1998-99 Huntsville Channel Cats Season

The 1998-1999 Huntsville Channel Cats season was the 3rd season in the Central Hockey League (CHL) in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The season began on Friday, October 16, 1998, with a game in Huntsville against the Memphis Riverkings.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
Central Hockey League (CHL)East	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Huntsville Channel Cats 	70	47	19	4 	310	251	98
Columbus Cottonmouths 	70	42	21	7 	277	209	91
Memphis Riverkings 	70	36	27	7 	313	307	79
Macon Whoopee 	70	35	26	9 	240	234	79
Fayetteville Force 	70	35	27	8 	267	285	78
West 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Oklahoma City Blazers	70	49	19	2 	322	203	100
San Antonio Iguanas 	70	37	26	7 	286	283	81
Wichita Thunder 	70	34	26	10 	257	262	78
Topeka ScareCrows 	70	28	38	4 	189	251	60
Fort Worth Fire 	70	22	43	5 	245	322	49
Tulsa Oilers 	70	20	41	9 	261	360	49
===Game log===
====October====
Record:5-0-0 ; Home:4-0-0 ; Road:1-0-0 
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
1	October 16	Memphis 	2-6 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
2	October 17	Macon 	4-5 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
3	October 23	Huntsville 	4-3 	Memphis 	W 	Puppa
4	October 24	Memphis 	4-10 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
5	October 29	Fayetteville	3-5 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
====November====
Record:9-3-1 ; Home:6-0-0 ; Road:3-3-1 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
6 	November 3 	Huntsville 	7-8 	Memphis 	L 	Puppa
7 	November 6 	Huntsville 	5-6 	Columbus 	OTL 	Seibel
8 	November 7 	Huntsville 	6-5 	Fayetteville	W 	Puppa
9 	November 8 	Huntsville 	4-3 	Fayetteville	W 	Puppa
10	November 13	Memphis 	4-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
11	November 14	Huntsville 	3-8 	Memphis 	L 	Seibel
12	November 15	Columbus 	1-2 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
13	November 20	San Antonio 	5-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Seibel
14	November 21	Huntsville 	3-7 	Tulsa 	L 	Seibel
15	November 22	Huntsville 	4-3 	Tulsa 	W 	Seibel
16	November 25	Macon 	2-3 	Huntsville 	W 	Seibel
17	November 26	Fayetteville	6-7 	Huntsville 	W 	Seibel
18	November 29	Memphis 	3-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
====December====
Record:8-5-1 ; Home:5-1-1 ; Road:3-4-0 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
19	December 3 	Huntsville 	1-4 	Macon 	L 	Puppa
20	December 4 	Huntsville 	6-8 	Fayetteville	L 	Puppa
21	December 5 	Huntsville 	3-5 	Fayetteville	L 	Sikkema
22	December 11	Huntsville 	3-2 	Columbus 	W 	Puppa
23	December 12	Oklahoma City	1-3 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
24	December 18	Macon 	1-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
25	December 19	Columbus 	4-3 	Huntsville 	OTL 	Puppa
26	December 22	Huntsville 	4-1 	Macon 	W 	Puppa
27	December 25	Memphis 	6-7 	Huntsville 	W 	Sikkema
28	December 26	Huntsville 	4-1 	Columbus 	W 	Puppa
29	December 27	Fayetteville 	2-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
30	December 29	Fayetteville 	1-5 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
31	December 30	Memphis 	6-4 	Huntsville 	L 	Sikkema
32	December 31	Huntsville 	2-7 	Columbus 	L 	Puppa
====Janurary====
Record:7-5-0 ; Home:4-3-0 ; Road:3-2-0 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
33	January 2 	Macon 	2-5 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
34	January 7 	Huntsville 	2-5 	Memphis 	L 	Sikkema
35	January 8 	Memphis 	1-4 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
36	January 9 	Columbus 	1-5 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
37	January 12	Huntsville 	3-6 	Macon 	L 	Puppa
38	January 15	Huntsville 	1-0 	Oklahoma City	W 	Puppa
39	January 16	Huntsville 	5-2 	Tulsa 	W 	Puppa
40	January 22	Columbus 	5-1 	Huntsville 	L 	Puppa
41	January 23	Fort Worth 	2-7 	Huntsville 	W 	Sikkema
42	January 28	Macon 	4-3 	Huntsville 	L 	Sikkema
43	January 29	Fayetteville	6-4 	Huntsville 	L 	Puppa
44	January 30	Huntsville 	6-5 	Fayetteville 	W 	Puppa
====February====
Record:7-2-2 ; Home:4-0-1 ; Road:3-2-1 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
45	February 5 	Huntsville 	4-3 	Macon 	W 	Puppa
46	February 6 	Huntsville 	7-6 	Columbus 	W 	Puppa
47	February 9 	Huntsville 	3-2 	Macon 	W 	Puppa
