Asheville Smoke

Asheville Smoke
founding	1998
resolution	2002
history	Brantford Smoke 1991-1998 Asheville Smoke 1998-2002
Location	Asheville , North Carolina
league	United Hockey League

The Asheville Smoke were an American ice hockey team from Asheville , North Carolina . The team played in the United Hockey League from 1998 to 2002 .

history

The franchise of the Brantford Smoke of the United Hockey League in 1998 of Brantford , Ontario , to Asheville, North Carolina, moved and renamed Asheville Smoke. After they were eliminated in their first two seasons in the first playoff round, the team reached in the 2000/01 season after first place in the regular season in the Southeast Division in the playoffs after a bye and wins over Knoxville Speed and the New Haven Knights the final of the Colonial Cup. In this they failed with 1: 4 wins in the best-of-seven series at the Quad City Mallards .

Following the 2001/02 season, in which Asheville Smoke had missed the playoffs for the first time, the franchise was dissolved.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1998/99	74	36	35	-	-	-	75	292	331	2nd, Eastern	Defeat in the first round
1999/00	74	34	38	-	-	-	70	279	315	3rd, Eastern	Defeat in the first round
2000/01	74	45	22nd	-	-	-	97	297	240	1st, Southeast	Defeat in the final
2001/02	74	36	34	-	-	-	76	273	270	5th, Eastern	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 213 Shawn Ulrich

Goals: 102 Shawn Ulrich

Assists: 136 Shawn Ulrich

Points: 238 Shawn Ulrich

Penalty minutes: 630 Bruce Watson

Known players

• Alexander Jurjewitsch Fomichev

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Asheville Smoke
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Asheville Smoke