[NEW] NAHL 2023-24 Thread

[JMCx4]

As the 2023 Robertson Cup playoffs roll on, two NAHL East teams have been sold but each will stay put according to the new owners ...
• Trib-Democrat: Tomahawks under new ownership, will remain in Johnstown
• NAHL.com: Maine Nordiques announce new ownership group

Click to read more...

 

[Holtbyisms]

Tomahawks new ownership group is a good thing. Most of the investors were part of the former group. Small city packs the place, won't be moving any time soon. Season tickets purchased and excited for the draft this week!

 

[PipeDream]

I'm hearing the NA is now increasing the import limit to 6 this season, is that accurate?

 

[JMCx4]

I'm hearing the NA is now increasing the import limit to 6 this season, is that accurate?

USA Hockey dictates the NAHL import limit. The League FAQ page still cites the 4 player import limit.

 

[JMCx4]

Better late (to post) than later ...
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From: The North American Hockey League > News

NAHL releases 2023-24 regular season schedule

JUNE 28, 2023

The North American Hockey League (NAHL) has announced the release of the 2023-24 regular season schedule. ...

“The release of the NAHL schedule is always an exciting day for our teams and fans. A lot of hard work goes into building the schedule, so credit goes to our owners for their diligence and commitment to making it happen. We are coming off another incredible season of competition and NCAA advancement. The NAHL continues to set a gold standard and when it comes to earning an NCAA commitment while playing in the league, and no one is doing better or more often than our teams and players. 300+ NCAA commitments for seven straight seasons is an oustanding achievement,” said NAHL Commissioner and President Mark Frankenfeld.

Click here for the complete 2023-24 NAHL Schedule

Each of the 32 teams in the league's four divisions (Central, East, Midwest and South) will play 60 regular season games. The regular season will commence on September 8, 2023, and end on April 13, 2024. ...


Read more at: NAHL releases 2023-24 regular season schedule

 

[JMCx4]

From: The North American Hockey League > News > Top Stories

Austin Bruins, Rochester Grizzlies announce new ownership group

JULY 19, 2023

The North American Hockey League (NAHL) has announced that its Board of Governors has approved the application, sale, and transfer of membership of the NAHL’s Austin Bruins and the NA3HL’s Rochester Grizzlies to Brian Raduenz who has purchased the team from Mike Cooper and Craig Patrick.

Raduenz is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of AEVEX Aerospace, an Aerospace and Defense company specializing in aviation-based technology solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after serving 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as a commander, flight test engineer, and program manager for a wide variety of manned and unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) programs. ...

The Austin Bruins began play in the NAHL in 2010-11. In 13 seasons in the NAHL, the Bruins have made the playoffs nine times, won four Central Division regular season titles, and have an overall record of 412-266-87 in that time span. In that 13-year span, the Bruins have had more than 140 NCAA commitments. The team has been to the Robertson Cup Championship Game three times in 2014, 2015, and in 2023.

The Rochester Grizzlies just finished their fifth season playing in the NA3HL. During the 2021-22 season, the Grizzlies were crowned as Fraser Cup National Champions and during the 2020-21 season (they) finished as Fraser Cup Runner-Up. In five years in the NA3HL, the Grizzlies have amassed a 173-43-12 record and advanced dozens of players onto the NAHL and college hockey.


Read more at:

Austin Bruins, Rochester Grizzlies announce new ownership group

New owner of Bruins and Grizzlies renews commitment to carry on tradition and take teams to next level.

nahl.com

 

[PipeDream]

USA Hockey dictates the NAHL import limit. The League FAQ page still cites the 4 player import limit.

Well, then you heard it here first!

