Macon Mayhem

Macon Mayhem

City	Macon, Georgia
League	Southern Professional Hockey League
Founded	2010
Home arena	Macon Coliseum
Colors	Navy, red, white
Owner(s)	Bob Kerzner
Head coach	Kevin Kerr
Media	Macon Telegraph
Franchise history
2010–2013	Augusta RiverHawks
2015–present	Macon Mayhem
Championships
Regular season titles	1 2011–12

The Macon Mayhem are a Southern Professional Hockey League team based in Macon, Georgia and play in the Macon Coliseum. The team was formerly the Augusta RiverHawks, who suspended operations for the 2013–14 season due to ice system failure at James Brown Arena.

History

Augusta RiverHawks (2010–2013)

Main article: Augusta RiverHawks

Macon Mayhem (2015–present)

Talks of relocation started in October 2013, when the RiverHawks, the city of Augusta, and Global Spectrum failed to reach an agreement on replacing the James Brown Arena's ice system at a cost of $1.2 million; additionally, the team, city officials and arena officials could not reach a settlement regarding the 8 home games lost due to the ice system's failure. Team owner Bob Kerzner had not initially considered relocating to Macon; however Macon Centreplex officials had contacted the league, showing interest in bringing a team, either by expansion or relocation, to Macon. On June 17, the Macon-Bibb Commission approved a five-year deal for the RiverHawks in the Coliseum. On June 25, the RiverHawks made their move to Macon official, unveiling their colors and logo. The team did not take to the ice until the 2015–16 SPHL season, allowing the team to establish its business relations and fanbase in Central Georgia. It was announced on February 4th, 2015, that Kevin Kerr was hired as the Director of Hockey Operations/Coach.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Seibel, Ron. "Macon Mayhem to hit ice in 2015". Macon Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
↑ "SPHL Approves RiverHawks' Move To Macon, GA For 2015-2016 Season". The SPHL. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

External links

Macon Mayhem website

Southern Professional Hockey League

Teams	Columbus Cottonmouths Evansville Thunderbolts Fayetteville FireAntz Huntsville Havoc Knoxville Ice Bears Louisiana IceGators (suspended) Macon Mayhem Mississippi RiverKings Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs

Arenas	Berglund Center (Rail Yard Dawgs) Cajundome (IceGators) Carver Arena (Rivermen) Columbus Civic Center (Cottonmouths) Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (FireAntz) Ford Center (Thunderbolts) Landers Center (RiverKings) Macon Coliseum (Mayhem) James White Civic Coliseum (Ice Bears) Pensacola Bay Center (Ice Flyers) Von Braun Center (Havoc)

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

President's Cup William B. Coffey Trophy Other professional hockey leagues

Sports teams based in Georgia

Baseball	MLB Atlanta Braves IL Gwinnett Braves SAL Augusta GreenJackets Rome Braves CPL Savannah Bananas

Basketball	NBA Atlanta Hawks WNBA Atlanta Dream D-League College Park (beginning in 2019-20)

Football	NFL Atlanta Falcons NAL Columbus Lions Georgia Firebirds WFA Atlanta Phoenix LFL Atlanta Steam

Hockey	ECHL Atlanta Gladiators SPHL Columbus Cottonmouths Macon Mayhem

Lacrosse	MLL Atlanta Blaze NLL Georgia Swarm

Roller derby	WFTDA Atlanta Rollergirls Classic City Rollergirls Soul City Sirens

Rugby league	USARL Atlanta Rhinos

Rugby union	RSL Life University GRU Savannah Shamrocks RFC

Soccer	MLS Atlanta United FC PDL Tormenta FC NPSL Atlanta Silverbacks Georgia Revolution

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