NAHA 2025-26 Season – Albuquerque Thunderbirds (19-13-4) @ Halifax Stampeders (18-15-3)
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?
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 (48), 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 Livingstonem (6), Connor Mackey (4), Jordan Oesterle (A-82), Brogan Rafferty (55), Alexander Yakovenko (75)
GOALIES: Sandro Aeschlimann (29), Brandon Bussi (72), Zach Sawchenko (36)
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)
