What does NPHL stand for?

NPHL stands for Northern Premier Hockey League.

How many teams play in the NPHL?

The NPHL currently consists of 22 teams.

Who won the most recent NPHL championship?

Smiths Falls Rideaus won the most recent NPHL championship in 2026.

Northern Premier Hockey League NPHL

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League naming history:

2025 - 2026NPHL (Northern Premier Hockey League)
2004 - 2025EOSHL (Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League)

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2026-2027 Season

Arnprior Rivermen, Smiths Falls Rideaus, County Royals, Deseronto Bulldogs, Durham Hawks and Six Nations Ironmen share the lead in the 2026-27 NPHL standings with 4 points. Westport Lumberjacks (3 points) and Shawville Pontiacs (2 points) follow.

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2026-2027 NPHL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
Capital East
1.	Arnprior Rivermen	2	2	-	0	0	0	12	7	5	4	2.00	-
2.	Shawville Pontiacs	1	1	-	0	0	0	8	1	7	2	2.00	-
3.	Akwesasne Wild	1	0	-	1	0	0	5	8	-3	0	0.00	-
4.	Paugan Falls Rapids	2	0	-	2	0	0	9	14	-5	0	0.00	-
5.	Smiths Falls Rideaus	2	2	-	0	0	0	13	8	5	4	2.00	-
6.	South Stormont Mustangs	2	1	-	1	0	0	13	8	5	2	1.00	-
7.	South Grenville Rangers	1	0	-	1	0	0	1	8	-7	0	0.00	-
8.	Madawaska Valley Wolves	2	0	-	2	0	0	7	17	-10	0	0.00	-
Capital West
1.	County Royals	3	2	-	1	0	0	21	12	9	4	1.33	-
2.	Deseronto Bulldogs	2	1	-	0	1	0	23	8	15	4	2.00	-
3.	Tamworth Sabres	3	1	-	2	0	0	11	29	-18	2	0.67	-
4.	Lindsay Barncats	1	0	-	1	0	0	4	9	-5	0	0.00	-
5.	Norwood Rams	3	0	-	3	0	0	12	26	-14	0	0.00	-
6.	Durham Hawks	2	2	-	0	0	0	17	9	8	4	2.00	-
7.	Westport Lumberjacks	2	1	-	0	0	1	12	11	1	3	1.50	-
8.	Tweed Oil Kings	1	1	-	0	0	0	13	2	11	2	2.00	-
Metropolitan North
1.	Six Nations Ironmen	2	2	-	0	0	0	14	10	4	4	2.00	-
2.	Woodstock Lakers	2	0	-	1	0	1	9	17	-8	1	0.50	-
3.	Brant County Riverhawks	2	0	-	2	0	0	9	16	-7	0	0.00	-
Metropolitan South
1.	Alvinston Killer Bees	1	1	-	0	0	0	10	6	4	2	2.00	-
2.	Strathroy Jets	2	1	-	1	0	0	11	9	2	2	1.00	-
3.	Tilbury Bluebirds	1	0	-	0	1	0	6	5	1	2	2.00	-

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2026-2027 NPHL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Austin Eastman (F)	2	2	8	10	0
2.	Luc Brown (F)	2	2	6	8	2
3.	Justin Arnold (F)	2	3	4	7	2
4.	Devon Burns (F)	2	3	4	7	2
5.	Brett Beckett (F)	3	3	4	7	4

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2026-2027 NPHL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Tom Meyerhans (G)	1	1.00	.971
2.	Dallas Slack (G)	1	3.00	.941
3.	Leif Hertz (G)	1	3.00	.940
4.	Christian Kristalyn (G)	1	4.01	.931
5.	Chris Hrabec (G)	1	5.00	.921

2026-2027 NPHL Demographics

NPHL Games

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NPHL Transactions

NPHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/17/2026	Confirmed	Josh Labelle (D)	Topeka Scarecrows	Brant County Riverhawks	Details
10/16/2026	Confirmed	Caden Faulkner (F)	Alvinston Killer Bees	Aberdeen Lynx	Details
10/01/2026	Confirmed	Ryan Spooner (F)	HK Dukla Trencin	Arnprior Rivermen	Details
07/04/2026	Confirmed	Kevin Tansey (D)	Sheffield Steelers	Madawaska Valley Wolves	Details
01/09/2026	Confirmed	Luc Brown (F)	Deseronto Bulldogs	Corner Brook Royals	Details

