World Hockey Association 2

The World Hockey Association 2 was an league created at the instigation of the organizers of the proposed recreated World Hockey Association to serve as its development league. The WHA2 teams – some of which had played the 2002-03 season in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League – were all in the southeastern United States.
The WHA2 operated in the 2003-2004 season only, after which (due to a falling out with the parent organization) it was served a cease-and-desist from the WHA and ceased operations. David Waronker was credited with both the founding and collapse of the league. In addition he owned or co-owned all of the teams in the league. Its surviving teams merged with survivors of the South East Hockey League to form the Southern Professional Hockey League for the 2004-2005 season.
The Jacksonville Barracudas won the WHA2's first and only President's Cup. Jacksonville also hosted the first and only WHA2 All-Star Game.
==Originally proposed cities==
The league had posted that Minneapolishttp://www.worldhockeyassociation.net/press_releases/press.asp?PressID=30, Saskatoonhttp://www.worldhockeyassociation.net/press_releases/press.asp?PressID=20,
Phoenixhttp://www.worldhockeyassociation.net/press_releases/press.asp?PressID=13, Birmingham, Alabama (with mention of the team being based out of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex instead of 3,500 seat Pelham Civic Center)http://www.worldhockeyassociation.net/press_releases/press.asp?PressID=31, San Francisco, Quebec City. Kansas City, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, Halifax, Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, Oakland, and Pittsburghhttp://www.worldhockeyassociation.net/press_releases/press.asp?PressID=23 and several cities in Canada such as North Bay, Newmarket, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Cornwall as teams for the second season with teams additional teams in Quebec and the Maritimes possibilities for the third season.http://www.worldhockeyassociation.net/press_releases/press.asp?PressID=41
==Teams==
Team 	Location 	Arena 	Tenure 	Notes
Alabama Slammers 	Pelham, Alabama 	Pelham Civic Center 	2003-2004	fold after season
Jacksonville Barracudas	Jacksonville, Florida	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	2003-2004	join Southern Professional Hockey League
Lakeland Loggerheads 	Lakeland, Florida 	Lakeland Center 	2003-2004	fold after season
Macon Trax 	Macon, Georgia 	Macon Coliseum 	2003-2004	join Southern Professional Hockey League
Miami Manatees 	Miami, Florida 	Miami Arena 	2003-2004	fold after season
Orlando Seals 	Orlando, Florida 	Amway Arena 	2003-2004	sit out 2004-05 season when lose lease at Amway Center; return in Southern Professional Hockey League as Florida Seals based in Kissimmee's Silver Spurs Arena
==2003–04 season==
===Regular season===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts	Pct.
Jacksonville Barracudas	59	40	18	1 	0 	233	175	81 	.686
Alabama Slammers 	58	34	20	2 	2 	224	196	72 	.621
Macon Trax 	56	30	20	3 	3 	218	193	66 	.589
Miami Manatees 	48	24	19	4 	1 	215	213	53 	.552
Orlando Seals 	57	27	25	2 	3 	198	197	59 	.518
Lakeland Loggerheads 	58	13	38	4 	3 	181	295	33 	.284
Note: Playoff positioning determined by point percentage as teams played unequal number of games.
=== Playoffs ===
==Referneces==
Category:Defunct ice hockey leagues
Category:World Hockey Association 2