1996–97 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season

1996–97 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey
Western Mass. Men's Ice Hockey Classic Champions
NCAA Championship Series, L 2–3, 2–4 vs. Bemidji State
Conference Independent
1996–97 record 20–8–0
Head coach Doug Ross (15th year)
Assistant coach Mike Quenneville
Assistant coach Lance West
Home stadium Von Braun Civic Center

The 1996–97 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 1996–97 NCAA Division II men's hockey season. The team was coached by Doug Ross, who was in his 15th season as head coach, and played their home games at the Von Braun Civic Center.

The Chargers entered the season as the defending Division II National Champions, having defeated Bemidji State in the national championship series. UAH finished the regular season with 20 wins and 6 losses, including wins over Division I teams Air Force and Mankato State. At the end of the season, UAH played in the Division II National Championship in a rematch with Bemidji State. The Chargers lost the two games in Bemidji, Minnesota, by scores of 2–3 and 2–4.

Roster

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# S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team
1 Quebec Billequey, CédrickCédrick Billequey Sophomore G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1975-03-10 Montreal, Quebec
2 Ontario Stewart, ShaneShane Stewart Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1975-06-17 New Liskeard, Ontario Stratford (MWJHL)
5 Arizona Alauria, JimJim Alauria Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1975-05-04 Phoenix, Arizona Illinois–Chicago (NCAA)
7 Ontario Lalonde, MarcMarc Lalonde Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Cambridge, Ontario
9 Michigan Provenzano, JoeJoe Provenzano Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1975-03-29 Grosse Pointe, Michigan Des Moines (USHL)
10 Ontario Awender, DarrenDarren Awender Junior C 5' 8" (1.73 m) 185 lb (84 kg) St. Clair Beach, Ontario Leamington (WOHL)
11 Ontario Bowen, NathanNathan Bowen Freshman LW 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1975-09-03 London, Ontario Petrolia (WOHL)
12 Ontario Williams, TomTom Williams Freshman RW 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Windsor, Ontario Leamington (WOHL)
14 Alabama Parker, MattMatt Parker Junior LW 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1975-07-28 Huntsville, Alabama
15 Michigan Schloss, PaulPaul Schloss Sophomore RW 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Livonia, Michigan
16 Michigan Guzzo, TonyTony Guzzo Senior C 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Canton, Michigan
17 Ontario Woodcroft, JayJay Woodcroft Freshman C 6' 1" (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1976-08-11 Toronto, Ontario Markham (MetJHL)
18 Michigan Motowski, MarkMark Motowski Sophomore D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1974-10-13 Dearborn, Michigan Illinois–Chicago (NCAA)
19 Michigan Hamiln, MikeMike Hamiln Sophomore RW 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Flint, Michigan
20 Michigan Bilyeu, EricEric Bilyeu Senior LW 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1973-03-22 St. Joseph, Michigan
21 Indiana Schneider, K. C.K. C. Schneider Senior RW 5' 11" (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indianapolis, Indiana
22 Ontario Baby, JamieJamie Baby Sophomore C 6' 1" (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Parry Sound, Ontario Muskoka (MetJHL)
23 Massachusetts Mucciarone, JasonJason Mucciarone Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1974-10-11 Milford, Massachusetts
25 Ontario McCabe, JohnJohn McCabe Junior LW 6' 4" (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1974-05-30 Espanola, Ontario
27 Ontario Stewart, RyanRyan Stewart Sophomore RW 5' 10" (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Bowmanville, Ontario Danville (NAHL)
29 Tennessee Gillespie, RyanRyan Gillespie Sophomore Franklin, Tennessee
35 Michigan Zeller, MikeMike Zeller Junior G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Goodrich, Michigan
Ontario Blakley, RobRob Blakley Freshman D North York, Ontario North York (MetJHL)
Missouri Hartigan, TyTy Hartigan Sophomore RW 6' 2" (1.88 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1974-09-18 St. Louis, Missouri Illinois–Chicago (NCAA)
Illinois Weeks, AndyAndy Weeks Freshman G 5' 11" (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1976-04-30 Glenview, Illinois Springfield (NAHL)
Ontario Young, DerekDerek Young Freshman D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1976-04-09 Whitby, Ontario Markham (MetJHL)

