2000-01 Huntsville Tornado Season

The 2000-01 Huntsville Tornado season was the 1st season the Central Hockey League in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. The season began on Saturday, October 14, 2000, with an away game in Memphis, Tennessee, USA against the Memphis Riverkings.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
Central Hockey League (CHL) East	GP	W 	L 	GF 	GA 	PTS
Memphis Riverkings 	70	43	21	296	236	92
Columbus Cottonmouths 	70	41	21	248	199	90
Fayetteville Force 	70	31	30	216	243	71
Indianapolis Ice 	70	31	32	239	260	69
Huntsville Tornado 	70	31	36	217	275	65
Macon Whoopee 	70	23	36	218	262	57
Central Hockey League (CHL) West	GP	W 	L 	GF 	GA 	PTS
Oklahoma City Blazers 	70	48	19	273	185	99
San Antonio Iguanas 	70	42	21	288	229	91
Topeka ScareCrows 	69	38	23	256	245	84
Tulsa Oilers 	70	36	26	259	250	80
Wichita Thunder 	70	30	32	251	251	68
Border City Bandits 	51	11	36	132	283	26
===Game log===
====October====
Record: 3-4; Home: 1-2; Road: 2-2
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT
1	October 14	Huntsville 	1-6 	Memphis 	 
2	October 20	Memphis 	5-2 	Huntsville 	 
3	October 21	Fayetteville	7-2 	Huntsville 	 
4	October 22	Huntsville 	4-2 	Fayetteville	 
5	October 26	Huntsville 	3-4 	Indianapolis	OT
6	October 27	Indianapolis	3-4 	Huntsville 	 
7	October 28	Huntsville 	2-1 	Macon 	 
====November====
Record: 8-4; Home: 4-2; Road: 4-2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT
8 	November 2 	Columbus 	3-4 	Huntsville 	 
9 	November 3 	Huntsville 	2-5 	Fayetteville	 
10	November 9 	Huntsville 	0-5 	Columbus 	 
11	November 10	Macon 	6-3 	Huntsville 	 
12	November 11	Fayetteville	0-2 	Huntsville 	 
13	November 16	Macon 	5-1 	Huntsville 	 
14	November 17	Huntsville 	2-1 	Columbus 	 
15	November 18	Huntsville 	2-1 	Fayetteville	 
16	November 23	Columbus 	2-3 	Huntsville 	 
17	November 24	Fayetteville	2-5 	Huntsville 	 
18	November 25	Huntsville 	1-3 	Macon 	 
19	November 28	Huntsville 	5-8 	Columbus 	 
====December====
Record: 6-8; Home: 4-5; Road: 2-3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT
20	December 1 	Oklahoma City	5-2 	Huntsville 	 
21	December 2 	Macon 	2-3 	Huntsville 	 
22	December 8 	Huntsville 	4-3 	Memphis 	 
23	December 9 	Memphis 	5-4 	Huntsville 	 
24	December 10	Memphis 	8-1 	Huntsville 	 
25	December 13	Huntsville 	1-2 	Indianapolis	 
26	December 15	Fayetteville 	2-9 	Huntsville 	 
27	December 16	Huntsville 	2-0 	Macon 	 
28	December 22	Macon 	3-1 	Huntsville 	 
29	December 23	Indianapolis 	5-4 	Huntsville 	 
30	December 26	Fayetteville 	3-4 	Huntsville 	 
31	December 29	Huntsville 	3-5 	Indianapolis	 
32	December 30	Huntsville 	2-3 	Memphis 	 
33	December 31	Memphis 	4-5 	Huntsville 	 
====January====
Record: 4-6; Home: 2-2; Road: 2-4
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT
34	January 4 	Huntsville	3-4 	Columbus 	OT
35	January 5 	Memphis 	1-2 	Huntsville 	 
36	January 6 	Huntsville	2-1 	Macon 	 
37	January 13	Wichita 	5-1 	Huntsville 	 
38	January 14	Tulsa 	4-2 	Huntsville 	 
