2008–09 NAHL season

2008–09 NAHL season #FFFFFF; border-top:#2c50a3 3px solid; border-bottom:#ee293d 3px solid #000000 150px North American Hockey League Ice hockey Regular seasonSeptember 17, 2008 – March 29, 2009PostseasonApril 3 – May 3, 2009 58 19 Regular season St. Louis Bandits Keith Kinkaid (St. Louis Bandits) Austin Block (Fairbanks Ice Dogs) Robertson Cup Playoffs St. Louis Bandits Wenatchee Wild List of NAHL seasons NAHL 2007–08 NAHL season 2007–08 2009–10 NAHL season 2009–10 The 2008–09 NAHL season was the 25th season of the North American Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2008 to March 2009 with a 58-game schedule for each team. The St. Louis Bandits won the regular season championship and went on to defeated the Wenatchee Wild 3 to 2 in overtime to capture the Robertson Cup. Member changes In February, 2008 the NAHL approved Wenatchee, Washington for an expansion franchise.https://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=504 New Wenatchee team ready to run Wild NAHL May 20, 2008 June 8, 2025 By May, the team's name was revealed as the Wenatchee Wild. On March 24, 2008 the NAHL approved the relocation of the Southern Minnesota Express to Detroit.https://na3hl.com/news/story.cfm?id=414 NAHL approves relocation of membership NA3HL March 24, 2008 June 8, 2025 The team would rebrand as the Motor City Machine. Less than two months later, the league approved of an expansion team in the Machine's former home of Owatonna, Minnesota.https://www.nahl.com//news/story.cfm?id=496 Owatonna membership approved for 2008-09 NAHL May 15, 2008 June 8, 2025 The new team would be called the Owatonna Express. Due to renovations at their home arena, the Texas Tornado sat out this season.https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/04/27/daily53.html Dr Pepper Arena reopens in June Dallas Business Journal April 30, 2009 September 27, 2021 After the USHL announced the addition of a new franchise in Fargo, North Dakota, the NAHL attempted to find a new home for the Fargo-Moorhead Jets. When nothing materialized, the franchise suspended operating on May 19, 2008.2008-05-19 Fargo-Moorhead ceases operations North American Hockey League NAHL https://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=502 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240107011716/https://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=502 2024-01-07 2024-01-07 North American Hockey League In June, the NAHL approved the addition of the Albert Lea Thunder as an expansion team.http://www.albertleathunder.com/news2.php?news_id=90033 Albert Lea Thunder Hockey Registration & Management Software By GOALLINE.ca 2008-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080618201422/http://www.albertleathunder.com/news2.php?news_id=90033 2008-06-18 dead Regular season The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:https://nahl.com/standings/?league_id=4&season_id=142&stat_class=7&type=division&mode=overall NAHL Standings North American Hockey League May 26, 2025 Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title Standings Central Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xy – Bismarck Bobcats 