NA3HL Weekend Preview
October 5, 2018
It is a busy weekend in the NA3HL as 32 games are on the schedule for the first weekend in October.
Just three teams (Milwaukee Power, L/A Nordiques, Helena Bighorns) remain unbeaten and all three are in action this weekend, putting their perfect records on the line.
The NA3HL Showcase is just over two months away and will take place at the Super Rink in Blaine, Minnesota, from December 16-18. Teams are jockeying for position in the standings, which will be frozen after Thanksgiving in order to determine match-ups for the event.
The 2018-19 season marks the ninth for the NA3HL, which is one of two USA Hockey-certified Tier III junior leagues. This past season, no other league has had more movement and advanced more players onto play in the NAHL than the NA3HL.
The NA3HL is also the only league that has an exclusive NAHL tendering system available only to NA3HL players. This sets the stage for a proven and quantifiable NA3HL-NAHL pipeline as the NA3HL continues to make their mark in advancement of players. A total of 51 former NA3HL players played in the NAHL during the 2017-18 regular season. In addition, 24 more current NA3HL players were tendered by NAHL teams to play in the NAHL for the 2018-19 season.
The NA3HL also saw over 150+ college commitments in 2017-18. Almost 70% of those college commitments were NCAA commitments.
FRI, OCTOBER 5
Wisconsin at Evansville - 4:30 PM CDT
North Iowa at St. Louis - 7:00 PM CDT
Willmar at Rochester Grizzlies - 7:05 PM CDT
Louisiana at Texas - 7:05 PM CDT
Mid Cities at Atlanta - 8:20 PM EDT
Milwaukee at Breezy Point - 7:30 PM CDT
Alexandria at Granite City - 7:30 PM CDT
L/A at Long Beach - 8:30 PM EDT
Cape Cod at Northeast - 9:00 PM EDT
Bozeman at Missoula - 7:05 PM MDT
Gillette at Great Falls - 7:30 PM MDT
SAT, OCTOBER 6
L/A at Long Beach - 2:30 PM EDT
North Iowa at St. Louis - 2:00 PM CDT
Niagara Falls at Skylands - 6:30 PM EDT
New England at Cape Cod - 7:00 PM EDT
Maine at Oswego - 7:30 PM EDT
Northeast at Binghamton - 8:00 PM EDT
Louisiana at Texas - 7:05 PM CDT
Alexandria at New Ulm - 7:10 PM CDT
Mid Cities at Atlanta - 8:20 PM EDT
Milwaukee at Breezy Point - 7:30 PM CDT
Rochester Grizzlies at Willmar - 7:30 PM CDT
Wisconsin at Evansville - 7:45 PM CDT
Bozeman at Helena - 7:05 PM MDT
Missoula at Butte - 7:30 PM MDT
Gillette at Great Falls - 7:30 PM MDT
SUN, OCTOBER 7
Northeast at Binghamton - 12:00 PM EDT
Niagara Falls at Skylands - 12:00 PM EDT
Maine at Oswego - 1:00 PM EDT
Cape Cod at New England - 1:30 PM EDT
Wisconsin at Evansville - 12:45 PM CDT
Louisiana at Texas - 4:00 PM CDT