NAHA 2025-26 Season – Ontario Tigers (5-4-2) @ Albuquerque Thunderbirds (5-3-1)
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?
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)
ALBUQUERQUE THUNDERBIRDS (Expansion Team)
FORWARDS: Lucas Condotta (42), Daniel D’Amato (7), Oscar Eklind (43), Abbott Girduckis (17), Kale Howarth (74), Dryden Hunt (A-15), Bokondji Imama (44), Michael Joly (24), Joona Luoto (46), Austin Ortega (8), Emil Pettersson (14), Jack Roslovic (C-9), Chris Wagner (25), Lucas Wallmark (32)
DEFENSEMEN: Lucas Ekestahl Jonsson (16), Niklas Hansson (19), Otto Leskinen (28), Jake Livingstone (6), Connor Mackey (4), Jordan Oesterle (A-82), Brogan Rafferty (55), Alexander Yakovenko (75)
GOALIES: Sandro Aeschlimann (29), Brandon Bussi (72), Zach Sawchenko (36)