584313288202121 x – North Iowa Outlaws 583518575229171 x – Owatonna Express 582924563214189 x – Alexandria Blizzard 582626658180201 Albert Lea Thunder 58449513112309 North Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xy – Team USA 583716579230154 x – Mahoning Valley Phantoms 583617577224173 x – Traverse City North Stars 583417775182171 x – Alpena IceDiggers 582725660157184 Marquette Rangers 582624860165170 Motor City Machine 581145224134254 South Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xyz – St. Louis Bandits 58429791213119 x – Topeka RoadRunners 584211589204138 x – Wichita Falls Wildcats 582425957163203 x – Springfield Jr. Blues 582528555183185 West Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xy – Fairbanks Ice Dogs 583912886226152 x – Wenatchee Wild 583519474197182 x – Alaska Avalanche 582330551172224 x – Kenai River Brown Bears 581437836167254 Statistics Scoring leaders The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games. https://nahl.com/skater-stats/?league_id=4&team_id=all-teams&sort=points&direction=desc&season_id=142&stat_class=4 NAHL Stats North American Hockey League May 26, 2025 Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Austin Block Fairbanks Ice Dogs 57 29 44 73 96 Jon Gaffney Springfield Jr. Blues 56 33 34 67 147 Jordan George Topeka RoadRunners 58 27 40 67 173 Jack Paul North Iowa Outlaws 56 26 39 65 10 Brandon Brodhag North Iowa Outlaws 56 33 32 65 46 Chad Pietila Marquette Rangers 57 25 36 61 81 Andrew Hamburg St. Louis Bandits 50 12 48 60 61 Michael Juola Fairbanks Ice Dogs 51 16 43 59 75 Jerry Freismuth Alexandria Blizzard 56 15 42 57 87 Alex Carlson North Iowa Outlaws 52 24 33 57 71 Kyle Bonis Traverse City North Stars 57 30 27 57 60 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 SO SV% GAA Keith Kinkaid St. Louis Bandits 40 2392:52 30 5 3 1 71 7 .935 1.78 David Bosner Bismarck Bobcats 33 1970:48 24 7 0 1 60 6 .930 1.83 Bryce Merriam Topeka RoadRunners 32 1799:08 22 4 1 3 60 3 .910 2.00 Joseph Phillippi Fairbanks Ice Dogs 25 1227:56 14 2 1 2 41 3 .931 2.00 Matt Grogan Bismarck Bobcats 27 1549:27 19 6 1 0 56 3 .924 2.17 Robertson Cup playoffs Five teams qualified for the Round Robin semifinal, the host (North Iowa) and the four division champions. If North Iowa won the Central division final, the runner-up would receive the final qualifying spot. For the round robin semifinal, ties were broken first by head-to-head matchup and then by goal differential. 5 5 5 1 200 high Division Semifinals(Best-of-5) Division Finals(Best-of-5) Semifinal(Round Robin) Championship(Best-of-1) Central Division North Division South Division West Division C1 Bismarck Bobcats 3 0 3 4 - C4 Alexandria Blizzard 1 3 2 1 - C2 North Iowa Outlaws 6 1 2* 1 - C3 Owatonna Express 7** 4 1 2 - N1 Team USA 5 2 4 4 - N4 Alpena IceDiggers 3 5 1 1 - N2 Mahoning Valley Phantoms 5 3 3 2 2 N3 Traverse City North Stars 4 4* 0 4 1 S1 St. Louis Bandits 3 1 2 3 - S4 Springfield Jr. Blues 1 4 0 0 - S2 Topeka RoadRunners 3 6 1 1 4 S3 Wichita Falls Wildcats 2 3 2* 4 2 W1 Fairbanks Ice Dogs 4 7 5 - - W4 Kenai River Brown Bears 1 1 2 - - W2 Wenatchee Wild 3 8 4 6 - W3 Alaska Avalanche 4* 2 2 3 - C1 Bismarck Bobcats 4 1 