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Fields Signs Contract with SPHL‘s Huntsville Havoc
The senior captain will join the Havoc for Saturday night’s game
RINDGE, N.H. (March 7, 2008) – Senior captain Joe Fields (Towamencin, Pa./ Philadelphia Little Flyers) of the Franklin Pierce University men’s ice hockey team has signed a professional contract with the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL), the team announced on Friday afternoon.
Fields will join the Havoc for the team’s final seven games of the 2007-08 regular season, beginning tomorrow night, March 8, against the Columbus Cottonmouths. Huntsville, which currently lists 13 former NCAA Div. I and III players on its roster, currently is in seventh place in the SPHL with a 19-23 record.
“I’ll see what it’s like for the rest of the season, and then next year I could return to Huntsville or sign with another team,” Fields said. “I think it’s a big step forward for the [Franklin Pierce] program, and I hope that other players can follow the same path.”
Fields was one of the major forces behind the Northeast-10 Conference’s most potent offense in 2007-08, recording a program-best 31 points on 15 goals and 16 assists in his senior season. His goal and point totals set new single-season records at the school, while he finished the regular season second in the NE-10 in goals and third in points. The senior was also named the Northeast-10 Player of the Week twice and the ECAC Northeast Conference Player of the Week on one occasion in 2007-08.
The Towamencin, Pa., native sustained his production throughout his four years at the school, as he finished his record-breaking four-year career as the school’s all-time leader in career goals (37), assists (49) and points (86). Fields also holds the program’s single-season record for assists (19), set in 2006-07, and his three career hat tricks are the most among any Raven skater.
Franklin Pierce (6-19-0, 1-4-0 NE-10, 4-12-0 ECAC NE) completed the 2007-08 season with six wins, tying the program record for victories in a single season. The team also broke no fewer than seven program records during the year, including single-season marks for goals (93), assists (151) and points (244).