NA3HL Weekend Preview

October 1, 2021

The first weekend in October is here and the NA3HL schedule is packed full of 29 games Friday-Sunday.

This weekend sees more teams from the South beginning their 2021-22 regular season.

There are just two and a half months until the league-wide NA3HL Showcase, which takes place December 20-22 in Blaine, MN.

This weekend has a full slate of action in all five divisions. In the Central, all six teams are in action as Rochester and Wausau both look to remain undefeated, while Peoria and St. Louis are still in search of their first wins. In the East, it is a fairly light schedule with one game on Friday, one game on Saturday, and two on Sunday. In the Frontier, it is a packed slate as both the Gillette Wild and Helena Bighorns put their undefeated records on the line as all eight teams are in action. In the South, the El Paso Rhinos, Oklahoma City Ice Hawks, and Texas Brahmas all get their 2021-22 regular seasons underway. In the West, a big rivaly is renewed as undefeated Mason City visits undefeated Granite City.

The NA3HL is in its 12th season in 2021-22 and serves as one of the top training grounds in the country by providing the best coaching, exposure and developmental vehicles available for student-athletes in Tier III junior hockey. It is one of only two USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior leagues.

No other league of its kind has had more movement and advanced more players onto play in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) than the NA3HL. Thanks to additional and enhanced initiatives in cooperation with the NAHL put in place several years ago, more players from the NA3HL play, practice, and earn NCAA Division I scholarships with the NAHL than any other league.

This past season not only did 35 NA3HL players sign tenders to play in the NAHL for the 2021-22 season, but 21 more players were selected in the 2021 NAHL Draft. The NA3HL also continues to make its mark and is one of the leaders in junior hockey with the advancement of players onto the NCAA. So far in 2021, the NA3HL has over 100+ college commitments, with almost 70% of those being NCAA commitments. In addition, over 300 former NA3HL players are currently playing in the NCAA, and 13% of NCAA Division III freshmen this season previously played in the NA3HL.

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FRI, OCTOBER 1

Long Beach at Danbury - 7:00 PM EDT

El Paso at Texas RoadRunners - 6:15 PM CDT

Great Falls at Sheridan - 5:30 PM MDT

Peoria at Rochester - 7:05 PM CDT

Oklahoma City at Texas Brahmas - 7:05 PM CDT

Mason City at Granite City - 7:30 PM CDT