3* 1 6 C3 Owatonna Express 1 3 2 2 3 N1 Team USA 1 6 0 3 1 N2 Mahoning Valley Phantoms 4 4 4 1 2 S1 St. Louis Bandits 3 3 0 2 - S2 Topeka RoadRunners 1 1 1** 1 - W1 Fairbanks Ice Dogs 4 3 5 2 - W2 Wenatchee Wild 6 4 3 3* - C1 Bismarck Bobcats - 2 2 2 3** N2 Mahoning Valley Phantoms 4 - 2 4 2 S1 St. Louis Bandits 5 5 - 6 2 W2 Wenatchee Wild 3 5* 0 - 4 C2 North Iowa Outlaws 2 1 4 3 - S1 St. Louis Bandits 3* W2 Wenatchee Wild 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Division Semifinals Central Division (C1) Bismarck Bobcats vs. (C4) Alexandria Blizzard Bismarck Bobcats Alexandria Blizzard V.F.W. Sports Center Runestone Community Center April 3 3 – 1 1 1 7:03 - John Wickman (1) No scoring 19:05 - pp - Cody Keefer (1) No scoring 16:00 - Jeffrey Harris (1) Garrett Grimstad (1) - pp - 1:03 David Bosner (20 saves / 21 shots) Ryan Leets (30 saves / 33 shots) April 4 0 – 3 1 2 No scoring No scoring No scoring Joe Knoepke (1) - 13:41 No scoring Taylor Vichorek (1) - pp - 11:03 Kyle Politz (1) - en - 19:48 David Bosner (24 saves / 26 shots) Ryan Leets (33 saves / 33 shots) April 10 2 – 3 2 1 Jason Fabian (1) - 10:17 Jordan Singer (1) - 17:24 7:47 - Taylor Vichorek (2) Isaiah Bennis (1) - sh - 13:30 No scoring No scoring 9:22 - Garrett Grimstad (2) David Bosner (21 saves / 23 shots) Ryan Leets (17 saves / 20 shots) April 11 1 – 4 2 1 Isaiah Bennis (2) - 8:37 Jordan Singer (2) - pp - 15:09 17:50 - Kyle Politz (2) Tim Serratore (1) - 2:50 Jeffrey Harris (2) - pp - 11:47 No scoring No scoring No scoring Matt Grogan (24 saves / 25 shots) Matt Hemingway (23 saves / 27 shots) Ryan Leets (11 saves / 11 shots) Bismarck wins series 3 – 1 (C2) North Iowa Outlaws vs. (C3) Owatonna Express North Iowa Outlaws Owatonna Express North Iowa Ice Arena Four Seasons Centre April 3 6 – 7 2 1 2 3:58 - Jack Paul (1) David Kurbatsky (1) - 1:44 Brian McGinty (1) - 4:44 Cory Thorson (1) - 10:52 0:58 - pp - Alex Carlson (1) 12:01 - Ryan Bohrer (1) 13:32 - Bryce Wilcox (1) Zach Vierling (1) - pp - 2:01 Chris Darnell (1) - 16:25 Dan Cecka (1) - pp - 18:58 2:15 - Brandon Brodhag (1) 15:59 - Kurt Weston (1) No scoring No scoring Chris Darnell (2) - pp - 1:43 Thomas Callaghan (15 saves / 21 shots) Keegan Asmundson (13 saves / 14 shots) Fredrik Bergman (44 saves / 50 shots) April 4 1 – 4 1 2 No scoring No scoring No scoring Dylan Porter (1) - 5:36 Chris Darnell (3) - pp - 12:25 15:47 - Travis Baker (1) John Kruse (1) - pp - 18:16 Stephen Carew (1) - sh - en - 18:50 Keegan Asmundson (27 saves / 30 shots) Fredrik Bergman (38 saves / 39 shots) April 7 1 – 2 2 1 1 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Alex Carlson (2) - 5:43 14:45 - pp - John Kruse (2) Jon Crouse (1) - 1:39 No scoring Keegan Asmundson (16 saves / 17 shots) Fredrik Bergman (37 saves / 39 shots) April 11 2 – 1 2 2 No scoring 12:20 - Cory Thorson (2) Brandon Brodhag (2) - 3:12 7:30 - Michael Palmiscno (1) No scoring No scoring Keegan Asmundson (30 saves / 32 shots) Fredrik Bergman (36 saves / 37 shots) Owatonna wins series 3 – 1 North Division (N1) Team USA vs. (N4) Alpena IceDiggers Team USA Alpena IceDiggers Ann Arbor Ice Cube Northern Lights Arena April 3 5 – 3 1 1 No scoring No scoring 3:44 - sh - Emerson Etem (1) 10:07 - pp - Emerson Etem (2) Richard Manley (1) - pp - 1:44 J.C. Gulch (1) - pp - 2:17 Jimmy McCusker (1) - 15:09 4:36 - Michael Mersch (1) 13:54 - Kevin Clare (1) 19:33 - en - Frankie Simonelli (1) No scoring Brandon Maxwell (31 saves / 34 shots) Nick Graves (33 saves / 37 shots) April 4 2 – 5 1 2 17:56 - pp - Nick Shore (1) No scoring 2:53 - Shane Sooth (1) Jordan Miller (1) - pp - 1:53 Jimmy McCusker (1) - pp - 13:41 Ryan Timar (1) - pp - 18:50 No scoring Andy Yarber (1) - 10:10 Erik Peterson (1) - pp - 19:15 Brandon Maxwell (28 saves / 33 shots) Nick Graves (28 saves / 30 shots) April 10 1 – 4 2 1 No scoring No scoring Austin Czarnik (1) - 4:34 8:36 - Andy Yarber (1) Justin Faulk (1) - 6:34 Nick Shore (2) - 7:39 Emerson Etem (3) - en - 19:33 No scoring Brandon Maxwell (26 saves / 27 shots) Nick Graves (30 saves / 33 shots) April 11 1 – 4 2 1 No scoring 5:48 - sh - John Fritsche Jr. (1) Michael Mersch (2) - pp - 5:57 Michael Mersch (3) - 4:59 Jacob Fallon (1) - 10:25 Shane Sooth (2) - 10:45 No scoring Brandon Maxwell (20 saves / 21 shots) Nick Graves (26 saves / 30 shots) USA wins series 3 – 1 (N2) Mahoning Valley Phantoms vs. (N3) Traverse City North Stars Mahoning Valley Phantoms Traverse City North Stars Boardman Ice Zone Molon Rink April 3 5 – 4 1 1 19:58 - pp - David Chaney (1) Kyle Bonis (1) - 6:02 13:02 - pp - Nick Kenney (1) 15:06 - pp - Jordy Trottier (1) Kyle Bonis (2) - 16:39 5:07 - Erik Higby (1) 10:54 - pp - Cullen Lundholm (1) Mike Schenfeld (1) - 7:40 Eric McLintock (1) - pp - 15:40 Jordan Tibbett (31 saves / 35 shots) C.J. Motte (16 saves / 21 shots) April 5 3 – 4 1 2 1 No scoring Nathan Urbaniak (1) - 1:12 Jarrod LaBelle (1) - sh - 13:55 13:00 - Johnny Meo (1) Marc Thompson (1) - 8:45 0:23 - pp - Cole Schneider (1) 2:50 - Alex Lippincott (1) No scoring No scoring Nathan Urbaniak (2) - 0:18 Jordan Tibbett (18 saves / 21 shots) C.J. Motte (25 saves / 28 shots) April 9 0 – 3 2 1 Nick Shkreli (1) - pp - 10:43 Johnny Meo (2) - 14:33 No scoring Erik Higby (2) - 14:30 No scoring No scoring No scoring Garrett Bartus (28 saves / 28 shots) C.J. Motte (27 saves / 30 shots) April 10 4 – 2 2 2 Nick Kenney (2) - 7:04 4:56 - Eric McLintock (2) Stefan Salituro (1) - pp - 4:21 2:23 - sh - Jarrod LaBelle (2) 16:43 - pp - Kyle Jean (1) No scoring 0:07 - Kyle Bonis (3) Garrett Bartus (22 saves / 26 shots) C.J. Motte (14 saves / 16 shots) April 12 2 – 1 1 1 No scoring No scoring 8:47 - Michael Pateras (1) 15:36 - Robert Harrison (1) No scoring No scoring Eric O'Hearn (1) - 18:00 Jordan Tibbett (23 saves / 24 shots) C.J. Motte (24 saves / 26 shots) Mahoning Valley wins series 3 – 2 South Division (S1) St. Louis Bandits vs. (S4) Springfield Jr. Blues St. Louis Bandits Springfield Jr. Blues Hardee's Iceplex Nelson Center April 3 3 – 1 1 1 No scoring No scoring 2:56 - Daniel Olszewski (1) No scoring 4:31 - pp - Soren Jonzzon (1) 19:14 - en - Daniel Olszewski (2) Jon Gaffney (1) - pp - 14:28 Keith Kinkaid (25 saves / 26 shots) C.J. Groh (44 saves / 46 shots) April 4 4 – 1 2 2 No scoring Kyle Verbeek (1) - 0:51 Trent Frey (1) - 3:05 No scoring Jon Gaffney (2) - 3:28 10:17 - Andrew Hamburg (1) Nick Curry (1) - 3:16 Keith