Ice Wolves forward Wentworth signs NAHL Tender

The New Mexico Ice Wolves of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) are pleased to announce that forward Zak Wentworth has signed a NAHL tender agreement with their NAHL affiliate, the New Mexico Ice Wolves, of the South Division. 

Wentworth, 19, has appeared in a total of 97 regular season games with the Ice Wolves NA3HL team over the course of two years, in addition to 10 Fraser Cup Playoff games. Prior to joining New Mexico’s junior team, Wenworth played in the NAPHL Fall League with the Ice Wolves 18U team. 

During his time in the NA3HL, the Durango, CO native registered a total of 76 points (31 goals, 45 assists), including three game winning goals, one power play goal and two short handed goals this season.  As the 2023-2024 leading scorer for the Ice Wolves NA3HL team, Wentworth was called up to the NAHL team 4 times throughout the season.  

Wentworth is the 3rd player to tender for New Mexico.

Click here to see a list of NA3HL tenders for the 2023-24 season

A tender is a contract, of sorts, a player signs announcing his intentions to play for that particular NAHL team and that NAHL team only. Once a player signs a tender with an NAHL team, his playing rights belong to that team within the NAHL and he may not be recruited by any other NAHL team. Each team is granted ten (10) tenders, which include two (2) tenders exclusively used on players from the NA3HL - plus or minus any trades - which became active on November 1st. Tendered players are not eligible for the 2024 NAHL Draft.