NAHL releases Schedule

Press Release

The North American Hockey League announced today the release of its regular-season schedule for the 2009-10 season.

View the complete schedule.

The NAHL's 34rd season will commence on Friday, September 11, 2009 and end on Sunday, March 28, 2010.

Each of the 19 teams in the league's four divisions - ­ the Central, North, South and West - will play 58 games.

The seventh annual NAHL Showcase Tournament will be held from September 16-19, 2009 at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, Minn., where all 19 teams will play four regular-season games. The Showcase schedule will be announced in the coming weeks.

Other highlights on the schedule include the expansion Janesville Jets’ inaugural game on Friday, September 12, 2009 at the Janesville Ice Arena against the Traverse City North Stars and the Texas Tornado’s first home game at the newly renovated Dr Pepper Arena on Friday, September 25, 2009 against the Topeka RoadRunners.

Game times will be released in the coming weeks.

The North American Hockey League, the only USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier II Junior A league boasting 19 teams from across the country, prides itself on the social maturity and skill development of student-athletes ages 16-20 with aspirations of advancing to collegiate and/or professional hockey.

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)