2011–12 NAHL season
| 2011–12 NAHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | North American Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | Regular season September 9, 2011 – April 1, 2012 Post-season April 5 – May 8, 2012 |
| Number of games | 60 |
| Number of teams | 28 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Amarillo Bulls |
| Season MVP | Joe Kalisz (St. Louis Bandits) |
| Top scorer | Joe Kalisz (St. Louis Bandits) |
| Robertson Cup Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Texas Tornado |
| Runners-up | St. Louis Bandits |
The 2011–12 NAHL season was the 28th season of the North American Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2011 to April 2012 with a 60-game schedule for each team. The Amarillo Bulls won the regular season championship. The Texas Tornado defeated the St. Louis Bandits 4 to 3 in overtime to capture the Robertson Cup.
Member changes
- In November of 2010, the Kalamazoo Wings were approved to found an expansion franchise with the league.[1] The new club, called the Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings began play this season.
- In late March, the Minot Minotauros were approved as a second expansion franchise for this season.[2]
- On May 7, 2011, the Motor City Metal Jackets relocated to Jamestown, New York.[3] After the team reveled their new name to be Jamestown Ironmen, the town's displaced junior team, Jamestown Jets, filed a lawsuit against the team, arena and NAHL. The suit persisted for several years, progressing as far as the New York Supreme Court but was later abandoned after the Ironmen folded in 2013.
- A few days later, the NAHL approved the sale and relocation of the Owatonna Express.[4] The franchise was purchased by the Odessa Jackalopes, a minor professional team, who promptly suspended their professional club and began operating solely as a junior organization. The Express were renamed Odessa Jackalopes and took up residence at the Ector County Coliseum.
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[5]
Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title
Standings
Central Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Bismarck Bobcats | 60 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 92 | 237 | 160 |
| x – Alexandria Blizzard | 60 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 85 | 212 | 156 |
| x – Austin Bruins | 60 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 78 | 198 | 162 |
| x – Aberdeen Wings | 60 | 29 | 24 | 7 | 65 | 187 | 177 |
| Minot Minotauros | 60 | 7 | 49 | 4 | 18 | 104 | 252 |
Midwest Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – St. Louis Bandits | 60 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 87 | 239 | 148 |
| x – Janesville Jets | 60 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 79 | 174 | 134 |
| x – Springfield Jr. Blues | 60 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 64 | 202 | 190 |
| x – Coulee Region Chill | 60 | 18 | 35 | 7 | 43 | 162 | 229 |
| Chicago Hitmen | 60 | 13 | 42 | 5 | 31 | 166 | 310 |
North Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 60 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 79 | 203 | 159 |
| x – Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 60 | 37 | 18 | 4 | 78 | 213 | 171 |
| x – Traverse City North Stars | 60 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 74 | 200 | 158 |
| x – Michigan Warriors | 60 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 51 | 163 | 212 |
| Jamestown Ironmen | 60 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 43 | 148 | 211 |
South Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xyz – Amarillo Bulls | 60 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 263 | 136 |
| x – Texas Tornado | 60 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 80 | 215 | 159 |
| x – Topeka RoadRunners | 60 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 80 | 197 | 152 |
| x – Odessa Jackalopes | 60 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 59 | 169 | 199 |
| Corpus Christi IceRays | 60 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 57 | 169 | 199 |
| Wichita Falls Wildcats | 60 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 45 | 149 | 204 |
| New Mexico Mustangs | 60 | 18 | 39 | 3 | 39 | 166 | 269 |
West Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 60 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 86 | 225 | 163 |
| x – Wenatchee Wild | 60 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 79 | 165 | 102 |
| x – Alaska Avalanche | 60 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 76 | 192 | 173 |
| x – Kenai River Brown Bears | 60 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 66 | 186 | 189 |
