2006–07 PIHA season

2007 PIHA season
League	Professional Inline Hockey Association
Sport	Inline hockey
Duration	December 1, 2006-May 27, 2007
Regular season
Season MVP	Joe D'Aloisio (Philadelphia)
Top scorer	Brian Yingling (Colorado Springs)
Playoffs
Eastern champions	Boston Roller Rats
Eastern runners-up	Harrisburg Lunatics
Western champions	Southside Snipers
Western runners-up	Pikes Peak Prowlers
Playoffs Playoffs MVP	Rodney Millette (Boston)
Finals
Champions	Boston Roller Rats
Runners-up	Southside Snipers

The 2007 PIHA season is the sixth regular season of the Professional Inline Hockey Association (PIHA). The 2007 Founders Cup Playoffs began on April 24, 2007 and concluded on May 27, with the Boston Roller Rats defeating the Southside Snipers to win their first Founders Cup.

Events

The 2007 All-Star Classic was hosted by the Colorado Springs Thunder and the Pikes Peak Prowlers at the Tour Inline Hockey Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The event took place the weekend of March 23–25, 2007. Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak host the All-Star Classic for the first time. The North Blue Coats swept the South Grey Coats in a best-of-seven series four games to zero, with Tommy Bruce (North) of the Southside Snipers being named MVP of the series.

Regular season

Final standings

Green shaded teams clinched a playoff berth.

Yellow shaded teams clinched their division and home-court advantage throughout the divisional playoffs.

Orange shaded teams clinched their conference.

Red shaded team won the Best Overall Record trophy.

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA
Philadelphia Growl	32	26	4	2	54	.813	178	88
Boston Roller Rats	32	21	11	0	42	.656	194	126
Massachusetts Bombers	32	18	11	3	39	.563	136	109
Connecticut Blaze	32	18	14	0	36	.563	132	116
New Jersey Grizzlies	32	15	14	3	33	.469	110	136
New Jersey Minutemen	32	12	17	3	27	.375	92	148
Hartford Fire Ants	32	2	25	5	9	.063	76	195

Mason Dixon Division	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA
Pittsburgh Bandits	32	30	2	0	60	.938	179	79
Harrisburg Lunatics	32	23	7	2	48	.719	159	88
Marple Gladiators	32	16	13	3	35	.500	161	140
Pottstown eXpress	32	16	16	0	32	.500	133	148
Feasterville Fury	32	14	15	3	31	.438	128	136
Scottsdale Inferno	32	14	16	2	30	.438	116	141
Richmond Rollin' Robins	32	10	21	1	21	.313	102	148
York Typhoon	32	5	27	0	10	.156	77	175

Western Conference

Gateway Division	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA
Midwest Tornados	32	23	8	1	47	.719	131	75
Southside Snipers	32	21	8	3	45	.656	142	100
River City Whalers	32	17	12	3	37	.531	160	136
St. Louis Pythons	32	16	14	2	34	.500	140	129
Cincinnati Flying Monkeys	32	3	25	4	10	.094	75	208

Rocky Mountain Division	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA
Westminster Blizzard	32	19	8	5	43	.594	151	119
Pikes Peak Prowlers	32	17	7	8	42	.531	148	126
Fort Collins Catz	32	15	12	5	35	.469	109	124
Littleton Fire	32	14	12	6	34	.438	129	154
Colorado Springs Thunder	32	15	16	1	31	.469	136	150

Tiebreaking Procedures

If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order:

The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage).
The greater number of games won.
The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs.
The greater differential between goals for and against.

Leading Scorers

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes; Star = Star Points<

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	Star
Brian Yingling	Colorado Springs Thunder	28	54	40	94	12	48
Darrell Interbartolo	Boston Roller Rats	32	49	48	87	18	41
CJ Yoder	Colorado Springs Thunder	28	33	52	85	18	27
Sean Sullivan	Philadelphia Growl	32	58	24	82	26	42
John Pinheiro	Connecticut Blaze	30	36	44	80	8	44
Jeff Goulet	Boston Roller Rats	32	21	56	77	28	18
Dustin Roux	Pittsburgh Bandits	28	37	34	71	18	47
Parker Harrison	Pikes Peak Prowlers	32	39	26	65	54	26
Jim Vivona	Philadelphia Growl	32	14	50	64	2	26
Ryan Sobieski	Feasterville Fury	30	36	26	62	22	36

Leading Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Brett Leggatt	Pittsburgh Bandits	15	358	15	0	258	29	1.94	.888	2
James Cash	Midwest Tornados	16	391	13	3	282	35	2.15	.876	1
Dustin Brown	Southside Snipers	19	431	15	4	319	43	2.39	.865	4
James Rohrbach	Harrisburg Lunatics	20	479	15	5	305	48	2.41	.843	1
Jake Menzal	Midwest Tornados	14	354	8	6	274	37	2.51	8.65	0

Founders Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2007 Founders Cup Playoffs (PIHA)

Playoff bracket

Division Semifinals			Division Finals			Conference Finals			Founders Cup Finals


1	Philadelphia	1

4	Connecticut	2
			4	Connecticut	1

			2	Boston	2
2	Boston	2

3	Massachusetts	1
						N2	Boston	3
Eastern Conference
						M2	Harrisburg	1
1	Pittsburgh	2

4	Pottstown	0
			1	Pittsburgh	0

			2	Harrisburg	2
2	Harrisburg	2

3	Marple	0
									N2	Boston	4

									G2	Southside	3
1	Midwest	2

4	St. Louis	1
			1	Midwest	0

			2	Southside	2
2	Southside	2

3	River City	0
						G2	Southside	3
Western Conference
						R2	Pikes Peak	1
1	Westminster	2

4	Littleton	0
			1	Westminster	0

			2	Pikes Peak	2
2	Pikes Peak	2

3	Fort Collins	1

PIHA awards

2006-07 PIHA awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Founders Cup:	Boston Roller Rats
Best Overall Record:	Pittsburgh Bandits
Eastern Conference Champions:	Boston Roller Rats
Western Conference Champions:	Southside Snipers
Organization of the Year:	Midwest Tornados
All-Star MVP:	Tommy Bruce, Southside Snipers
Joe Cook Award:	Brian Yingling, Colorado Springs Thunder
Scott Rupp Award:	Joe D'Aloisio, Philadelphia Growl
Walt Frazier Award:	Rodney Millette, Boston Roller Rats

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