1997-98 Huntsville Channel Cats Season

The 1997-98 Huntsville Channel Cats season was the 2nd season in the Central Hockey League (CHL) in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The season began on Thursday, October 16, 1997, 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
Columbus Cottonmouths 	70	51	13	6 	108	341	108
Nashville Ice Flyers 	70	41	19	10 	274	246	92
Huntsville Channel Cats 	70	40	22	8 	333	281	88
Macon Whoopee 	70	38	25	7 	249	234	83
Fayetteville Force 	70	25	42	3 	247	348	53
West 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Oklahoma City Blazers	70	48	19	3 	319	237	99
Wichita Thunder 	70	35	31	4 	302	303	74
Tulsa Oilers 	70	34	31	5 	308	274	73
Memphis Riverkings 	70	25	40	5 	239	287	55
Fort Worth Fire 	70	13	53	4 	214	397	30
===Game log===
====October====
Record:3-2-1 ; Home:2-2-1 ; Road:1-0-0 
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
1	October 16	Memphis 	6-7 	Huntsville	W 	Pottie
2	October 17	Fayetteville 	6-5 	Huntsville	OTL 	Coons
3	October 23	Macon 	7-4 	Huntsville	L 	Pottie
4	October 24	Huntsville 	6-3 	Macon 	W 	Coons
5	October 25	Fayetteville 	2-5 	Huntsville	W 	Pottie
6	October 31	Oklahoma City	5-2 	Huntsville	L 	Coons
====November====
Record:3-5-2 ; Home:3-2-1 ; Road:0-3-1 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
7 	November 1 	Tulsa 	4-7 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
8 	November 7 	Huntsville	3-4 	Fayetteville	OTL 	Coons
9 	November 8 	Huntsville	2-5 	Fayetteville	L 	Pottie
10	November 14	Huntsville	4-7 	Columbus 	L 	Coons
11	November 15	Columbus 	1-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
12	November 21	Macon 	4-3 	Huntsville 	L 	Pottie
13	November 22	Nashville 	5-3 	Huntsville 	L 	Pottie
14	November 27	Columbus 	5-4 	Huntsville 	OTL 	Pottie
15	November 29	Huntsville	2-9 	Memphis 	L 	Coons
16	November 30	Fort Worth	2-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
====December====
Record:10-2-1 ; Home:3-1-0 ; Road:7-1-1 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
17	December 3 	Huntsville	3-5 	Wichita 	L 	Pottie
18	December 5 	Huntsville	4-5 	Oklahoma City	OTL 	Pottie
19	December 6 	Huntsville	5-4 	Oklahoma City	W 	Pottie
20	December 10	Huntsville	6-4 	Wichita 	W 	Pottie
21	December 12	Huntsville	6-5 	Tulsa 	W 	Pottie
22	December 13	Huntsville	4-3 	Tulsa 	W 	Coons
23	December 19	Huntsville	3-2 	Nashville 	W 	Pottie
24	December 20	Columbus 	6-5 	Huntsville 	L 	Pottie
25	December 23	Huntsville	8-5 	Columbus 	W 	Pottie
26	December 26	Wichita 	3-9 	Huntsville 	W 	Coons
27	December 27	Huntsville	4-1 	Macon 	W 	Coons
28	December 28	Nashville 	4-8 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
29	December 31	Nashville 	3-4 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
====Janurary====
Record:10-3-2 ; Home:5-1-1 ; Road:5-2-1 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
30	January 2 	Huntsville 	5-1 	Tulsa 	W 	Coons
31	January 3 	Huntsville 	3-5 	Oklahoma City	L 	Pottie
32	January 4 	Huntsville 	6-5 	Wichita 	W 	Coons
33	January 9 	Huntsville 	9-6 	Fayetteville 	W 	Pottie
34	January 10	Macon 	4-2 	Huntsville 	L 	Pottie
35	January 11	Macon 	2-3 	Huntsville 	W 	Coons
36	January 13	Huntsville 	3-5 	Nashville 	L 	Coons
37	January 15	Fayetteville	1-9 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
38	January 16	Huntsville 	3-2 	Memphis 	W 	Pottie
39	January 18	Macon 	0-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
40	January 23	Fort Worth 	3-10 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
41	January 24	Fort Worth 	3-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