| Fresno Monsters | 60 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 64 | 167 | 179 |
| Dawson Creek Rage | 60 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 28 | 139 | 264 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games. [6]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kalisz | St. Louis Bandits | 60 | 40 | 51 | 91 | 27 |
| Gabe Levin | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 56 | 18 | 72 | 90 | 37 |
| J. T. Osborn | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 58 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 114 |
| Jack Prince | Texas Tornado | 60 | 39 | 39 | 78 | 28 |
| Brooks Behling | Amarillo Bulls | 57 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 119 |
| Kyle Cook | Springfield Jr. Blues | 59 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 105 |
| Joseph Birmingham | St. Louis Bandits | 60 | 24 | 45 | 69 | 80 |
| Brett Lubanski | Kenai River Brown Bears | 60 | 17 | 50 | 67 | 26 |
| Chris Sitler | Springfield Jr. Blues | 60 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 54 |
| Josef Pontasch | Springfield Jr. Blues | 60 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 35 |
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | W | L | OTL | SOL | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Nichols | Wenatchee Wild | 34 | 2059:33 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .938 | 1.49 |
| Greg Lewis | Wenatchee Wild | 26 | 1559:39 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .919 | 1.77 |
| Tony Kujava | Janesville Jets | 45 | 2619:11 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .924 | 1.92 |
| Gregg Gruehl | Amarillo Bulls | 35 | 2005:53 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 2.06 |
| Jacob Meyers | Alexandria Blizzard | 42 | 2382:10 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .930 | 2.09 |
Robertson Cup playoffs
Sic teams qualified for the Round Robin semifinal, the host (Texas) and the five division champions. If Texas won the west division final, the runner-up would receive the final qualifying spot. For the round robin semifinal, ties were broken first by head-to-head matchup and then by goal differential.
| Division Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Division Finals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinal (Round Robin) | Semifinal (Best-of-1) | Championship (Best-of-1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Bismarck Bobcats | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Aberdeen Wings | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Bismarck Bobcats | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Austin Bruins | 3 | 4* | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Alexandria Blizzard | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Austin Bruins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW1 | St. Louis Bandits | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW4 | Coulee Region Chill | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW1 | St. Louis Bandits | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Midwest Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW3 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW2 | Janesville Jets | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW3 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Bismarck Bobcats | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | MW1 | St. Louis Bandits | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW1 | St. Louis Bandits | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 3* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Michigan Warriors | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | S1 | Amarillo Bulls | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | N1 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | MW1 | St. Louis Bandits | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 2 | 2 | 2* | 0 | - | S1 | Amarillo Bulls | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 3* | S2 | Texas Tornado | 4* | |||||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3* | - | W1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Traverse City North Stars | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | S2 | Texas Tornado | 4* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Texas Tornado | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Amarillo Bulls | 5 | 1 | 4* | 4 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Odessa Jackalopes | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Amarillo Bulls | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Topeka RoadRunners | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Texas Tornado | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Topeka RoadRunners | 2* | 4 | 4* | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 5 | 2* | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Wenatchee Wild | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Wenatchee Wild | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Alaska Avalanche | 1 | 2* | 3** | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Division Semifinals
