2024-25 NAHL season

This is the 2024-25 North American Hockey League season. This is the league's 40th season under this name and its 50th 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.

Events

The league is having the NAHL Showcase Tournament September 25-28, 2024 at the Super Rink facility in Blaine, Minnesota. The event will have each team playing 3 games and will also include the USA Hockey National Team Development Program 17U team.

The 2025 Top Prospects Tournament will be held February 17-18 in Plymouth Township, Michigan with four divisional based teams and two teams selected in conjunction with NHL Central Scouting Bureau.

The Robertson Cup Championship Tournament will be held in May, 2025 ta the Super Rink facility in Blaine, Minnesota. The event will have each division playoff winner meeting in two best-of-three series with the winners meeting in a single game championship.

Membership Changes

• An 1,500 seat arena under construction in Watertown, South Dakota was rumored to be the future home of an NAHL franchise. The Prairie Lakes Ice Arena is the working name of the arena. The arena is expected to open in September of 2023. Due to delays the arena opening was pushed back to February 23, 2024. The team was apparently be named the Watertown Lakers. The official announcement of the team was being held off pending approval of a lease by the Watertown City Council which is scheduled for February 20th. On March 15, 2024 the league Board of Governors approved the addition of the team to the league for the 2024-25 season. The team will be known as the Watertown Shamrocks and will be a member of the central division.

• On April 24, 2024 the league announced the addition of the Forest Lake, Minnesota-based Minnesota Mallards. The team will be based out of the Forest Lake Sports Center.

• On May 1, 2024 the league announced the addition of the Elmira Aviators to beginning play in the East Division with the 2024-25 season. The team will be based out of the First Arena in Elmira, New York. Apparently replacing the Federal Prospects Hockey League team in the arena for 2024-25.

• In early December 2024 reports of the league adding six teams that would form a Pacific Division would indicate that the league would likely be adding four teams in California and one each in Arizona and Nevada likely for the 2026-27 season. Previous rumors had indicated a stand alone Tier-I league, while others had teams affiliated with the United States Hockey League, Western Hockey League, and the British Columbia Hockey League had also been indicated over the past two years. The planned organizations have reportedly had ties to the region's National Hockey League teams and former players.

Standings

Central Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Bismarck Bobcats	59	47	10	1	1	206	103	96
Austin Bruins	59	42	12	3	2	194	116	89
Minot Minotauros	59	40	18	1	0	208	129	81
Aberdeen Wings	59	35	22	2	0	195	170	72
St. Cloud Norsemen	59	30	22	1	6	168	164	6
Watertown Shamrocks	59	19	33	2	5	141	197	45
North Iowa Bulls	59	19	34	4	2	159	212	44
Minnesota Mallards	59	10	45	2	2	122	272	24

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Rochester Jr. Americans	59	39	12	3	5	224	141	86
Maryland Black Bears	59	35	17	4	3	196	160	77
Maine Nordiques	59	35	18	4	2	188	146	76
New Jersey Titans	59	32	20	6	1	195	196	71
Johnstown Tomahawks	59	31	23	3	2	183	188	67
New Hampshire Mountain Kings	59	27	29	2	1	201	210	57
Philadelphia Rebels	59	26	30	2	1	177	190	55
Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks	59	23	33	3	0	182	223	49
Elmira Aviators	59	23	33	3	0	182	223	49
Northeast Generals	59	21	34	3	1	157	226	46

Midwest Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Wisconsin Windigo	59	41	14	1	3	228	156	86
Fairbanks Ice Dogs	59	37	16	3	3	209	150	80
Anchorage Wolverines	59	36	17	2	4	234	188	78
Chippewa Steel	59	30	23	2	4	182	186	66
Minnesota Wilderness	59	30	25	4	0	210	197	64
Springfield Jr. Blues	59	27	27	3	2	158	182	59
Kenai River Brown Bears	59	21	30	4	4	159	216	50
Janesville Jets	59	17	36	3	3	144	230	40

South Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Lone Star Brahmas	59	44	11	2	2	195	92	92
Shreveport Mudbugs	59	36	18	4	1	184	155	77
Corpus Christi IceRays	59	35	19	2	3	201	179	75
New Mexico Ice Wolves	59	31	21	4	3	163	155	69
El Paso Rhinos	59	29	26	1	3	168	183	62
Colorado Grit	59	23	24	8	4	154	190	58
Odessa Jackalopes	59	26	29	4	0	209	208	56
Amarillo Wranglers	59	24	29	2	4	157	196	54
Oklahoma Warriors	59	16	33	7	3	137	220	42

Robertson Cup Playoffs

Format

The third place team plays the sixth place team and the fourth place team plays the fifth place team in best-of-three division quarterfinal series in the East and South Division, with the winners being re-seeded third and fourth. In the other divisions the top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The first place team plays the fourth place team and the second place team plays the third place team in a best-of-five series over two weekends. The division semifinal winners meet in a best-of-five series over two weekends. The division winners advance to the Robertson Cup tournament. The event will be held at the Fogerty Arena in Blaine, Minnesota in May, 2025. The teams are seeded 1 to 4 and are paired off 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 in best-of-three series. The semifinal winners meet in a single championship game on May 21st.

East Division Quarterfinals

• Maine Nordiques defeated New Hampshire Mountain Kings 2 games to 1
• Johnstown Tomahawks defeated New Jersey Titans 2 games to none

South Division Quarterfinals

• Corpus Christi IceRays defeated Colorado Grit 2 games to none
• New Mexico Ice Wolves defeated El Paso Rhinos 2 games to 1