2012–13 NAHL season
| 2012–13 NAHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | North American Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | Regular season September 8, 2012 – March 30, 2013 Post-season April 4 – May 13, 2013 |
| Games | 60 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Dan Sherer |
| Picked by | Minot Minotauros |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Amarillo Bulls |
| Season MVP | Jared VanWormer (Soo Eagles) |
| Top scorer | Jared VanWormer (Soo Eagles) |
| Robertson Cup Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Amarillo Bulls |
| Runners-up | Wenatchee Wild |
The 2012–13 NAHL season was the 29th season of the North American Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2012 to April 2013 with a 60-game schedule for each team. The Amarillo Bulls won the regular season championship and went on to defeat the Wenatchee Wild 5 to 0 in the championship game to capture the Robertson Cup.
Member changes
- During the previous season, the Chicago Hitmen had been locked out of their home arena due to unpaid fees. While they were able to come to an arrangement for the remainder of the season, the rink's owners did eventually file suit with the franchise for more than $100,000 in disputed charges.[1] The Hitmen were disbanded prior to this season.
- Due to high travel costs, the Dawson Creek Rage announced that they would attempt to join the AJHL after the 2012 season. After the plans fell through, the franchise elected to suspend operations in April.[2]
- In On March 2, 2012, the Soo Eagles announced that they had purchased the franchise rights to the Traverse City North Stars, the final condition for the team's move to the NAHL.[3]
- In April, the Alexandria Blizzard announced their move to Brookings, South Dakota. The club would retain its moniker and become the Brookings Blizzard .[4]
- One day later, the Alaska Avalanche announced that they were moving to Johnstown, Pennsylvania and would become the Johnstown Tomahawks.[5]
- In May, the St. Louis Bandits applied for and were granted inactive status for this season.[6] a little over a week later, the New Mexico Mustangs were also approved for a year-long dormancy.[7]
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[8]
Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title
Standings
Central Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Austin Bruins | 60 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 91 | 223 | 155 |
| x – Bismarck Bobcats | 60 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 79 | 183 | 140 |
| x – Brookings Blizzard | 60 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 69 | 175 | 179 |
| x – Minot Minotauros | 60 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 56 | 151 | 186 |
| Aberdeen Wings | 60 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 53 | 158 | 194 |
| Coulee Region Chill | 60 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 37 | 157 | 224 |
North Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Soo Eagles | 60 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 87 | 203 | 155 |
| x – Jamestown Ironmen | 60 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 78 | 170 | 152 |
| x – Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 60 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 76 | 184 | 169 |
| x – Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 60 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 68 | 178 | 163 |
| x – Johnstown Tomahawks | 60 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 66 | 179 | 177 |
| x – Springfield Jr. Blues | 60 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 56 | 159 | 181 |
| Janesville Jets | 60 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 56 | 147 | 182 |
| Michigan Warriors | 60 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 47 | 136 | 177 |
South Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xyz – Amarillo Bulls | 60 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 248 | 118 |
| x – Topeka RoadRunners | 60 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 85 | 190 | 146 |
| x – Texas Tornado | 60 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 74 | 219 | 168 |
| x – Corpus Christi IceRays | 60 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 62 | 194 | 200 |
| Wichita Falls Wildcats | 60 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 56 | 183 | 200 |
| Odessa Jackalopes | 60 | 6 | 51 | 3 | 15 | 121 | 309 |
West Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Wenatchee Wild | 60 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 84 | 197 | 147 |
| x – Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 60 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 82 | 192 | 148 |
| x – Kenai River Brown Bears | 60 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 64 | 185 | 177 |
| x – Fresno Monsters | 60 | 18 | 35 | 7 | 43 | 139 | 224 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games. [9]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared VanWormer | Soo Eagles | 60 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 28 |
| Kyle Sharkey | Topeka RoadRunners | 59 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 72 |
| Brandon Wahlin | Austin Bruins | 58 | 20 | 49 | 69 | 113 |
| Rudy Sulmonte | Corpus Christi IceRays | 60 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 42 |
| Sean Gaffney | Topeka RoadRunners | 58 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 47 |
| A.J. Reid | Austin Bruins | 55 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 50 |
| Robbie Payne | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 57 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 109 |
| Eric Rivard | Soo Eagles | 58 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 119 |
| Jonathan Davis | Wenatchee Wild | 59 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 110 |
| Mike Davis | Amarillo Bulls | 59 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 52 |
| C. J. Smith | Austin Bruins | 60 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 22 |
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | W | L | OTL | SOL | GA | SV | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Berrafato | Amarillo Bulls | 44 | 2455:08 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 68 | 839 | .919 | 1.66 |
| Aaron Nelson | Bismarck Bobcats | 40 | 2298:03 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 72 | 982 | .928 | 1.88 |
| Zach Nagelvoort | Soo/Aberdeen | 28 | 1601:08 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 834 | .933 | 2.10 |
| Spencer Viele | Topeka RoadRunners | 41 | 2356:26 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 1,053 | .918 | 2.19 |
| Marcus Due-Boje | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 23 | 1335:45 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 748 | .935 | 2.20 |
Robertson Cup playoffs
In the Semifinal, ties are broken first by head-to-head matchup and then by goal differential.