Central Division
(C1) Bismarck Bobcats vs. (C4) Aberdeen Wings
| April 6 | Bismarck Bobcats | 7 – 2 | Aberdeen Wings | VFW Sports Center | ||||
| 14:35 - pp - Danny Ray (1) | First period | Paul Prescott (1) - 3:21 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:13 - Tyler Richter (1) 6:23 - pp - Castan Sommer (1) 16:06 - Shane Omdahl (1) 16:29 - Tyler Richter (2) 18:12 - en - Buster Hebda (1) 19:06 - Tyler Richter (3) |
Third period | Stephen Obarzanek (1) - pp - 4:54 | ||||||
| Tommy Burke (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Marcus Zelzer (46 saves / 52 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Bismarck Bobcats | 3 – 5 | Aberdeen Wings | VFW Sports Center | ||||
| 4:09 - Shane Omdahl (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Cory Ward (1) - pp - 2:37 Stephen Obarzanek (2) - 16:34 Mack Ohnsted (1) - pp - 19:28 | ||||||
| 10:27 - pp - Frankie DeAugustine (1) 16:46 - Shane Omdahl (3) |
Third period | Cory Ward (2) - pp - 0:49 Stephen Obarzanek (3) - 12:03 | ||||||
| Tommy Burke (32 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Marcus Zelzer (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Aberdeen Wings | 0 – 3 | Bismarck Bobcats | Odde Ice Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Nick Miglio (1) - 4:22 Tyler Richter (1) - pp - 17:46 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Castan Sommer (2) - 5:55 | ||||||
| Marcus Zelzer (41 saves / 44 shots) | Goalie stats | Aaron Nelson (18 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Aberdeen Wings | 3 – 5 | Bismarck Bobcats | Odde Ice Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Adam Knochenmus (1) - 13:29 | ||||||
| 3:03 - Joe Sullivan (1) | Second period | Castan Sommer (3) - 5:50 Adam Knochenmus (2) - 9:13 Castan Sommer (4) - pp - 17:13 | ||||||
| 9:13 - Justin Parizek (1) 17:24 - pp - Daniel Zawacki (2) |
Third period | Daniel Zawacki (1) - 4:21 | ||||||
| Marcus Zelzer (28 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Aaron Nelson (41 saves / 44 shots) | ||||||
| Bismarck wins series 3 – 1 | |
(C2) Alexandria Blizzard vs. (C3) Austin Bruins
| April 6 | Alexandria Blizzard | 2 – 4 | Austin Bruins | Runestone Community Center | ||||
| 13:08 - pp - Jordan Krebsbach (1) | First period | Jeremy Finger (1) - 3:37 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Chris Fischer (1) - pp - 16:21 Colton Kramer (1) - 16:41 | ||||||
| 12:45 - Justin Moody (1) | Third period | John Kirby (1) - 18:15 | ||||||
| Jacob Meyers (26 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Bruggeman (39 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Alexandria Blizzard | 5 – 0 | Austin Bruins | Runestone Community Center | ||||
| 13:39 - pp - Jordan Krebsbach (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:45 - Reid Sturos (1) 12:35 - Tucker Coborn (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:28 - Craig Lindegard (1) 11:00 - Seth Ronsberg (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Bitzer (32 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Bruggeman (18 saves / 21 shots) Nick Lehr (11 saves / 13 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Austin Bruins | 4 – 0 | Alexandria Blizzard | Riverside Arena | ||||
| 1:05 - pp - Charlie Adams (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:40 - pp - John Simonson (1) 18:06 - pp - Matt Hansen (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:44 - en - Austin Nelson (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (27 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Michael Bitzer (37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Austin Bruins | 3 – 2 | Alexandria Blizzard | Riverside Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:57 - Brandon Wahlin (1) 10:30 - pp - Charlie Adams (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:03 - Nolan Kirley (1) | Third period | Dylan Zink (1) - 0:17 Tucker Coborn (2) - pp - 2:21 | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (38 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Jacob Meyers (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Austin wins series 3 – 1 | |
Midwest Division
(E1) St. Louis Bandits vs. (E5) Coulee Region Chill
| April 6 | St. Louis Bandits | 5 – 0 | Coulee Region Chill | Hardee's Iceplex | ||||
