NA3HL Weekend Preview
October 30, 2015
Another big weekend looms for NA3HL teams as we pass the quarter point of the season. In most cases the race for playoff positioning has really heated up and this weekend offers another opportunity for some enticing divisional match-ups.
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In the Central Division, the North Iowa Bulls finally play their first home game of the season as they host the Wisconsin Whalers. North Iowa is one of two teams remaining in the NA3HL without a regulation loss.
In the East Division, Metro and Toledo have a great battle of 1st and 2nd place with a home-and-home series, while Southern Tier and Wooster will do the same. Pittsburgh is at West Michigan on Sunday.
In the Frontier Division, Glacier is at Bozeman twice, while Helena and Great Falls play a home-and-home series, as do Billings and Yellowstone.
In the Midwest, 1st place St. Louis hosts Peoria twice. The Mustangs are tied for 2nd place along with Nashville. The Jr. Predators will host Cincinnati for a pair of games.
In the South Division, 1st place Point Mallard and 2nd place Atlanta are off. The remaining four teams do battle as Texas will host Euless and Sugar Land travels to Louisiana.
In the West, Twin City, who like North Iowa has yet to lose in regulation, will face the surging Minnesota Flying Aces in a home-and-home series.
Outside of the divisions, the Breezy Point North Stars and Rochester Ice Hawks will engage in a home and home series. Gillette is at Alexandria on Friday.
Central Division
FRI, OCT 30 Wisconsin vs North Iowa
SAT, OCT 31 Wisconsin vs North Iowa
East Division
FRI, OCT 30 Metro vs Toledo
SAT, OCT 31 Toledo vs Metro
SAT, OCT 31 Southern Tier vs Wooster
SUN, NOV 01 Wooster vs Southern Tier
SUN, NOV 01 Pittsburgh vs West Michigan
Frontier Division
FRI, OCT 30 Glacier vs Bozeman
FRI, OCT 30 Yellowstone vs Billings
FRI, OCT 30 Helena vs Great Falls
SAT, OCT 31 Great Falls vs Helena
SAT, OCT 31 Glacier vs Bozeman
SAT, OCT 31 Billings vs Yellowstone
Midwest Division
FRI, OCT 30 Cincinnati vs Nashville
FRI, OCT 30 Peoria vs St. Louis
SAT, OCT 31 Cincinnati vs Nashville
SAT, OCT 31 Peoria vs St. Louis
South Division
FRI, OCT 30 Euless vs Texas
SAT, OCT 31 Sugar Land vs Louisiana
SAT, OCT 31 Euless vs Texas
SUN, NOV 01 Sugar Land vs Louisiana
West Division
FRI, OCT 30 Twin City vs Minnesota
SAT, OCT 31 Minnesota vs Twin City
Out of Division
FRI, OCT 30 Breezy Point vs Rochester
SAT, OCT 31 Rochester vs Breezy Point
FRI, OCT 30 Gillette vs. Alexandria