| Division Play-in (Best-of-3) | Division Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Division Finals (Best-of-5) | Semifinal (Round Robin) | Championship (Best-of-1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Austin Bruins | 3 | 1 | 3* | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Minot Minotauros | 1 | 2* | 2 | 0 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Austin Bruins | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Bismarck Bobcats | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Bismarck Bobcats | 8 | 6 | 6 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Brookings Blizzard | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Soo Eagles | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 3 | 0 | 4* | N4 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Soo Eagles | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N5 | Johnstown Tomahawks | 0 | 2 | 3 | North Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Jamestown Ironmen | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Jamestown Ironmen | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Bismarck Bobcats | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 7 | 6 | - | N3 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Jamestown Ironmen | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | S1 | Amarillo Bulls | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N6 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 1 | 0 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Amarillo Bulls | 2* | 2* | - | 0 | W1 | Wenatchee Wild | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Amarillo Bulls | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Wenatchee Wild | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Corpus Christi IceRays | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Amarillo Bulls | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Texas Tornado | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Topeka Roadrunners | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Texas Tornado | 2 | 2 | 8 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Wenatchee Wild | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Fresno Monsters | 0 | 3 | 2* | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Wenatchee Wild | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Division Play-in
North Division
(N4) Port Huron Fighting Falcons vs. (E5) Johnstown Tomahawks
| April 4 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 3 – 0 | Johnstown Tomahawks | McMorran Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 8:02 - sh - Ryan Nick (1) 10:00 - Mitch Maloney (1) 19:31 - en - Rick DeRosa (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Max Milosek (22 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Chris Truehl (23 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 5 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 0 – 2 | Johnstown Tomahawks | McMorran Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Jeff Bergh (1) - 6:45 Cobi Smith-Mass (1) - 7:40 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Max Milosek (23 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Chris Truehl (33 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 4 – 3 | OT | Johnstown Tomahawks | McMorran Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | 4:39 - Brandon Reinholz (1) | ||||||
| Mitch Maloney (2) - 2:03 | Second period | 14:29 - Cody Gylling (1) | ||||||
| Rick DeRosa (2) - 12:59 Brett D'Andrea (1) - 19:25 |
Third period | 8:45 - Mitch Kontny (1) | ||||||
| Ian Miller (1) - 3:28 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Max Milosek (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Chris Truehl (26 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Port Huron wins series 2 – 1 | |
(N3) Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings vs. (N6) Springfield Jr. Blues
| April 4 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 7 – 1 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Blue Rink | ||||
| 9:15 - Danny Hamburg (1) 11:59 - Mac McDonnell (1) 14:21 - Patrick Spellacy (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:46 - Taylor Burden (1) 7:47 - Luc Boby (1) 11:11 - pp - Robbie Payne (1) 15:43 - Mac McDonnell (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Jack Sloan (1) - 10:37 | ||||||
| Marcus Due-Boje (17 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Leon (16 saves / 22 shots) Ryan Kellenberger (16 saves / 17 shots) | ||||||
