Huntsville Channel Cats

Huntsville Channel Cats
founding	1995
resolution	2004
history	Huntsville Channel Cats 1995-2000 Huntsville Tornado 2000-2001 Huntsville Channel Cats 2003-2004
Stadion	From Braun Center
Location	Huntsville , Alabama
Team colors	teal, black, white
league	SHL (1995–1996) CHL (1996–2001) SEHL (2003–2004)
Miron Cups	1998/99

The Huntsville Channel Cats were an American ice hockey team from Huntsville , Alabama . The team played in the Central Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 .

history

The Huntsville Channel Cats were founded in 1995 as a franchise of the Southern Hockey League , whose champions they won in the only season of their existence, the 1995/96 season. The team then moved to the Central Hockey League , in which they first won the Eastern Division in 1999, as well as in the following playoffs for the Miron Cup against Macon Whoopee , the Columbus Cottonmouths and finally in the finals with 4-2 wins against Oklahoma City Blazers .

In the 2000/01 season, the team appeared as the Huntsville Tornado in the CHL. For financial reasons, the owners withdrew the team from playing professional ice hockey for two years before taking part in the newly formed South East Hockey League in the 2003/04 season. When this was dissolved again after just one year, the owners finally dissolved the franchise.

Season statistics (CHL)

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
1996/97	66	39	24	3	-	-	81	311	297	1st, Eastern	Defeat in the second round
1997/98	70	40	22nd	8th	-	-	88	333	281	3rd, Eastern	Defeat in the first round
1998/99	70	47	19th	-	4th	-	98	310	251	1st, Eastern	Miron Cup
1999/00	70	37	27	-	6th	-	80	242	244	3rd, Eastern	Defeat in the first round
2000/01	70	31	36	-	3	-	65	217	275	5th, Eastern	not qualified

Team Records (CHL)

Career records

Games: 264 Chris George

Goals: 188 Chris George

Assists: 268 Jonathan Dubois

Points: 370 Jonathan Dubois

Penalty minutes: 1070 Mike Degurse

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Huntsville Channel Cats (CHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Huntsville Channel Cats (CHL) Player List
• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Huntsville Tornado (CHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Huntsville Tornado (CHL)