# 2000–01 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season

The 2000–01 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Doug Ross who was in his nineteenth season as head coach. The Chargers played their home games in the Von Braun Center and were members of the College Hockey America conference.

## Season
### Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||||
| October 13 | 7:00 pm | Bowling Green* | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 3–0 | 2,045 | 1–0–0 |
| October 14 | 7:00 pm | Bowling Green* | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 2–0 | 1,836 | 2–0–0 |
| October 20 | 6:05 pm | at Western Michigan* | Lawson Ice Arena • Kalamazoo, Michigan | Byrne | W 6–5 $^{OT}$ | 2,203 | 3–0–0 |
| October 21 | 6:05 pm | at Western Michigan* | Lawson Ice Arena • Kalamazoo, Michigan | Byrne | L 3–4 | 1,921 | 3–1–0 |
| October 27 | 7:35 pm | at Bemidji State | John S. Glas Field House • Bemidji, Minnesota | Byrne | W 5–4 | 1,024 | 4–1–0 (1–0–0) |
| October 28 | 7:05 pm | at Bemidji State | John S. Glas Field House • Bemidji, Minnesota | Byrne | W 4–2 | 1,025 | 5–1–0 (2–0–0) |
| November 3 | 7:00 pm | Iona* | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 4–0 | 2,194 | 6–1–0 (2–0–0) |
| November 4 | 7:00 pm | Iona* | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | MacLean | W 4–2 | 2,179 | 7–1–0 (2–0–0) |
| November 17 | 7:00 pm | Niagara | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 5–3 | 2,483 | 8–1–0 (3–0–0) |
| November 18 | 7:00 pm | Niagara | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | L 0–3 | 1,511 | 8–2–0 (3–1–0) |
| December 1 | 6:00 pm | at Niagara | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | Byrne | L 2–4 | 1,160 | 8–3–0 (3–2–0) |
| December 2 | 6:00 pm | at Niagara | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | MacLean | L 0–2 | 1,169 | 8–4–0 (3–3–0) |
| December 8 | 7:35 pm | at MSU–Mankato* | Midwest Wireless Civic Center • Mankato, Minnesota | Byrne | L 2–4 | 3,112 | 8–5–0 (3–3–0) |
| December 9 | 7:05 pm | at MSU–Mankato* | Midwest Wireless Civic Center • Mankato, Minnesota | MacLean | L 2–3 | 3,033 | 8–6–0 (3–3–0) |
| December 29 | 7:00 pm | Canisius* | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama (SCI Holiday Shootout Semifinal) | Byrne | L 2–4 | 1,807 | 8–7–0 (3–3–0) |
| December 30 | 4:00 pm | UMass Lowell* | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama (SCI Holiday Shootout Consolation) | Byrne | L 1–5 | 1,840 | 8–8–0 (3–3–0) |
| January 5 | 6:05 pm | at Wayne State | Great Lakes Sports City Superior Arena • Fraser, Michigan | Byrne | W 5–0 | 643 | 9–8–0 (4–3–0) |
| January 6 | 6:05 pm | at Wayne State | Great Lakes Sports City Superior Arena • Fraser, Michigan | Byrne | W 4–2 | 313 | 10–8–0 (5–3–0) |
| January 12 | 7:00 pm | Findlay | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 5–1 | 1,886 | 11–8–0 (6–3–0) |
| January 13 | 1:00 pm | Findlay | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | T 3–3 $^{OT}$ | 1,130 | 11–8–1 (6–3–1) |
| January 19 | 7:00 pm | Air Force | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 4–0 | 2,214 | 12–8–1 (7–3–1) |
| January 20 | 7:00 pm | Air Force | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 5–3 | 3,646 | 13–8–1 (8–3–1) |
| January 26 | 8:35 pm | at Denver* | Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado | Byrne | L 0–4 | 6,091 | 13–9–1 (8–3–1) |
| January 28 | 2:05 pm | at Denver* | Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado | Byrne | L 0–3 | 3,584 | 13–10–1 (8–3–1) |
| February 2 | 7:00 pm | Bemidji State | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 3–2 | 1,945 | 14–10–1 (9–3–1) |
| February 3 | 7:00 pm | Bemidji State | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 2–1 | 1,950 | 15–10–1 (10–3–1) |
| February 9 | 7:00 pm | Wayne State | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 8–5 | 1,660 | 16–10–1 (11–3–1) |
| February 10 | 1:00 pm | Wayne State | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama | Byrne | W 6–3 | 1,303 | 17–10–1 (12–3–1) |
| February 16 | 8:05 pm | at Air Force | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Byrne | W 5–4 $^{OT}$ | 1,696 | 18–10–1 (13–3–1) |
| February 17 | 6:05 pm | at Air Force | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | MacLean | W 4–2 | 2,289 | 19–10–1 (14–3–1) |
| February 23 | 6:05 pm | at Findlay | Clauss Ice Arena • Findlay, Ohio | Byrne | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 500 | 19–11–1 (14–4–1) |
| February 24 | 6:05 pm | at Findlay | Clauss Ice Arena • Findlay, Ohio | MacLean | W 4–0 | 425 | 20–11–1 (15–4–1) |
| CHA Tournament ||||||||
| March 9 | 7:05 pm | Air Force* | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama (CHA Tournament Semifinal) | Byrne | W 7–0 | 1,436 | 21–11–1 (15–4–1) |
| March 10 | 7:05 pm | Wayne State* | Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama (CHA Tournament Final) | Byrne | L 1–4 | 1,892 | 21–12–1 (15–4–1) |
| *Non-conference game. All times are in Central Time. ||||||||

### Standings

2000–01 College Hockey America standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Alabama–Huntsville† | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 78 | 49 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 115 | 87 |
| Niagara | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 59 | 52 | 38 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 97 | 105 |
| Wayne State* | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 59 | 68 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 114 | 104 |
| Air Force | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 51 | 61 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 114 | 109 |
| Findlay | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 57 | 63 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 66 | 92 |
| Bemidji State | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 62 | 34 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 77 | 133 |
| Championship: Wayne State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

### Statistics
#### Skaters

| Player | Pos | Yr | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Kārlis Zirnis | LW | So | 34 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Dwayne Blais | C | Sr | 34 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan McCormack | RW | Sr | 34 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Baker | C | Jr | 34 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Jessi Otis | LW | Jr | 34 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Darren Curry | D | Sr | 34 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Funk | LW | So | 34 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Steve Charlebois | RW | So | 31 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ian Fletcher | D | So | 34 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Bresciani | RW | So | 34 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Hawes | C | So | 34 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Butler | D | So | 33 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Ridgeway | D | Jr | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Overton | LW | So | 34 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leasa | D | So | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Milosevski | C | Fr | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Halliwill | D | So | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Tinwick | LW | Fr | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Campbell | D | Fr | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Harren | LW | Fr | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Byrne | G | So | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Slaton | G | So | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam MacLean | G | Fr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | | | 34 | 115 | 179 | 294 | 798 | 37 | 7 | 21 |

#### Goalies

| Player | Yr | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Mark Byrne | So | 29 | 1720:21 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 72 | 2.51 | 681 | 0.904 | 6 |
| Adam MacLean | Fr | 6 | 319:00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2.26 | 111 | 0.902 | 1 |
| Mike Slaton | So | 1 | 4:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |