2005-06 NAHL Season

This is the North American Hockey League 2005-06 season.

Franchise changes

 * The Soo Indians and the Central Texas Marshals left the league.
 * The Springfield Spirit relocated to Wasilla, Alaska and were renamed the Wasilla Spirit.
 * The Toledo IceDiggers moved to Alpena, Michigan and were renamed the Alpena IceDiggers.
 * The Youngstown Phantoms left the league and joined the United States Hockey League and were replaced by the Mahoning Valley Phantoms.
 * The Owatonna, Minnesota based Southern Minnesota Express, the Mason City, Iowa based North Iowa Outlaws, and the Traverse City North Stars joined the league.

Standings
Team                       GP    W    L   OTL SOL   GF    GA     P  Central Southern Minnesota Express 58    35   17   6   0    233   175    76 Fargo-Moorhead Jets        58    34   21   3   0    209   147    71 Bismarck Bobcats           58    31   23   4   0    204   184    66 Minnesota Blizzard         58    24   29   5   0    158   219    53 North Iowa Outlaws         58    18   37   3   0    149   219    39 North US National Under-18 Team  58    39   14   5   0    254   147    83 Cleveland Jr. Barons       58    35   19   4   0    197   150    74 Mahoning Valley Phantoms   58    34   20   4   0    214   181    72 Traverse City North Stars  58    17   34   7   0    162   258    41 Alpena IceDiggers          58    13   38   7   0    147   260    33 South Texas Tornado              58    42   12   4   0    201   132    88 Texarkana Bandits          58    42   14   2   0    240   145    86 Springfield Jr. Blues      58    28   26   4   0    181   208    60 Wichita Falls Wildcats     58    26   28   4   0    171   189    56 Sante Fe Roadrunners       58    24   28   6   0    182   205    54 West Bozeman IceDogs            58    48   9    1   0    235   117    97 Fairbanks Ice Dogs         58    30   18   10  0    173   175    70 Billings Bulls             58    20   30   8   0    167   252    48 Wasilla Spirit             58    23   33   2   0    133   187    48 Helena Bighorns            58    17   35   6   0    186   246    40

First Round

 * Team USA defeated Traverse City 3 games to 2 (1-2, 4-, 3-4, 2-0, 1-0)
 * Cleveland defeated Mahoning Valley 3 games to 2 (1-2, 5-4, 3-2, 5-6, 5-2)
 * Texas defeated Wichita Falls 3 games to 2 (6-1, 1-2, 0-3, 4-2, 4-0)
 * Texarkana defeated Springfield 3 games to 1 (2-5, 5-2, 3-0, 3-2)
 * Southern Minnnesota defeated Minnesota 3 games to 2 3-2, 0-3, 5-1, 6-7, 6-3)
 * Fargo-Moorhead defeated Bismarck 3 games to 1 (3-2, 4-2, 1-2, 3-1)
 * Bozeman defeated Amarillo 3 games to none (5-1, 4-0, 5-3)
 * Fairbanks defeated Wasilla 3 games to 2 (1-2, 2-1, 3-2, 0-4, 4-1)

Quarterfinals

 * Cleveland defeated Team USA 4 games to 3 (2-3, 2-1, 2-3, 3-4, 4-2, 2-1, 3-2)
 * Texas defeated Texarkana 4 games to none (6-5, 8-0, 3-2, 2-0)
 * Southern Minnesota defeated Fargo-Moorhead 4 games to none (4-2, 6-0, 2-1, 4-3)
 * Bozeman defeated Fairbanks 4 games to 1 (1-2, 4-2, 7-2, 5-1, 2-1)

Robertson Cup

 * Bozeman defeated Cleveland 2-1
 * Southern Minnesota defeated Texas 3-2
 * Texas defeated Cleveland 5-3
 * Southern Minnesota defeated Mahoning Valley 5-2
 * Texas defeated Southern Minnesota 4-3
 * Bozeman defeated Mahoning Valley 3-0

Third Place Game

 * Southern Minnesota defeated Mahoning Valley 6-2

Championship Game
The Texas Tornado won their third straight Robertson Cup
 * Texas defeated Bozeman 4-2