What does NAHL stand for?

NAHL stands for North American Hockey League.

How many teams play in the NAHL?

The NAHL currently consists of 36 teams.

Who won the most recent NAHL championship?

Maryland Black Bears won the most recent NAHL championship in 2026.

North American Hockey League NAHL 2023-2024

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League naming history:

1984 - currentNAHL (North American Hockey League)
1975 - 1984GLJAHL (Great Lake Junior A Hockey League)

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2023-2024

2023-2024 Season

Lone Star Brahmas finished first in the 2023-24 NAHL standings with 94 points. Minot Minotauros (90 points) and Maryland Black Bears (87 points) followed.

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2023-2024 NAHL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
Central
1.	Minot Minotauros	60	44	-	14	-	2	208	125	83	90	1.50	Semifinal loss
2.	Bismarck Bobcats	60	40	-	16	-	4	209	145	64	84	1.40	Quarterfinal loss
3.	Aberdeen Wings	60	31	-	24	-	5	187	183	4	67	1.12	Eighth Final Loss
4.	Austin Bruins	60	31	-	25	-	4	161	163	-2	66	1.10	Eighth Final Loss
5.	St. Cloud Norsemen	60	26	-	21	-	13	174	171	3	65	1.08	Did not make playoffs
6.	North Iowa Bulls	60	11	-	47	-	2	110	262	-152	24	0.40	Did not make playoffs
East
1.	Maryland Black Bears	60	41	-	14	-	5	208	145	63	87	1.45	Final loss
2.	Maine Nordiques	60	37	-	17	-	6	236	178	58	80	1.33	Quarterfinal loss
3.	Rochester Jr. Americans	60	34	-	18	-	8	213	177	36	76	1.27	Eighth Final Loss
4.	Johnstown Tomahawks	60	36	-	21	-	3	208	178	30	75	1.25	16th final loss
5.	New Jersey Jr. Titans	60	35	-	22	-	3	224	180	44	73	1.22	Eighth Final Loss
6.	Northeast Generals	60	27	-	31	-	2	188	206	-18	56	0.93	16th final loss
7.	Philadelphia Rebels	60	26	-	30	-	4	175	204	-29	56	0.93	Did not make playoffs
8.	New Hampshire Mountain Kings	60	20	-	35	-	5	148	214	-66	45	0.75	Did not make playoffs
9.	Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks	60	16	-	36	-	8	135	233	-98	40	0.67	Did not make playoffs
Midwest
1.	Anchorage Wolverines	60	39	-	14	-	7	233	169	64	85	1.42	Semifinal loss
2.	Wisconsin Windigo	60	39	-	15	-	6	224	146	78	84	1.40	Quarterfinal loss
3.	Janesville Jets	60	33	-	22	-	5	234	194	40	71	1.18	Eighth Final Loss
4.	Minnesota Wilderness	60	30	-	25	-	5	157	170	-13	65	1.08	Eighth Final Loss
5.	Chippewa Steel	60	29	-	25	-	6	170	188	-18	64	1.07	Did not make playoffs
6.	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	60	22	-	30	-	8	158	211	-53	52	0.87	Did not make playoffs
7.	Springfield Jr. Blues	60	21	-	29	-	10	151	218	-67	52	0.87	Did not make playoffs
8.	Kenai River Brown Bears	60	20	-	34	-	6	171	232	-61	46	0.77	Did not make playoffs
South
1.	Lone Star Brahmas	60	44	-	10	-	6	206	109	97	94	1.57	Champion
2.	Shreveport Mudbugs	60	41	-	17	-	2	208	141	67	84	1.40	Quarterfinal loss
3.	El Paso Rhinos	60	38	-	16	-	6	180	146	34	82	1.37	Eighth Final Loss
4.	New Mexico Ice Wolves	60	32	-	19	-	9	195	179	16	73	1.22	Eighth Final Loss
5.	Amarillo Wranglers	60	32	-	20	-	8	178	184	-6	72	1.20	16th final loss
6.	Oklahoma Warriors	60	31	-	22	-	7	187	169	18	69	1.15	16th final loss
7.	Odessa Jackalopes	60	23	-	29	-	8	162	187	-25	54	0.90	Did not make playoffs
8.	Corpus Christi IceRays	60	19	-	35	-	6	154	239	-85	44	0.73	Did not make playoffs
9.	Colorado Grit	60	12	-	41	-	7	142	248	-106	31	0.52	Did not make playoffs

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2023-2024 NAHL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Max Martin (F)	60	44	53	97	47
2.	Dominik Bartecko (F)	59	32	51	83	62
3.	Sixten Jennersjö (F)	60	16	67	83	87
4.	Matteo Disipio (F)	60	30	51	81	10
5.	Massimo Gentile (F)	60	31	44	75	102

