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?
CHARLOTTE COUGARS (2024-25: 86 points, 1st in South, lost to Baltimore in Eastern Final)
FORWARDS: Rodrigo Abols (81), Jack Becker (80), Alex Belzile (55), Jesper Froden (39), Tanner Kero (20), Ayden MacDonald (44), Cooper Marody (10), Brock McGinn (C-23), Brendan Perlini (27), Nic Petan (91), Brent Peterson (16), Damien Riat (9), Dalton Smith (11), Jasper Weatherby (A-14)
DEFENSEMEN: T.J. Brennan (43), Matt Caito (A-88), Kyle Capobianco (18), Lucas Carlsson (34), Mikko Lehtonen (4), Turner Ottenbreit (3), Daniel Renouf (24), Jesper Sellgren (23)
GOALTENDERS: Brad Arvanitis (1), Oscar Dansk (35), Matt Tomkins (90)
SASKATCHEWAN BISONS (Expansion Team)
FORWARDS: Joseph Abate (47), Corey Andonovski (8), Christoph Berthschy (43), Hannes Bjorninen (27), Henrik Borgstrom (29), Ethen Frank (A-28), Leo Komarov (27), Denis Malgin (A-62), Hugh McGing (11), Brett Murray (10), Patrick Newell (14), Simon Ryfors (15), Malte Stromwall (88), Linus Weissbach (9)
DEFENSEMEN: Wyatt Aamodt (5), Scooter Brickey (16), Carl Dahlstrom (61), Hardy Haman Aktell (4), Grant Hutton (7), Ryan Jones (26), Gustav Olofsson (23), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (C-44)
GOALTENDERS: Filip Larsson (31), Ilya Samsonov (35), Niklas Schlegel (34)