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Decision Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
October 25 Penn State* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama (Exhibition) Zeller W 15–0  n/a —
October 26 Penn State* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama (Exhibition) Billequey W 3–1  n/a —
Regular Season
November 1 at Maine* Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine   L 2–7  4,925 0–1–0
November 2 at Maine* Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine   L 1–5  5,017 0–2–0
November 15 St. Mary's (MN)* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 7–3  2,286 1–2–0
November 16 St. Mary's (MN)* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 7–1  1,899 2–2–0
November 22 Potsdam* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 11–6  2,306 3–2–0
November 23 Potsdam* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 6–4  1,252 4–2–0
November 29 Connecticut* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 6–3  2,296 5–2–0
November 30 Connecticut* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 5–4  2,016 6–2–0
December 13 Salem State* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   L 2–4  2,066 6–3–0
December 14 Salem State* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 8–4  1,300 7–3–0
December 29 New England College* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 3–2  1,558 8–3–0
December 30 New England College* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 13–2  1,764 9–3–0
January 4 vs. American International* Lansing Chapman Rink • Williamstown, Massachusetts (Western Mass. Men's Ice Hockey Classic)   W 6–1  100 10–3–0
January 5 at Williams* Lansing Chapman Rink • Williamstown, Massachusetts (Western Mass. Men's Ice Hockey Classic)   W 9–4  100 11–3–0
January 10 Bentley* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama Billequey W 9–0  574 12–3–0
January 11 Bentley* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 7–3  1,007 13–3–0
January 24 at Air Force* Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   W 5–4  1,579 14–3–0
January 25 at Air Force* Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   W 4–2  2,256 15–3–0
January 31 Villanova* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama Billequey W 9–0  4,892 16–3–0
February 1 Villanova* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 14–1  1,288 17–3–0
February 7 Minnesota–Crookston* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 5–1  3,280 18–3–0
February 8 Minnesota–Crookston* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 11–1  3,013 19–3–0
February 14 Mankato State* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   L 1–3  2,765 19–4–0
February 15 Mankato State* Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, Alabama   W 6–3  2,043 20–4–0
February 28 at Mankato State* Mankato Civic Center • Mankato, Minnesota   L 2–5  2,542 20–5–0
March 1 at Mankato State* Mankato Civic Center • Mankato, Minnesota   L 2–8  2,806 20–6–0
NCAA Division II Championship Series
March 14 at Bemidji State* John S. Glas Field House • Bemidji, Minnesota   L 2–3  2,950 20–7–0
March 15 at Bemidji State* John S. Glas Field House • Bemidji, Minnesota   L 2–4  3,150 20–8–0
*Non-conference game.
Sources:[3][4][2]

Player stats

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Skaters

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Player Pos Yr GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Schneider, K. C.K. C. Schneider RW Sr 28 19 30 49 30 11 0 1
Guzzo, TonyTony Guzzo C Sr 28 16 32 48 2 4 3 3
Parker, MattMatt Parker LW Jr 28 18 26 44 79 7 2 2
Hamiln, MikeMike Hamiln RW So 28 15 17 32 22 3 0 2
Alauria, JimJim Alauria D So 28 9 21 30 85 7 0 0
Stewart, ShaneShane Stewart D Fr 28 9 18 27 70 5 0 3
McCabe, JohnJohn McCabe LW Jr 28 11 15 26 22 1 3 3
Woodcroft, JayJay Woodcroft C Fr 27 9 14 23 22 0 1 0
Bilyeu, EricEric Bilyeu LW Sr 28 10 11 21 34 5 1 1
Bowen, NathanNathan Bowen LW Fr 25 9 12 21 28 1 0 0
Williams, TomTom Williams RW Fr 24 9 10 19 46 1 2 0
Baby, JamieJamie Baby C So 20 8 10 18 17 3 1 2
Schloss, PaulPaul Schloss RW So 25 8 9 17 10 1 1 1
Motowski, MarkMark Motowski D So 28 6 6 12 16 2 0 1
Lalonde, MarcMarc Lalonde D Fr 27 3 8 11 27 0 0 0
Provenzano, JoeJoe Provenzano D So 27 3 6 9 37 0 0 0
Awender, DarrenDarren Awender C Jr 28 1 7 8 35 0 0 1
Young, DerekDerek Young D Fr 10 2 4 6 6 0 0 0
Mucciarone, JasonJason Mucciarone D Jr 19 0 3 3 16 0 0 0
Stewart, RyanRyan Stewart RW So 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Team 28 165 263 428 670 51 14 20

Goaltenders

Player Yr GP TOI W L T GA GAA SV% SO
Billequey, CédrickCédrick Billequey So 22 1166:23 13 7 0 55 2.83 .892 2
Zeller, MikeMike Zeller Jr 10 418:48 5 1 0 26 3.72 .841 0
Weeks, AndrewAndrew Weeks Fr 3 92:07 2 0 0 5 3.26 .865 0

References

  1. ↑ "Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville 1996 - 1997 Team Roster". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Napier, Michael A. "Final 1997 Men's Ice Hockey Statistics Report" (PDF). University of Alabama in Huntsville. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Palm, Michael (October 28, 1996). "Icers get beating from Div. II national champs". The Daily Collegian. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hockey All-Time Results". University of Alabama in Huntsville. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
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