NA3HL Weekend Preview
September 28, 2018
It is a busy weekend in the NA3HL as 32 games are on the schedule for the final weekend in September.
It has been an exciting first month of the season with some surprises and storylines already shaping up.
The West Division is going to be as competitive as ever as just two weeks into the season all seven teams have already had a regulation loss. Meanwhile, in the other five divisions, five teams have emerged as the early leaders. The Milwaukee Power have the league’s best record at 6-0 and are leading the Central. Not far behind is the L/A Nordiques, who sit at 5-0 and have a big match-up on Friday against the Northeast Generals, who are also undefeated. The Great Falls Americans and Helena Bighorns are both 5-0 and face one another on Saturday night in the Frontier Division. In the Northeast Division, Binghamton appears to be the early favorites with a perfect 4-0 record. In the South, the early leaders, the Atlanta Capitals, will be put to the test with a home series against the Brahmas.
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.
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All games broadcast live on HockeyTV.
FRI, SEPTEMBER 28
Northeast at L/A - 7:00 PM EDT
Mid Cities at College Station - 6:15 PM CDT
Binghamton at Skylands - 7:30 PM EDT
Peoria at Evansville - 7:00 PM CDT
North Iowa at Rochester Grizzlies - 7:05 PM CDT
Texas at Atlanta - 8:20 PM EDT
Wisconsin at Breezy Point - 7:30 PM CDT
Willmar at Granite City - 7:30 PM CDT
Alexandria at Wausau - 7:30 PM CDT
Gillette at Missoula - 7:05 PM MDT
Helena at Bozeman - 7:30 PM MDT
Butte at Great Falls - 7:30 PM MDT
SAT, SEPTEMBER 29
Binghamton at New England - 3:50 PM EDT
Oswego at Skylands - 6:30 PM EDT
Niagara Falls at Cape Cod - 7:00 PM EDT
Maine at L/A - 7:00 PM EDT
Mid Cities at College Station - 6:15 PM CDT
Texas at Atlanta - 7:40 PM EDT
Willmar at Rochester Grizzlies - 7:05 PM CDT
Wisconsin at Breezy Point - 7:30 PM CDT
Peoria at Evansville - 7:30 PM CDT
New Ulm at North Iowa - 7:30 PM CDT
Alexandria at Wausau - 7:30 PM CDT
Great Falls at Helena - 7:05 PM MDT
Gillette at Missoula - 7:05 PM MDT
Bozeman at Yellowstone - 7:30 PM MDT
SUN, SEPTEMBER 30
Oswego at Skylands - 12:00 PM EDT
Binghamton at New England - 1:10 PM EDT
Texas at Atlanta - 2:00 PM EDT
L/A at Northeast - 3:30 PM EDT
Niagara Falls at Cape Cod - 4:00 PM EDT
Coulee Region at Milwaukee - 4:00 PM CDT
