2011–12 NAHL season

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; Postseason; April 5 – May 8, 2012
Games	60
Teams	28
Draft
Top draft pick	Matt Krug
Picked by	Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings
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
NAHL seasons
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

Six 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	V.F.W. 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	V.F.W. 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 (2) - 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 (4) - 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 - Andrew 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 (2)		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	V.F.W. Sports Center
5:12 - pp - Tyler Richter (3) 6:43 - Castan Sommer (5)		First period		John Kirby (2) - pp - 8:53
3:35 - pp - Castan Sommer (6) 11:57 - John Furgele (1) 18:31 - Frankie DeAugustine (2)		Second period		John Simonson (2) - 2:18
2:13 - Ryan Callahan (1)		Third period		John Simonson (3) - 12:28
Aaron Nelson (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Bruggeman (39 saves / 45 shots)

April 21	Bismarck Bobcats		3 – 4	OT	Austin Bruins	V.F.W. Sports Center
4:41 - Buster Hebda (2)		First period			Brandon Wahlin (2) - 8:45
0:44 - pp - Shane Omdahl (4) 6:32 - Shane Omdahl (5)		Second period			Brandon Wahlin (3) - 5:36 Brandon Wahlin (4) - 17:39
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Joe Siers (1) - 8:13
Aaron Nelson (27 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Bruggeman (24 saves / 27 shots)

April 27	Austin Bruins		2 – 3	Bismarck Bobcats	Riverside Arena
No scoring		First period		Castan Sommer (7) - 15:38
No scoring		Second period		Patrick Moore (1) - pp - 12:32 Adam Knochenmus (3) - 18:54
9:05 - Chris Fischer (2) 18:31 - A.J. Reid (1)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Bruggeman (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Aaron Nelson (23 saves / 25 shots)

April 28	Austin Bruins		1 – 4	Bismarck Bobcats	Riverside Arena
8:14 - pp - Chris Fischer (3)		First period		Adam Knochenmus (4) - pp - 15:01
		Second period		Patrick Moore (2) - 1:06
No scoring		Third period		Buster Hebda (3) - 10:07 Tyler Richter (4) - en - 19:28
Tyler Bruggeman (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Aaron Nelson (29 saves / 30 shots)

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
13:49 - Rance Hughes (3)		First period		Josef Pontasch (1) - 19:39
2:49 - pp - Joseph Birmingham (3) 8:42 - Drew Slaton (2) 12:10 - Rance Hughes (4) 16:49 - Joseph Birmingham (4)		Second period		No scoring
2:49 - Ryan Stouffer (2) 4:48 - pp - Joe Kalisz (5) 17:30 - pp - Stephen Bopp (1)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Green (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Gabe Antoni (20 saves / 24 shots) Tyler Parks (8 saves / 12 shots)

April 21	St. Louis Bandits		0 – 1	Springfield Jr. Blues	Hardee's Iceplex
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Garrett Williams (2) - 2:59
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Spencer Viele (14 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats		Gabe Antoni (34 saves / 34 shots)

April 27	Springfield Jr. Blues		2 – 3	St. Louis Bandits	Nelson Center
No scoring		First period		No scoring
19:32 - Josef Pontasch (2)		Second period		Cody Ganchar (1) - 13:58 Josh Dangel (1) - pp - 16:42
19:43 - pp - Kevin Walters (1)		Third period		Luc Boby (1) - 4:39
Gabe Antoni (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Spencer Viele (31 saves / 33 shots)

April 28	Springfield Jr. Blues		3 – 5	St. Louis Bandits	Nelson Center
11:01 - Chris Sitler (3)		First period		Ryan Zehnder (1) - 14:19
No scoring		Second period		Frank DiChiara (3) - 3:18 Luc Boby (2) - 13:23 Greg Johnson (1) - pp - 19:29
1:46 - Josef Pontasch (2)		Third period		Drew Kariofiles (1) - en - 19:26
Gabe Antoni (24 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Spencer Viele (26 saves / 29 shots)

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
19:40 - Joe Pizza (2)		First period		Nick Kovalchik (1) - 10:10
12:37 - Kody Polin (5)		Second period		Kyle Gattelaro (1) - 10:49
1:49 - Jake Goldberg (2) 19:17 - en - Nicholas Sierra (2)		Third period		No scoring
Max Milosek (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Okicki (28 saves / 31 shots)

April 21	Port Huron Fighting Falcons		5 – 2	Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings	McMorran Place
4:36 - Alex Archibald (1) 18:48 - sh - Brett D'Andrea (1)		First period		No scoring
4:20 - Ryan Teal (1) 13:41 - Mike Moroso (3)		Second period		No scoring
10:39 - Mike Moroso (4)		Third period		Andrew Graves (4) - pp - 0:39 Brett Beauvais (2) - pp - 14:44
Max Milosek (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Kenneth MacLean (25 saves / 30 shots)

