2004-05 NAHL Season

This is the North American Hockey League 2004-05 season.

Franchise Changes

 * The Lone Star Cavalry relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico and were renamed the Santa Fe Roadrunners.
 * The Central Texas Blackhawks were renamed the Central Texas Marshals (may have been based in Belton, Texas have no verification of hometown).
 * The Fernie Ghostriders left the league and joined the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

Standings
Team                       GP    W    L   OTL SOL   GF    GA     P  North US National Under-18 Team  56    37   17   2   0    214   164    76 Soo Indians                56    33   18   5   0    170   141    71 Fairbanks Ice Dogs         56    26   24   6   0    164   179    58 Youngstown Phantoms        56    27   25   4   0    201   181    58 Cleveland Jr. Barons       56    27   26   3   0    185   178    57 Toledo IceDiggers          56    18   35   3   0    149   234    39 South Texas Tornado              56    42   13   1   0    226   120    85 Texarkana Bandits          56    36   15   5   0    218   153    77 Santa Fe Roadrunners       56    33   18   5   0    201   163    71 Wichita Falls Wildcats     56    28   21   7   0    206   218    63 Springfield Jr. Blues      56    30   25   1   0    207   200    61 Springfield Spirit         56    20   29   7   0    144   188    47 Central Texas Marshals     56    11   42   3   0    112   256    25 West Fargo-Moorhead Jets        56    36   17   3   0    222   148    75 Billings Bulls             56    33   17   6   0    194   170    72 Helena Bighorns            56    33   19   4   0    203   168    70 Minnesota Blizzard         56    28   24   4   0    159   198    60 Bismarck Bobcats           56    25   22   9   0    165   172    59 Bozeman IceDogs            56    20   31   5   0    165   186    45

Format
The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The first round has the first seed meeting the fourth seed and the second seed meeting the third seed in best-of-five division semifinal matchups. The first round winners in each division met in a best-of-seven division final. The three division winners and the host Bismarck Bobcats advanced to a round robin semifinal. The Soo Indians advanced to the semifinals in place of the USA Hockey NTDP. The top two teams from the semifinals met in the Robertson Cup final with the third and fourth teams meeting in a consolation game,

Division Semifinals

 * USA Hockey NTDP defeated Fairbanks Ice Dogs, 3 games to none; 4-2, 2-1, 5-0
 * Soo Indians defeated Youngstown Phantoms, 3 games to none; 5-2, 4-3, 4-3
 * Texas Tornado defeated Wichita Falls Wildcats, 3 games to none; 9-5, 8-6, 7-3
 * Texarkana Bandits defeated Santa Fe Roadrunners, 3 games to 1; 5-2, 0-3, 5-1, 5-4
 * Fargo-Moorhead Jets defeated Minnesota Blizzard, 3 games to none; 3-0, 2-1, 3-2
 * Billings Bulls defeated Helena Bighorns, 3 games to none; 6-5, 6-2, 2-1

Division Finals

 * USA Hockey NTDP defeated Soo Indians, 4 games to 3; 5-4, 2-0, 2-3, 0-3, 4-5, 2-0, 4-2
 * Texas Tornado defeated Texarkana Bandits 4 games to 1; 3-2, 4-1, 4-1, 2-4, 4-2
 * Fargo-Moorhead Jets defeated Billings Bulls 4 games to none; 7-6, 7-3, 5-2, 5-1

Semifinal Round Robin

 * Fargo-Moorhead Jets defeated Texas Tornado, 4-1
 * Soo Indians defeated Bismarck Bobcats, 3-1
 * Fargo-Moorhead Jets defeated Soo Indians, 8-2
 * Texas Tornado defeated Bismarck Bobcats, 4-1
 * Texas Tornado defeated Soo Indians, 4-1
 * Fargo-Moorhead Jets defeated Bismarck Bobcats, 3-0

Semifinal Round Robin Standings
Team              GP W L GF GA P  Fargo-Moorhead Jets 3 3 0 15  3 6 Texas Tornado      3 2 1  9  6 4 Soo Indians        3 1 2  6 13 2 Bismarck Bobcats   3 0 3  2 10 0

Consolation Game

 * Soo Indians defeated Bismarck Bobcats, 5-2

Championship Game
The Texas Tornado won their second straight Robertson Cup.
 * Texas Tornado defeated Fargo-Moorhead Jets, 6-1