48	February 11	Huntsville 	5-6 	Memphis 	OTL 	Puppa
49	February 13	Huntsville 	3-6 	Columbus 	L 	Puppa
50	February 19	Macon 	2-4 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
51	February 20	Macon 	1-3 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
52	February 21	Topeka 	4-3 	Huntsville	OTL 	Sikkema
53	February 23	Huntsville 	4-5 	Columbus 	L 	Puppa
54	February 26	Fayetteville	3-7 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
55	February 27	Fayetteville	2-6 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
====March====
Record:11-4-0 ; Home:4-2-0 ; Road:7-2-0 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
56	March 2 	Huntsville 	7-2 	Fort Worth 	W 	Puppa
57	March 3 	Huntsville 	7-3 	San Antonio	W 	Puppa
58	March 5 	Huntsville 	4-2 	Wichita 	W 	Puppa
59	March 7 	Huntsville 	6-2 	Topeka 	W 	Puppa
60	March 9 	Huntsville 	5-7 	Macon 	L 	Sikkema
61	March 11	Macon 	2-3 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
62	March 13	Memphis 	4-7 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
63	March 16	Huntsville 	2-1 	Columbus 	W 	Puppa
64	March 19	Huntsville 	5-2 	Macon 	W 	Billequey
65	March 20	Wichita 	2-3 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
66	March 21	Fayetteville	4-2 	Huntsville 	L 	Puppa
67	March 26	Tulsa 	2-7 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
68	March 27	Huntsville 	3-6 	Memphis 	L 	Sikkema
69	March 28	Columbus 	5-2 	Huntsville 	L 	Puppa
70	March 30	Huntsville 	3-2 	Macon 	W 	Billequey
==Playoffs==
====Quarter Finals====
The Huntsville Channel Cats ended the 1998-99 season in 1st place in the Eastern Division which placed them against the 4th place Macon Whoopee. Huntsville defeated Macon 3 games to 0 in the first round. 
====(1) Huntsville Channel Cats vs. (4) Macon Whoopee====
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L	Decision
1	April 1	Macon 	2-3 	Huntsville	2OT	Puppa
2	April 4	Huntsville	5-2 	Macon 	W 	Puppa
3	April 9	Macon 	3-6 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
====Simi Finals====
The Huntsville Channel Cats proceded to the Simi Finals which placed them against the Eastern Division's 2nd place Columbus Cottonmouths. Huntsville defeated Columbus 4 games to 2 in the second round. 
====(1) Huntsville Channel Cats vs. (2) Columbus Cottonmouths====
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L	Decision
1	April 16	Columbus 	4-3 	Huntsville	OTL	Puppa
2	April 18	Columbus 	3-5 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
3	April 23	Huntsville	2-3 	Columbus 	OTL	Puppa
4	April 24	Huntsville	4-1 	Columbus 	W 	Puppa
5	April 27	Columbus 	3-5 	Huntsville	W 	Puppa
6	April 28	Huntsville	6-2 	Columbus 	W 	Puppa
====Finals====
The Huntsville Channel Cats proceded to the Finals which placed them against the League's 1st place Oklahoma City Blazers. Huntsville defeated Oklahoma City 4 games to 2 in the final round. 
====Oklahoma City Blazers vs. Huntsville Channel Cats====
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L	Decision
1	May 1 	Huntsville 	1-2 	Oklahoma City	L 	Puppa
2	May 3 	Huntsville 	5-4 	Oklahoma City	W 	Puppa
3	May 6 	Oklahoma City	0-3 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
4	May 7 	Oklahoma City	1-3 	Huntsville 	W 	Puppa
5	May 9 	Oklahoma City	3-2 	Huntsville 	OTL	Puppa
6	May 11	Huntsville 	5-1 	Oklahoma City	W 	Puppa
1999 CHL Playoffs
==Roster==
# 	Player Name 	Transitions 	Position	Games Played
5 	Igor Bonderev 	  	Defence 	64
 	Dave DeFrancesco 	  	Defence 	5
41 	Todd Dougherty 	  	Defence 	61
 	Ryan Esselmont 	To Memphis 	Defence 	5
25 	Wade Gibson 	  	Defence 	57
23 	John Gibson 	  	Defence 	70
6 	Aigars Mironovics	  	Defence 	15
40 	Marc Vachon 	To Macon 	Defence 	55
 	Clint Collins 	  	Forward 	25
21 	Phil Daigle 	  	Forward 	70
33 	Mike Degurse 	  	Forward 	44
43 	Jonathan Dubois 	  	Forward 	58
20 	Josh Erdman 	  	Forward 	67
16 	Mike Gamble 	  	Forward 	55
17 	Chris George 	  	Forward 	70
92 	Alex Kholomeyev 	From Fort Worth	Forward 	11
15 	Greg Lakovic 	  	Forward 	59
22 	Scott Lindsay 	  	Forward 	14
 	Chris Morgan 	  	Forward 	15
7 	Joe Murphy 	  	Forward 	P/O only
62 	Tyler Quiring 	  	Forward 	61
34 	Ken Richardson 	  	Forward 	53
 	Matt Stone 	  	Forward 	2
24 	Ryan Wood 	  	Forward 	64
1 	Cedrick Billequey	  	Goalie 	2
30 	Derek Puppa 	  	Goalie 	55
 	Troy Seibel 	  	Goalie 	7
28 	Jon Sikkema 	  	Goalie 	12
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