| April 6 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 6 – 0 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Blue Rink | ||||
| 0:50 - Kody Polin (1) 8:43 - Mac McDonnell (3) 17:53 - pp - Mike Fazio (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:40 - pp - Robbie Payne (2) 11:07 - Mac McDonnell (4) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:41 - Luc Boby (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marcus Due-Boje (27 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Leon (7 saves / 10 shots) Ryan Kellenberger (22 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| Kalamazoo wins series 2 – 0 | |
Division Semifinals
Central Division
(C1) Austin Bruins vs. (C4) Minot Minotauros
| April 12 | Austin Bruins | 3 – 1 | Minot Minotauros | Riverside Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:06 - Michael Bond (1) 14:14 - Grant Eichstadt (1) |
Second period | Cameron Rowat (1) - 13:49 | ||||||
| 19:35 - en - Nolan Kirley (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Lehr (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Parks (30 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Austin Bruins | 1 – 2 | OT | Minot Minotauros | Riverside Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | Wesley Iverson (1) - 2:33 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:30 - A.J. Reid (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Jadin Martin (1) - 8:52 | ||||||
| Jason Pawloski (38 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Parks (38 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Minot Minotauros | 2 – 3 | OT | Austin Bruins | Maysa Arena | |||
| 1:28 - Lucas Oliver (1) | First period | John Simonson (1) - 4:00 | ||||||
| 19:33 - Wesley Iverson (2) | Second period | A.J. Reid (2) - 3:49 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Cody Dixon (1) - 7:02 | ||||||
| Tyler Parks (34 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Nick Lehr (31 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 20 | Minot Minotauros | 0 – 1 | Austin Bruins | Maysa Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | John Simonson (2) - 14:33 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Parks (31 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Nick Lehr (35 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Austin wins series 3 – 1 | |
(C2) Bismarck Bobcats vs. (C3) Brookings Blizzard
| April 12 | Bismarck Bobcats | 8 – 3 | Brookings Blizzard | V.F.W. Sports Center | ||||
| 2:58 - Matt Anders (1) 19:45 - Evan Giesler (1) |
First period | Thomas Williams (1) - 7:22 | ||||||
| 0:45 - Patrick Moore (1) 15:39 - pp - Seth Blair (1) 16:00 - Patrick Moore (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:00 - Seth Blair (2) 8:29 - Seth Blair (3) 18:05 - Cory Chapman (1) |
Third period | Eetu Karvinen (1) - 9:10 Thomas Williams (2) - 16:11 | ||||||
| Aaron Nelson (20 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Drew Weigman (26 saves / 31 shots) Chase Wilson (19 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Bismarck Bobcats | 6 – 3 | Brookings Blizzard | V.F.W. Sports Center | ||||
| 15:29 - Seth Blair (4) | First period | Tyler Cayemberg (1) - 7:17 | ||||||
| 9:46 - pp - Stanislav Dzakhov (1) 17:50 - Matt Anders (2) |
Second period | Eric Brenk (1) - pp - 7:24 | ||||||
| 4:07 - Filip Starzyński (1) 15:08 - pp - Seth Blair (5) 19:23 - en - Evan Giesler (2) |
Third period | Eric Brenk (2) - 10:11 | ||||||
| Aaron Nelson (27 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Drew Weigman (31 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Brookings Blizzard | 0 – 6 | Bismarck Bobcats | Larson Ice Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Matt Pohlkamp (1) - pp - 1:59 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Shane Omdahl (1) - pp - 15:01 Stanislav Dzakhov (2) - pp - 18:43 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Cory Chapman (1) - 3:01 Bob Kinne (1) - 3:21 Cory Chapman (2) - sh - 17:53 | ||||||
| Drew Weigman (22 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Aaron Nelson (16 saves / 16 shots) Bryan Nies (9 saves / 9 shots) | ||||||
| Bismarck wins series 3 – 0 | |
North Division
(N1) Soo Eagles vs. (N4) Port Huron Fighting Falcons
| April 12 | Soo Eagles | 4 – 2 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | Pullar Stadium | ||||
| 7:04 - Chris Waterstreet (1) 11:19 - Alexander Taulien (1) |
First period | Brett D'Andrea (2) - 11:45 Rick DeRosa (3) - 16:15 | ||||||
