2009–10 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey season

	2009–10 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season
CHA Tournament Champions; NCAA First Round, L 2–1 to Miami (OH)
CHA Tournament Champions; NCAA First Round, L 2–1 to Miami (OH)
Conference	CHA
Home ice	Von Braun Center
Record
Overall	12–18–3
Home	3–8–1
Road	7–9–2
Neutral	2–1–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Danton Cole
Assistant Coaches	Chris Luongo; John McCabe
Captain(s)	Ryan Burkholder
Alternate captain(s)	Brennan Barker; Tom Train; Davide Nicoletti

The 2009–10 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Danton Cole who was in his third season as head coach. His assistant coaches were Chris Luongo and John McCabe. The Chargers played their home games in the Von Braun Center, and were a member of College Hockey America.

The 2009–10 season marked the final season for men's hockey as part of College Hockey America; Niagara University and Robert Morris University moved to Atlantic Hockey, and Bemidji State moved to the WCHA for the 2010–11 season.^[1] With the CHA folding, UAH applied for admission to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). On August 11, the CCHA announced that UAH's application to become a member of the conference was denied.^[2] Following the 2009–10 season, UAH will play as the only Division I Independent program due to the lack of conference affiliation.^[3]

After a 30-game regular season, the Chargers finished with 10 wins, 17 losses, and 3 ties. Highlights came from a road upset of then-fifth ranked Notre Dame in the first game of the season, and a consolation win at the Catamount Cup in January. The team finished third in the CHA, with 6 wins, 10 losses, and 2 ties. At the 2010 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in Lewiston, New York, the Chargers defeated Robert Morris in the first round, and then defeated Niagara, 3–2, in overtime to win the conference title and secure a trip to the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAA Northwest Regional, the Chargers lost to #1 ranked Miami (OH), 2–1.

Roster[]

As of October 1, 2009^[4]

Forwards
#	Player	Pos.	Class	Height	Weight	Hometown
7	Jamie Easton	C	So.	5' 8"	165 lbs.	Edmonton, Alberta
8	Clark MacLean	F	So.	6' 1"	175 lbs.	Worthington, Ohio
9	Cody Campbell	F	So.	5' 9"	180 lbs.	Maple Ridge, British Columbia
10	Andrew Coburn	F	Jr.	5' 10"	185 lbs.	Mount Forest, Ontario
11	Neil Ruffini	F	Jr.	5' 10"	195 lbs.	Roswell, Georgia
13	Joey Koudys	F	Jr.	5' 11"	185 lbs.	Grimsby, Ontario
14	Cale Tanaka	LW	Sr.	5' 9"	180 lbs.	Stouffville, Ontario
16	Tom Train	C	Sr.	6' 0"	190 lbs.	Hurst, Texas
18	Matti Järvinen	F	Fr.	6' 4"	201 lbs.	Espoo, Finland
19	Chris Fairbanks	F	Jr.	6' 0"	180 lbs.	Milford, Michigan
21	Keenan Desmet	RW	Fr.	5' 11"	183 lbs.	Strathmore, Alberta
22	Sebastian Geoffrion	F	Fr.	5' 10"	190 lbs.	Brentwood, Tennessee
25	Kevin Morrison	LW	Sr.	6' 0"	190 lbs.	Mississauga, Ontario
26	Justin Cseter	C	Fr.	5' 10"	173 lbs.	Menomonie, Wisconsin
27	Vince Bruni	F	Fr.	6' 1"	190 lbs.	Toronto, Ontario

Defensemen
#	Player	Pos.	Class	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
2	Ryan Burkholder	D	Jr.	6' 0"	195 lbs.	Newmarket, Ontario
4	Brandon Roshko	D	Sr.	5' 9"	180 lbs.	Hamilton, Ontario
5	Brennan Barker	D	Sr.	6' 0"	195 lbs.	Long Sault, Ontario
15	Matt Baxter	D	Jr.	6' 3"	180 lbs.	Courtice, Ontario
23	Curtis deBruyn	D	Fr.	5' 10"	186 lbs.	Calgary, Alberta
24	Tom Durnie	D	So.	6' 2"	190 lbs.	Calgary, Alberta
28	Davide Nicoletti	D	Sr.	6' 3"	205 lbs.	Toronto, Ontario

Goaltenders
#	Player	Pos.	Class	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
29	Blake MacNicol	G	Sr.	5' 10"	175 lbs.	Milan, Ohio
31	John Griggs	G	Fr.	6' 1"	175 lbs.	Barrington, Illinois
33	Cameron Talbot	G	Jr.	6' 3"	185 lbs.	Caledonia, Ontario

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates loss (0 points).
Yellow background indicates tie (1 point).

