HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 21, 2026) – The SPHL announced Tuesday that Craig Simchuk of the Birmingham Bulls has been selected as the SPHL Coach of the Year in a vote of league coaches, staff, and broadcasters. Evansville’s Jeff Bes and Pensacola’s Jeremy Gates tied for second in the balloting. After sitting in last place on Christmas Day, Simchuk led the Bulls to the second-best record (22-12-2) over the remainder of the season, despite losing last season’s leading scorer, Fil

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 20, 2026) – The SPHL on Monday announced its All-SPHL First and Second Teams as selected by a vote of SPHL coaches, staff, and team personnel. 2025-2026 All-SPHL First Team G - Jack Bostedt, Peoria Rivermen D - Matt O’Dea, Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs D - Cory Dennis, Peoria Rivermen F - Joe Widmar, Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs F - Drake Glover, Birmingham Bulls F - Alec Baer, Peoria Rivermen Drake Glover of the Birmingham Bulls led the SPHL with 15 power-

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 17, 2026) – The SPHL on Friday announced its 2025-2026 All-Rookie Team: G - none D - Kevin Weaver-Vitale, Huntsville Havoc D - Kylar Fenton, Peoria Rivermen F - Sam Rhodes, Pensacola Ice Flyers F - Khaden Henry, Macon Mayhem/Peoria Rivermen F - Matt Wood, Birmingham Bulls Matt Wood of the Birmingham Bulls led all rookies in assists (23), power play assists (11), and power play points (12), while ranking third with 35 points. A native of Garnet

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 9, 2026) – The SPHL announced today that Drake Glover of the Birmingham Bulls has been named the Warrior Hockey SPHL Player of the Month for March/April. Glover scored 11 goals, added four assists, and was +8 in leading the Bulls to a spot in the Presidents Cup Playoffs. Glover recorded a point in all but two games, including a four-goal outing on March 13 against Roanoke, which matched the team record for goals in a game. Glover also tied the SPHL re

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

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (March 5, 2026) – The SPHL announced today that CJ Walker of the Birmingham Bulls has been named the Warrior Hockey SPHL Player of the Month for February. Walker scored five goals, added 10 assists, and was +7 in helping Birmingham tie for the league’s best record in February, as the Bulls went 7-2-1. Walker had six multi-point games, including four consecutive from February 20-27, and recorded a point in all but two games last month. Now in his second full

Presented by Bham Now Have the Bulls turned the corner? With only eleven games left in the season and climbing up the standings ladder, it sure feels that way. Over the last month, Birmingham was the hottest team in the league, winning seven of ten in February. “Things are finally coming together,” Head Coach Craig Simchuk said. “The pieces are falling into place with players coming back from the ECHL, some healthy bodies back, and it’s not a secret that our goaltending h

Presented by Bham Now The two hottest teams in the SPHL are set to meet for an important battle this weekend at The Pelham Civic Complex. Birmingham has won 3 consecutive and has a record of 10-3-0-1 since January 10 and now find themselves in sole possession of sixth place. Meanwhile Evansville has won four consecutive and seven of it’s last nine games to elevate to second overall in the SPHL, setting up a crucial game for both teams to maintain their climb up the standin

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (February 24, 2026) – The SPHL announced today that Hayden Stewart of the Birmingham Bulls has been named Warrior Hockey SPHL Player of the Week for February 16-22. Stewart went 3-0-0 for the Bulls, posting a 1.00 goals against average, a 0.968 save percentage, and one shutout in helping the Bulls move to 5-0-1 in their last six games by sweeping Huntsville and Knoxville last week. In their Presidents Day matchup against the Havoc on Monday, Stewart recorded

Presented by Bham Now Another huge weekend awaits the Birmingham Bulls this weekend as two of the hottest teams in the league face off when the Knoxville Ice Bears come to Pelham. Both teams come in winning big games last weekend. The Ice Bears currently sit in 5th place just three points ahead of the Bulls. Depending on how things go in the two game series and around the league, the Bulls could find themselves in 5th place by Saturday night. It won't be easy as Knoxville

Presented by Bham Now It seems every chance the Bulls get to make up room and find their way to a playoff berth, they come out of a weekend series the same way they went in. Last week was no different. Birmingham went to Fayetteville hoping to put some distance between the two and wound up splitting the two game series. The Bulls came out of last weekend one point ahead of Fayetteville which is the same way the weekend began. This weekend the Bulls will play three games i

Presented by Bham Now “This is the biggest weekend of the year”, Head Coach Craig Simchuk said. “We’re going into an away team’s barn that we are neck and neck within the standings. If you can't get up for this type of game then you aren’t a hockey player. We have to bring our best because they will. Both teams know what’s at stake and what’s on the line.” The Bulls travel to Fayetteville for a pair of games against the Marksmen who, along with Birmingham, are mere perce

Presented by Bham Now This weekend the Birmingham Bulls take on an old nemesis that historically has been tough to play against. The Evansville Thunderbolts come to the Pelham Civic Complex for games Friday and Saturday night. For Birmingham though, things have started to turn in a positive way against the defending Presidents Cup Champion. The Bulls have won the last three games against Evansville. In fact in those three games Birmingham has outscored the Thunderbolts 12

By Andrew Simonson | Shelby County Reporter Danny Weight continued his standout week for the Birmingham Bulls with a power-play goal in overtime to give the Bulls a 2-1 win on the road at Evansville. EVANSVILLE, Ind. – After a memorable Monday against Huntsville where he earned the Gordie Howe hat trick of a goal, assist and a fighting ejection, Danny Weight played the hero for the Birmingham Bulls on the road on Friday, Jan. 23. With the game tied up at 1-1, Weight fired h

Presented by Bham Now As the season progresses, the Birmingham Bulls find themselves in a battle to continue to move up in the standings to position themselves for a spot in the playoffs. This past weekend the Bulls did just that by winning three of four games and now are tied for 7th place with Knoxville in the standings. But to do so will not be easy as defending Presidents Cup Champion, Evansville, will be the Bulls opponent in each of the next three games. The Bulls,

Presented by Bham Now After a bad weekend at home against league-leading Peoria, the Birmingham Bulls began a three-game in four-night week in Evansville last night, picking up a badly needed 4-3 win in a shootout. C. J. Walker scored the game winner, while goaltender Talor Joseph picked up the win. Joseph shut down all four Evansville shooters in the shootout, including two big glove saves. The win was the first for Birmingham in shootouts this season. The Bulls now he

Presented by Bham Now Short-handed can mean a lot of different things. But for Craig Simchuk and the Birmingham Bulls, it means going into a three game in three nights weekend with only eight forwards. That means the Bulls don’t have enough forwards to even make up three offensive lines. That means it will be a hard working task for Simchuk to remedy by finding replacements. Birmingham starts the weekend on the road in Roanoke for a Thursday night match against the Rail Y