Presented by Bham Now Playoff hockey returns to Pelham as the Birmingham Bulls square off against the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in what promises to be one of the most physical and tightly contested first-round matchups in the SPHL President’s Cup Playoffs. Both teams come in battle-tested, with contrasting styles that set up a classic postseason clash: Birmingham’s grit and defensive structure versus Roanoke’s speed and offensive pressure. The Bulls enter the postseason coming

By Brett Batchelor BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC ) - The Birmingham Bulls are going back to the SPHL playoffs! The Bulls entered Friday night’s game vs. Knoxville needing just one point to clinch a spot in the playoffs, and ended up walking out of the Knoxville Civic Complex with two points after defeating the Ice Bears in overtime. The Bulls will play their final regular season game Saturday, April 4 in Knoxville before the playoffs begin next week. If the Bulls defeat Knoxville

Presented by Bham Now With only six games remaining in the regular season, Birmingham finds themselves in the middle of the tightest race in memory for the SPHL Playoffs.  Only eight points separate second place Roanoke from eighth place Quad City.  The margin for error has practically disappeared.  Every game in which you don’t obtain points could put you at the back of the pack within a weekend series.  The playoffs arrived early in the SPHL this year.   Last weekend the B

Presented by Bham Now With only eight points separating second place and eighth place in the SPHL, the final three weeks of the season will be a very tight but exciting finish.  The Birmingham Bulls are right in the middle of the pack, sitting in sixth place just three points out of second place, yet just six points ahead of ninth-place Macon.  There is a razor-thin margin of error for either having home ice advantage in the playoffs or sitting at home watching them.  This w