The Louisiana IceGators are a team of the Southern Professional Hockey League who began play in the 2009-10 season. Like the original IceGators which played from 1995 until folding in 2005, they are based out of Lafayette, Louisiana. For their first season as members of the SPHL, home games were played at the Blackham Coliseum rather than the Cajundome, the original home of the ECHL 'Gators. For the 2010-11 season, however, the team's home ice returned to the Cajundome.[1]
[edit] History
Original Louisiana Icegators logo
The new IceGators were brought back and owned by local businessman Danny Smith, and their head coach was Ron Handy, a member of the original IceGators team that hit the ice in 1995-96.[2] In August 2010, a deal was struck and Smith sold the team to two local businessmen.
On Monday, October 26, 2009, Ron Handy stepped down as head coach after a 0-3-0 start. He was replaced by General Manager Brent Sapergia on an interim basis. Sapergia was banned by the league after being disqualified from two games in a row. In Pensacola, Sapergia threw a water bottle onto the ice, then a water cooler, then a pair of medical kits. Sapergia finished the tirade by emptying Louisiana's supply of hockey sticks into play and giving a farewell gesture to the fans as he left the arena.[3] Former Huntsville Havoc player and coach John Gibson was later named Head Coach, while Handy will begin to focus on community relations and off ice operations.[4]
On October 18, 2010[5] the IceGators affiliated with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League.
[edit] Season-by-season record
Southern Professional Hockey League
| Season |
GP |
W |
L |
OTL |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
PIM |
Finish |
| 2009-10 |
56 |
23 |
31 |
2 |
48 |
175 |
223 |
1650 |
7th (Out of Playoffs) |
| 2010-11 |
56 |
16 |
40 |
0 |
32 |
170 |
231 |
1111 |
8th (Out of Playoffs) |
[edit] Roster
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Forwards
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| # |
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Player |
Pos. |
Shoots |
Height |
Weight |
Place of Birth |
| 6 |
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Josh Duplantis |
RW |
R |
6' 1" |
210 lbs. |
Youngsville, Louisiana, USA |
| 7 |
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C Shawn McNeil |
RW |
L |
6' 0" |
198 lbs. |
Pembroke, Ontario, Canada |
| 8 |
|
Josh Boyd |
C |
L |
5' 6" |
155 lbs. |
Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| 11 |
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Jason Hill |
LW |
R |
5' 10" |
195 lbs. |
Niagara Falls, New York, USA |
| 13 |
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Brayden Metz |
C |
L |
6' 0" |
185 lbs. |
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| 14 |
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Alex Morton |
LW |
R |
6' 3" |
210 lbs. |
Cannington, Ontario, Canada |
| 20 |
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Robert Short |
RW |
R |
6' 0" |
200 lbs. |
Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada |
| 28 |
|
Matt Wallace |
RW |
L |
6' 0" |
205 lbs. |
Skaneateles, New York, USA |
| 29 |
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Kevin Beauregard |
C |
R |
6' 3" |
225 lbs. |
South Windsor, Connecticut, USA |
| 39 |
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August Aiken |
LW |
L |
5' 9" |
170 lbs. |
Whittier, California, USA |
| 77 |
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Jordan Oye |
C |
R |
5' 11" |
175 lbs. |
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
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Defensemen
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| # |
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Player |
Pos. |
Shoots |
Height |
Weight |
Place of Birth |
| 3 |
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David Simoes |
D |
L |
5' 10" |
205 lbs. |
Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada |
| 4 |
|
Clark Byczynski |
D |
R |
5' 10" |
180 lbs. |
Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| 5 |
|
Tyler Lyon |
D |
L |
6' 0" |
175 lbs. |
Foxboro, Ontario, Canada |
| 22 |
|
Phil Crea |
D |
R |
5' 8" |
185 lbs. |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 43 |
|
Sean Murray |
D |
|
6' 1" |
195 lbs. |
Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
| 59 |
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Tobias Carlsson |
D |
R |
6' 2" |
200 lbs. |
Östersund, Sweden |
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