NA3HL Weekend Preview
The NA3HL is back this weekend with 31 games on the schedule from Friday-Sunday as spots for the Fraser Cup Playoffs are now at a premium.
The NA3HL Fraser Cup Playoffs begin in just two months, so all games are very important at this point. The top four teams in each of the five divisions will qualify for the playoffs.
It was another good week for player advancement as three more players from NA3HL were called up to the NAHL, and three more signed NAHL tenders.
There are some big series this weekend, which includes Granite City putting their winning streak on the line in Alexandria and Helena is in Gillette to face the Wild. Oregon and Rochester also a have a big series in the Central.
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.
All games broadcast live on HockeyTV.
FRI, JANUARY 14
Atlanta at Texas RoadRunners - 6:15 PM EST
Oregon at Rochester - 7:05 PM CST
Granite City at Alexandria - 7:10 PM CST
Northeast at Bay State - 8:30 PM EST
New Ulm at Mason City - 7:30 PM CST
Willmar at Minnesota - 7:30 PM CST
Sheridan at Badlands - 7:05 PM MST
Helena at Gillette - 7:05 PM MST
Yellowstone at Butte - 7:30 PM MST
SAT, JANUARY 15
Wausau at Milwaukee - 12:30 PM CST
Danbury at Long Beach - 4:00 PM EST
Louisiana at Oklahoma City - 3:00 PM CST
Atlanta at Texas RoadRunners - 6:15 PM EST
Oregon at Rochester - 7:05 PM CST
Minnesota at Willmar - 7:10 PM CST
El Paso at Austin - 7:30 PM CST
Alexandria at Granite City - 7:30 PM CST
New Ulm at Mason City - 7:30 PM CST
Yellowstone at Butte - 7:00 PM MST
Sheridan at Badlands - 7:05 PM MST
Helena at Gillette - 7:05 PM MST
Bozeman at Great Falls - 7:30 PM MST
Peoria at St. Louis - 8:30 PM CST
SUN, JANUARY 16
New Jersey at Long Beach – 10:30 AM EST
Atlanta at Texas RoadRunners - 1:45 PM EST
Granite City at Willmar - 1:00 PM CST
Peoria at St. Louis - 2:30 PM CST
El Paso at Austin - 5:00 PM CST
Danbury at Bay State - 7:10 PM EST
Louisiana at Oklahoma City - 7:05 PM CST
Great Falls at Bozeman - 7:00 PM MST