| 6:28 - Pat Thompson (1) 14:50 - Chris Waterstreet (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Marble (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Max Milosek (32 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Soo Eagles | 4 – 1 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | Pullar Stadium | ||||
| 16:38 - Matt Menta (1) | First period | Ian Miller (2) - 0:14 | ||||||
| 11:24 - pp - Eric Rivard (1) 17:33 - Kyle Loridon (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:12 - Sean Murphy (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Marble (33 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Blankenburg (33 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Port Huron Fighting Falcons | 1 – 4 | Soo Eagles | Larson Ice Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Jared VanWormer (1) - 16:08 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Mike Sabatini (1) - 3:27 | ||||||
| 7:49 - Payden Mielke (1) | Third period | Eric Rivard (1) - 8:54 Mike Sabatini (2) - 10:16 | ||||||
| Max Milosek (26 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Marble (33 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| Soo wins series 3 – 0 | |
(N2) Jamestown Ironmen vs. (N3) Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings
| April 12 | Jamestown Ironmen | 7 – 1 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena | ||||
| 3:30 - Tyler Dunagan (1) 8:44 - sh - Nathan Ropelewski (1) 10:47 - Ryan Doucet (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:30 - Danny Cesarz (1) 11:42 - Brett Szajner (1) 12:09 - Evan Ritt (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:18 - Danny Cesarz (2) | Third period | Luc Boby (1) - 15:37 | ||||||
| Joe Ballmer (33 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Okicki (11 saves / 14 shots) Marcus Due-Boje (17 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Jamestown Ironmen | 3 – 1 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Danny Hamburg (1) - 7:54 | ||||||
| 15:07 - Victor Johansson (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:51 - pp - Ryan Doucet (2) 13:56 - Nicholas Sierra (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Ballmer (29 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Marcus Due-Boje (26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings | 1 – 2 | Jamestown Ironmen | Wings West | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Ryan Doucet (3) - 7:36 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:33 - Mac McDonnell (1) | Third period | Evan Ritt (2) - 15:42 | ||||||
| Marcus Due-Boje (35 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Ballmer (29 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Jamestown wins series 3 – 0 | |
South Division
(S1) Amarillo Bulls vs. (S4) Corpus Christi IceRays
| April 5 | Amarillo Bulls | 1 – 2 | Corpus Christi IceRays | Amarillo Civic Center | ||||
| 6:30 - Hampus Gustafsson (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Emil Romig (1) - 3:20 Brandon Berkley (1) - 16:26 | ||||||
| Paul Berrafato (19 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Hayden Stewart (38 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| April 6 | Amarillo Bulls | 6 – 3 | Corpus Christi IceRays | Amarillo Civic Center | ||||
| 6:52 - Brady Ferguson (1) 7:13 - Brady Ferguson (2) 15:09 - Hampus Gustafsson (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:05 - pp - Gage Christianson (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:52 - Dan McNamara (1) 16:03 - pp - T.J. Sherman (1) |
Third period | Perry D'Arrisso (1) - 3:22 A.J. Jarosz (1) - 8:19 A.J. Jarosz (2) - 12:33 | ||||||
| Paul Berrafato (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Ben Myers (42 saves / 48 shots) | ||||||
| April 9 | Corpus Christi IceRays | 3 – 5 | Amarillo Bulls | American Bank Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Ryan Cole (1) - 17:19 | ||||||
| 3:45 - pp - Rudy Sulmonte (1) | Second period | John Rey (1) - 2:49 T.J. Sherman (2) - 10:25 Geoff Fortman (1) - pp - 18:12 | ||||||
| 0:23 - Brandon Berkley (2) 13:28 - pp - Rudy Sulmonte (2) |
Third period | John Rey (2) - 16:09 | ||||||
| Hayden Stewart (36 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Paul Berrafato (22 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 10 | Corpus Christi IceRays | 3 – 5 | Amarillo Bulls | American Bank Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Dan McNamara (2) - 1:10 | ||||||
| 4:04 - Brandon Smith (1) 13:04 - Emil Romig (2) |
Second period | John Rey (3) - 15:29 Tyler Deresky (1) - 15:47 | ||||||
| 4:51 - pp - Charles Baldwin (1) | Third period | Hampus Gustafsson (3) - 9:09 Mike Davis (1) - 18:48 | ||||||
| Hayden Stewart (37 saves / 42 shots) Ben Myers (0 saves / 0 shots) |
Goalie stats | Paul Berrafato (30 saves / 33 shots) Collin Delia (0 saves / 0 shots) | ||||||
| Amarillo wins series 3 – 1 | |
(S2) Topeka Roadrunners vs. (S3) Texas Tornado
| April 4 | Topeka Roadrunners | 1 – 2 | Texas Tornado | Kansas Expocentre | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:40 - Tyler Andrew (1) | Second period | Max Shuart (1) - ps - 18:04 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | C.J. Reuschlein (1) - 5:39 | ||||||
| Spencer Viele (13 saves / 15 shots) | Goalie stats | Hunter Leisner (35 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 5 | Topeka Roadrunners | 1 – 2 | Texas Tornado | Kansas Expocentre | ||||
| 19:23 - Kyle Sharkey (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | C.J. Reuschlein (2) - 4:59 Scott Conway (1) - 10:14 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hunter Leisner (15 saves / 17 shots) | Goalie stats | Spencer Viele (24 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Texas Tornado | 8 – 1 | Topeka Roadrunners | Dr Pepper Arena | ||||
| 4:56 - Scott Conway (2) 8:25 - Alexei Solovyov (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:17 - Scott Conway (3) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:38 - Jason Eddy (1) 9:53 - Jackson Leef (1) 11:03 - Justin Greenberg (1) 17:24 - pp - Nick Blase (1) 19:47 - pp - Scott Conway (4) |
Third period | Juraj Kucirko (1) - 10:28 | ||||||
| Hunter Leisner (31 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Spencer Viele (22 saves / 29 shots) Parker Butler (1 save / 2 shots) | ||||||
| Texas wins series 3 – 0 | |
West Division
(W1) Wenatchee Wild vs. (W4) Fresno Monsters
| April 12 | Wenatchee Wild | 7 – 0 | Fresno Monsters | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| 10:18 - Derick Kuchera (1) 11:57 - pp - Brian Williams (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 9:56 - Evan Schmidbauer (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:00 - pp - Josh Hartley (1) 6:40 - pp - Noah Nelson (1) 8:51 - pp - Jonathan Davis (1) 18:58 - pp - Chris Kerr (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (23 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Tomas Sholl (34 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Wenatchee Wild | 1 – 3 | Fresno Monsters | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Dan Sherer (1) - 0:18 Andrew Herlofsky (1) - 14:31 | ||||||
| 19:37 - Max McHugh (1) | Second period | Mitch Snyder (1) - 11:37 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (17 saves / 20 shots) Nick Schmit (3 saves / 3 shots) |
Goalie stats | Tomas Sholl (35 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Fresno Monsters | 2 – 1 | OT | Wenatchee Wild | Gateway Ice Center | |||
| No scoring | First period | Evan Schmidbauer (2) - 12:33 | ||||||
| 3:53 - Dan Sherer (2) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:52 - Matt Salituro (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tomas Sholl (37 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Robert Nichols (26 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 18 | Fresno Monsters | 2 – 4 | Wenatchee Wild | Gateway Ice Center | ||||
| 8:07 - pp - Gordon Wells (1) | First period | Jacob Barber (1) - pp - 5:10 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Chris Kerr (2) - 4:10 | ||||||
| 7:41 - pp - Karl Andersen (1) | Third period | Jacob Barber (2) - pp - 5:11 Max McHugh (2) - en - 19:57 | ||||||
| Tomas Sholl (31 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Robert Nichols (23 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Wenatchee Wild | 4 – 1 | Fresno Monsters | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| 11:43 - Jacob Barber (3) | First period | Gordon Wells (2) - 14:17 | ||||||
| 14:52 - Jacob Barber (4) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 16:50 - pp - Nicholas Kuchera (1) 19:51 - en - Jacob Barber (5) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (17 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Tomas Sholl (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| Wenatchee wins series 3 – 2 | |
(W2) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (W3) Kenai River Brown Bears
