NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament
The 2024 NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament will take place at the St. Peters Rec Plex in St. Peters, Missouri, on March 22-24 in cooperation with the Fraser Cup. There will be four NA3HL Top Prospects teams who each play in two games during the event.
Each NA3HL Top Prospects team will consist of a 22-man roster (12 forwards, 8 defensemen and 2 goalies). Any player who will be considered for the event, must be nominated by their respective head coaches and must not be on a team competing in the Fraser Cup.
The event has quickly become one of the most highly scouted events of its kind, with hundreds of junior and college scouts expected in attendance this season.
The NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament is another great example of the cooperative relationship and ladder of development between the NA3HL and NAHL. The fact remains that when it comes to Tier III junior leagues, no other league has had more movement and advanced more players onto play in the NAHL than the NA3HL. Through the NAHL's vast resources for development and exposure, like the annual Top Prospects Tournament, the NA3HL provides a worthy path for players to grow, on and off the ice, while being showcased in front of the entire junior, college and professional scouting community.
The NA3HL is in its 14th season in 2023-24 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 the only 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.