South East Hockey League

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.

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 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

• 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

Regular season

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

	Semifinal							Final
								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

Huntsville received a bye into the final.

March 26, 2004

Cape Fear

2–6

Knoxville

James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN

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

March 28, 2004

Knoxville

4–3

Cape Fear

Cumberland County Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC

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

Final

April 1, 2004

Knoxville

4–6 (1–2, 2–1, 1–3)

Huntsville

Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL

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

April 2, 2004

Knoxville

1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Huntsville

Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL

Game reference
		Goalies	Matt Carmichael
	0 – 1 5:37 – Luke Phillips (Otis) 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)
	36	Shots

April 4, 2004

Huntsville

4–2

Knoxville

James White Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN

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

Awards

League MVP:	James Patterson (Huntsville)[2]
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

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

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