| April 12 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3 – 1 | Kenai River Brown Bears | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:57 - Lawrence Cornellier (1) 12:33 - pp - Kyle Lee (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:31 - en - Jakob Romo (1) | Third period | Brad LeLievre (1) - 9:38 | ||||||
| Steve Perry (24 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Marcus Zelzer (19 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 1 – 2 | Kenai River Brown Bears | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| 11:47 - pp - Lawrence Cornellier (2) | First period | Judd Loewenstein (1) - 7:42 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Alex Jackstadt (1) - pp - 9:28 | ||||||
| Steve Perry (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Marcus Zelzer (29 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 2 – 1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Soldotna Sports Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Jayson Angus (1) - 1:37 | ||||||
| 13:16 - Vincent Stefan (1) 18:14 - Jacob Davidson (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marcus Zelzer (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Steve Perry (33 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| April 20 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 5 – 6 | OT | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Soldotna Sports Center | |||
| No scoring | First period | Zack Rall (1) - pp - 2:04 Jayson Angus (2) - 9:27 Max Birkinbine (1) - 12:02 | ||||||
| 0:31 - pp - Zachary Lazzaro (1) 13:55 - Brad Duwe (1) |
Second period | Lawrence Cornellier (3) - pp - 2:46 | ||||||
| 2:22 - pp - Mikhail Bushinski (1) 4:33 - pp - Brad Duwe (2) 12:12 - Zachary Lazzaro (2) |
Third period | Tayler Munson (1) - 18:44 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Garret Clemment (1) - 4:09 | ||||||
| Marcus Zelzer (8 saves / 11 shots) Evan McCarthy (17 saves / 20 shots) |
Goalie stats | Steve Perry (31 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3 – 2 | Kenai River Brown Bears | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Albin Karlsson (1) - pp - 18:53 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Zack Zulkanycz (1) - 3:16 | ||||||
| 8:53 - Devin Loe (1) 11:21 - Colton Wolter (1) 18:57 - Jayson Angus (3) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Perry (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Marcus Zelzer (33 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| Fairbanks wins series 3 – 2 | |
Division Finals
Central Division
(C1) Austin Bruins vs. (C2) Bismarck Bobcats
| April 26 | Austin Bruins | 4 – 2 | Bismarck Bobcats | Riverside Arena | ||||
| 2:06 - C. J. Smith (1) 2:21 - C. J. Smith (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:12 - John Simonson (3) | Second period | Cory Chapman (3) - 9:27 | ||||||
| 7:50 - C. J. Smith (3) | Third period | Stanislav Dzakhov (3) - 5:26 | ||||||
| Nick Lehr (38 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Aaron Nelson (20 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Austin Bruins | 2 – 5 | Bismarck Bobcats | Riverside Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Bob Kinne (2) - 16:59 | ||||||
| 12:03 - Cody Dixon (1) | Second period | Daniel Kovar (1) - 14:00 Matt Pohlkamp (2) - 18:13 | ||||||
| 1:37 - Ladislav Zikmund (1) | Third period | Daniel Kovar (2) - sh - 17:41 Adam Knochenmus (1) - 19:05 | ||||||
| Nick Lehr (19 saves / 22 shots) Jason Pawloski (7 saves / 8 shots) |
Goalie stats | Aaron Nelson (26 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| May 3 | Bismarck Bobcats | 3 – 2 | Austin Bruins | V.F.W. Sports Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | John Simonson (4) - sh - 13:22 | ||||||
| 9:02 - pp - Shane Omdahl (2) | Second period | C. J. Smith (4) - 6:44 | ||||||
| 8:11 - Levi Blom (1) 11:11 - pp - Matt Pohlkamp (3) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Aaron Nelson (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Nick Lehr (37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| May 4 | Bismarck Bobcats | 2 – 1 | Austin Bruins | V.F.W. Sports Center | ||||
| 18:03 - pp - Seth Blair (6) | First period | A.J. Reid (3) - 7:46 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:25 - Shane Omdahl (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Aaron Nelson (36 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Jason Pawloski (36 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| Bismarck wins series 3 – 1 | |
