Derek Puppa

Derek Puppa (born February 18, 1972) is a Canadian former goalie who played college hockey for the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers from 1991 to 1996. He later played minor league hockey for the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the then East Coast Hockey League (one game) in 1996-97 and played for the Huntsville Channel Cats and Nashville Ice Flyers.

He was born February 18, 1972 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.

As of the 2019-20 playing season, he is the all-time winningest goaltender for the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers with 66 wins.

He would be awarded the Bill Levins MVP Trophy (as Central Hockey League regular season Most Valuable player for the 1998–99 CHL season. He would follow that up with the President's Trophy as CHL playoff MVP as the Huntsville Channel Cats won the league playoffs.

He would retire after the 1998-99 season.