NAHA 2025-26 Season – Halifax Stampeders (1-0-0) @ Hartford Whalers (1-0-1)
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?
HALIFAX STAMPEDERS (2024-25: 77 points, 3rd in North, lost to Baltimore in Eastern Semifinals)
FORWARDS: Andreas Athanasiou (12), Grigori Denisenko (11), Aidan Dudas (14), Walker Duehr (26), Jason Fuchs (19), Luke Glendening (13), Jeremy Gregoire (25), Seth Griffith (A-39), Dominik Kahun (A-24), Luke Philip (17), Ty Rattie (49), C.J. Smith (23), Nolan Stevens (10), Jeffrey Viel (28)
DEFENSEMEN : Casey Fitzgerald (C-45), Ben Harpur (5), Joe Hicketts (27), Brady Keeper (3), Dmitry Osipov (44), David Quenneville (55), Mitchell Vande Sompel (8), John Wesley (9)
GOALIES: Antoine Bibeau (35) Parker Gahagen (32), Maxime Legace (33)
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)