Allowing 2 Canadians + 4 other imports

 

[JMCx4]

Somebody(-ies) in the NAHL oughta get an award of some kind for this annual pre-season team feature series ... NA Now season preview series begins

• NA Now: Aberdeen Wings
• NA Now: Amarillo Wranglers
• NA Now: Anchorage Wolverines
• NA Now: Austin Bruins
• NA Now: Bismarck Bobcats
• NA Now: Chippewa Steel
• NA Now: Colorado Grit (new team)
• Ed. Note: See three team profiles in @JDogindy's post below
• NA Now: Fairbanks Ice Dogs
• NA Now: Janesville Jets
• NA Now: Johnstown Tomahawks
• NA Now: Kenai River Brown Bears
• NA Now: Lone Star Brahmas
• NA Now: Maine Nordiques
• NA Now: Maryland Black Bears
• NA Now: Minnesota Wilderness
• NA Now: Minot Minotauros
• NA Now: New Hampshire Mountain Kings (another new team)
• NA Now: New Jersey Titans
• NA Now: New Mexico Ice Wolves
• NA Now: North Iowa Bulls
• NA Now: Northeast Generals
• NA Now: Odessa Jackalopes
• NA Now: Oklahoma Warriors
• NA Now: Philadelphia Rebels
• NA Now: Rochester Jr. Americans (a 3rd new team)
• NA Now: Shreveport Mudbugs
• NA Now: Springfield Jr. Blues
• NA Now: St. Cloud Norsemen
• NA Now: Wisconsin Windigo

More to follow. Daily on the NAHL website, here as often as I remember to post them.

ETA: That wraps it up. NAHL season begins Sept. 8th. Game on!

 

[GindyDraws]

Corpus Christi Ice Rays

Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks

El Paso Rhinos

Predictably, they danced around how bad Danbury was by going "well, they won three of their last four games"

 

[JMCx4]

From: The Johnstown (PA) Tribune Democrat > News

Tomahawks' new owner: Honor Johnstown's hockey past, invest in players' futures
By Russ O'Reilly
Aug 14, 2023

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The Johnstown Tomahawks’ Sept. 30 home opener against the New Hampshire Mountain Kings is seven weeks away, and no one could be more excited than the team’s new majority owner and CEO, John Koufis.

Koufis socked his palm with his fist while talking about his passion for hockey – the physicality, the speed and the “poetry,” he said, of the players’ looping turns, their swift changes of direction on the edges of their skates, and their skillful passing of the puck.

“It is absolutely the one sport that you get a full appreciation for when you watch it live,” he said. ...

Read more at: Tomahawks' new owner: Honor Johnstown's hockey past, invest in players' futures

 

[JMCx4]

The feature series list of 2023-24 season NA Now team profiles has been brought up-to-date in this post above. With a primary assist given to @JDogindy.

 

[JMCx4]

From: The North American Hockey League > News > Top Stories

NAHL announces new NAHLTV details, packages, and pricing

AUGUST 22, 2023

The North American Hockey League (NAHL), along with their development partners in the NA3HL and NAPHL, have announced the details, packages, and pricing for the NAHLTV streaming platform, which is the exclusive home for all streaming content to all games played in the NAHL, NA3HL, and NAPHL beginning in the 2023-24 season.

Fans can go to https://nahltv.com/ to create their free account and chose from one of three different types of plans, which includes pricing for pay-as-you-go per game viewing, a monthly plan, or a yearly plan. To sign up and begin the process, fans first will register and create a free account at https://nahltv.com/. In the main navigation menu (top right), select "Register" and complete the form.

The Pay-as-you-go plan, which is $14.99 per game, allows fans to buy access to watch a specific game live or on-demand. The game will be available to watch for 48 hours after purchase. The Basic monthly plan will cost $29.99 and will include access to all NAHL, NA3HL, and NAPHL content live and on-demand for a full month. The Basic yearly plan is $179.99 and will include access to all NAHL, NA3HL, and NAPHL content live and on-demand for the entire season. Online payments can made by Visa, MasterCard or American Express.

Plans will begin and be available for purchase beginning September 1, 2023, for the start of the 2023-24 regular season. ...

The NAHL is also pleased to announce that any exhibition/pre-season games played in the NAHL or NA3HL will be totally free to view. ...


Read more at:

NAHL announces new NAHLTV details, packages, and pricing

Packages for the 2023-24 season include per game, monthly, and yearly subscriptions for NAHL, NA3HL, and NAPHL games.

www.nahl.com

 

[JMCx4]

Just three more teams left to add to the 2023-24 NA Now pre-season previews.

The NAHL Showcase first puck drops a week from tomorrow in Blaine, MN, with all 32 teams playing three or four games to start their seasons. I smell hockey coming ...

