1995–96 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season explained

Year:	1995–96
Team:	Alabama–Huntsville Chargers
Sport:	ice hockey
Conference:	Independent
Record:	24–0–3
Hc Year:	14th
Champion:	NCAA Division II National Champions
Tourney Result:	W 7–1, 3–0 vs. Bemidji State

The 1995–96 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 1995–96 NCAA Division II men's hockey season, winning the national championship. It was the school's first NCAA national championship, following club national championships in 1981–82, 1982–83, and 1983–84. The team was coached by Doug Ross, who was in his 14th season as head coach, and played their home games at the Von Braun Civic Center.

The Chargers completed the regular season with 22 wins, zero losses, and 3 ties. They were then invited to play the Bemidji State Beavers in a two-game series to determine the Division II National Championship at Huntsville's Von Braun Civic Center. The Chargers would dominate in both a 7–1 victory on March 8, followed by 3–0 shutout to clinch the championship the following day.^[1]

In the weeks following the championship, speculation on plans for a new 4,000-seat arena near the Benton H. Wilcoxon Municipal Iceplex for the Chargers were later abandoned. Additionally, whether or not to move back to Division I became an issue, but UAH would refrain from the jump until 1998.^[2]

Roster

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Regular season

Schedule

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

|-!colspan=12 style=""| Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA Division II Championship Series

Player stats

Skaters

	LW	Sr	27	30	22	52	60	12	2	3
	C	Jr	27	13	34	47	8	3	0	6
	RW	Sr	26	20	25	45	62	9	2	1
	D	Sr	27	11	27	38	42	4	0	1
	D	Sr	27	10	26	36	20	6	0	0
	C	Sr	26	12	13	25	46	3	0	2
	RW	Jr	27	16	7	23	6	1	2	2
	C	Fr	27	8	14	22	18	0	0	0
	LW	Jr	27	10	10	20	33	0	1	1
	LW	So	26	7	12	19	20	0	0	0
	RW	Fr	27	7	10	17	26	2	1	2
	LW	So	23	8	6	14	20	2	0	1
	C	So	25	3	11	14	8	0	0	1
	D	Sr	27	2	12	14	24	2	0	0
	D	Sr	26	3	8	11	65	2	0	0
	D	Sr	26	4	5	9	38	0	0	0
	LW	Fr	24	5	3	8	10	0	0	1
	LW	Fr	2	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
	RW	So	7	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
	D	Fr	18	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Team			27	172	261	433	548	46	8	24

Goaltenders

Sr	25	1316:10	21	3	37	1.69	.936	3
So	6	229:44	3	0	7	1.83	.929	0
Fr	4	89:06	0	0	1	0.67	.964	0

Notes and References

News: Times Editorial Staff . Guess who's No. 1? . The Huntsville Times . B4 . March 11, 1996.
News: Marshall . Mike . New arena, Division I may be in cards for national champs . The Huntsville Times . B4 . March 11, 1996.
Web site: 1995-96 U. of Alabama-Huntsville (NCAA) roster and player statistics. HockeyDB.com. December 1, 2009.
Web site: Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville 1995 - 1996 Team Roster . Elite Prospects . March 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154946/http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=1862&year0=1996 . April 2, 2015 . live .
Web site: Napier . Michael A. . Final 1996 Men's Ice Hockey Statistics Report . University of Alabama in Huntsville . March 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094527/http://www.uahchargers.com/custompages/HockeyStuff/Records/1995-96.pdf . March 4, 2016 . live .