April 26	Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings		2 – 1	OT	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Wings West
2:28 - Christian George (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Sean Gammage (1) - 16:38
3:05 - Christian George (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Kenneth MacLean (38 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Peter Megariotis (35 saves / 37 shots)

April 27	Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings		0 – 4	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Wings West
No scoring		First period		Easton Powers (2) - 14:19
No scoring		Second period		Ian Miller (2) - pp - 4:25 Mike Moroso (5) - 7:31
No scoring		Third period		Rick DeRosa (1) - en - 17:37
Alex Okicki (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Max Milosek (31 saves / 31 shots)

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
No scoring		First period		No scoring
8:00 - pp - Karl Beckman (1)		Second period		No scoring
9:52 - sh - Brooks Behling (3) 11:56 - Brooks Behling (4)		Third period		No scoring
Gregg Gruehl (33 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Peter Traber (39 saves / 42 shots) Collin LeMay (0 saves / 0 shots)

April 26	Topeka Roadrunners		6 – 3	Amarillo Bulls	Stormont Vail Events Center
No scoring		First period		Omar Mullan (2) - 4:36 John Rey (2) - 6:54
8:45 - pp - Trace Strahle (1) 9:48 - Brian Christie (2) 10:16 - Chris Bond (1)		Second period		Omar Mullen (3) - 3:43
5:33 - Ryan White (1) 12:09 - pp - Kyle Sharkey (4) 16:42 - Ryan White (2)		Third period		No scoring
Peter Traber (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Mike Taffe (30 saves / 36 shots)

April 27	Topeka Roadrunners		1 – 3	Amarillo Bulls	Stormont Vail Events Center
14:28 - Ryan White (3)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Mike Erickson (2) - 12:41 T.J. Sarcona (2) - 17:44 Matt Johnson (1) - en - 19:59
Peter Traber (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Gregg Gruehl (25 saves / 26 shots)

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
17:55 - Max Birkinbine (1)		First period		Ben Carey (2) - 2:53 Jerad Tafoya (2) - 15:22
19:45 - Max Birkinbine (2)		Second period		No scoring
5:50 - Alec Hajdukovich (1) 8:17 - Jeff Earnest (1) 13:27 - Tayler Munson (2)		Third period		No scoring
Alex Fons (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Robert Nichols (24 saves / 29 shots)

April 21	Fairbanks Ice Dogs		2 – 1	OT	Wenatchee Wild	Big Dipper Ice Arena
3:17 - Pavel Padakin (2)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Jerad Tafoya (3) - 16:43
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
5:20 - Max Birkinbine (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Alex Fons (18 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Greg Lewis (34 saves / 36 shots)

April 26	Wenatchee Wild		1 – 3	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	Town Toyota Center
No scoring		First period		Gabe Levin (2) - 8:31
No scoring		Second period		Garret Clemment (3) - sh - 15:56
19:09 - Trace Redmond (2)		Third period		Alec Hajdukovich (2) - 15:53
Greg Lewis (29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Fons (24 saves / 25 shots)

Fairbanks wins series 3 – 1

Quarterfinal

May 3

	St. Louis Bandits		3 – 1	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	Dr. Pepper Arena
No scoring		First period		Tayler Munson (3) - 0:35
2:30 - Ryan Stouffer (3) 3:44 - Joesph Birmingham (5)		Second period		No scoring
7:53 - pp - Rance Hughes (5)		Third period		No scoring
Spencer Viele (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Fons (22 saves / 25 shots)

	Port Huron Fighting Falcons		5 – 1	Bismarck Bobcats	Dr. Pepper Arena
Kody Polin (6) - 4:48		First period		10:17 - Bryce Schmitt (1)
Maxwell Reavis (2) - 0:33 Mike Moroso (6) - 10:12		Second period		No scoring
Joe Pizza (3) - 4:43 Ian Miller (3) - 14:35		Third period		No scoring
Max Milosek (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Aaron Nelson (8 saves / 12 shots) Tommy Burke (7 saves / 8 shots)

	Amarillo Bulls		3 – 2	OT	Texas Tornado	Dr Pepper Arena
No scoring		First period			Jordan Lovick (4) - 4:39
6:35 - Mike Davis (4)		Second period			Taylor Herndon (1) - pp - 19:25
5:37 - pp - Karl Beckman (2)		Third period			No scoring
3:06 - Greg Gibson (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Gregg Gruehl (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Hunter Leisner (29 saves / 32 shots)

May 4

	Bismarck Bobcats		3 – 2	St. Louis Bandits	Dr. Pepper Arena
No scoring		First period		Joe Kalisz (6) - 6:06
15:55 - Donald Olivieri (1)		Second period		Joe Kalisz (7) - 17:54
7:28 - Shane Omdahl (6) 10:15 - Adam Knochenmus (5)		Third period		No scoring
Tommy Burke (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Spencer Viele (22 saves / 25 shots)

