2014–15 NAHL season

2014–15 NAHL season
2014–15 NAHL season
League	North American Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season; September 12, 2014 – March 29, 2015; Post-season; April 2 – May 16, 2015
Number of games	60
Number of teams	24
Regular season
Season champions	Janesville Jets
Season MVP	Sebastian Vidmar (Lone Star Brahmas)
Top scorer	Sebastian Vidmar (Lone Star Brahmas)
Robertson Cup Playoffs
Finals champions	Minnesota Wilderness
Runners-up	Austin Bruins

The 2014–15 NAHL season was the 31st season of the North American Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2014 to April 2015 with a 60-game schedule for each team. The Janesville Jets won the regular season championship. The Minnesota Wilderness defeated the Austin Bruins 2 games to 1 in the championship round to capture the Robertson Cup.

Member changes

The Jamestown Ironmen, who had not participated in the previous season, were formally disbanded.^[1]
In May, the Port Huron Fighting Falcons announced that they were relocating to Connellsville, Pennsylvania and would become the Keystone Ice Miners.^[2] However, by December, the franchise's owners walked away from the club. The NAHL assumed control for the remainder of the season with the idea of dissolving the club at the end of the year.^[3]

Regular season

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:^[4]

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 – Austin Bruins	60	38	11	11	87	210	136
x – Minot Minotauros	60	37	17	6	80	184	137
x – Bismarck Bobcats	60	30	26	4	64	185	185
x – Aberdeen Wings	60	27	31	2	56	142	165
Brookings Blizzard	60	19	32	9	47	141	206

Midwest Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
xy – Fairbanks Ice Dogs	60	40	16	4	84	238	167
x – Minnesota Wilderness	60	39	15	6	84	209	152
x – Coulee Region Chill	60	28	23	9	65	176	182
x – Minnesota Magicians	60	21	35	4	46	160	221
Kenai River Brown Bears	60	16	42	2	34	132	244

North Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
xyz – Janesville Jets	60	49	9	2	100	215	114
x – Keystone Ice Miners	60	31	24	5	67	153	140
x – Soo Eagles	60	31	25	4	66	182	185
x – Michigan Warriors	60	25	26	9	59	148	183
Johnstown Tomahawks	60	25	27	8	58	166	191
Springfield Jr. Blues	60	23	31	6	52	126	184

South Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
xy – Lone Star Brahmas	60	40	12	8	88	208	130
x – Topeka RoadRunners	60	39	15	6	84	199	140
x – Wichita Falls Wildcats	60	39	16	5	83	242	182
x – Corpus Christi IceRays	60	31	24	5	67	186	196
x – Wenatchee Wild	60	27	26	7	61	177	171
x – Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees	60	25	25	10	60	153	184
Amarillo Bulls	60	25	31	4	54	174	222
Odessa Jackalopes	60	15	38	7	37	172	261

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.^[5]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sebastian Vidmar	Lone Star Brahmas	58	35	45	80	39
Chandler Madry	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	60	22	55	77	34
Wes Michaud	Corpus Christi IceRays	58	30	43	73	59
Kenny Hausinger	Odessa Jackalopes	57	25	43	68	72
Adam Lovick	Coulee Region Chill	60	30	36	66	88
Ethan Somoza	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	60	30	35	65	43
Jacob Hetz	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	60	28	35	63	77
Zach LaValle	Janesville Jets	58	20	41	61	26
Darian Romanko	Minnesota Wilderness	54	31	30	61	48
Aaron Miller	Minnesota Wilderness	59	21	39	60	109
Colin Staub	Wichita Falls Wildcats	60	26	34	60	12

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	GA	SV	SV%	GAA
Matt Jurusik	Janesville Jets	40	2286:06	33	5	0	0	60	947	.937	1.58
Matej Tomek	Topeka RoadRunners	33	1937:45	24	7	0	2	59	774	.924	1.83
Atte Tolvanen	Minot Minotauros	45	2691:40	26	13	1	4	87	1,078	.919	1.94
T. J. Black	Lone Star Brahmas	35	1955:30	21	8	2	2	65	693	.906	1.99
Jake Kielly	Austin Bruins	32	1950:54	20	5	1	5	69	698	.901	2.12

Robertson Cup playoffs

Teams are reseeded prior to the semifinal round based upon regular season records.

Division Play-in (Best-of-3)					Division Semifinals (Best-of-5)							Division Finals (Best-of-5)							Semifinal (Best-of-3)					Championship (Best-of-3)

					C1	Austin Bruins	8	4	4	-	-

					C4	Aberdeen Wings	5	0	3	-	-



												C1	Austin Bruins	2	4	4	3	4
Central Division
												C2	Minot Minotauros	3	1	1	4	3



					C2	Minot Minotauros	4	4	2	-	-

					C3	Bismarck Bobcats	1	2	1	-	-



																			1	Janesville Jets	1	1	-

																			4	Minnesota Wilderness	2	2*	-



					MW1	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	5*	4	4	-	-

					MW4	Minnesota Magicians	4	0	1	-	-



												MW1	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	1	2	3	-	-
Midwest Division
												MW2	Minnesota Wilderness	2	4	6	-	-



					MW2	Minnesota Wilderness	2	1	5	9	9

					MW3	Coulee Region Chill	4	3	4	1	1



																								4	Minnesota Wilderness	2****	4	-

																								3	Austin Bruins	1	0	-



					N1	Janesville Jets	8	6	7	-	-

					N4	Michigan Warriors	1	2	4	-	-



												N1	Janesville Jets	5	5	0	6	-
North Division
												N3	Soo Eagles	0	1	4	2	-



					N2	Keystone Ice Miners	1	0	1	-	-

					N3	Soo Eagles	6	1*	3	-	-



																			2	Lone Star Brahmas	1	3	2

																			3	Austin Bruins	3	1	3*



					S1	Lone Star Brahmas	2**	2	3	-	-

					S5	Wenatchee Wild	1	1	1	-	-
S4	Corpus Christi Ice Rays	2	2	-

S5	Wenatchee Wild	3*	3	-
												S1	Lone Star Brahmas	1	5*	3	3*	-
South Division
												S2	Topeka RoadRunners	5	4	2	2	-



					S2	Topeka RoadRunners	6	0	3	5	-

					S3	Wichita Falls Wildcats	2	7	2	3	-
S3	Wichita Falls Wildcats	4	5	-

S6	Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees	2	4	-

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References

^ Ironmen Won't Return For 2013-14 Season. The Post-Journal. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^ Black, Jason (May 10, 2014). "Connellsville official welcomes new NAHL team". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ "Keystone ownership voluntarily resigns membership". North American Hockey League (NAHL).
^ "NAHL Standings". North American Hockey League. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
^ "NAHL Stats". North American Hockey League. Retrieved May 26, 2025.

NAHL reference

External links

Official website of the North American Hockey League

[1] Ironmen Won't Return For 2013-14 Season. The Post-Journal. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[2] Black, Jason (May 10, 2014). "Connellsville official welcomes new NAHL team". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

[3] "Keystone ownership voluntarily resigns membership". North American Hockey League (NAHL).

[4] "NAHL Standings". North American Hockey League. Retrieved May 26, 2025.

[5] "NAHL Stats". North American Hockey League. Retrieved May 26, 2025.

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Midwest Division	Anchorage Wolverines Chippewa Steel Fairbanks Ice Dogs Janesville Jets Kenai River Brown Bears Minnesota Wilderness Springfield Jr. Blues Wisconsin Windigo
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