2009–10 Game Log^[5]

October: 3–4–0 (Home: 0–3–0; Road: 3–1–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	CHA	Overall
1†	October 9	#5 Notre Dame	3–2	Edmund P. Joyce Center • Notre Dame, IN	2,994	Talbot	0–0–0	1–0–0
2†	October 10	#5 Notre Dame	3–1	Edmund P. Joyce Center • Notre Dame, IN	2,715	Talbot	0–0–0	1–1–0
3†	October 16	Air Force	4–2	Cadet Fieldhouse • Colorado Springs, CO	3,067	Talbot	0–0–0	2–1–0
4†	October 17	Air Force	4–2	Cadet Fieldhouse • Colorado Springs, CO	2,534	Talbot	0–0–0	3–1–0
5†	October 23	Western Michigan	2–1	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	3,873	Talbot	0–0–0	3–2–0
6†	October 24	Western Michigan	2–1	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	1,826	Talbot	0–0–0	3–3–0
7	October 31	#14 Bemidji State	2–1 (OT)	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	1,446	Talbot	0–1–0	3–4–0

November: 0–5–0 (Home: 0–3–0; Road: 0–2–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	CHA	Overall
8	November 1	#14 Bemidji State	2–1 (OT)	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	1,186	Talbot	0–2–0	3–5–0
9†	November 13	#5 UMass Lowell	3–1	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	2,406	Talbot	0–2–0	3–6–0
10†	November 14	#5 UMass Lowell	4–0	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	1,992	Talbot	0–2–0	3–7–0
11	November 20	#8 Bemidji State	6–1	John S. Glas Field House • Bemidji, MN	2,108	Talbot	0–3–0	3–8–0
12	November 21	#8 Bemidji State	6–3	John S. Glas Field House • Bemidji, MN	2,298	Talbot	0–4–0	3–9–0

December: 1–0–1 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 1–0–1)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	CHA	Overall
13	December 4	Robert Morris	2–2 (OT)	Island Sports Center • Pittsburgh, PA	678	Talbot	0–4–1	3–9–1
14	December 5	Robert Morris	4–2	Island Sports Center • Pittsburgh, PA	467	Talbot	1–4–1	4–9–1

January: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–4–1; Neutral: 1–0–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	CHA	Overall
15†^	January 2	Vermont	4–3	Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, VT	4,003	Talbot	1–4–1	4–10–1
16†^	January 3	Mercyhurst	4–1	Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, VT		Talbot	1–4–1	5–10–1
17†	January 8	Clarkson	3–1	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, NY	2,389	Talbot	1–4–1	5–11–1
18†	January 9	Clarkson	3–3 (OT)	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, NY	2,329	Talbot	1–4–1	5–11–2
19	January 15	Robert Morris	3–2	Island Sports Center • Pittsburgh, PA	1,035	Talbot	1–5–1	5–12–2
20	January 16	Robert Morris	4–2	Island Sports Center • Pittsburgh, PA	682	Talbot	1–6–1	5–13–2
21	January 29	Niagara	3–2	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	1,086	Talbot	2–6–1	6–13–2
22	January 30	Niagara	3–2	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	1,528	Talbot	3–6–1	7–13–2

February: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 2–2–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	CHA	Overall
23	February 12	Niagara	3–2	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, NY	1,314	Talbot	4–6–1	8–13–2
§	February 13	Niagara		Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, NY
24	February 19	Robert Morris	4–3	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	1,277	Talbot	5–6–1	9–13–2
25	February 20	Robert Morris	4–2	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	957	Talbot	5–7–1	9–14–2
26	February 26	Niagara	4–3	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, NY	1,169	Talbot	5–8–1	9–15–2
27	February 27	Niagara	3–1	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, NY	1,088	Talbot	5–9–1	9–16–2
28§	February 28	Niagara	3–2 (OT)	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, NY	956	Talbot	6–9–1	10–16–2

