The 2013–14 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Mike Corbett who was in his first season as head coach. His assistant coaches were Gavin Morgan and Matty Thomas. The Chargers played their home games in the Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center and competed for the first time in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

Preseason 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, after three seasons as an independent. On May 29, 2013, head coach Kurt Kleinendorst resigned, later signing as head coach of the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild. Mike Corbett was named UAH's sixth head coach on July 8, 2013. Matty Thomas was announced as assistant coach on August 8, replacing Bruce Garber.

Recruiting UAH added 11 freshmen for the 2013–14 season, including 2 goaltenders, 7 forwards, and 2 defensemen:

Left Wing Lidköping, Sweden; former Linköping J20 alternate captain, 2011–12 J20 SuperElit champion with Linköping, played one season with the Sweden Under-18 Team Defenseman Huntington Beach, California; 2012–13 USHL Champion with the Dubuque Fighting Saints, 2010–11 NAHL champion with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs Left Wing Calgary, Alberta Right Wing New Westminster, British Columbia; former Merritt Centennials captain Goaltender Montreal, Quebec Goaltender Nanaimo, British Columbia Forward Eden Prairie, Minnesota; former Sioux City Musketeers and Brookings Blizzard captain Left Wing South Boston, Massachusetts; 2011–12 EJHL champion with the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs Right Wing Warwick, Rhode Island Defenseman Hartford, Connecticut; former Springfield Pics captain, 2012–13 EJHL All-Star Forward Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Roster

Departures from 2012–13 team Justin Cseter, F, Graduated – signed with the Huntsville Havoc (SPHL) Curtis deBruyn, D, Graduated – signed with Miskolci JJSE (MOL Liga) Sebastian Geoffrion, F, Graduated – signed with the Arizona Sundogs (CHL) John Griggs, G, Graduated – signed with the Pensacola Ice Flyers (SPHL) Gregg Gruehl, G Tyler Kotlarz, F Kyle Lysaght, F Lasse Uusivirta, D – signed with the Aalborg Pirates (Denmark)

2013–14 team As of October 13, 2013.

Regular season

Schedule Green background indicates win. Red background indicates loss. Yellow background indicates tie.

Standings

Player stats As of January 18, 2014

Skaters F So 33 8 5 13 6 2 0 1 F Fr 33 5 7 12 11 0 1 0 F So 35 6 4 10 21 3 0 0 D So 31 1 9 10 8 1 0 0 F Sr 35 4 3 7 14 1 1 0 D So 36 2 5 7 29 0 0 1 F Fr 37 2 5 7 27 0 0 0 F Jr 22 5 0 5 30 2 0 0 F Fr 37 2 3 5 25 0 0 0 F Fr 25 1 4 5 21 0 0 0 F Jr 36 0 5 5 12 0 0 0 F Fr 38 2 2 4 52 2 0 0 D Fr 36 1 3 4 22 1 0 0 F Jr 31 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 F Fr 26 2 1 3 16 0 0 0 F Fr 21 0 3 3 16 0 0 0 D Jr 33 0 3 3 30 0 0 0 D Jr 36 0 3 3 23 0 0 0 D Fr 25 0 2 2 30 0 0 0 D So 32 0 1 1 30 0 0 0 G Sr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Sr 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F So 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 G Fr 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G Fr 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F Sr 31 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 Team 38 41 72 113 443 12 2 2

Goaltenders Fr 21 1106:36 1 17 0 72 3.90 686 0.905 0 Fr 20 1080:05 1 17 1 85 4.72 676 0.888 0 Sr 2 88:26 0 1 0 8 5.39 46 0.852 0

References

External links UAH Chargers Hockey website