Alabama Slammers
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Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 2003 |
Folded | By January 2007 |
League | World Hockey Association 2 |
Location | Pelham, Alabama, USA |
Arena | Pelham Civic Center |
Owner | David Waronker |
Head coach | Garry Unger |
The Alabama Slammers were a professional ice hockey team. They were a member of the World Hockey Association 2 and played their home games at Pelham Civic Center in Pelham, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. The Slammers were one of eight minor league hockey teams purchased or founded by real estate mogul David Waronker starting in 2003. By January 2007 all but one of those teams had ceased operations. They were coached to a 34-20-0-4 record, second in the league, by former NHL centerman Garry Unger. They were defeated by the Macon Trax in the semifinal round of the WHA2 playoffs.
The league folded after one season, with three of the remaining teams moving to the Southern Professional Hockey League, but the Slammers folded before making the move.
2003-04 roster
[edit]- #30 Jamie Ronayne
- #34 Jeff Kilgore
- #17 Bobby Quinnell
- #18 Jorin Welsh
- #29 Mark Loeding
- #7 Stephane Desjardins
- #2 Tom Wilson
- #12 Joe Savioli
- #3 Doug Mann
- #15 Hugo Belanger
- #27 Chad Peck
- #16 Jeff Coulter
- #8 Justin Schabes
- #61 Mike Craigen
- #24 Ryan Prentice
- #11 Jeff Mead
- #19 Doug Lawrence
- #9 Tony Patterson
- #22 Jaroslav Kresec
- #91 Jason Renard
- #15 Jeff Cheeseman
External links
[edit]- Sports clubs and teams in Birmingham, Alabama
- Defunct ice hockey teams in Alabama
- Ice hockey clubs established in 2003
- Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2004
- 2003 establishments in Alabama
- 2004 disestablishments in Alabama
- World Hockey Association 2 teams
- United States ice hockey team stubs
- Alabama sports team stubs