39	January 18	Topeka 	2-1 	Huntsville 	 
40	January 19	Huntsville	0-4 	Memphis 	 
41	January 20	Huntsville	0-2 	Indianapolis	 
42	January 26	Huntsville	1-4 	San Antonio 	 
43	January 27	Huntsville	6-5 	Tulsa 	 
====February====
Record: 4-7; Home: 3-3; Road: 1-4
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT
44	February 1 	Macon 	2-4 	Huntsville 	 
45	February 2 	Huntsville 	4-7 	Columbus 	 
46	February 3 	Memphis 	3-2 	Huntsville 	 
47	February 9 	Huntsville 	4-7 	Memphis 	 
48	February 10	San Antonio 	4-3 	Huntsville 	 
49	February 11	Indianapolis	4-6 	Huntsville 	 
50	February 16	Indianapolis	3-4 	Huntsville 	 
51	February 17	Fayetteville	4-1 	Huntsville 	 
52	February 18	Huntsville 	6-5 	Macon 	 
53	February 24	Huntsville 	5-6 	Indianapolis	 
54	February 27	Huntsville 	1-6 	Memphis 	 
====March====
Record: 9-6; Home: 4-3; Road: 5-3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT
55	March 2 	Columbus 	1-4 	Huntsville 	 
56	March 3 	Columbus 	6-2 	Huntsville 	 
57	March 4 	Huntsville 	8-5 	Fayetteville 	 
58	March 8 	Huntsville 	7-4 	Tulsa 	 
59	March 9 	Huntsville 	6-4 	Oklahoma City	 
60	March 10	Huntsville 	2-9 	Wichita 	 
61	March 13	Huntsville 	1-7 	Columbus 	 
62	March 16	Huntsville 	5-7 	Macon 	 
63	March 17	Columbus 	5-2 	Huntsville 	 
64	March 18	Macon 	6-9 	Huntsville 	 
65	March 22	Macon 	4-6 	Huntsville 	 
66	March 23	Huntsville 	3-2 	Fayetteville 	 
67	March 25	Indianapolis	6-2 	Huntsville 	 
68	March 30	Huntsville 	4-0 	Fayetteville 	 
69	March 31	Indianapolis	3-4 	Huntsville 	 
====April====
Record: 0-1; Home: 0-0; Road: 0-1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT
70	April 1	Huntsville	1-4 	Indianapolis	 
==Playoffs==
The Tornado did not qualify for the post-season.
==Roster==
# 	Player Name 	Transitions 	Position	Games Played
5 	Igor Bonderev 	  	Defence 	67
9 	Shane Stewart 	  	Defence 	58
6 	Erik Olsen 	To Fayetteville 	Defence 	57
14	Kevin Carr 	  	Defence 	38
8 	Trevor Folk 	  	Defence 	30
16	Brian Tutt 	  	Defence 	30
24	Chad Nelson 	  	Defence 	17
16	Marek Babic 	From Wichita 	Defence 	16
 	Bryan Fogarty 	  	Defence 	11
23	Mark Macera 	  	Defence 	2
28	Doug Pirnak 	  	Forward 	70
10	Marek Jass 	  	Forward 	69
17	Chris George 	  	Forward 	69
19	Derek Reynolds 	  	Forward 	68
44	Josh Tymchak 	  	Forward 	59
27	Shawn Byrne 	  	Forward 	53
20	Doug Merrell 	  	Forward 	49
7 	Mike Dick 	  	Forward 	48
22	Blake Sheane 	To Columbus 	Forward 	43
23	Curtis Voth 	From Tulsa / To Memphis	Forward 	28
24	Josh Boni 	  	Forward 	23
20	Sheldon Szmata 	To Oklahoma City 	Forward 	21
21	Greg Wilkinson 	  	Forward 	18
7 	B.J. Stephens 	  	Forward 	17
22	Jason Sangiuliano 	From Border City 	Forward 	16
 	Phil Daigle 	  	Forward 	15
27	Alexsandr Chunchukov	From Fayetteville 	Forward 	10
21	Kelly Selix 	  	Forward 	8
16	Brad Gratton 	  	Forward 	5
21	Nathan Bowen 	From Macon 	Forward 	4
29	Matt Carmichael 	  	Goalie 	48
35	Jason Genik 	  	Goalie 	22
35	Mike Brusseau 	From Memphis 	Goalie 	5
35	Al Rooney 	  	Goalie 	2
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