North Division
(N1) Soo Eagles vs. (N2) Jamestown Ironmen
| April 26 | Soo Eagles | 3 – 6 | Jamestown Ironmen | Pullar Stadium | ||||
| 4:32 - Brandon Adams (1) | First period | Nicholas Sierra (2) - pp - 11:38 Luc Gerdes (1) - 13:11 Evan Ritt (3) - 13:20 Danny Cesarz (3) - 15:27 | ||||||
| 0:26 - Brandon Adams (2) | Second period | Evan Ritt (4) - pp - 2:10 | ||||||
| 0:39 - J.D. Cotroneo (1) | Third period | Ryan Urso (1) - 7:07 | ||||||
| Tyler Marble (32 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Ballmer (30 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Soo Eagles | 0 – 1 | Jamestown Ironmen | Pullar Stadium | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Elliot Tisdale (1) - 6:25 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Marble (32 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Ballmer (34 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| May 2 | Jamestown Ironmen | 5 – 2 | Soo Eagles | Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena | ||||
| 3:07 - Danny Cesarz (4) 5:59 - Evan Ritt (5) 18:11 - Ryan Doucet (4) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Alexander Taulien (2) - 1:25 Dante Suffredini (1) - 14:23 | ||||||
| 5:23 - Dylan Zink (1) 18:28 - en - Huba Sekesi (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Ballmer (24 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Marble (31 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Jamestown wins series 3 – 0 | |
South Division
(S1) Amarillo Bulls vs. (S2) Texas Tornado
| April 25 | Amarillo Bulls | 4 – 1 | Texas Tornado | Amarillo Civic Center | ||||
| 15:00 - Hampus Gustafsson (4) 19:53 - T.J. Sherman (3) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:01 - pp - Brady Ferguson (3) | Second period | Andrew Mayer (1) - pp - 8:03 | ||||||
| 18:51 - Ryan Cole (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Berrafato (25 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Hunter Leisner (50 saves / 54 shots) | ||||||
| April 26 | Amarillo Bulls | 5 – 1 | Texas Tornado | Amarillo Civic Center | ||||
| 4:23 - Tyler Deresky (2) | First period | Brandon Hawkins (1) - pp - 18:22 | ||||||
| 0:15 - pp - Ryan Cole (3) 4:09 - sh - Brady Ferguson (4) 6:22 - Brady Ferguson (5) 11:40 - Mike Davis (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Berrafato (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Hunter Leisner (18 saves / 23 shots) Aaron Nelson (7 saves / 7 shots) | ||||||
| April 30 | Texas Tornado | 3 – 5 | Amarillo Bulls | Comerica Center | ||||
| 5:23 - pp - Andrew Mayer (2) | First period | Omar Mullan (1) - pp - 7:11 Blake Roubos (1) - 17:05 | ||||||
| 18:02 - Mitchell McPherson (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:11 - Nick Neville (1) | Third period | Clint Carlisle (1) - 1:40 Brady Ferguson (6) - 14:10 Ryan Cole (4) - en - 19:38 | ||||||
| Hunter Leisner (20 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Paul Berrafato (24 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| Amarillo wins series 3 – 0 | |
West Division
(W1) Wenatchee Wild vs. (W2) Fresno Monsters
| April 26 | Wenatchee Wild | 1 – 0 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:49 - David Mead (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (18 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Steve Perry (16 saves / 17 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Wenatchee Wild | 3 – 4 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Max Birkinbine (2) - 6:57 Tayler Munson (2) - 12:57 | ||||||
| 1:39 - Jonathan Davis (2) | Second period | Lawrence Cornellier (4) - 18:22 | ||||||
| 15:49 - Tyler Bruneteau (1) 19:13 - Jacob Barber (6) |
Third period | Lawrence Cornellier (5) - 3:26 | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (26 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Steve Perry (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| May 3 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 1 – 3 | Wenatchee Wild | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Jonathan Davis (3) - 5:16 | ||||||
| 16:47 - Lawrence Cornellier (6) | Second period | Jonathan Davis (4) - pp - 1:21 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joe Sullivan (1) - en - 19:34 | ||||||
| Steve Perry (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Robert Nichols (26 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| May 4 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3 – 2 | Wenatchee Wild | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:40 - Lawrence Cornellier (7) | Second period | Max McHugh (3) - 12:27 | ||||||