	Fairbanks Ice Dogs		3 – 1	Amarillo Bulls	Dr. Pepper Arena
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Anton Racklin (3) - pp - 6:21 Pete Spratte (1) - 13:57		Second period		10:50 - pp - Greg Gibson (2)
Tayler Munson (3) - 10:23		Third period
Steve Perry (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Gregg Gruehl (21 saves / 24 shots)

	Port Huron Fighting Falcons		4 – 5	Texas Tornado	Dr. Pepper Arena
Brett D'Andrea (2) - 3:32 Mike Moroso (7) - 5:33 Nolan Valleau (1) - pp - 17:27		First period		8:41 - Drew Allen (1) 9:02 - Mico Solorzano (1) 16:08 - pp - Jackson Leef (1)
No scoring		Second period		8:27 - Jackson Leef (2) 12:21 - Jordan Lovick (4)
Logan Lemirande (2) - 5:45		Third period		No scoring
Max Milosek (29 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Leisner (15 saves / 19 shots)

May 5

	Amarillo Bulls		6 – 2	Bismarck Bobcats	Dr. Pepper Arena
11:34 - Mike Davis (5)		First period		No scoring
0:52 - sh - Joe Kozlak (1) 6:52 - Tyler Deresky (1) 18:32 - Joe Kozlak (2)		Second period		Frankie DeAugustine (6) - 2:07 Donald Olivieri (2) - 5:17
19:48 - en - Brooks Behling (5) 19:57 - Mike Davis (6)		Third period		No scoring
Mike Taffe (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Tommy Burke (33 saves / 38 shots)

	Fairbanks Ice Dogs		4 – 3	Port Huron Fighting Falcons	Dr. Pepper Arena
4:19 - Garret Clemment (4)		First period		Mike Moroso (8) - 11:36 Mitch Sand (1) - pp - 7:03
5:32 - Gabe Levin (3)		Second period		Logan Lemirande (3) - 7:54
4:45 - Pavel Padakin (3) 5:38 - Evan Wilson (1)		Third period		No scoring
Steve Perry (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Max Milosek (31 saves / 35 shots)

	St. Louis Bandits		3 – 2	OT	Texas Tornado	Dr Pepper Arena
No scoring		First period			Mico Solorzano (2) - 3:16
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
17:14 - Joe Kalisz (8) 19:10 - Frank DiChiara (4)		Third period			Taylor Herndon (2) - 15:37
4:31 - Cody Ganchar (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Spencer Viele (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Hunter Leisner (25 saves / 28 shots)

Semifinals

(S1) Amarillo Bulls vs. (MW1) St. Louis Bandits

May 7	Amarillo Bulls		2 – 3	St. Louis Bandits	Dr. Pepper Arena
2:55 - Karl Beckman (3) 10:07 - John Gustafsson (4)		First period		Drew Slaton (3) - 7:52
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Stephen Bopp (3) - 3:55 Joe Kalisz (9) - 4:58
Mike Taffe (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Spencer Viele (23 saves / 25 shots)

(W1) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (S2) Texas Tornado

May 7	Fairbanks Ice Dogs		3 – 4	OT	Texas Tornado	Dr. Pepper Arena
8:03 - Alec Hajdukovich (3) 19:04 - Rudy Sulmonte (2)		First period			Skyler Spiller (1) - 12:36
No scoring		Second period			Andrew Mayer (2) - 3:31
9:58 - Anton Racklin (4)		Third period			Justin Greenberg (1) - 14:59
No scoring		First overtime period			Drew Allen (2) - 16:39
Alex Fons (31 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Hunter Leisner (23 saves / 26 shots)

Robertson Cup Finals

(MW1) St. Louis Bandits vs (S2) Texas Tornado

May 8	St. Louis Bandits		3 – 4	OT	Texas Tornado	Dr. Pepper Arena
No scoring		First period			Marc Biggs (2) - 18:08
3:27 - pp - Joe Kalisz (10) 15:24 - Stephen Bopp (3) 17:18 - Drew Kariofiles (2)		Second period			Mitchell McPherson (1) - 14:20
No scoring		Third period			Jordan Lovick (6) - 14:26
No scoring		First overtime period			Justin Greenberg (2) - 4:26
Spencer Viele (34 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Hunter Leisner (19 saves / 22 shots)

References

↑ "Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | News". jrkwings.pointstreaksites.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14.
↑ "NAHL approves Minot, North Dakota membership". NAHL. March 28, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
↑ Rodriguez, Jason (2011-06-09). Jets file lawsuit. The Post-Journal. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
↑ "NAHL approves sale, relocation of Owatonna membership". NAHL. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
↑ "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] "Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | News". jrkwings.pointstreaksites.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14.

[2] "NAHL approves Minot, North Dakota membership". NAHL. March 28, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2025.

[3] Rodriguez, Jason (2011-06-09). Jets file lawsuit. The Post-Journal. Retrieved 2011-06-09.

[4] "NAHL approves sale, relocation of Owatonna membership". NAHL. Retrieved May 8, 2011.

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

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

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