2019-20 NAHL season

This is the 2019-20 North American Hockey League season. This is the league's 35th season under this name and its 44th dating back to its founding as the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League in 1975 when the Michigan Junior Hockey League and the Wolverine Junior A Hockey League merged.

Suspension of Play

The league would announce it was suspending play as of March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

On March 17th the league would announce that it was cancelling the playoffs as well

Membership Changes

On February 28, 2019 the announced the addition of two separate expansion teams that are schedule to join the league for the 2019-20 season, the Albuquerque based New Mexico Ice Wolves and the Lewiston, Maine based Maine Nordiques.

On June 3, 2019 the league's Board of Governors announced approval of the relocation of the Brookings Blizzard to St. Cloud, Minnesota for the 2019-20 season. The team will be renamed the St. Cloud Blizzard and will be based out of the Dave Torey Arena in the St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex.

On October 15, 2019 the league announced the addition of a team to be based in Wichita Falls, Texas for the 2020-21 season.On November 26, 2019 the league announced the team would be named the Wichita Falls Warriors.

On February 28, 2020 the Topeka Pilots were announced as relocating to Kansas City area and on May 6th announced the team would assume the Kansas City Scouts name. The team plans on playing at the Kansas City Ice Center in Shawnee, Kansas for the 2020-21 season pending the completion of a new arena.

On May 6, 2020 the league announced that effective immediately the St. Cloud Blizzard would be renamed the St. Cloud Norsemen. The team cited a lack of time to change the team identity for the 2019-20 season.

On May 11, 2020 the league announced the relocation of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights to Danbury, Connecticut where they will be renamed the Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks.

Standings

Central Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Aberdeen Wings	51	34	11	4	2	187	122	74
Bismarck Bobcats	52	32	12	5	3	178	130	72
Austin Bruins	51	28	16	2	5	158	149	63
Minot Minotauros	50	27	16	1	6	192	171	61
Minnesota Wilderness	52	26	22	4	0	160	165	56
St. Cloud Blizzard	52	10	37	4	1	130	240	25

Midwest Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Fairbanks Ice Dogs	52	38	11	1	2	197	111	79
Chippewa Steel	51	29	18	3	1	171	146	62
Kenai River Brown Bears	52	27	19	3	3	197	182	60
Minnesota Magicians	53	21	23	6	3	143	173	51
Janesville Jets	52	24	26	1	1	149	181	50
Springfield Jr. Blues	54	16	34	2	2	133	206	36

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
New Jersey Titans	52	38	13	0	1	240	172	77
Johnstown Tomahawks	51	34	13	2	2	185	140	72
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	53	26	22	4	1	165	181	57
Maryland Black Bears	52	20	25	7	0	157	166	47
Jamestown Rebels	54	21	30	1	2	127	163	45
Northeast Generals	50	20	27	2	1	157	191	43
Maine Nordiques	54	20	32	2	0	190	230	42

South Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Lone Star Brahmas	53	42	9	1	1	190	81	86
Amarillo Bulls	54	39	10	2	3	185	101	83
Topeka RoadRunners	52	33	14	3	2	151	129	71
Shreveport Mudbugs	52	34	18	0	0	164	107	68
Corpus Christi IceRays	53	16	30	3	4	102	156	39
New Mexico Ice Wolves	52	13	34	2	3	105	190	31
Odessa Jackalopes	50	9	39	1	1	73	23	20

Robertson Cup Playoffs

Format

The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The division semifinals and division finals are best-of-five. The four division winning teams advance to the Robertson Cup and will be seeded 1-4 based on regular season standings and paired off 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 in best of three semifinal series with the two series winners meeting in a single game championship.