NAHA 2025-26 Season Opening Night – Hartford Whalers @ Ontario Tigers
Welcome to Season Eight of the North American Hockey Association!
Over the course of the offseason, the league expanded to 23 teams, adding the Alaska (Anchorage) Grizzlies, the Albuquerque Thunderbirds and the Saskatchewan (Saskatoon) Bisons.
The Baltimore Bulldogs are the defending Dunlap Cup Champions. Will they become the first two-time champions or will another team lift the Cup in the summer?
HARTFORD WHALERS (2024-25: 68 points, 5th in North, missed playoffs)
FORWARDS: Mathias Brome (86), Hudson Fasching (20), Noah Gregor (A-18), Jere Innala (21), Axel Jonsson Fjallby (A-71), Alex Kile (24), Otto Koivula (12), Will Lockwood (16), Dylan McLaughlin (13), Garrett Pilon (22), Ryan Schmelzer (26), Owen Sillinger (12), Mitchell Stephens (67), Ryan Wagner (28)
DEFENSEMEN: Calle Andersson (45), Matt Benning (55), Josiah Didier (44), Eric Gelinas (85), Jack Johnson (C-3), Lawrence Pilut (4), Marshall Rifai (83), Joakim Ryan (47)
GOALTENDERS: Jaxon Castor (40), Michael Houser (32), Connor Hughes (31)
ONTARIO TIGERS (2024-25: 75 points, 4th in North, lost to Charlotte in Eastern Quarterfinals)
FORWARDS: Andrew Agozzino (27), Connor Bunnaman (A-74), Oscar Lindblom (23), Tristan Nielsen (14), Matthew Peca (63), Lane Pederson (29), Matthew Phillips (54), Brennan Saulnier (62), Jordan Schroeder (90), Justin Scott (22), Logan Shaw (C-11), Brendan Shinnimin (24), Jakub Vrana (A-13), Kailer Yamamoto (56)
DEFENSEMEN: Gavin Bayreuther (5), Michael Ford (20), Scott Harrington (6), Blake Hillman (3), Roland McKeown (55), Derrick Pouilot (51), Steven Santini (16), Austin Strand (2)
GOALTENDERS: Keith Kinkaid (70), Hunter Shepherd (1), Dustin Tokarski (34)