| 7:28 - Joe Kalisz (1) 15:13 - Rance Hughes (1) 15:37 - Frank DiChiara (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:44 - Joesph Birmingham (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:32 - Ryan Stouffer (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Green (15 saves / 15 shots) | Goalie stats | Aaron Davis (35 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | St. Louis Bandits | 6 – 0 | Coulee Region Chill | Hardee's Iceplex | ||||
| 1:32 - Joe Kalisz (2) 17:56 - Ryan Zehnder (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:25 - sh - Drew Slaton (1) 7:21 - Joesph Birmingham (2) 7:38 - Frank DiChiara (2) 8:23 - pp - Taylor Wolfe (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Green (20 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Aaron Davis (32 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Coulee Region Chill | 1 – 3 | St. Louis Bandits | Green Island Ice Arena | ||||
| 0:40 - Ross Luedtke (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Joe Kalisz (3) - 8:53 Rance Hughes (2) - 12:52 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joe Kalisz (3) - en - 19:37 | ||||||
| Aaron Davis (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Green (30 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| St. Louis wins series 3 – 0 | |
(MW2) Janesville Jets vs. (MW3) Springfield Jr. Blues
| April 6 | Janesville Jets | 0 – 2 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Janesville Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Kyle Cook (1) - sh - 11:33 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Cody Dixon (1) - pp - 4:16 | ||||||
| Tony Kujava (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Parks (30 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Janesville Jets | 7 – 4 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Janesville Ice Arena | ||||
| 12:31 - Darren McCormick (1) | First period | Garrett Williams (1) - 1:30 Ethan Nauman (1) - 12:45 Jordan Johnson (1) - 19:10 | ||||||
| 1:47 - Jayce Paulseth (1) 17:01 - David Johnson (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:53 - Jordan Bancroft (1) 10:03 - pp - Connor McBride (1) 11:34 - John Olen (1) 13:49 - pp - Connor McBride (2) |
Third period | Kyle Cook (2) - 18:55 | ||||||
| Tony Kujava (13 saves / 17 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Parks (36 saves / 42 shots) Gabe Antoni (5 saves / 6 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 3 – 1 | Janesville Jets | Nelson Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:46 - pp - Chris Sitler (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:26 - sh - Kyle Cook (3) 14:15 - pp - Cody Dixon (2) |
Third period | Garrett Cecere (1) - pp - 18:43 | ||||||
| Gabe Antoni (33 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Tony Kujava (28 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 1 – 2 | Janesville Jets | Nelson Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Lawrence Childs (1) - 9:23 | ||||||
| 11:04 - Ethan Nauman (2) | Third period | Lawrence Childs (2) - 3:59 | ||||||
| Gabe Antoni (32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Tony Kujava (20 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Janesville Jets | 0 – 1 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Janesville Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Chris Sitler (2) - 1:01 | ||||||
| Tony Kujava (17 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Gabe Antoni (21 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| Springfield wins series 3 – 2 | |
North Division
(N1) Port Huron Fighting Falcons vs. (N4) Michigan Warriors
| April 6 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 2 – 5 | Michigan Warriors | McMorran Place | ||||
| 3:09 - Kody Polin (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:01 - sh - Logan Lemirande (1) | Second period | A.J. White (1) - 0:56 Mike Economos (1) - pp - 2:51 Dan Sakalian (1) - 12:56 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joey Ferriss (1) - pp - 7:41 Bobby Bodette (1) - en - 19:57 | ||||||
| Max Milosek (17 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Trevor Gorsuch (41 saves / 43 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 5 – 1 | Michigan Warriors | McMorran Place | ||||
| 15:35 - Maxwell Reavis (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:44 - Easton Powers (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:22 - Jack Goldberg (1) 5:52 - Mike Moroso (1) 12:55 - Nick Horne (1) |
Third period | A.J. White (2) - 5:12 | ||||||
| Max Milosek (17 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Trevor Gorsuch (37 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Michigan Warriors | 1 – 3 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | Perani Arena and Event Center | ||||
| 6:32 - pp - Dan Sakalian (2) | First period | Kody Polin (2) - 2:57 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Maxwell Reavis (1) - 1:42 Joe Pizza (1) - 3:04 | ||||||
