Madison Monsters

Madison Monsters
founding	1995
resolution	1999
history	Madison Monsters 1995–1999 Knoxville Speed 1999–2002
Stadion	Dane County Memorial Coliseum
Location	Madison , Wisconsin
league	Colonial Hockey League (1995–1997) United Hockey League (1997–1999)

The Madison Monsters were an American ice hockey team based in Madison , Wisconsin . The team played from 1995 to 1999 in the Colonial Hockey League (from 1997 United Hockey League).

history

The team was founded in 1995 as a franchise of the Colonial Hockey League . In their first three seasons, the Madison Monsters reached the first round of the playoffs for the Colonial Cup. In this they failed one after the other to the Thunder Bay Senators , their successor team Thunder Bay Thunder Cats and the later champion Quad City Mallards .

Following the 1998/99 season, in which the team had missed the playoffs for the first time, the franchise was relocated to Knoxville , Tennessee , where it then took part in the United Hockey League's game operations under the name Knoxville Speed .

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
1995/96	74	37	30th	-	-	7th	81	267	284	3rd, CoHLW	Defeat in the first round
1996/97	74	46	21st	-	-	7th	99	315	259	2nd, CoHLW	Defeat in the first round
1997/98	74	39	24	-	-	11	89	271	265	4th, west	Defeat in the first round
1998/99	74	29	40	-	-	5	63	237	294	3rd, western	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 273 Brian Downey

Goals: 143 Matt Loen

Assists: 234 Brian Downey

Points: 332 Brian Downey

Penalty minutes: 526 Jim Duhart

Known players

• Duane Derksen
• Link Gaetz
• Mikhail Nemirovsky

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Madison Monsters
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Madison Monsters