Kinkaid (7 saves / 10 shots) Erick Cinotti (6 saves / 7 shots) C.J. Groh (35 saves / 36 shots) April 5 2 – 0 1 1 No scoring No scoring Andrew Hamburg (2) - 4:05 No scoring Kyle Greco (1) - pp - 14:40 No scoring Keith Kinkaid (16 saves / 16 shots) C.J. Groh (29 saves / 31 shots) April 10 0 – 3 2 1 Soren Jonzzon (2) - 2:03 Soren Jonzzon (3) - pp - 17:49 No scoring Anthany Schooley (1) - 12:28 No scoring No scoring No scoring Keith Kinkaid (22 saves / 22 shots) C.J. Groh (35 saves / 38 shots) St. Louis wins series 3 – 1 (S2) Topeka RoadRunners vs. (S3) Wichita Falls Wildcats Topeka RoadRunners Wichita Falls Wildcats Kansas Expocentre Kay Yeager Coliseum April 3 3 – 2 1 1 1:09 - Jordan George (1) 9:07 - pp - Andy Inderieden (1) No scoring 12:14 - pp - Jordan George (2) Aaron Quick (1) - 18:21 No scoring Ryan Amin (1) - 19:00 Bryce Merriam (12 saves / 14 shots) Phillip Graveline (18 saves / 21 shots) April 5 6 – 3 1 1 10:00 - Matt Hartmann (1) 13:29 - Andrew Blazek (1) Sean McKenzie (1) - pp - 17:49 Chad Hudson (1) - sh - 19:30 3:45 - pp - Andy Inderieden (2) 5:36 - Travis Stevens (1) No scoring 14:37 - sh - Steve Shafer (1) 19:18 - pp - Andrew Blazek (2) Brett Hartung (1) - 12:30 Bryce Merriam (29 saves / 32 shots) Nick Hopper (31 saves / 37 shots) April 10 2 – 1 2 2 1 No scoring No scoring Andy Inderieden (3) - 1:00 No scoring No scoring 18:12 - Chad Hudson (2) No scoring 3:03 - Brett Kaneshiro (1) Bryce Merriam (23 saves / 25 shots) Phillip Graveline (31 saves / 32 shots) April 11 4 – 1 2 2 Travis Stevens (2) - 8:00 No scoring No scoring 19:38 - pp - Sean McKenzie (2) No scoring 0:49 - sh - Brett Hartung (2) 12:08 - Sean McKenzie (3) 18:52 - en - Chad Hudson (3) Bryce Merriam (10 saves / 13 shots) Phillip Graveline (30 saves / 31 shots) April 12 4 – 2 1 1 No scoring Sean McKenzie (4) - 6:29 Adam Kuhn (1) - 11:41 No scoring No scoring 8:51 - pp - Bob Marx (1) 12:39 - Andy Inderieden (4) 16:22 - Matt Hartmann (2) 19:42 - pp - en - Jordan George (3) No scoring Bryce Merriam (16 saves / 18 shots) Phillip Graveline (46 saves / 49 shots) Topeka wins series 3 – 2 West Division (W1) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (W4) Kenai River Brown Bears Fairbanks Ice Dogs Kenai River Brown Bears Big Dipper Ice Arena Soldotna Sports Center April 3 4 – 1 1 1 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 4:57 - Jon Schreiner (1) 7:48 - Mark Pustin (1) 12:27 - Paul Kirtland (1) 14:25 - sh - James Saintey (1) Ryan Lemke (1) - pp - 9:58 Joe Phillippi (28 saves / 29 shots) Jimmy Hamby (27 saves / 31 shots) April 4 7 – 1 1 1 16:34 - Michael Juola (1) Kevin Wentland (1) - 0:53 2:28 - Austin Block (1) 5:20 - pp - Andrew McCabe (1) 8:07 - Steve Zierke (1) 12:49 - pp - Andrew McCabe (2) 16:51 - Brandon Martell (1) No scoring 6:36 - Michael Juola (2) No scoring Phil Cook (31 saves / 32 shots) Nick Dries (14 saves / 19 shots) Jimmy Hamby (7 saves / 9 shots) April 10 2 – 5 2 1 Austin Block (2) - 9:30 Joe Krause (1) - 18:16 17:11 - Kevin Wentland (2) No scoring No scoring Austin Block (3) - 0:50 James Saintey (2) - 6:29 Austin Block (4) - 19:33 10:21 - Ryan Goodmanson (1) Joe Phillippi (33 saves / 35 shots) Jimmy Hamby (33 saves / 38 shots) Fairbanks