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?
BIRMINGHAM BULLS (2024-25: 70 points, 4th in South, lost to Baltimore in Eastern Quarterfinals)
FORWARDS: Vincent Arseneau (18), Rasmus Asplund (19), Lance Bouma (90), Kale Kessy (22), Tom Kuhnhackl (34), , Joel L’Esperance (11), Alex Limoges (12), Jeremy McKenna (21), Carl Persson (95), Myles Powell (23), Jakob Silfverberg (C-38), Eemeli Suomi (10), T.J. Tynan (9), Garrett Wilson (A-49)
DEFENSEMEN: Robert Bortuzzo (A-41), Christian Jaros (83), Jacob Larsson (4), Jordan Murray (5), Jusso Riikola (50), Corey Schueneman (6), Brendan Smith (7), Colin Ugbekile (79)
GOALTENDERS: Jean-Francois Berube (35), Jeremy Brodeur (30), Hunter Miska (1)
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)