| 12:48 - Colton Wolter (2) 13:49 - Tayler Munson (3) |
Third period | Joe Sullivan (2) - 12:39 | ||||||
| Steve Perry (21 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Robert Nichols (25 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| May 7 | Wenatchee Wild | 3 – 1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:02 - Jacob Barber (7) | Second period | Jacob Hetz (1) - 5:56 | ||||||
| 7:45 - Brian Williams (2) 18:53 - en - Jonathan Davis (4) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (23 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Steve Perry (17 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| Wenatchee wins series 3 – 2 | |
Quarterfinal
May 10
| Wenatchee Wild | 2 – 3 | Bismarck Bobcats | Dr. Pepper Arena | |||||
| 3:58 - Dylan Abood (1) | First period | Joseph Giordano (1) - 3:22 | ||||||
| 9:03 - Evan Schmidbauer (3) | Second period | Matt Anders (3) - 10:37 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Stanislav Dzakhov (3) - 18:55 | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (18 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Aaron Nelson (23 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| Amarillo Bulls | 2 – 1 | OT | Jamestown Ironmen | Dr. Pepper Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Matthew Crockett (1) - 13:27 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:01 - pp - Mike Davis (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:12 - Matt Sieckhaus (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Berrafato (17 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Ballmer (18 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
May 11
| Wenatchee Wild | 5 – 2 | Jamestown Ironmen | Dr. Pepper Arena | |||||
| 11:49 - Chris Kerr (2) 14:02 - pp - Joe Sullivan (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:07 - Jacob Barber (8) 8:48 - Chris Kerr (3) |
Second period | Danny Cesarz (5) - 9:13 | ||||||
| 18:20 - Jonathan Davis (5) | Third period | Victor Johansson (2) - 8:51 | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (14 saves / 16 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Ballmer (27 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| Amarillo Bulls | 2 – 1 | OT | Bismarck Bobcats | Dr. Pepper Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:39 - pp - Gage Christianson (2) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Stanislav Dzakhov (4) - 11:26 | ||||||
| 17:37 - pp - Ryan Cole (5) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Berrafato (28 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Aaron Nelson (21 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
May 12
| Amarillo Bulls | 0 – 7 | Wenatchee Wild | Dr. Pepper Arena | |||||
| No scoring | First period | Trevor Stewart (1) - 0:36 Max McHugh (4) - 2:24 Josh Hartley (2) - 4:56 Jonathan Davis (6) - 10:50 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Brian Williams (3) - sh - 9:58 Noah Nelson (2) - pp - 15:29 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joe Sullivan (3) - pp - 7:24 | ||||||
| Paul Berrafato (6 saves / 9 shots) Collin Delia (15 saves / 19 shots) |
Goalie stats | Robert Nichols (18 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| Bismarck Bobcats | 4 – 3 | Jamestown Ironmen | Dr. Pepper Arena | |||||
| 1:25 - Stanislav Dzakhov (6) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:18 - Ryan Callahan (1) 9:25 - Chris Diver (1) 19:53 - Cory Chapman (5) |
Second period | Danny Cesarz (6) - 1:07 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Victor Johansson (3) - pp - 2:55 Tyler Dunagan (2) - 19:59 | ||||||
| Aaron Nelson (5 saves / 6 shots) Bryan Nies (9 saves / 11 shots) |
Goalie stats | Joe Ballmer (13 saves / 16 shots) Blake Wojtala (16 saves / 17 shots) | ||||||
Robertson Cup Finals
(S1) Amarillo Bulls vs. (W1) Wenatchee Wild
| May 13 | Wenatchee Wild | 0 – 5 | Amarillo Bulls | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 7:32 - pp - Joe Grabowski (1) 14:19 - Tyler Deresky (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:30 - sh - Ryan Cole (6) 14:56 - Ryan Cole (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:07 - Omar Mullan (2) | ||||||
| Robert Nichols (19 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Paul Berrafato (16 saves / 16 shots) | ||||||
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