height_ft played_for shoots weight_lb birth_place career_end position height_in birth_date article_title name career_start
6 huntsville channel cats topeka scarecrows fayetteville force left 205 kingston , ontario 2001 defence 2 30 september 1970 john gibson -lrb- ice hockey , born 1970 -rrb-
 john gibson 1995
john gibson -lrb- ice hockey , born 1970 -rrb-

john gibson born on september 30 , 1970 in kingston , ontario was a minor league hockey defenceman .
john played for the huntsville channel cats in the shl and chl , the topeka scarecrows and the fayetteville force both also of the chl .
john was a member of the huntsville channel cats championships in 1996 , 1999 and as a coach in 2004 .
john 's number 23 was retired by the channel cats on november 8 , 2003 .
the number is also honored by the current huntsville havoc as no other player has been issued his number .
john 's first coaching assignment was with the 2003-04 huntsville channel cats in the sehl .
john contiuned to coach in huntsville with the havoc of the sphl but was let go by the organization after a disappointing 2007-08 season in which huntsville was the only team to not make the playoffs .
