The North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) has announced the
release of the 2013-14 regular-season schedule. Entering its fourth
full season, the NA3HL is one of nine USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III
Junior leagues and serves as one of the top training grounds in the
country by providing the best coaching, exposure and developmental
vehicles available for student-athletes in its classification.
This past season, the NA3HL’s North Iowa Bulls were crowned as the
USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Champions and a record number of
players from the NA3HL were drafted and tendered in the NAHL and made
commitments to the NCAA and ACHA.
Each of the 18 teams in the league's three divisions - the Central,
East and West - will play 48 regular season games. The regular season
will commence on September 7, 2013 and conclude on March 9, 2014.
The NA3HL will hold a league-wide Showcase Tournament in which all
18 teams will be in one location to play four regular season games. The
2013 NA3HL Showcase will be held from November 22-25 at Canlan Ice
Sports in Romeoville, Illinois (home to the NA3HL’s Chicago Jr.
Bulldogs). A Showcase schedule will be released at a later date.
The 2014 NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament will be held on a different
date this season than years past. It will be held in cooperation with
the NAHL Top Prospects Tournament in Troy, Michigan from February 16-18,
2014. The event will feature some of the best prospects from the NA3HL
playing in an ‘all-star’ type of event.
The 2014 NA3HL Silver Cup Championship Tournament, which crowns the
NA3HL’s playoff champion, will be held from March 28-31, 2014 at the
Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Illinois.
2013-14 NA3HL Divisional breakdown:
Central Division (6 teams): Battle Creek Revolution, Chicago Junior
Bulldogs, Cincinnati Swords, Peoria Mustangs, St. Louis Jr. Blues,
Wisconsin Whalers.
East Division (6 teams): Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks, Flint Jr.
Generals, Metro Jets, Michigan Mountain Cats, Pittsburgh Vengeance,
Toledo Cherokee.
West Division (6 teams): Alexandria Blizzard, Breezy Point North
Stars, Granite City Lumberjacks, Minnesota Flying Aces, North Iowa
Bulls, Twin City Steel.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
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