The 2011–12 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Chris Luongo who was in his second season as head coach. His assistant coaches were Gavin Morgan and Tim Flynn. The Chargers played their home games in the Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center and competed as an independent.
On October 24, 2011, interim UAH President Malcolm Portera announced that the 2011–12 season would be the school's final season competing at the NCAA Division I level, citing financial reasons. The program would be "realigned" as a club team, and the coaches' jobs would be eliminated as of May 31, 2012. New UAH president Dr. Robert Altenkirch reversed the decision after he and school administrators met with local supporters on December 6, 2011. UAH continued to play at the NCAA Division I level for the 2012–13 season. The school set up a campaign to raise funds for the program, with the goal of getting the Chargers into a conference.
Recruiting UAH added 9 freshmen for the 2011–12 season, including 7 forwards and 2 defensemen:
Forward Orleans, Ontario; all-time leading scorer in Gloucester Rangers history, 2010–11 CCHL First-Team All-Star Forward Hudsonville, Michigan Forward Marietta, Georgia Forward Roswell, Georgia; ex-Rochester Stars captain Forward Innisfil, Ontario; ex-Markham Waxers captain Defenseman Arnprior, Ontario; ex-Pembroke Lumber Kings captain, won 5 consecutive CCHL championships and 2010–11 RBC Cup, 2010–11 First-Team All-Star, voted CCHL's 2009–10 Best Defenseman Defenseman Chilliwack, British Columbia Forward Richmond Hill, Ontario Forward Stittsville, Ontario; CCHL Sportsmanship and Ability Award winner for 2010–11
Roster
Departures from 2010–11 team Matt Baxter, D – Graduation Vince Bruni, F – Graduation Ryan Burkholder, D – Graduation Trevor Conrad, D Keenan Desmet, F — FFHG Division 2 (Evry) Cody Dion, F — Suomi-sarja (S-Kiekko) Chris Fairbanks, F – Graduation Joe Koudys, F – Graduation Neil Ruffini, F – Graduation David Ruffini, F – Graduation David Way, F
2011–12 team As of February 11, 2012
Regular season
Schedule Green background indicates win. Red background indicates loss. Yellow background indicates tie.
Opponents by conference Conference Teams CCHA 5 (Bowling Green, Lake Superior State, Miami (OH), Ohio State, Western Michigan) Hockey East 5 (Maine, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Providence, UMass Lowell) WCHA 5 (Bemidji State, Denver, Minnesota–Duluth, Minnesota State, Nebraska–Omaha) Atlantic Hockey 2 (Air Force, Mercyhurst) ECAC 0
Player stats As of February 11, 2012
Skaters F Fr 31 7 6 13 22 4 0 0 F So 30 6 6 12 26 2 0 1 F Jr 31 4 8 12 12 0 0 0 D So 29 1 5 6 22 0 0 0 D Sr 26 3 2 5 18 2 0 0 F Jr 30 2 3 5 61 0 1 0 F So 30 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 D Fr 31 1 4 5 71 0 0 0 D Jr 31 0 5 5 12 0 0 0 F Sr 31 2 2 4 16 1 0 1 F Fr 25 1 3 4 8 0 0 0 F Fr 27 1 3 4 56 0 0 0 F Fr 25 3 0 3 11 0 0 0 F Fr 24 2 1 3 10 0 0 0 F Fr 26 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 F Fr 30 0 3 3 12 0 0 0 D Fr 31 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 F So 31 2 0 2 29 0 0 0 D So 25 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 G So 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G Jr 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D So 13 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 G So 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 31 37 61 98 420 9 1 2
Goaltenders So 27 1534 2 23 1 95 3.72 918 0.906 0 Jr 6 242 0 4 0 20 4.96 103 0.837 0 So 2 80 0 1 0 9 6.75 36 0.800 0
References
External links UAH Chargers Hockey website