NA3HL Weekend Preview
February 8, 2019
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Just a month remains in the NA3HL regular season as this weekend offers up another chance for several teams to lock in their Fraser Cup Playoff berths.
With the USA Hockey trade deadline in the rearview mirror and the NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament just over a week away with rosters selected, the focus now can be 100% on teams making a push for the post-season.
This weekend offers up several key games in all of the divisions. With the L/A Nordiques and Binghamton Junior Senators already capturing regular season division titles, the focus shifts to the other four divisions.
One of those match-ups includes a 1 vs 2 battle in the Central Division as St. Louis takes on Coulee Region. The West Division also has the same 1 vs. 2 battle with Granite City in Rochester on Friday and in the Frontier Division, #1 Great Falls and #2 Helena both face road tests.
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, FEBRUARY 8
New England at L/A - 7:00 PM EST
Niagara Falls at Oswego - 7:30 PM EST
Skylands at Binghamton - 8:00 PM EST
St. Louis at Coulee Region - 7:00 PM CST
Granite City at Rochester - 7:05 PM CST
New Ulm at Alexandria - 7:10 PM CST
Louisiana at Mid Cities - 7:30 PM CST
Milwaukee at Wausau - 7:30 PM CST
North Iowa at Willmar - 7:30 PM CST
College Station at Atlanta - 8:50 PM EST
Missoula at Gillette - 7:05 PM MST
Evansville at Wisconsin - 8:15 PM CST
Great Falls at Bozeman - 7:30 PM MST
Helena at Yellowstone - 7:30 PM MST
SAT, FEBRUARY 9
St. Louis at Coulee Region - 2:30 PM CST
L/A at New England - 3:50 PM EST
Louisiana at Mid Cities - 5:30 PM CST
Long Beach at Northeast - 7:00 PM EST
College Station at Atlanta - 7:10 PM EST
Cape Cod at Maine - 7:30 PM EST
Niagara Falls at Oswego - 7:30 PM EST
Skylands at Binghamton - 8:00 PM EST
Evansville at Wisconsin - 7:00 PM CST
Alexandria at New Ulm - 7:10 PM CST
Breezy Point at Granite City - 7:30 PM CST
North Iowa at Willmar - 7:30 PM CST
Missoula at Gillette - 7:05 PM MST
Bozeman at Butte - 7:30 PM MST
Helena at Yellowstone - 7:30 PM MST
SUN, FEBRUARY 10
Cape Cod at Maine - 11:30 AM EST
College Station at Atlanta - 12:30 PM EST
St. Louis at Coulee Region - 12:00 PM CST
Niagara Falls at Oswego - 1:00 PM EST
Evansville at Wisconsin - 1:00 PM CST
Louisiana at Mid Cities - 2:00 PM CST
North Iowa at New Ulm - 3:00 PM CST
Long Beach at Northeast - 5:30 PM EST
Butte at Great Falls - 4:00 PM MST
