NA3HL Weekend Preview
The NA3HL is back in action this weekend with 31 games from Friday-Monday.
This weekend is a very important one for movement in the standings, as the NA3HL standings get frozen on Monday, January 10th to determine the selection of players and coaches for the 2022 NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament. Simply put, the higher a team is in the standings via win percentage, the more spots they will have at the NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament.
The NA3HL Fraser Cup Playoffs begin in just two months, so all games are very important at this point. The top four teams in each of the five divisions will qualify for the playoffs.
It was another good week for player advancement as six more players from NA3HL were called up to the NAHL.
The NA3HL is in its 12th season in 2021-22 and serves as one of the top training grounds in the country by providing the best coaching, exposure and developmental vehicles available for student-athletes in Tier III junior hockey. It is one of only two USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior leagues.
No other league of its kind has had more movement and advanced more players onto play in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) than the NA3HL. Thanks to additional and enhanced initiatives in cooperation with the NAHL put in place several years ago, more players from the NA3HL play, practice, and earn NCAA Division I scholarships with the NAHL than any other league.
This past season not only did 35 NA3HL players sign tenders to play in the NAHL for the 2021-22 season, but 21 more players were selected in the 2021 NAHL Draft. The NA3HL also continues to make its mark and is one of the leaders in junior hockey with the advancement of players onto the NCAA.
All games broadcast live on HockeyTV.
FRI, JANUARY 7
Long Beach at Norwich - 12:00 PM EST
Danbury at New Jersey - 12:30 PM EST
Bay State at Northeast - 3:30 PM EST
Oklahoma City at Louisiana - 4:00 PM CST
Austin at El Paso - 3:15 PM MST
Texas Brahmas at Texas RoadRunners - 6:15 PM CST
Rochester at Peoria - 7:00 PM CST
St. Louis at Wausau - 7:10 PM CST
Mason City at Willmar - 7:10 PM CST
Granite City at New Ulm - 7:45 PM CST
Oregon at Milwaukee - 8:00 PM CST
Sheridan at Gillette - 7:05 PM MST
Bozeman at Helena - 7:05 PM MST
SAT, JANUARY 8
Willmar at Mason City - 3:00 PM CST
Oklahoma City at Louisiana - 4:00 PM CST
Bay State at Norwich - 5:40 PM EST
Austin at El Paso - 4:30 PM MST
Texas Brahmas at Texas RoadRunners - 6:15 PM CST
Rochester at Peoria - 6:30 PM CST
Atlanta at Mid Cities - 7:00 PM CST
Minnesota at Alexandria - 7:10 PM CST
Granite City at New Ulm - 7:10 PM CST
St. Louis at Wausau - 7:10 PM CST
Milwaukee at Oregon - 7:30 PM CST
Bozeman at Butte - 7:00 PM MST
Gillette at Sheridan - 7:30 PM MST
SUN, JANUARY 9
New Jersey at Northeast - 1:00 PM EST
Texas Brahmas at Texas RoadRunners - 1:45 PM CST
Oklahoma City at Louisiana - 4:00 PM CST
Atlanta at Mid Cities - 5:30 PM CST
MON, JANUARY 10
Atlanta at Mid Cities - 1:00 PM CST