42	January 29	Huntsville 	3-2 	Nashville 	W 	Pottie
43	January 30	Huntsville 	5-6 	Columbus 	OTL 	Pottie
44	January 31	Memphis 	3-2 	Huntsville 	OTL 	Pottie
====February====
Record:9-3-0 ; Home:6-0-0 ; Road:3-3-0 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
45	February 5 	Huntsville 	8-4 	Macon 	W 	Coons
46	February 6 	Fort Worth 	2-5 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
47	February 7 	Tulsa 	1-5 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
48	February 10	Huntsville 	3-7 	Columbus 	L 	Pottie
49	February 13	Huntsville 	5-4 	Oklahoma City	W 	Pottie
50	February 14	Huntsville 	4-5 	Fort Worth 	L 	Coons
51	February 15	Huntsville 	7-8 	Fort Worth 	L 	Pottie
52	February 20	Columbus 	2-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
53	February 21	Nashville 	2-10 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
54	February 24	Huntsville 	5-4 	Nashville 	W 	Pottie
55	February 26	Fayetteville	5-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Coons
56	February 28	Memphis 	2-4 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
====March====
Record:5-7-2 ; Home:4-3-0 ; Road:1-4-2 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L/OTL	Decision
57	March 1 	Oklahoma City	7-1 	Huntsville 	L 	Pottie
58	March 3 	Huntsville 	3-4 	Nashville 	OTL 	Pottie
59	March 5 	Huntsville 	2-5 	Columbus 	L 	Pottie
60	March 6 	Huntsville 	5-6 	Fayetteville	OTL 	Pottie
61	March 7 	Huntsville 	5-3 	Fayetteville	W 	Pottie
62	March 13	Columbus 	6-4 	Huntsville 	L 	Pottie
63	March 14	Huntsville 	3-9 	Columbus 	L 	Pottie
64	March 15	Fayetteville 	5-9 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
65	March 17	Huntsville 	0-2 	Macon 	L 	Coons
66	March 20	Columbus 	5-3 	Huntsville 	L 	Pottie
67	March 21	Wichita 	3-6 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
68	March 27	Oklahoma City	1-4 	Huntsville 	W 	Pottie
69	March 28	Oklahoma City	0-4 	Huntsville 	W 	Hamelin
70	March 31	Huntsville 	3-6 	Macon 	L 	Hamelin
==Playoffs==
====Quarter Finals====
The Huntsville Channel Cats ended the 1997-98 season in 3rd place in the Eastern Division which placed them against the 2nd place Nashville Ice Flyers. Nashville defeated Huntsville 3 games to 0 in the first round. 
====(2) Nashville Ice Flyers vs. (1) Huntsville Channel Cats====
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	W/L	Decision
1	April 3	Nashville 	2-1 	Huntsville	L 	
2	April 4	Huntsville	6-7 	Nashville 	L 	
3	April 7	Huntsville	4-7 	Nashville 	L 	
1998 CHL Playoffs
==Roster==
#	Player Name 	Transitions 	Position	Games Played
 	Mike Bondy 	 	Defence 	61
 	Igor Bonderev 	 	Defence 	68
 	Steve Chelios 	 	Defence 	3
 	Mark Collicutt 	 	Defence 	55
 	Dave DeFrancesco 	 	Defence 	43
 	John Gibson 	 	Defence 	67
 	Mark Macera 	To Nashville	Defence 	55
 	Donald MacPherson	 	Defence 	47
 	Tom Moulton 	 	Defence 	70
 	Craig Arseneau 	 	Forward 	22
 	Phil Daigle 	To Wichita 	Forward 	61
 	Mike Degurse 	 	Forward 	56
 	Jonathan Dubois 	 	Forward 	70
 	Evgeni Feldman 	To Wichita 	Forward 	3
 	Tony Frenette 	To Memphis 	Forward 	29
 	Chris George 	 	Forward 	70
 	David Green 	 	Forward 	9
 	Ron Handy 	 	Forward 	46
 	Phil James 	 	Forward 	6
 	Eddy Marchant 	To Wichita 	Forward 	3
 	John McCabe 	 	Forward 	5
 	Chris MacDonald 	 	Forward 	32
 	Kevin Oakenfold 	To Memphis 	Forward 	5
 	Jeff Schachterle 	 	Forward 	6
 	Matt Stone 	 	Forward 	53
 	Tim Westgate 	 	Forward 	3
 	Ryan Wood 	 	Forward 	64
 	Mike Coons 	 	Goalie 	19
 	Hugo Hamelin 	To Wichita 	Goalie 	2
 	Steve Pottie 	 	Goalie 	54
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