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2023-2024 NAHL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Max Beckford (G)	24	1.83	.940
2.	Jack Wieneke (G)	33	1.49	.939
3.	Lukas Swedin (G)	16	1.72	.930
4.	Carter Richardson (G)	30	2.33	.929
5.	Adam Prokop (G)	21	2.19	.925

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2023-2024 NAHL Demographics

NAHL Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/16/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Elmira Aviators	New Jersey Jr. Titans	-
10/12/2026 12:00 AM UTC	Anchorage Wolverines	Minnesota Wilderness	5 - 4
10/11/2026 09:05 PM UTC	Corpus Christi IceRays	El Paso Rhinos	5 - 1
10/11/2026 08:00 PM UTC	Grand Junction River Hawks	Pueblo Peppers	6 - 1
10/11/2026 08:00 PM UTC	Minnesota Mallards	Wisconsin Windigo	2 - 0

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NAHL Transactions

NAHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/13/2026	Confirmed	William Stuski (G)	Oklahoma Warriors	Trinity College	Details
10/11/2026	Confirmed	Blake Arrowsmith (F)	Soo Greyhounds	Wisconsin Windigo	Details
10/10/2026	Confirmed	Vladislav Bryzgalov (G)	Corpus Christi IceRays	Tulsa Oilers	Details
10/07/2026	Confirmed	Nick Madsen (D)	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Details
10/07/2026	Confirmed	Matthew Volkman (F)	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Details

2026-2027 NAHL Free Agents

Team	Player
Rochester Jr. Americans	Jackson Schouten (F)
Minnesota Mallards	Gleb Akimov (F)
New Hampshire Mountain Kings	Veerne Lähteenmäki (D)
Northeast Generals	Mio Kjörsträd Öqvist (F)
Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks	Gleb Akimov (F)

2027-2028 NAHL Free Agents

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Player Nationalities Throughout History

NAHL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Aberdeen Wings	37	1 811	6'0"	185 lbs	20.03
2.	Amarillo Wranglers	40	2 220	6'2"	194 lbs	20.15
3.	Anchorage Wolverines	37	1 995	6'0"	181 lbs	19.62
4.	Austin Bruins	44	2 426	6'0"	183 lbs	19.93
5.	Bismarck Bobcats	41	2 526	6'0"	185 lbs	19.73
6.	Colorado Grit	44	1 644	6'0"	181 lbs	19.45
7.	Corpus Christi IceRays	44	2 211	6'1"	190 lbs	19.82
8.	Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks	43	2 215	6'0"	187 lbs	19.49
9.	El Paso Rhinos	42	2 373	6'0"	185 lbs	19.83
10.	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	39	2 047	6'0"	181 lbs	19.51
11.	Houston Bulls	46	2 468	6'0"	183 lbs	19.80
12.	Janesville Jets	49	2 569	5'11"	181 lbs	19.78
13.	Johnstown Tomahawks	35	2 199	6'1"	190 lbs	20.03
14.	Kenai River Brown Bears	39	2 323	6'0"	181 lbs	19.90
15.	Lone Star Brahmas	42	2 168	6'0"	185 lbs	19.90
16.	Maine Nordiques	45	2 743	6'0"	185 lbs	19.84
17.	Maryland Black Bears	41	2 304	6'0"	187 lbs	19.95
18.	Minnesota Wilderness	51	2 630	6'0"	183 lbs	19.78
19.	Minot Minotauros	36	1 760	6'0"	183 lbs	19.86
20.	New Hampshire Mountain Kings	54	2 054	6'0"	185 lbs	19.87
21.	New Jersey Jr. Titans	36	1 907	6'0"	183 lbs	19.89
22.	New Mexico Ice Wolves	34	1 812	6'0"	187 lbs	20.12
23.	Northeast Generals	38	2 289	6'0"	183 lbs	19.76
24.	Odessa Jackalopes	34	1 919	6'1"	185 lbs	19.91
25.	Oklahoma Warriors	44	2 452	6'0"	183 lbs	19.89
26.	Philadelphia Rebels	40	2 385	5'11"	181 lbs	19.38
27.	Pueblo Peppers	49	2 096	6'0"	181 lbs	19.35
28.	Rochester Jr. Americans	43	1 520	6'0"	185 lbs	19.72
29.	Shreveport Mudbugs	33	2 149	6'1"	190 lbs	20.00
30.	Springfield Jr. Blues	42	2 192	6'0"	181 lbs	19.74
31.	St. Cloud Norsemen	42	2 153	6'0"	179 lbs	19.61
32.	Wisconsin Windigo	42	2 289	6'0"	183 lbs	19.76

