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?
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)
ALASKA GRIZZLIES (Expansion Team)
FORWARDS: Jonathan Ang (88), Keifer Bellows (61), Victor Ejdsell (9), Robby Fabbri (C – 15), Tye Felhaber (48), Adam Helewka (13), Vinni Lettieri (74), Arttu Ruotslainen (25), Scott Sabourin (49), Nikita Scherbak (A – 22), Julian Schmutz (70), Nate Smith (23), Antti Suomela (11), Daniel Vozenilek (96)
DEFENSEMEN: David Bernhardt (40), Nate Clurman (4), Brian Cooper (21), Charlie Dodero (6), Benjamin Gleason (8), Matt Kiersted (33), William Lagesson (A – 37), Mirco Mueller (24)
GOALIES: Marcus Hogberg (35), Tim Juel (31), David Fessenden (38)