The Madison Kodiaks were a minor league

Minor league

Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities. This term is used in North America with regard to several organizations competing in...

 ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team based in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

, during the 1999-2000 UHL season. Affiliated with the AHL

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

 Milwaukee Admirals

Milwaukee Admirals

The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:...

, the Kodiaks were an expansion team that filled the void left by the recently departed Madison Monsters

Madison Monsters

The Madison Monsters was a hockey team based in Madison, Wisconsin that later moved to Knoxville, Tennessee and was named the Knoxville Speed. The team played in the UHL and CoHL. The City of Madison was granted the franchise before the 1995-96 season. The other team to join that year was the...

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After one season, the team moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo, Michigan

The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...

, to play as the second incarnation of the Kalamazoo Wings

Kalamazoo Wings

The Kalamazoo Wings, nicknamed the K-Wings, are a mid-level professional ice hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A member of the ECHL's Eastern Conference, North Division, they play in the 5,113-seat Wings Stadium....

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Owners

The team's 14 owners were Bill Bartkowiak, Richard (Dick) Chvala, Keith Decker, Harold N. Homburg, Leo Hunstinger, Jerry Phipps, Steve Schmitt, Charlie Schutze, John Steinhafel, Linda Holmes, Mike O' Brien, Greg Roessler, Kate Roessler and Dave Strassman.

Roster

Coaches
Kent Hawley—Head Coach
Andy Faulkner—Player/Assistant Coach
Jeff Winter—Player Assistant Coach

Players

• # 1 David Fletcher—Goalie
• #29 Eoin McInerney—Goalie
• # 5 Derek Beuselinck—Defense
• #27 Josh Boni—Center
• #19 Jim Duhart—Right Wing
• #34 Brad Englehart—Forward
• #21 Andy Faulkner—Forward
• # 9 Mathias Frelin—Defense
• #49 Randy Holmes—Forward
• # 6 Jason Hughes—Defense
• #13 Dave Jesiolowski—Right Wing
• #32 Matt Loen—Center
• #18 Mikhail Nemirovski—Right Wing
• # 4 Steve Parsons—Defense
• #33 Luke Strand—Right Wing
• #37 Jeff Winter—Defense
• #25 Brian Wilson—Forward