1995–96 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey season

The 1995-96 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 1995-96 NCAA Division II men's hockey season, winning the national championship. It was the school's first NCAA national championship, following club national championships in 1981-82, 1982-83, and 1983-84. The team was coached by Doug Ross and played their home games at the Von Braun Civic Center.
The Chargers completed the regular season 24-0-3. They were then invited to play the Bemidji State Beavers in a two-game series to determine the Division II National Championship at Huntsville's Von Braun Civic Center. The Chargers would dominate in both a 7-1 victory on March 8, followed by 3-0 shutout to clinch the championship the following day.
In the weeks following the championship, speculation on plans for a new 4,000-seat arena near the Benton H. Wilcoxon Municipal Iceplex for the Chargers were later abandoned. Additionally, whether or not to move back to Division I became an issue, but UAH would refrain from the jump until 1998.
==Roster==
# 	State	Player 	Position	Year 	Hometown (Previous School) 	Previous Team
1 	 	Cedrick Billequey	G 	Freshman 	Montreal, Quebec 	
3 	 	Scott Usmail 	D 	Junior 	New Hartford, New York 	
4 	 	Steve Borko 	D 	Senior 	Schaumburg, Illinois 	Des Moines - USHL
5 	 	Taso Sofikitis 	D 	Senior 	Vancouver, British Columbia	Bellingham - BCJHL
6 	 	Mark Macera 	D 	Senior 	London, Ontario 	
7 	 	Brad Dame 	D 	Senior 	Windsor, Ontario 	
8 	 	Sheldon Wolitski 	D 	Senior 	Calgary, Alberta 	
9 	 	Joe Provenzano 	 	Freshman 	 	Des Moines - USHL
10	 	Darren Awender 	 	Sophomore	 	
11	 	John Barrett 	 	Freshman 	 	
12	 	Ryan Wood 	LW 	Senior 	Morden, Manitoba 	
13	 	Levi Hall 	 	Freshman 	 	Wisconsin - USHL
14	 	Matt Parker 	F 	Sophomore	Huntsville, Alabama 	
15	 	Paul Schloss 	 	Freshman 	 	
16	 	Tony Guzzo 	 	Junior 	 	
17	 	Wade Tulk 	LW 	Senior 	St. Catharines, Ontario 	
18	 	Mario Mazzuca 	 	Senior 	 	
19	 	Mike Hamlin 	 	Freshman 	 	
20	 	Eric Bilyeu 	 	Junior 	 	
21	 	K.C. Schneider 	 	Junior 	 	
22	 	Jamie Baby 	 	Frehsman 	Parry Sound, Ontario 	Muskoka - MetJHL
24	 	Chris Price 	 	Freshman 	 	Springfield - NAHL
25	 	John McCabe 	W 	Freshman 	Sudbury, Ontario 	
27	 	Ryan Stewart 	 	Freshman 	 	Danville - NAHL
29	 	Ryan Gillespie 	 	Freshman 	 	
30	 	Derek Puppa 	G 	Senior 	Kirkland Lake, Ontario 	
35	 	Mike Zeller 	G 	Sophomore	 	
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==Regular season==
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Site 	Score 	Goaltender	Record
1 	October 27 	St. Norbert 	Von Braun Civic Center • Huntsville, AL	5-4 	 	1-0-0
2 	October 28 	St. Norbert 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	4-2 	 	2-0-0
3 	November 3 	Windsor 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	7-1 	 	3-0-0
4 	November 4 	Windsor 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	6-5 (OT)	 	4-0-0
5 	November 17	New Hampshire College	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	13-2 	 	5-0-0
6 	November 18	New Hampshire College	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	7-0 	 	6-0-0
7 	November 25	RIT 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	7-3 	 	7-0-0
8 	November 26	RIT 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	3-0 	 	8-0-0
9 	December 1 	Augsburg 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	12-1 	 	9-0-0
10	December 2 	Augsburg 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	13-2 	 	10-0-0
11	December 15	St. Scholastica 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	6-0 	 	11-0-0
12	December 16	St. Scholastica 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	10-0 	 	12-0-0
13	December 29	St. John's (MN) 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	6-3 	 	13-0-0
14	December 30	St. John's (MN) 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	5-3 	 	14-0-0
15	January 5 	Salem State 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	3-2 	 	15-0-0
16	January 6 	Salem State 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	3-3 (OT)	 	15-0-1
17	January 12 	Curry 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	16-0 	 	16-0-1
18	January 13 	Curry 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	20-1 	 	17-0-1
19	January 26 	@ Mercyhurst 	Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, PA 	2-2 (OT)	 	17-0-2
20	January 27 	@ Mercyhurst 	Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, PA 	3-2 	 	18-0-2
21	January 28 	@ Elmira 	Murray Athletic Center • Elmira, NY 	4-2 	 	19-0-2
22	February 10	Minnesota-Crookston 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	4-2 	 	20-0-2
23	February 11	Minnesota-Crookston 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	2-1 	 	21-0-2
24	February 16	Mankato State 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	4-2 	 	22-0-2
25	February 17	Mankato State 	VBCC • Huntsville, AL 	3-1 	 	23-0-2
26	March 1 	@ Mankato State 	Mankato Civic Center • Mankato, MN 	3-3 (OT)	 	23-0-3
27	March 2 	@ Mankato State 	Mankato Civic Center • Mankato, MN 	4-3 	 	24-0-3
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==Postseason==
===Division II Championship Series===
#	Date 	Opponent 	Site 	Score	Goaltender	Record
1	March 8	Bemidji State	VBCC • Huntsville, AL	7-1 	Puppa 	25-0-3
2	March 9	Bemidji State	VBCC • Huntsville, AL	3-0 	Puppa 	26-0-3
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	29	35	23	58 	64
 	29	13	39	52 	12
 	28	22	27	49 	66
 	29	12	29	41 	42
 	29	11	30	41 	24
 	28	12	14	26 	46
 	29	16	8 	24 	6
 	29	8 	14	22 	18
 	29	11	10	21 	33
 	29	8 	11	19 	28
 	28	7 	12	19 	22
 	27	4 	11	15 	8
 	24	8 	6 	14 	20
 	29	2 	12	14 	26
 	28	3 	9 	12 	75
 	26	6 	4 	10 	12
 	28	4 	5 	9 	40
 	3 	1 	3 	4 	2
 	7 	1 	3 	4 	2
 	6 	0 	3 	3 	2
 	3 	1 	2 	2 	2
 	5 	0 	2 	2 	6
 	19	0 	2 	2 	10
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player	GP	TOI 	W 	L	T	GA	SO	Sv% 	GAA 	G	A	PIM
 	27	1437	23	0	3	43	3 	.932	1.80	0	2	0
 	6 	230 	3 	0	0	7 	0 	.929	1.83	0	0	12
 	4 	89 	0 	0	0	1 	0 	.964	0.67	0	0	0
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==References==
Category:Alabama-Huntsville Chargers
Category:1995 in hockey
Category:1996 in hockey
Category:NCAA men's ice hockey championship seasons