2026-2027 NPHL Free Agents

Team	Player
Orangeville Blitz	Ben Thomson (F)
Orangeville Blitz	Tyler Randell (F)
Akwesasne Wild	Mathieu Sabourin (F)
Stratford Irish	Jaden Peca (F)
Woodstock Lakers	Matthew Shulist (F)

2027-2028 NPHL Free Agents

Team	Player
South Stormont Mustangs	Mathieu Desgagnés (F)
Brant County Riverhawks	Ryan Hunter (F)
Madawaska Valley Wolves	Kevin Tansey (D)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

NPHL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Akwesasne Wild	19	573	5'11"	179 lbs	27.61
2.	Alvinston Killer Bees	19	214	6'0"	185 lbs	29.16
3.	Arnprior Rivermen	27	1 120	5'11"	185 lbs	29.59
4.	Brant County Riverhawks	28	42	6'1"	194 lbs	28.48
5.	County Royals	29	538	6'0"	187 lbs	27.64
6.	Deseronto Bulldogs	30	1 055	6'0"	179 lbs	28.40
7.	Durham Hawks	26	539	6'1"	187 lbs	31.40
8.	Lindsay Barncats	19	220	6'0"	185 lbs	29.82
9.	Madawaska Valley Wolves	25	425	6'0"	183 lbs	30.13
10.	Norwood Rams	32	412	6'0"	183 lbs	29.83
11.	Paugan Falls Rapids	25	858	6'0"	187 lbs	25.72
12.	Shawville Pontiacs	21	363	5'11"	174 lbs	26.29
13.	Six Nations Ironmen	20	283	5'11"	187 lbs	29.50
14.	Smiths Falls Rideaus	24	1 007	6'0"	183 lbs	29.42
15.	South Grenville Rangers	24	637	6'0"	181 lbs	26.35
16.	South Stormont Mustangs	26	636	5'11"	183 lbs	27.38
17.	Strathroy Jets	28	323	6'0"	187 lbs	30.86
18.	Tamworth Sabres	30	767	5'11"	181 lbs	26.11
19.	Tilbury Bluebirds	23	259	6'0"	190 lbs	28.95
20.	Tweed Oil Kings	23	593	6'0"	176 lbs	26.65
21.	Westport Lumberjacks	26	649	5'11"	179 lbs	25.19
22.	Woodstock Lakers	23	264	6'0"	179 lbs	26.14

Team Comparison History

NPHL Interesting Facts

Oldest
1.	Paul Tompkins	55 yrs
2.	Stephen Beck	46 yrs
3.	Ben Harris	46 yrs
4.	Sandy Porter	45 yrs
5.	Danny Rivette	45 yrs

Tallest
1.	Taylor Doherty	6'8"
2.	Todd Northgrave	6'8"
3.	Keenan Suthers	6'8"
4.	Jack Van Boekel	6'7"
5.	Erik Van Brenk	6'7"

Heaviest
1.	Daniel McCutcheon	265 lbs
2.	Erik Van Brenk	256 lbs
3.	Carter Ryan	249 lbs
4.	Michael Hunter	245 lbs
5.	Keenan Suthers	245 lbs

Youngest
1.	Lou-Félix Morin	19 yrs
2.	Andrew Hopley	20 yrs
3.	Hudson Binder	20 yrs
4.	Jack Paquette	20 yrs
5.	David Vézina	20 yrs

Shortest
1.	Mitch Brown	5'5"
2.	Michael Anson	5'6"
3.	Jacob Brown	5'6"
4.	Mattix Scharf	5'7"
5.	Brock Boisclair	5'7"

Lightest
1.	Nicholas Shearer	134 lbs
2.	Brock Boisclair	139 lbs
3.	William Harrison	141 lbs
4.	Evan Morrison	141 lbs
5.	Mattix Scharf	141 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Ethan Salter (F)	2026-2027	Solihull Barons	NIHL 1	6	10	1	11	0
2.	Alexandre Grenier (F)	2026-2027	Contrecoeur Vikings	LHSE	5	1	9	10	4
3.	Mateo Cabral (F)	2026-2027	ESV Buchloe	Regionalliga	4	2	6	8	4
4.	Rycol Davis (F)	2026-2027	McKendree Univ.	ACHA III	6	1	6	7	12
5.	Chyp Fraser (F)	2026-2027	St-Gabriel Loups	LHSE	3	5	1	6	12
6.	Evan Boucher (F)	2026-2027	Piráti Chomutov	1. liga	11	5	1	6	6
7.	Dominic Mufarreh (F)	2026-2027	Calvin Univ.	ACHA	5	2	4	6	2
8.	Jordan Villeneuve (D)	2026-2027	Ste-Agathe-des-Monts	LHSE	3	1	5	6	2
9.	Maxime Guyon (F)	2026-2027	Trois-Rivières Méga Toit	LHSAAAQ	5	4	1	5	0
10.	Nico Hemming (F)	2026-2027	EC Eisbären Balingen	Landesliga	2	2	3	5	6

