Prowlers

[edit] Organization of the Year

2001-02: York Typhoon
2002-03: Philadelphia Growl
2003-04: York Typhoon
2004-05: Harrisburg Lunatics
2005-06: Richmond Rollin Robins

[edit] External Link

Professional Inline Hockey Association

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