Huntsville Havoc

The Huntsville Havoc are a professional ice hockey team in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). They play their home games at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville, Alabama.
==History==
The team began play in the 2004–05 season, following the defunct Huntsville Channel Cats of the South East Hockey League. The team finished sixth out of eight teams in the regular season in 2004–05 and lost a one-game playoff to the Jacksonville Barracudas. In 2006, Huntsville finished fifth in the league and was defeated two games to none by the Florida Seals in the second round of playoffs after knocking off the defending league champion Columbus Cottonmouths in three games in the opening round. In 2007, Huntsville's fourth-place regular season finish was for naught as they were swept out of the playoffs by the eventual league champion Fayetteville FireAntz.
In 2008, the Havoc finished last in the SPHL standings and were the only team left out of the league playoffs. Immediately following the conclusion of the season, the team announced it would not renew the contract of head coach John Gibson, who had led the Havoc through all four SPHL seasons, coached the SEHL Channel Cats to the league championship in 2004, and was an All-Star defenseman for the CHL version of the Channel Cats. Eric Soltys was named head coach of the team for the 2008–09 season with Paul Snell serving as his assistant. In the 2008-09 SPHL season the Havoc finished in fourth place. In the 2009 SPHL Playoffs the Havoc was beaten in the first round by the eventual SPHL champions (Knoxville Ice Bears) in 5 games (5 game series). With Randy Murphy taking over coaching duties in 2009–10, the Havoc finished season play in second place, earning a team-record 71 points. The Havoc entered the SPHL playoffs as the #2 seed. In round 1 Huntsville defeated the Pensacola Ice Flyers 2 games to 1. In round 2 the Havoc swept the Knoxville Ice Bears. The Havoc then went on to sweep the Mississippi Surge in the finals, winning their first SPHL President's Cup. In the 2010–11 season, the Havoc finished 3rd in the regular season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Columbus.
==Year-by-year record==
Season 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	Pts	Pct 	GF 	GA 	Finish	Playoffs
2004–05	56	29	27	— 	58 	0.518	183	181	6th 	Lost first round
2005–06	56	32	21	3 	67 	0.571	203	186	5th 	Lost second round
2006–07	56	29	23	4 	62 	0.554	221	210	4th 	Lost first round
2007–08	52	23	27	2 	48 	0.462	195	211	7th 	Did not qualify
2008–09	60	29	24	7 	65 	0.542	204	197	4th 	Lost first round
2009–10	58	31	16	9 	71 	0.634	199	178	2nd 	Won Championship
2010–11	56	30	26	— 	60 	0.536	168	158	3rd 	Lost first round
2011–12	56	22	28	6 	50 	0.446	163	198	8th 	Lost second round
2012–13	56	21	29	6 	48 	0.429	135	179	8th 	Lost Final
2013–14	56	31	21	4 	66 	0.589	180	158	5th 	Lost second round
2014–15	56	11	38	7 	29 	0.259	130	184	8th 	Did not qualify
2015–16	56	26	26	4 	56 	0.500	151	158	7th 	Lost first round
2016-17	56	34	16	6 	74 	0.660	200	165	4th 	Lost Semifinals
2017-18	56	30	16	10 	70 	0.625	203	180	4th 	Won Championship
2018-19	56	36	17	3 	75 	0.670	209	152	3rd 	Won Championship
2019-20	46	27	14	5 	59 	.641 	144	124	3rd 	Season cancelled prior to end of season
2020-21	42	19	22	1 	39 	.464 	123	137	4th 	Lost Semifinals
2021-22	56	41	13	2 	84 	.750 	194	124	2nd 	Lost Semifinals
2022-23	56	34	19	3 	71 	 	197	162	3rd 	Lost Semifinals
2023-24	56	30	19	7 	67 	 	184	166	5th 	Lost Final
===Attendance===
Year 	Total 	Games	Average	Lg. Avg.
2004–05	75,978 	28 	2,713 	2,440
2005–06	87,871 	28 	3,138 	2,720
2006–07	109,615	28 	3,914 	2,985
2007–08	99,672 	26 	3,833 	2,969
2008–09	106,848	30 	3,561 	2,921
2009–10	98,365 	28 	3,513 	3,041
2010–11	98,327 	28 	3,513 	2,762
2011–12	94,354 	28 	3,369 	2,796
2012–13	98,383 	28 	3,514 	2,804
2013–14	103,993	28 	3,714 	3,000
2014–15	100,381	28 	3,585 	3,248
2015–16	117,298	28 	4,187 	3,034
2016-17	130,166	28 	4,648 	2,967
2017-18	133,672	28 	4,774 	3,214
==Retired numbers==
Name 	Number	Tenure
Chris George 	17 	Channel Cats 1996–00, Tornado 2000–01
Matt Carmichael	29 	Channel Cats 1999–00, 03–04, Tornado 2000–01, Havoc 2004–08
Mike Degurse 	33 	Channel Cats 1996–00, 03–04, Havoc 04–06
===Honored numbers===
The following numbers were retired by the Huntsville Channel Cats. The numbers are still being honored by the Huntsville Havoc as no player has been issued the numbers.
Name 	Number	Tenure
Phil Daigle	21 	Channel Cats 1995–99, Tornado 2000–01
John Gibson	23 	Channel Cats 1995–00, Coach 2003–04, Havoc Coach 2004–08
Derek Puppa	30 	UAH 1992–96, Channel Cats 1996–97, 1998–99
==Records==
through 2013–14 season
===Career===
Games 	281	Ray Ortiz (2008–2014)
Goals 	110	James Patterson (2004–2008)
Assists 	179	James Patterson (2004–2008)
Points 	289	James Patterson (2004–2008)
Penalty Minutes	994	Luke Phillips (2004–2007)
Wins 	92 	Matt Carmichael (2004–2008)
Shutouts 	7 	Dan McWhinney (2009–2013)
===Single-season===
Goals 	37 	Travis Kauffeldt (2008–09)
Assists 	52 	James Patterson (2006–07)
Points 	78 	James Patterson (2006–07)
Penalty Minutes	396 	Luke Phillips (2005–06)
GAA 	2.46	Kevin Genoe (2013–14)
SV% 	.921	Matt Carmichael (2004–05)
==References==
== External links ==
*Huntsville Havoc Official site
*The Internet Hockey Database Huntsville Havoc
Category:Southern Professional Hockey League teams