| Trevor Gorsuch (32 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Max Milosek (26 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Michigan Warriors | 2 – 5 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | Perani Arena and Event Center | ||||
| 3:53 - pp - Martin Gruse (1) 7:25 - Mike Economos (2) |
First period | Nicholas Sierra (1) - 13:00 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Kody Polin (3) - 0:43 Mike Moroso (2) - 11:14 Ian Miller (1) - pp - 12:06 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Kody Polin (4) - 14:31 | ||||||
| Brach Tiller (33 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Peter Megariotis (5 saves / 7 shots) Max Milosek (25 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| Port Huron wins series 3 – 1 | |
(N2) Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings vs. (N3) Traverse City North Stars
| April 6 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 4 – 0 | Traverse City North Stars | Wings West | ||||
| 0:58 - Brandon Flood (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:40 - Robbie Payne (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:44 - Jacob McDowell (1) 8:20 - Austin Hervey (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kenneth McLean (25 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Kyle Laslo (22 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 7 – 3 | Traverse City North Stars | Wings West | ||||
| 12:57 - pp - Andrew Graves (1) | First period | Sean Murphy (1) - 1:15 Nathan Harris (1) - 15:07 | ||||||
| 1:31 - pp - Chris Leone (1) 3:38 - Jacob McDowell (2) 11:27 - Andrew Graves (2) 16:21 - Jacob McDowell (2) |
Second period | Eric Rivard (1) - 7:07 | ||||||
| 4:08 - Robbie Payne (2) 18:48 - Jacob McDowell (3) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Okicki (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Kyle Laslo (24 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Traverse City North Stars | 6 – 2 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | Centre ICE Arena | ||||
| 16:35 - pp - Sean Murphy (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:21 - pp - Sean Murphy (3) 9:42 - Jared VanWormer (1) |
Second period | Robbie Payne (2) - pp - 11:24 Brandon Flood (2) - pp - 11:44 | ||||||
| 1:59 - sh - Sean Murphy (4) 4:48 - Will Badner (1) 5:07 - Chris Leibinger (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kyle Laslo (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Kenneth McLean (15 saves / 21 shots) Alex Okicki (3 saves / 3 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Traverse City North Stars | 2 – 3 | OT | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | Centre ICE Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:23 - Will Badner (2) 11:58 - Seth Adams (1) |
Second period | Brett Beauvais (1) - 6:23 Danny Hamburg (1) - 17:10 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Andrew Graves (3) - 8:13 | ||||||
| Kyle Laslo (29 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Okicki (37 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| Kalamazoo wins series 3 – 1 | |
South Division
(S1) Amarillo Bulls vs. (S4) Odessa Jackalopes
| April 6 | Amarillo Bulls | 5 – 2 | Odessa Jackalopes | Amarillo Civic Center | ||||
| 6:31 - pp - Mike Davis (1) 12:44 - Brooks Behling (1) 14:56 - Luke Jenkins (1) |
First period | Tyler Minx (1) - 4:29 | ||||||
| 6:53 - Mike Davis (2) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:51 - Geoff Fortman (1) | Third period | Darren Lapic (1) - 8:10 | ||||||
| Mike Taffe (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck (47 saves / 52 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Amarillo Bulls | 1 – 5 | Odessa Jackalopes | Amarillo Civic Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Taylor Portner (1) - 6:57 Lawrence Cornellier (1) - 11:55 | ||||||
| 18:24 - John Gustafsson (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Alex Ostrowski (1) - 8:25 Ryan Doucet (1) - 9:54 Tyller Robert (1) - 12:36 | ||||||
| Gregg Gruehl (24 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck (49 saves / 50 shots) | ||||||
| April 9 | Odessa Jackalopes | 3 – 4 | OT | Amarillo Bulls | Ector County Coliseum | |||
| 11:55 - Tyler Cayemberg (1) 12:55 - Tyller Robert (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:24 - Willie Faust (1) | Second period | Luke Jenkins (2) - pp - 1:08 John Gustafsson (2) - 3:56 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Omar Mullan (1) - 18:44 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | John Gustafsson (3) - 2:59 | ||||||