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Jonas Höög (F)	2026-2027	FoodMarket	IAHL	5	27	6	33	-
2.	Dayton Ruppel (D)	2026-2027	Louisiana Drillers	NA3HL	13	9	23	32	28
3.	Nole Donohue (F)	2026-2027	Bishop Kearney Selects 18U AAA	18U AAA	12	13	13	26	-
4.	Daniel Vihavainen (D)	2026-2027	Louisiana Drillers	NA3HL	13	4	19	23	4
5.	Gavin Sattler (F)	2026-2027	Team MPLS Magazine	UMHSEHL	13	12	8	20	6
6.	Landon Marleau (F)	2026-2027	Wellington Dukes	OJHL	14	12	8	20	4
7.	Brody Neish (F)	2026-2027	Illinois State Univ.	ACHA	9	9	11	20	2
8.	Marshall McCharles (F)	2026-2027	King Rebellion	OJHL	12	7	13	20	2
9.	Michal Frankovic (F)	2026-2027	HK Spisska Nova Ves U20	Extraliga juniorov	13	7	13	20	18
10.	Vadim Gyesbreghs (D)	2026-2027	Sharks Mechelen	Belgium	5	9	10	19	2

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Regular Season

NAHL All-Time Points

NAHL All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Ryan Fultz (F)	170	121	125	246
2.	Frank Nardella (F)	171	66	147	213
3.	Craig Bushey (F)	217	89	120	209
4.	Erik Peterson (F)	212	72	131	203
5.	Hunter Longhi (F)	209	78	119	197

NAHL All-Time Goals

NAHL All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Ryan Fultz (F)	170	121	125	246
2.	J.T. Osborn (F)	170	98	84	182
3.	Karl Sellan (F)	153	94	93	187
4.	Craig Bushey (F)	217	89	120	209
5.	Jack Prince (F)	167	88	100	188

NAHL All-Time Assists

NAHL All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Frank Nardella (F)	171	66	147	213
2.	Erik Peterson (F)	212	72	131	203
3.	Gary Brown (F)	84	66	128	194
4.	Ryan Fultz (F)	170	121	125	246
5.	Matt Rutkowski (F)	198	72	125	197

NAHL All-Time Penalty Min.

NAHL All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Luke Wright (F)	105	20	32	817
2.	Connor Wood (F)	151	9	43	768
3.	Hank Carisio (F)	158	72	160	690
4.	Jon Kretin (D)	145	11	83	663
5.	George Cantrall (F)	121	11	44	654

NAHL All-Time Games Played

NAHL All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Preston Weeks (D)	233	9	36	45
2.	Skylur Jameson (F)	231	63	72	135
3.	Alex Archibald (F)	227	15	64	79
4.	Chase Beacom (D)	225	13	42	55
5.	Jimmy McCusker (F)	223	56	79	135

NAHL All-Time Points Per Game

NAHL All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Eric Lindros (F)	14	23	52	3.71
2.	Chris Tancill (F)	45	51	150	3.33
3.	Jeff Green (F)	43	26	115	2.67
4.	Chris Seychel (F)	44	45	113	2.57
5.	Kevin Swider (F)	42	38	104	2.48

NAHL All-Time Points Per Season

NAHL All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Chris Tancill (F)	1985-1986	NAHL	45	51	99	150	3.33	-
2.	Bill McCreary Jr. (D)	1977-1978	GLJAHL	40	51	72	123	3.08	-
3.	Steve Murphy (F)	1978-1979	GLJAHL	-	56	64	120	-	-
4.	Mike Johnson (F)	1978-1979	GLJAHL	-	42	73	115	-	-
5.	Jeff Green (F)	1985-1986	NAHL	43	26	51	115	2.67	87

NAHL All-Time Goals Per Season

NAHL All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Justin Duberman (F)	1987-1988	NAHL	56	61	43	104	1.86	-
2.	Logan Jenuwine (F)	2018-2019	NAHL	59	60	44	104	1.76	80
3.	Jim Gardiner (F)	1979-1980	GLJAHL	45	57	31	88	1.96	14
4.	Steve Murphy (F)	1978-1979	GLJAHL	-	56	64	120	-	-
5.	Tom Anastos (F)	1980-1981	GLJAHL	45	55	54	109	2.42	32

NAHL All-Time Assists Per Season

NAHL All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Chris Tancill (F)	1985-1986	NAHL	45	51	99	150	3.33	-
2.	Gary Brown (F)	1989-1990	NAHL	44	39	75	114	2.59	-
3.	Mike Johnson (F)	1978-1979	GLJAHL	-	42	73	115	-	-
4.	Bill McCreary Jr. (D)	1977-1978	GLJAHL	40	51	72	123	3.08	-
5.	Don Elland (F)	1982-1983	GLJAHL	45	27	72	99	2.20	54

NAHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

NAHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jack DeMoura (D)	2023-2024	NAHL	49	0	5	5	0.10	360
2.	Luke Wright (F)	1999-2000	NAHL	38	6	6	12	0.32	357
3.	Anthony Mangano (F)	2016-2017	NAHL	42	6	5	11	0.26	331
4.	Mike Sgroi (F)	1997-1998	NAHL	48	12	16	28	0.58	328
5.	Keven Poulin (F)	2000-2001	NAHL	47	7	9	16	0.34	325