Jacksonville Barracudas

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Jacksonville Barracudas
founding 2002
resolution 2008
history Jacksonville Barracudas
2002-2008
Stadion Jacksonville Ice
Location Jacksonville , Florida
Team colors navy blue, red
league Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002-2003)
World Hockey Association 2 (2003-2004)
Southern Professional Hockey League (2004-2008)
owner Stephen Croskrey

The Jacksonville Barracudas were an American ice hockey team from Jacksonville , Florida . The team played in various professional leagues from 2002 to 2008.

history

The team was founded in 2002 as a franchise for the first-ever Atlantic Coast Hockey League . In this they finished sixth and thus last place in their premiere season, which means they missed the playoffs. After the league was dissolved after only one year, the team moved to the World Hockey Association 2 , in which they finished first after the regular season and became champions in the playoffs. The WHA2, which was named after the World Hockey Association , which was in direct competition with the National Hockey League from 1972 to 1979 , only existed for one season. Again the Barracudas joined their successor league and played from 2004 to 2008 in the Southern Professional Hockey League . In this they were eliminated in 2007 and 2008 only in the playoff finals and were subject to the Fayetteville FireAntz and Knoxville Ice Bears . Following the 2007/08 season, the franchise ceased gaming.

Trainer

From 2003 to 2006, former Canadian NHL professional Ron Duguay coached the Barracudas. He had replaced his compatriot Kurt Wickenheiser , who had previously been banned several times for indiscipline by the league management of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League. Most recently, from 2006 to 2008, the team was headed by Rick Allain , who had previously been able to gain experience as head coach in the Canadian junior league Ontario Hockey League .

Venues

The team played their home games from 2004 to 2007 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena , which at that time held 16,000 seats at ice hockey games. For the 2007/08 season, the team moved to the much smaller Jacksonville Ice , which only had a capacity of 1,200 for ice hockey games.

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
2002/03 60 18th 41 - - 1 35 180 248 6., ACHL not qualified
2003/04 59 40 18th - 1 - 81 233 175 1., WHA2 master
2004/05 56 33 23 - - - 66 230 195 2nd, SPHL Defeat in the second round
2005/06 56 15th 39 - 2 - 32 183 315 7th, SPHL not qualified
2006/07 56 25th 24 - 5 2 57 198 238 6th, SPHL Defeat in the final
2007/08 52 30th 17th - 2 3 65 201 167 2nd, SPHL Defeat in the final

Team Records (SPHL)

Career records

Games: 151 Greg LeColstUnited StatesUnited States
Goals: 82 Ryan WebbUnited StatesUnited States
Assists: 86 Ryan WebbUnited StatesUnited States
Points: 168 Ryan WebbUnited StatesUnited States
Penalty minutes: 355 Cory GraboskiCanadaCanada

Well-known players and coaches

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