| Connor Hellebuyck (61 saves / 65 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike Taffe (21 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 10 | Odessa Jackalopes | 1 – 4 | Amarillo Bulls | Ector County Coliseum | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Mike Davis (3) - 9:23 | ||||||
| 16:22 - pp - Lawrence Cornellier (2) | Second period | Greg Gibson (1) - 2:03 Mike Erickson (1) - sh - 16:53 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Ryan Cole (1) - pp - 12:44 | ||||||
| Connor Hellebuyck (42 saves / 46 shots) | Goalie stats | Gregg Gruehl (22 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| Amarillo wins series 3 – 1 | |
(S2) Texas Tornado vs. (S3) Topeka RoadRunners
| April 6 | Texas Tornado | 1 – 2 | OT | Topeka RoadRunners | Dr Pepper Arena | |||
| 19:59 - pp - Marc Biggs (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Kevin Patterson (1) - pp - 11:37 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Jake Lynes (1) - 12:04 | ||||||
| Hunter Leisner (20 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Peter Traber (25 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Texas Tornado | 2 – 4 | Topeka RoadRunners | Dr Pepper Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Jake Lynes (2) - 14:59 | ||||||
| 8:00 - pp - Mychal Monteith (1) | Second period | Sean Gaffney (1) - 3:08 | ||||||
| 2:22 - Drew Mayer (1) | Third period | Jake Lynes (3) - 12:34 Kyle Sharkey (1) - en - 19:49 | ||||||
| Hunter Leisner (5 saves / 7 shots) Joakim Jutras (12 saves / 13 shots) |
Goalie stats | Peter Traber (20 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 12 | Topeka RoadRunners | 4 – 3 | OT | Texas Tornado | Stormont Vail Events Center | |||
| 6:41 - Kyle Sharkey (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:49 - Kevin Patterson (2) | Second period | Jordan Lovick (1) - 11:09 | ||||||
| 16:32 - Kevin Patterson (3) | Third period | Jordan Lovick (2) - 0:59 Jordan Lovick (3) - 8:01 | ||||||
| 3:07 - Richard Young (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Traber (25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Joakim Jutras (14 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| Topeka wins series 3 – 0 | |
West Division
(W1) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (W4) Kenai River Brown Bears
| April 6 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3 – 0 | Kenai River Brown Bears | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:14 - Garret Clemment (1) 17:39 - Tayler Munson (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:05 - pp - Anton Racklin (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Fons (28 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Austin Severson (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 4 – 0 | Kenai River Brown Bears | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| 13:26 - Tayler Munson (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:19 - Justin Woods (1) 16:19 - pp - Anton Racklin (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:54 - Garret Clemment (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Fons (23 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Austin Severson (26 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 2 – 3 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Soldotna Regional Sports Complex | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Gabe Levin (1) - 17:50 Rudy Sulmonte (1) - 19:37 | ||||||
| 16:13 - pp - Matt Thompson (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:53 - Sean Muller (1) | Third period | Pavel Padakin (1) - 7:32 | ||||||
| Austin Severson (24 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Steve Perry (29 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| Fairbanks wins series 3 – 0 | |
(W2) Wenatchee Wild vs. (W3) Alaska Avalanche
| April 5 | Wenatchee Wild | 4 – 1 | Alaska Avalanche | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| 2:22 - Blake Saylor (1) 16:19 - pp - Blake Roubos (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:20 - pp - Shawn Pauly (1) | Second period | Evan Janssen (1) - pp - 0:34 | ||||||
| 19:20 - pp - en - Parker Johnson (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Nick Kulmanovsky (15 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| April 6 | Wenatchee Wild | 1 – 2 | OT | Alaska Avalanche | Town Toyota Center | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:17 - pp - Chris Kerr (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Jeff Bergh (1) - 15:44 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Patrick Kinkopf (1) - 1:33 | ||||||
| Greg Lewis (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Bodhi Engum (16 saves / 17 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Alaska Avalanche | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Wenatchee Wild | Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center | |||
