UAH revealed its signees for the 2015-16 season on August 3. Many of the forwards put up some prolific numbers for their junior teams last season, which will hopefully signal continued growth for the Charger offense. Here’s a summary of how they played in the 2014-15 season:
Team | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
Hunter Anderson | Langley (BCHL) | F | 58 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 64 |
Madison Dunn | Brooks (AJHL) | F | 60 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 58 |
Hans Gorowsky | Fairbanks (NAHL) | F | 60 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 38 |
Kurt Gosselin | Alberni Valley (BCHL) | D | 32 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 32 |
Jetlan Houcher | Fort McMurray (AJHL) | F | 60 | 39 | 32 | 71 | 57 |
Cam Knight | Wichita Falls (NAHL) | D | 60 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 55 |
Tyler Poulsen* | Topeka (NAHL) | F | 56 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 44 |
Brandon Salerno | Pickering (OJHL) | F | 49 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 30 |
John Teets | Fairbanks (NAHL) | D | 60 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 53 |
Adam Wilcox | Fairbanks (NAHL) | F | 43 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 96 |
* 2013-14 statistics
Some other tidbits on this class:
- Jetlan Houcher will reunite with UAH sophomore Brennan Saulnier, who was his teammate at Fort Murray in the 2013-14 season. John Teets and Adam Wilcox were also on that Oil Barons squad, which won 45 games and reached the AJHL Division Final.
- Tyler Poulsen played with Cody Champagne with Topeka in the 2013-14 season. Poulsen led the Roadrunners in scoring that year while Champagne was the second-leading scorer among defensemen as they reached the NAHL semifinals.
- Hunter Anderson and Hans Gorowsky will join Cody Marooney and Brandon Parker to make four native Minnesotans on the roster, the most UAH has had at one time in its history. Anderson and Gorowsky would make it 10 Minnesotans overall in 31 seasons. (By contrast, UAH has had seven native Huntsvillians.)
- Wilcox will be the fourth player from the state of Georgia to play from the Chargers, following Neil Ruffini, Kyle Lysaght, and Craig Pierce.
- Teets will be the second UAH player to come from the state of Alaska (Levi Hall, 1995-96).
- Brandon Salerno will be eligible to play for the Chargers in the 2016-17 season.
Frozen Tide exhibition: UAH will host Alabama’s club team at the Wilcoxon Ice Complex on Oct. 17, the weekend after the Chargers open the season at the VBC against Connecticut.
The growing Frozen Tide program, coached by Charger alumnus Mike Quenneville (’89), will be playing its first season in American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I.
UAH and Alabama played two exhibition games to start the 2012-13 season, with the Chargers winning 12-1 and 10-0.
New WCHA.tv partner: Stretch Internet will provide the online streaming for WCHA.tv in the 2015-16 season, the WCHA announced on Wednesday.
The new WCHA.tv will allow for multiple HD streams, including picture-in-picture and the ability to watch up to four games at once. The portal will integrate live stats and social media, and be available on tablet, mobile, and Smart TV devices.
Information on WCHA.tv subscription packages and pricing for the 2015-16 season (including full season, monthly, single day, team-specific and more) will be available in September.
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Not to be that guy, but why are we playing UAT? It was great to schedule them when we were having trouble filling out the schedule, but we have plenty of games already, and it looks like a week off would be a good thing instead of playing this exhibition. Is this just going to be a tune-up to let the guys who don’t normally play get some ice time?
Unless the Crimson Tide goalie is Mac Portera playing without any pads. Then I’d pay double to see it.
Likely a tune-up. I think I would prefer this game on Oct. 3, when a lot of D-I teams are having preseaon exhibitions, but so be it. Alabama is probably the club that’s most practical to have an exhibition.
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