NA3HL Weekend Preview
November 16, 2018
We are just a month away from the NA3HL Showcase and very few games remain for NA3HL to move in the standings before the standings freeze and announcement of the Showcase schedule.
This weekend features a bit of an abbreviated schedule for NA3HL teams as 26 games are on the slate. There are several notable games, which will impact the standings. A big match-up in the West goes down on Saturday as 1st and 2nd place collide as Rochester travels to Granite City. The NA3HL HockeyTV game of the week is on Sunday as East powers collide as New England is at Binghamton. The Frontier Division’s Helena Bighorns also face a tough test in Gillette.
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, NOVEMBER 16
Northeast at Cape Cod - 5:00 PM EST
Atlanta at Texas - 7:05 PM CST
Coulee Region at Wisconsin - 7:15 PM CST
North Iowa at Breezy Point - 7:30 PM CST
New Ulm at Granite City - 7:30 PM CST
New England at Long Beach - 8:30 PM EST
Wausau at Willmar - 7:30 PM CST
Helena at Gillette - 7:05 PM MST
Yellowstone at Bozeman - 7:30 PM MST
Missoula at Butte - 7:30 PM MST
SAT, NOVEMBER 17
Skylands at Long Beach - 2:30 PM EST
Evansville at St. Louis - 2:15 PM CST
Atlanta at Texas - 2:15 PM CST
Maine at Cape Cod - 7:00 PM EST
Louisiana at College Station - 6:15 PM CST
Northeast at Oswego - 7:30 PM EST
New England at Binghamton - 8:00 PM EST
New Ulm at Alexandria - 7:10 PM CST
North Iowa at Breezy Point - 7:30 PM CST
Rochester Grizzlies at Granite City - 7:30 PM CST
Wisconsin at Milwaukee - 7:30 PM CST
Wausau at Willmar - 7:30 PM CST
Helena at Gillette - 7:05 PM MST
Bozeman at Butte - 7:30 PM MST
Missoula at Great Falls - 7:30 PM MST
SUN, NOVEMBER 18
L/A at Maine - 11:30 AM EST
New England at Binghamton - 12:00 PM EST
Northeast at Oswego - 1:00 PM EST
Evansville at St. Louis - 1:00 PM CST
Peoria at Milwaukee - 4:00 PM CST
Louisiana at College Station - 5:30 PM CST
