2012-13 NAHL Season

These are the 2012-13 North American Hockey League season. The league's active membership dropped from 28 to 24 teams.

Membership changes

 * The New Mexico Mustangs sat out the season, the franchse rights were reactivated for the 2013-14 season as the Richfield based Minnesota Magicians
 * The Traverse City North Stars were sold and became the Soo Eagles
 * The Alaska Avalanche were sold and became the Johnstown Tomahawks
 * The Dawson Creek Rage folded after a failed attempt to join the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
 * The Chicago Hitmen folded on May 11, 2012 after intending to sit out 2012-13 season.
 * The Alexandria Blizzard relocated to Brookings, SD and were renamed the Brookings Blizzard.
 * The St. Louis Bandits sat out the season and the franchise rights were reactivated for 2013-14 as the Cloquet based Minnesota Wilderness

Season
Team                       GP    W    L    T  OTL   GF    GA     P  Central Austin Bruins              60    42   11   -   7    223   155    91 Bismarck Bobcats           60    35   16   -   9    183   140    79 Brookings Blizzard         60    32   23   -   5    175   179    69 Minot Minotauros           60    26   30   -   4    151   186    56 Aberdeen Wings             60    23   30   -   7    158   194    53 Coulee Region Chill        60    16   39   -   5    157   224    37 North Soo Eagles                 60    41   14   -   5    203   155    87 Jamestown Ironmen          60    37   19   -   4    170   152    78 Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings      60    35   19   -   6    184   169    76 Port Huron Fighting Falcons 60   32   24   -   4    178   163    68 Johnstown Tomahawks        60    27   21   -   12   179   177    66 Springfield Jr. Blues      60    26   30   -   4    159   181    56 Janesville Jets            60    23   27   -   10   147   182    56 Michigan Warriors          60    19   32   -   9    136   177    47 South Amarillo Bulls             60    46   7    -   7    248   118    99 Topeka Roadrunners         60    39   14   -   7    190   146    85 Texas Tornado              60    36   22   -   2    219   168    74 Corpus Christi IceRays     60    28   26   -   6    194   200    62 Wichita Falls Wildcats     60    26   30   -   4    183   200    56 Odessa Jackalopes          60    6    51   -   3    121   309    15 West Wenatchee Wild             60    39   15   -   6    197   147    84 Fairbanks Ice Dogs         60    39   17   -   4    192   148    82 Kenai River Brown Bears    60    29   25   -   6    185   177    64 Fresno Monsters            60    18   35   -   7    139   224    43

North Division Play-in

 * Kalamazoo defeated Springfield two games to none, 7-1, 6-0
 * Port Huron defeaed Johnstown two games to one,  3-0, 0-2, 4-3

Central Division Semifinals

 * Austin defeated Minot three games to one, 3-1, 1-2, 3-2, 1-0
 * Bismarck defeated Brookings three games to none, 8-3, 6-, 6-0

North Division Semifnals

 * Soo defeated Port Huron three games to none, 4-2, 4-1, 4-1
 * Jamesteown defeated Kalamazoo three games to none, 7-1, 3-1, 2-1

South Division Semifinals

 * Amarillo defeated Corpus Christi three games to one, 1-2, 6-3, 5-3, 5-3
 * Texas defeated Topeka three games to none, 2-1, 2-1, 8-1

West Division Semifinals

 * Wenatchee defeated Fresno three games to two, 7-0, 1-3. 1-2, 4-2, 4-1
 * Fairbanks defeated Kenai River three games to two, 3-1, 1-2, 1-2, 6-5, 3-2

Central Division Final

 * Bismarck defeated Austin three games to one, 2-4, 5-2, 3-2, 2-1

North Division Final

 * Jamestown defeated Soo three games to none, 6-3, 1-0, 6-3

South Division Final

 * Amarillo defeated Texas three games to none, 4-1, 5-1, 5-3

West Division Final

 * Wenatchee defeated Fairbanks three games to two, 1-0, 3-4, 3-1, 2-3, 3-1

Prelimary Round Results

 * Bismarck defeated Wenatchee 3 to 2
 * Amarillo defeated Jamestown 2 to 1 (ot)
 * Wenatchee defeated Jamestown 5 to 2
 * Amarillo defeated Bismarck 2 to 1 (ot)
 * Wenatchee defeated Amarillo 7 to 0
 * Bismarck defeated Jamestown 4 to 3

Standings
Team     GP W L P GF GA  Wenatchee  3 2 1 4 14  5 Amarillo  3 2 1 4  4  8 Bismarck  3 2 1 4  8  7 Jamestown 3 0 3 0  6 11 Amarillo advances based on head-to-head tie breaker

Final

 * Amarillo defeated Wenatchee 5 to 0