South East Hockey League

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South East Hockey League

Sport| Ice hockey
Founded| 2003
Ceased| 2004
Commissioner| Jim Riggs
No. of teams| 4
Last
champion(s)| Huntsville Channel Cats

The South East Hockey League was a minor ice hockey league formed in August 2003.[1] It succeeded the short-lived Atlantic Coast Hockey League and had 4 teams for its first and only season. Jim Riggs was the commissioner.

The Huntsville Channel Cats were the 2003–2004 President's Championship Cup winners. The Channel Cats defeated the Knoxville Ice Bears in three straight games in the championship series.

For the 2004–2005 season, the SEHL ceased play when two of its teams folded while the other two joined with teams from the World Hockey Association 2 to form the Southern Professional Hockey League.

## Teams[edit]

* Huntsville Channel Cats (folded; SPHL had an expansion team in the city)
* Knoxville Ice Bears (moved to SPHL)
* Cape Fear Fire Antz (moved to SPHL as Fayetteville FireAntz)
* Tupelo T-Rex (never played due to contractual issues with the Central Hockey League)
* Winston-Salem T-Birds (folded; SPHL had an expansion team in the city)

## 2003–2004 season[edit]

### Regular season[edit]

Team  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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Huntsville Channel Cats | 56 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 233 | 164 | 86
Knoxville Ice Bears | 56 | 26 | 30 | 0 | 201 | 195 | 52
Cape Fear Fire Antz | 56 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 213 | 221 | 50
Winston-Salem T-Birds | 56 | 18 | 38 | 0 | 178 | 245 | 36

### Playoffs[edit]

| Semifinal | | | Final |

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| | | | 1 | Huntsville Channel Cats | 6 | 3 | 4 | x | x |
| 2 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 6 | 4 | x | | | 2 | Knoxville Ice Bears | 4 | 1 | 2 | x | x |
| 3 | Cape Fear Fire Antz | 2 | 3 | x | | | |

#### Semifinals[edit]

Huntsville received a bye into the final.

March 26, 2004| Cape Fear| 2–6| Knoxville| James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN

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|  | Goalies| Blaine Russell|
| Scott Young
David Bagley| Goals| Kevin Swider
Alex Alepin
Todd MacIsaac
Todd MacIsaac
K.J. Voorhees
K.J. Voorhees

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March 28, 2004| Knoxville| 4–3| Cape Fear| Cumberland County Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC

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Game reference

| Blaine Russell| Goalies| |
| Ali MacEachern
Craig Desjarlais
Alex Alepin
Kevin Swider – 58:24| Goals| Mike Bournazakis
Matt Kohansky
Matt Kohansky

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#### Final[edit]

April 1, 2004| Knoxville| 4–6
(1–2, 2–1, 1–3)| Huntsville| Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL

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Game reference

| Blaine Russell| Goalies| Scott Graham|
| | 0 – 1| 4:45 – Jessi Otis (Reynolds, Carr)

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| 0 – 2| James Patterson (Buccella, Bresciani)
Mike Zeibay – 19:41| 1 – 2|
| 1 – 3| Allan Carr (Patterson, deGuehery)
Kevin Swider (Miller) – 33:01| 2 – 3|
Rob Miller (Vorhees, Desjarlais) – 33:22| 3 – 3|
| 3 – 4| 50:43 – Allan Carr (Reynolds)
Tom McMonagle (Vorhees, Swider) – 53:50| 4 – 4|
| 4 – 5| 55:03 – Dan Buccella (deGeuhery, Bresciani)
| 4 – 6| 58:46 – sh – Allan Carr (Patterson)
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April 2, 2004| Knoxville| 1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)| Huntsville| Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL

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|  | Goalies| Matt Carmichael|
| | 0 – 1| 5:37 – Luke Phillips (Otis)

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| 0 – 2| 27:15 – Joe Urbanik (Bresciani, Otis)
K. J. Voorhees (Alepin, Desjarlais) – 35:23| 1 – 2|
| 1 – 3| 50:36 – Mike Degurse (Bresciani, Snitowsky)
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36| Shots|
April 4, 2004| Huntsville| 4–2| Knoxville| James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN

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Game reference

| Matt Carmichael| Goalies|  |
| Mike Degurse
Mike Degurse
Mike Degurse
James Patterson – en| Goals| Kevin Swider
Craig Desjarlais

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## Awards[edit]

League MVP: | James Patterson (Huntsville)[2]

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Rookie of the Year: | Allan Carr (Huntsville)[3]
Defenseman of the Year: | Alex Alepin (Knoxville)[4]
Goaltender of the Year: | Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)[5]
Coach of the Year: | John Gibson (Huntsville)[6]
Playoff MVP: | Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. x. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
2. ^ "Patterson named SEHL MVP". Press release. South East Hockey League. March 25, 2004. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
3. ^ "Carr Named SEHL Rookie of the Year". Press release. South East Hockey League. March 29, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
4. ^ "Knoxville's Alex Alepin is SEHL Defenseman of the Year". Press release. South East Hockey League. March 26, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
5. ^ "Carmichael Named Goaltender of the Year". Press release. South East Hockey League. March 31, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
6. ^ "Huntsville's John Gibson Named SEHL Coach of the Year". Press release. South East Hockey League. March 24, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
7. ^ "Huntsville Channel Cats are the 2003–04 President's Championship Cup Winners". Press release. South East Hockey League. April 6, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2011.

## See also[edit]

* List of developmental and minor sports leagues
* List of ice hockey leagues