2021-22 NA3HL Season

This is the 2021-22 North American 3 Hockey League season. This is the league's 12th season under this name and it's 24th dating back to it founding as the Central States Hockey League in 1988.

For 2021-22
On March 5, 2021, the North American Hockey League announced the Board of Governors approval of the relocation of the Amarillo Bulls to Mason City, Iowa to be based out of the Mason City MPA. The ownership of the team already operates a team in the North American 3 Hockey League out of the arena. The former Amarillo Bulls will also take the name North Iowa Bulls. On June 1st the NA3HL team was announced as being renamed the Mason City Toros.


 * On April 23rd the Wausau RiverWolves were announced as being sold and were renamed the Wausau Cyclones


 * On April 27th the league announced that the Missoula Bruins franchise had been sold and would be moving to Roosevelt Park Ice Arena in Rapid City, South Dakota and would be renamed the Badlands Sabres.


 * On April 27th the league announced the addition of an expansion team to be based out of the Chaparral Ice in Austin, Texas. The team will be known as the Austin Ice Bats. A previous minor league team by the same name played in the same arena from 1996 to 2008.


 * On April 28th the league announced that the inactive membership of the Breezy Point North Stars was purchased and that the Minnesota Loons will take to the ice for the 2021-22 season. The organization will continue to play out of the Breezy Point Hockey Center in Breezy Point, Minnesota


 * On April 30th the league announced the addition of the Norwich Sea Captains. The ownership purchased the dormant membership of the Skylands Kings who withdrew after the 2019-20 season. The team will be based out of the RoseGarden Ice Arena in Norwich, Connecticut.


 * The Wausau RiverWolves were sold during the off-season and renamed the Wausau Cyclones.


 * The Oklahoma City Blazers were renamed the Oklahoma City Ice Hawks.

Standings
To be added upon completion of the regular season 

Playoffs
Format To be announced <!--

Play-in Round

 * New England Sharks defeated Bay State Bobcats 2 games to none

Division Semifinals

 * Rochester Grizzlies defeated Oregon Tradesmen 2 games to none
 * Peoria Mustangs defeated St. Louis Jr. Blues 2 games to none
 * Northeast Generals defeated New England Sharks 2 games to 1
 * Mass Titans defeated Springfield Jr. Hat Tricks 2 games to none
 * Sheridan Hawks defeated Missoula Bruins 2 games to none
 * Great Falls Americans defeated Gillette Wild 2 games to 1
 * Texas Jr. Brahmas defeated Atlanta Capitals 2 games to none
 * Oklahoma City Blazers defeated El Paso Rhinos 2 games to none
 * North Iowa Bulls defeated Alexandria Blizzard 2 games to 1
 * Willmar WarHawks defeated Granite City Lumberjacks 2 games to none

Division Finals

 * Rochester Grizzlies defeated Peoria Mustangs 2 games to 1
 * Northeast Generals defeated Mass Titans 2 games to 1
 * Sheridan Hawks defeated Great Falls Americans 2 games to 1
 * Texas Jr. Brahmas defeated Oklahoma City Blazers 2 games to 1
 * North Iowa Bulls defeated Willmar WarHawks 2 games to 1

2022 Fraser Cup
The 2021 Fraser Cup Championship, which crowns the National playoff champion of the NA3HL, will take place at the St. Peters Rec Plex in St. Peters, Missouri from April 15-19. The 2021 NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament will also take place at the St. Peters Rec Plex in St. Peters, Missouri, on April 18-19.

Format
The five division playoff winners and a wildcard team advance to the Fraser Cup. The teams are seeded and divided into two three team pools and play each of the two teams in their pool with the top two teams in each pool advancing to a single elimination cross over semifinal with the pool winner of one pool playing the 2nd place team in the other pool. The semifinal winners meet for the Fraser Cup championship.

Results

 * Sheridan Hawks defeated Northeast Generals 13-2
 * North Iowa Bulls defeated Sheridan Hawks 2-1 (ot)
 * North Iowa Bulls defeated Northeast Generals 8-1

Results

 * Rochester Grizzlies defeated Texas Brahmas 4-3
 * Rochester Grizzlies defeated Oklahoma City Blazers 3-1
 * Oklahoma City Blazers defeated Texas Brahmas 5-1

Semifinals

 * North Iowa Bulls defeated Oklahoma City Blazers 2-1
 * Rochester Grizzlies defeated Sheridan Hawks 7-1

Final
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 * North Iowa Bulls defeated Rochester Grizzlies 5-1