 

[JMCx4]

All 32 NA Now team previews are now posted above.

The new NAHLTV streaming packages (are) now on sale.

And the 2023-24 season starts this evening at various venues, before all 32 teams meet up in Blaine for the NAHL Showcase starting 13 September.


ETA: And for those who forgot - or never knew - the defending NAHL champions are the Oklahoma Warriors.

 

[alko]

Btw, this new Scoreboard and Boxscores on the NAHL site are horrible.
Why to hell do they make changes, if it is going from good to horrible?

 

[JMCx4]

Btw, this new Scoreboard and Boxscores on the NAHL site are horrible.
Why to hell do they make changes, if it is going from good to horrible?

Probably a change in their social media subcontractor, low bidders rule. I've seen worse on-line products.

 

[PipeDream]

Probably a change in their social media subcontractor, low bidders rule. I've seen worse on-line products.

When your argument is "I've seen worse", it tells you all you need to know. No goalie stats, in fact they don't even have the correct goalie playing in several games.

 

[Nanabijou]

When your argument is "I've seen worse", it tells you all you need to know. No goalie stats, in fact they don't even have the correct goalie playing in several games.

The GAA for goalies on the individual team websites are completely off. Then the team GAA just sums the two wrong individual GAA (at least the couple I looked at). One would think it's not hard to write the proper equation in the code.

 

[PipeDream]

The GAA for goalies on the individual team websites are completely off. Then the team GAA just sums the two wrong individual GAA (at least the couple I looked at). One would think it's not hard to write the proper equation in the code.

They have made a few corrections over the course of the week, so they are making progress, but you are correct there are still issues with GAA and the games played (which is probably the root cause), in some cases goalies have played more games that the team has played for the entire season.

 

[JMCx4]

Some NAHL action, as the young men get into the season groove ...

 

[JMCx4]

The Rink Live published a recent interview by Jordan McAlpine with new NAHL Commish Mark Frankenfeld. I thought the tech talk up front was worth a browse, especially for the posters above discussing stats inconsistencies early this season ...

... Q: First off, how excited are you to get the 2023-24 season underway? And what changes can fans or teams expect this season?

A: We’re extremely excited and honestly once the season gets started, it’s going to give us a break for the first time in a while. We went through a really big transition with our technology this summer and we’ve been working through a lot of bumps and bruises to get everything right. We took over our own branded streaming service, stats service, analytical service and website service, and then once we get started in October our teams are going to have video replay of goals available and every game will have an iPad in the scorekeepers box. So if there’s a questionable goal, we can now review them.

The next step will be in November where teams are going to have an iPad on the bench and a second one in the stands. So teams will be able to tag clips, they can go over plays on the bench and most importantly, they’ll be able to instantly educate and coach players. That’s something we’ve been working on over the last few years and our owners really wanted, and everything came together this summer. We have control of our data, control of our content, it’s NAHL-branded and we can help elevate the player experience in our league. We’re giving our players, coaches and teams the best possible resources, and that’s an exciting thing. ...

 

[PipeDream]

The Rink Live published a recent interview by Jordan McAlpine with new NAHL Commish Mark Frankenfeld. I thought the tech talk up front was worth a browse, especially for the posters above discussing stats inconsistencies early this season ...

It's now October and the website is still a dumpster fire. For a week or two in September I thought they were making progress, you could see some things were being corrected and improved over the course of a week. I would say all progress stopped about a week ago.

 

[alko]

The Rink Live published a recent interview by Jordan McAlpine with new NAHL Commish Mark Frankenfeld. I thought the tech talk up front was worth a browse, especially for the posters above discussing stats inconsistencies early this season ...

It looks like, they focused their changes to teams (coach, GMs...) Not a single word about fans experience.

 

[JMCx4]

NAHL weekend game recaps, in alliteral fashion ...

• Friday Finals: Wilderness take over Midwest lead with shutout

• Saturday Scores: Wranglers highlight weekend of sweeps

 

[PipeDream]

It looks like, they focused their changes to teams (coach, GMs...) Not a single word about fans experience.

Here's a new one, a D-man for the Jersey Hitmen played Goalie for the Austin Bruins on Friday night...that's where we are with with the state of the NAHL website.