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Regular Season

NPHL All-Time Points

NPHL All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter MacKellar (F)	112	148	165	313
2.	Ron Baker (F)	114	93	186	279
3.	Brett Gustavsen (F)	87	103	135	238
4.	Chad Birkhof (F)	101	74	163	237
5.	Ryan Lough (F)	70	102	98	200

NPHL All-Time Goals

NPHL All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter MacKellar (F)	112	148	165	313
2.	Brett Gustavsen (F)	87	103	135	238
3.	Ryan Lough (F)	70	102	98	200
4.	Ron Baker (F)	114	93	186	279
5.	Andrew Rhynold (F)	83	92	72	164

NPHL All-Time Assists

NPHL All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Ron Baker (F)	114	93	186	279
2.	Peter MacKellar (F)	112	148	165	313
3.	Chad Birkhof (F)	101	74	163	237
4.	Brett Gustavsen (F)	87	103	135	238
5.	Brett Costello (D)	90	36	122	158

NPHL All-Time Penalty Min.

NPHL All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Steve Thomas (D)	69	8	43	334
2.	Miguel Poissant (F)	65	4	9	329
3.	Dave Stewart (D)	68	19	76	325
4.	Eric Selleck (F)	40	20	58	238
5.	Peter MacKellar (F)	112	148	313	231

NPHL All-Time Games Played

NPHL All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Ron Baker (F)	114	93	186	279
2.	Peter MacKellar (F)	112	148	165	313
3.	Adrian Moyes (F)	109	52	84	136
4.	Brandon Gilmour (F)	107	59	97	156
5.	Devon Burns (F)	104	68	61	129

NPHL All-Time Points Per Game

NPHL All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Brett Gibson (F)	4	8	18	4.50
2.	Joël Caron (F)	1	2	4	4.00
3.	Joshua Barnes (F)	1	2	4	4.00
4.	Kyle Brothers (F)	1	2	4	4.00
5.	Brent Norris (F)	5	5	17	3.40

NPHL All-Time Points Per Season

NPHL All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Peter MacKellar (F)	2005-2006	EOSHL	30	51	49	100	3.33	77
2.	Chad Birkhof (F)	2005-2006	EOSHL	30	33	67	100	3.33	16
3.	Justin Cardwell (F)	2004-2005	EOSHL	31	46	46	92	2.97	41
4.	Peter MacKellar (F)	2004-2005	EOSHL	31	37	51	88	2.84	62
5.	Kevin Shoebridge (F)	2007-2008	EOSHL	27	38	47	85	3.15	12

NPHL All-Time Goals Per Season

NPHL All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Peter MacKellar (F)	2005-2006	EOSHL	30	51	49	100	3.33	77
2.	Justin Cardwell (F)	2004-2005	EOSHL	31	46	46	92	2.97	41
3.	Joe Hawley (F)	2005-2006	EOSHL	26	45	37	82	3.15	14
4.	Kevin Shoebridge (F)	2007-2008	EOSHL	27	38	47	85	3.15	12
5.	Jason Sutton (F)	2003-2004	NPHL	27	38	36	74	2.74	22

NPHL All-Time Assists Per Season

NPHL All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Chad Birkhof (F)	2005-2006	EOSHL	30	33	67	100	3.33	16
2.	Ron Baker (F)	2005-2006	EOSHL	30	25	57	82	2.73	45
3.	Peter MacKellar (F)	2004-2005	EOSHL	31	37	51	88	2.84	62
4.	Randy Holmes (F)	2003-2004	NPHL	28	35	50	85	3.04	36
5.	Peter MacKellar (F)	2005-2006	EOSHL	30	51	49	100	3.33	77

NPHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

NPHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Nick Kerr (F)	2006-2007	EOSHL	24	4	10	14	0.58	147
2.	Steve Thomas (D)	2007-2008	EOSHL	23	3	10	13	0.57	132
3.	Dave Stewart (D)	2006-2007	EOSHL	24	5	23	28	1.17	127
4.	Austin Gaspar (D)	2023-2024	EOSHL	11	0	1	1	0.09	120
5.	Mike Laughlin (D)	2003-2004	NPHL	25	11	27	38	1.52	116