North American Hockey League
The North American Hockey League was founded in 1975 when the Michigan Junior League and Wolverine Junior League formed the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League. In 1984 the name changed to the North American Junior Hockey League, and was later modified to the current North American Hockey League. The 2018-19 season marks the 44th season of NAHL competition. From modest beginnings - the league that had only three teams at a few points in its early history - the NAHL has blossomed. The NAHL has grown as hockey has grown, from that Detroit-based league in the upper Midwest to one which today spans west to Alaska and California, east through Pennsylvania to New Jersey, and south to Texas. Teams play against their own division and against other divisions to maximize exposure and enhance competition. Each team plays a 60-game regular season schedule which runs from September to April, with exhibition games and league playoff games providing additional contests. The league games, showcases and playoffs are consistently and heavily scouted by NHL teams, NHL Central Scouting and scores of college programs from around the country. The NAHL offices are relocated in Dallas, Texas, in the midst of one of the fastest growing major corporate environments in the United States. This allows the league to embark on a major program to attract sponsors and other marketing deals with some of America's largest corporations.www.nahl.com
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Sep 11, 2026
Joey EricksonHOST
And I don't care if it's the OHL.
Joey EricksonHOST
I don't care if it is the North American Hockey League.
Joey EricksonHOST
I don't care if it's the NHL.
Joey EricksonHOST
You put up those kind of numbers in the postseason, that's a good thing.
Owen YanceyGUEST
You know, you've been out here for a year and what do you think? And I mean, it's gorgeous out here and I just thought like, wow, it'd be awesome to continue four more years here.
Adrian DennyHOST
How about the Mustangs making the big jump to the North American Hockey League? Some big stories coming out of Weber County to start the hockey season.
Adrian DennyHOST
You were part of that team getting ready to make their jump.
Owen YanceyGUEST
Yeah, it's awesome for them.
Chris PowersHOST
I know, but we're just never gonna get- A New Mexico team ... a New Mexico team.
Chris PowersHOST
And what if we put in the clause, Ev, that they're the Houston Saucers until we expand to New Mexico, and then they get to be, we, we relocate that team- Or, or- So they relocate to the NAHL ... or, and everyone from New Mexico, if you come to a Houston Saucers game, you pa- you only pay 20%.
Chris PowersHOST
Free ticket.
Chris PowersHOST
Not a free ticket.
Tom CalauttisHOST
I don't want to subscribe.
Tom CalauttisHOST
24-25, he's in the NAHL, 39 goals in 56 games.
Tom CalauttisHOST
And last year in the Q, 43 goals in 64 games.
Tom CalauttisHOST
So the kid's a goal scorer.
Kenny DeGunstGUEST
Keep it going.
Kenny DeGunstGUEST
Nothing wrong with Do we sing both here whenever a hockey game's on? I think they play the Canadian National Anthem, but it's mainly the North American Hockey League, I think, what we're in.
Kenny DeGunstGUEST
The NAHL is what I think we're in.
Kenny DeGunstGUEST
The NOL.
Austin FacerHOST
It'll be just an absolute madhouse.
Austin FacerHOST
I believe they already have a rink there that plays NAHL hockey.
Austin FacerHOST
And we'll just drop the A. NAHL hockey holds about $4,000.
Jeff MarekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Just put the guys who don't want to honor their contracts
Austin FacerHOST
there and put them in front of a rowdy house in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Eric SwanickHOST
I mean, they've pretty much all had legitimate tier two junior eight careers.
Eric SwanickHOST
And like the North American hockey league, BCHL, there's one kid that played a bit in the USHL.
Eric SwanickHOST
I don't, I don't think people realize how good some of the players are and how good some of the hockey is in the ACHA one.
Eric SwanickHOST
Again, not across the board, every player, every team, but you know, a lot of guys, I think that's one of the other things I think people are starting to realize is like, okay, wow.
DJ AbisalihGUEST
Plus, it's such a fun job.
DJ AbisalihGUEST
So you have an opening, let's say, in the AHL even, you're gonna have pretty much every ECHL bros- broadcaster, SPHL broadcaster, FPHL, USHL, NAHL, like let's just keep on going down the list.
DJ AbisalihGUEST
Like, you could have over 100 applicants easily, so you've gotta figure out how to differentiate yourself from the rest of the field.
DJ AbisalihGUEST
So it's not easy.
Johanna FenwoodworthSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's getting ready to go off to university.
Kevin ReddingtonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I picked up two pairs of skates from Canadian Tire for them, and, uh, one matter of fact just got drafted to the North American Hockey League.
speaker_8CORRESPONDENT
[gentle music] Il y a deux joueuses, ma fille puis moi.
speaker_8CORRESPONDENT
Là, je vais faire ma, je vais faire ma joueuse.
Alexios GeorgiakoulisGUEST
Like our goalie played it unreal.
Alexios GeorgiakoulisGUEST
And then we went to the Robertson cup after that.
Alexios GeorgiakoulisGUEST
And our coach, our coach had a thing where if we made it to the Robertson cup, he'd take the whole team to cold play.
Alexios GeorgiakoulisGUEST
Wow.
Alexios GeorgiakoulisGUEST
No way.
Alexios GeorgiakoulisGUEST
Yeah.
Alexios GeorgiakoulisGUEST
So we all went to cold play that summer, but made the Robertson cup, lost to Lone Star.
Alexios GeorgiakoulisGUEST
It was kind of, it was kind of a mess.
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