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==Teams==
  
==Teams==
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*[[Cape Fear Fire Antz]] (moved to SEHL for 2003-04)
  
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!Team
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*[[Huntsville Channel Cats]] (expansion team that moved to the SEHL)
  
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!Location
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*[[Jacksonville Barracudas]] (moved to WHA2 for 2003-04)
  
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!Arena
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*[[Knoxville Ice Bears]] (moved to SEHL for 2003-04)
  
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!Tenure
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*[[Macon Trax]] (moved to WHA2 for 2003-04)
  
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!Notes
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*[[Miami Manatees]] (and expansion team that moved the WHA2)
  
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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*[[Orlando Seals]] (moved to WHA2 for 2003-04)
  
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| [[Cape Fear Fire Antz]] || [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]] || [[Crown Coliseum]] || 2002-2003 ||join [[South East Hockey League]] for 2003-04
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*[[St. Pete/Winston-Salem Parrots]] (relocated from [[St. Petersburg, FL]] on November 30, 2002; folded after the season)
  
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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*[[Tallahassee Tide]] (team that was meant to play the 02-03 season but never secured a lease)
  
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| [[Jacksonville Barracudas]] || [[Jacksonville, Florida]] || [[Jacksonville Coliseum]] || 2002-2003 ||
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join [[World Hockey Association 2]] for 2003-04
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| [[Knoxville Ice Bears]] || [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] || [[Knoxville Civic Coliseum]] || 2002-2003 ||join [[South East Hockey League]] for 2003-04
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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|[[Macon Trax]] || [[Macon, Georgia]] || [[Macon Coliseum]] || 2002-2003 ||join [[World Hockey Association 2]] for 2003-04
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| [[Orlando Seals]] || [[Orlando, Florida]] || [[Amway Arena]] || 2002-2003 ||join [[World Hockey Association 2]] for 2003-04
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| [[St. Pete/Winston-Salem Parrots|St. Petersburg Parrots]] || [[St. Petersburg, Florida]] || [[Bayfront Arena]] || 2002-2002 ||
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relocated to [[Winston-Salem]] November 30, 2002
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| [[Tallahassee Tide]] || [[Tallahassee, Florida]] || [[Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center]] || 2002 ||Could not secure lease; fold prior to playing
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| [[St. Pete/Winston-Salem Parrots|Winston-Salem Parrots]] || [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]] || [[LJVM Coliseum Annex]] || 2002-2003 ||fold after season ends
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| [[Huntsville Channel Cats]] || [[Huntsville, Alabama]] || [[Von Braun Civic Center]] || 2003 ||awarded as an expansion team; join [[South East Hockey League]] for 2003-04
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| [[Miami Manatees]] || [[Miami, Florida]] || [[Miami Arena]] || 2003 ||awarded as an expansion team; join [[World Hockey Association 2]] for 2003-04
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|}
   
 
==League Split==
  
==League Split==
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===Playoffs===
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{{4TeamBracket
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| RD1= Semifinals
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| RD2= Final
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| team-width=100
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| RD1-seed1= 1
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| RD1-team1= '''[[Orlando Seals]]'''
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| RD1-score1= '''3'''
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| RD1-seed2= 3
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| RD1-team2= [[Macon Trax]]
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| RD1-score2= 0
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| RD1-seed3= 2
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| RD1-team3= '''[[Knoxville Ice Bears]]'''
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| RD1-score3= '''3'''
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| RD1-seed4= 4
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| RD1-team4= [[St. Pete/Winston-Salem Parrots]]
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| RD1-score4= 0
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| RD2-seed1= 1
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| RD2-team1= '''Orlando Seals'''
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| RD2-score1= '''3'''
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| RD2-seed2= 2
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| RD2-team2= Knoxville Ice Bears
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| RD2-score2= 0
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}}
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 27 October 2019

For the other league of the same name, see Atlantic Coast Hockey League.

Atlantic Coast Hockey League
ACHL2002
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2002
No. of teams 6
Ceased 2003
Last champion(s) Orlando Seals

The 2002 version of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League was the second league to carry this name. It shared the name with the Atlantic Coast Hockey League, the early 1980s predecessor of the ECHL. The ACHL would last only one season, and was notable for the early-season move of the St. Petersburg Parrots to Winston-Salem, NC. After a bitter split among the franchises, the league split into two new leagues, the South East Hockey League and World Hockey Association 2. The franchhises would later rejoin each other for the 2004-05 season in a league that eventually became known as the Southern Professional Hockey League.

The Orlando Seals won the ACHL's only regular season and playoff championships.

Teams

Team Location Arena Tenure Notes
Cape Fear Fire Antz Fayetteville, North Carolina Crown Coliseum 2002-2003 join South East Hockey League for 2003-04
Jacksonville Barracudas Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Coliseum 2002-2003

join World Hockey Association 2 for 2003-04

Knoxville Ice Bears Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum 2002-2003 join South East Hockey League for 2003-04
Macon Trax Macon, Georgia Macon Coliseum 2002-2003 join World Hockey Association 2 for 2003-04
Orlando Seals Orlando, Florida Amway Arena 2002-2003 join World Hockey Association 2 for 2003-04
St. Petersburg Parrots St. Petersburg, Florida Bayfront Arena 2002-2002

relocated to Winston-Salem November 30, 2002

Tallahassee Tide Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center 2002 Could not secure lease; fold prior to playing
Winston-Salem Parrots Winston-Salem, North Carolina LJVM Coliseum Annex 2002-2003 fold after season ends
Huntsville Channel Cats Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Civic Center 2003 awarded as an expansion team; join South East Hockey League for 2003-04
Miami Manatees Miami, Florida Miami Arena 2003 awarded as an expansion team; join World Hockey Association 2 for 2003-04

League Split

After the 02-03 season the Jacksonville Barracudas, the Macon Trax, the Orlando Seals, and, the ACHL expansion team, the Miami Manatees formed the WHA2 with the addition of the Lakeland Loggerheads and the Alabama Slammers. The Cape Fear Fire Antz and the Knoxville Ice Bears joined the SEHL with the Huntsville Channel Cats (who were also briefly an ACHL expansion team), the Tupelo T-Rex (who never played due to contractual issues with a previous professional league), and eventually the Winston-Salem T-Birds (who began the season known as the Winston-Salem Hockey Club) as the 4th team.

Final standings

Team GP W L OTL Pts
Orlando 59 43 14 2 88
Knoxville 59 36 21 2 74
Macon 59 31 25 3 65
St. Pete/W-S 57 28 23 6 62
Cape Fear 60 21 37 2 44
Jacksonville 60 18 41 1 37

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 Orlando Seals 3
3 Macon Trax 0
1 Orlando Seals 3
2 Knoxville Ice Bears 0
2 Knoxville Ice Bears 3
4 St. Pete/Winston-Salem Parrots 0


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