| No scoring | First period | Trace Redmond (1) - 10:43 | ||||||
| 13:03 - Evan Hesse (1) 16:26 - Connor Wright (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Blake Roubos (2) - 17:15 | ||||||
| 19:41 - Jordan Watt (1) | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bodhi Engum (43 saves / 45 shots) | Goalie stats | Robert Nichols (38 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Alaska Avalanche | 1 – 7 | Wenatchee Wild | Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:01 - Wehebe Darge (1) | Second period | Blake Roubos (3) - 13:55 Max McHugh (1) - 18:55 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Blake Roubos (4) - pp - 8:39 Ben Carey (1) - 9:37 Kyle Huson (1) - pp - 9:57 Blake Roubos (5) - pp - 14:29 Matt Cope (1) - pp - 19:48 | ||||||
| Bodhi Engum (20 saves / 24 shots) Nick Kulmanovsky (5 saves / 8 shots) |
Goalie stats | Greg Lewis (22 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Wenatchee Wild | 2 – 1 | OT | Alaska Avalanche | Town Toyota Center | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:47 - Blake Roubos (6) | Second period | Wehebe Darge (2) - 18:02 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 8:46 - Evan Schmidbauer (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Lewis (30 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Bodhi Engum (27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| Wenatchee wins series 3 – 2 | |
Division Finals
Central Division
(C1) Bismarck Bobcats vs. (C3) Austin Bruins
| April 20 | Bismarck Bobcats | 6 – 3 | Austin Bruins | VFW Sports Center | ||||
| April 21 | Bismarck Bobcats | 3 – 4 | OT | Austin Bruins | VFW Sports Center | |||
| April 27 | Austin Bruins | 2 – 3 | Bismarck Bobcats | Riverside Arena | ||||
| April 28 | Austin Bruins | 1 – 4 | Bismarck Bobcats | Riverside Arena | ||||
| Bismarck wins series 3 – 1 | |
Midwest Division
(MW1) St. Louis Bandits vs. (MW3) Springfield Jr. Blues
| April 20 | St. Louis Bandits | 8 – 1 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Hardee's Iceplex | ||||
| April 21 | St. Louis Bandits | 0 – 1 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Hardee's Iceplex | ||||
| April 27 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 2 – 3 | St. Louis Bandits | Nelson Center | ||||
| April 28 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 3 – 5 | St. Louis Bandits | Nelson Center | ||||
| St. Louis wins series 3 – 1 | |
North Division
(N1) Port Huron Fighting Falcons vs. (N2) Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings
| April 20 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 4 – 2 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | McMorran Place | ||||
| April 21 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 5 – 2 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | McMorran Place | ||||
| April 26 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 2 – 1 | OT | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | Wings West | |||
| April 27 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 0 – 4 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | Wings West | ||||
| Port Huron wins series 3 – 1 | |
South Division
(S1) Amarillo Bulls vs. (S3) Topeka Roadrunners
| April 20 | Amarillo Bulls | 8 – 6 | Topeka Roadrunners | Amarillo Civic Center | ||||
| 6:56 - John Rey (1) | First period | Ben Bahe (1) - 7:39 Kyle Sharkey (3) - 10:42 Ben Bahe (2) - 12:38 | ||||||
| 10:53 - Greg Gibson (2) 15:26 - Ryan Cole (2) 16:56 - pp - T.J. Sarcona (1) 18:01 - pp - Luke Jenkins (3) 19:07 - Brooks Behling (2) |
Second period | Brian Christie (1) - 5:33 Jake Lynes (4) - 6:25 | ||||||
| 3:30 - pp - Ryan Taylor (1) 20:00 - en - Luke Jenkins (4) |
Third period | Ben Bahe (3) - 1:40 | ||||||
| Mike Taffe (18 saves / 22 shots) Gregg Gruehl (4 saves / 6 shots) |
Goalie stats | Peter Traber (27 saves / 34 shots) Collin LeMay (0 saves / 0 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Amarillo Bulls | 3 – 0 | Topeka Roadrunners | Amarillo Civic Center | ||||
| April 26 | Topeka Roadrunners | 6 – 3 | Amarillo Bulls | Stormont Vail Events Center | ||||
| April 27 | Topeka Roadrunners | 1 – 3 | Amarillo Bulls | Stormont Vail Events Center | ||||
| Amarillo wins series 3 – 1 | |
West Division
(W1) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (W2) Wenatchee Wild
| April 20 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 5 – 2 | Wenatchee Wild | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| April 21 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 2 – 1 | OT | Wenatchee Wild | Big Dipper Ice Arena | |||
| April 26 | Wenatchee Wild | 1 – 3 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| Fairbanks wins series 3 – 1 | |
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