2012–13 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season

The 2012–13 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represents the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers are coached by Kurt Kleinendorst who is in his first season as head coach. His assistant coaches are Gavin Morgan and Tim Flynn. The Chargers play their home games in the Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center and compete as an independent.
On September 25, 2012, only 11 days before the season began, former New Jersey Devils assistant coach and U.S. Under-18 head coach Kurt Kleinendorst was announced as head coach, replacing Chris Luongo.
On January 17, 2013, after months of discussions with conference officials and league member representatives, UAH formally applied to and was accepted to join the Western Collegiate Hockey Association beginning with the 2013-14 season.
==Recruiting==
UAH added 8 freshmen for the 2012–13 season, including 1 goalie, 3 forwards and 4 defensemen:
Player	Position 	Nationality	Notes
 	Forward 	 	Cold Lake, Alberta
 	Goalie 	 	Mayfield Heights, Ohio
 	Forward 	 	New Haven, Connecticut
 	Forward 	 	Markham, Ontario; former Markham Waxers captain
 	Defenseman	 	Trail, British Columbia
 	Defenseman	 	Detroit, Michigan
 	Defenseman	 	Leicester, United Kingdom
 	Defenseman	 	Caledon, Ontario
==Roster==
===Departures from 2011–12 team===
* Tom Durnie, D, graduated
* Andrew Creppin, F
* Jamie Easton, F, graduated
* Nickolas Gatt, D, transferred to Michigan State
* Mac Roy, F, transferred to Robert Morris
* Clarke Saunders, G, transferred to North Dakota
===2012–13 team===
As of August 30, 2012.
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==Regular season==
===Schedule===
* Green background indicates win. 
* Red background indicates loss.
* Yellow background indicates tie.
===Standings===
===Opponents by conference===
Conference 	Teams
WCHA 	5 (Minnesota–Duluth, Minnesota State, Nebraska–Omaha, St. Cloud State, Wisconsin)
Atlantic Hockey 	3 (American International, Air Force, Bentley)
Hockey East 	2 (Boston College, Northeastern)
MCHA (D-III) 	2 (Adrian, Finlandia)
CCHA 	1 (Lake Superior State)
D-I Independents	1 (Penn State)
ECAC 	1 (St. Lawrence)
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Regular season	 	 	 	 	
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	
Player 	 	 	 	 	
 	25	7 	3 	10	28
 	23	5 	5 	10	12
 	25	3 	6 	9 	43
 	25	4 	4 	8 	8
 	24	1 	7 	8 	25
 	16	2 	5 	7 	4
 	20	2 	4 	6 	2
 	25	2 	3 	5 	4
 	24	2 	2 	4 	12
 	24	1 	3 	4 	2
 	24	1 	3 	4 	30
 	23	3 	0 	3 	8
 	25	1 	2 	3 	60
 	25	1 	2 	3 	14
 	20	0 	3 	3 	0
 	25	1 	1 	2 	12
 	11	0 	2 	2 	0
 	23	0 	2 	2 	33
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	20	0 	1 	1 	6
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	21	0 	0 	0 	0
 	21	0 	0 	0 	4
Team 	25	36	59	95	313
===Goaltenders===
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	21	1106:45	2	17	1	73	3.96	701	628	.896	0
 	8 	323:01 	1	4 	0	21	3.90	180	159	.883	0
 	3 	70:15 	0	0 	0	7 	5.98	35 	28 	.800	0
==References==
==External links==
* UAH Chargers Hockey website
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