March: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 0–0–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	CHA	Overall
29	March 5	Bemidji State	3–2	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	3,287	Talbot	6–10–1	10–17–2
30	March 6	Bemidji State	2–2 (OT)	Von Braun Center • Huntsville, AL	1,527	Talbot	6–10–2	10–17–3

†Non-conference game. ^Catamount Cup. §February 13th game at Niagara postponed until February 28 due to shooting on UAH campus.^[6]

Standings[]

2009–10 College Hockey America standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#8 Bemidji State†	18	14	3	1	29	71	40	36	23	9	4	127	82
Robert Morris	18	6	9	3	15	47	60	35	10	19	6	94	121
Alabama-Huntsville*	18	6	10	2	14	42	54	32	12	17	3	72	87
Niagara	18	6	10	2	14	53	59	36	12	20	4	107	118
Championship: Alabama-Huntsville † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Postseason[]

2010 Postseason^[5]

CHA Tournament
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	Overall
1#	March 12	Robert Morris	1–0	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, NY	380	Talbot	11–17–3
2†	March 13	Niagara	3–2 (OT)	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, NY	1,818	Talbot	12–17–3

NCAA Tournament
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	Overall
3^	March 27	#1 Miami (OH)	2–1	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum • Fort Wayne, IN		Talbot	12–18–3

# CHA Tournament semi-final # CHA Tournament final ^ NCAA Tournament regional semi-final

Player stats[]

Skaters[]

Regular season^[7]^[8]

Postseason^[7]^[8]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Coburn, AndrewAndrew Coburn	30	7	14	21	14
Campbell, CodyCody Campbell	30	7	13	20	2
Järvinen, MattiMatti Järvinen	27	5	12	17	14
Ruffini, NeilNeil Ruffini	30	8	4	12	35
Cseter, JustinJustin Cseter	30	5	7	12	12
Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison	24	6	5	11	16
Train, TomTom Train	24	5	6	11	20
Nicoletti, DavideDavide Nicoletti	28	3	8	11	12
Desmet, KeenanKeenan Desmet	30	3	8	11	39
Roshko, BrandonBrandon Roshko	30	2	9	11	30
Fairbanks, ChrisChris Fairbanks	27	6	2	8	12
Barker, BrennanBrennan Barker	25	1	7	8	34
Easton, JamieJamie Easton	17	2	4	6	8
deBruyn, CurtisCurtis deBruyn	29	1	5	6	14
Tanaka, CaleCale Tanaka	28	3	2	5	20
Baxter, MattMatt Baxter	26	0	4	4	10
Bruni, VinceVince Bruni	26	1	2	3	26
Talbot, CameronCameron Talbot	30	0	3	3	0
Geoffrion, SebasianSebasian Geoffrion	20	2	0	2	14
Durnie, TomTom Durnie	16	1	1	2	6
Koudys, JoeyJoey Koudys	13	0	2	2	6
Burkholder, RyanRyan Burkholder	30	0	1	1	26
MacNicol, BlakeBlake MacNicol	2	0	0	0	0
Team	30	68	117	185	378

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Barker, BrennanBrennan Barker	3	2	1	3	6
Desmet, KeenanKeenan Desmet	3	1	2	3	2
Ruffini, NeilNeil Ruffini	3	1	1	2	2
Campbell, CodyCody Campbell	3	1	1	2	4
deBruyn, CurtisCurtis deBruyn	3	0	1	1	0
Roshko, BrandonBrandon Roshko	3	0	1	1	0
Cseter, JustinJustin Cseter	3	0	1	1	2
Coburn, AndrewAndrew Coburn	3	0	1	1	6
Järvinen, MattiMatti Järvinen	3	0	1	1	6
Bruni, VinceVince Bruni	3	0	0	0	0
Fairbanks, ChrisChris Fairbanks	3	0	0	0	0
Nicoletti, DavideDavide Nicoletti	3	0	0	0	0
Talbot, CameronCameron Talbot	3	0	0	0	0
Tanaka, CaleCale Tanaka	3	0	0	0	0
Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison	3	0	0	0	2
Train, TomTom Train	3	0	0	0	2
Geoffrion, SebasianSebasian Geoffrion	3	0	0	0	4
Baxter, MattMatt Baxter	3	0	0	0	6
Burkholder, RyanRyan Burkholder	3	0	0	0	6
Team	3	5	10	15	48

Goaltenders[]