wins series 3 – 0 (W2) Wenatchee Wild vs. (W3) Alaska Avalanche Wenatchee Wild Alaska Avalanche Town Toyota Center Town Toyota Center April 3 3 – 4 1 2 1 18:20 - Zach Ledford (1) Nardo Nagtzaam (1) - pp - 7:52 0:56 - Nic Dowd (1) Sean McNeely (1) - pp - 8:52 16:39 - pp - Duncan McKellar (1) Kyle Pichler (1) - 5:32 No scoring Kyle Pichler (2) - 0:26 Mac Carruth (33 saves / 37 shots) Nathaniel Pellegrino (44 saves / 47 shots) April 4 8 – 2 1 1 9:46 - Nic Dowd (2) 17:15 - pp - Nic Dowd (3) Tyler Currier (1) - 4:17 10:28 - D.J. Vandercook (1) 12:12 - Duncan McKellar (2) 15:24 - pp - D.J. Vandercook (2) Cory Belisle (1) - 18:18 10:21 - D.J. Vandercook (3) 10:58 - Jake Flynn (1) 19:30 - Michael Voran (1) No scoring Mathieu Dugas (27 saves / 29 shots) Nathaniel Pellegrino (32 saves / 40 shots) April 10 4 – 2 1 1 No scoring 2:32 - sh - Kyle Pichler (2) D.J. Vandercook (4) - 3:33 Nic Dowd (4) - 13:50 No scoring Jack Nicoll (1) - 8:03 Corbin Brown (1) - 19:40 4:04 - Ryan Kowal (1) Mathieu Dugas (21 saves / 23 shots) Nathaniel Pellegrino (34 saves / 38 shots) April 11 3 – 6 2 1 Mitch Torrel (1) - 4:24 17:47 - Justin Giles (1) Nick Nagel (1) - 6:39 4:00 - pp - Logan Rounds (1) 12:30 - pp - Tyler Currier (2) Nick Nagel (2) - 2:37 Jack Nicoll (2) - 6:31 Michael Voran (2) - pp - 17:43 Corbin Brown (2) - 19:53 No scoring Mathieu Dugas (28 saves / 31 shots) Nathaniel Pellegrino (33 saves / 39 shots) Wenatchee wins series 3 – 1 Division Finals Central Division (C1) Bismarck Bobcats vs. (C3) Owatonna Express Bismarck Bobcats Owatonna Express V.F.W. Sports Center Four Seasons Centre April 17 4 – 1 1 1 7:15 - pp - Cody Keefer (2) 15:19 - Kevin Harris (1) 17:38 - Joel Lundstrom (1) No scoring No scoring John Kruse (3) - 4:24 19:59 - en - Casey Kleisinger (1) No scoring David Bosner (25 saves / 26 shots) Fredrik Bergman (23 saves / 26 shots) April 18 1 – 3 1 2 No scoring No scoring 19:25 - Cody Keefer (3) Cory Thorson (3) - 4:58 No scoring Stephen Carew (2) - 11:20 Dylan Porter (2) - en - 19:45 Matt Grogan (13 saves / 15 shots) Fredrik Bergman (22 saves / 23 shots) April 24 2 – 3 2 1 1 Cody Keefer (4) - 7:11 Casey Kleisinger (2) - 11:39 15:50 - John Kruse (4) 17:02 - pp - Dan Cecka (2) No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Myles Harvey (1) - 2:26 No scoring David Bosner (21 saves / 23 shots) Fredrik Bergman (31 saves / 34 shots) April 25 2 – 1 2 2 No scoring No scoring Kevin Harris (2) - 2:28 13:25 - Chris Darnell (4) No scoring 3:18 - John Kruse (5) David Bosner (25 saves / 27 shots) Fredrik Bergman (32 saves / 33 shots) April 26 6 – 3 1 1 7:54 - Casey Kleisinger (3) No scoring 4:04 - pp - John Wickman (1) 4:28 - Nicholas Jensen (1) Dylan Porter (3) - pp - 7:18 Michael Palmiscno (2) - 10:26 Cory Thorson (4) - 11:52 2:29 - Isaiah Bennis (3) 18:31 - Kevin Harris (3) 19:41 - en - Jordan Singer (3) No scoring David Bosner (21 saves / 24 shots) Fredrik Bergman (21 saves / 26 shots) Bismarck wins series 3 – 2 North Division (N1) Team USA vs. (N2) Mahoning Valley Phantoms Team USA Mahoning Valley Phantoms Ann Arbor Ice Cube Boardman Ice Zone April 16 1 – 4 1 2 No scoring Alex Lippincott (2) - pp - 17:04 11:39 - pp - Justin Faulk (2) Cullen Lundholm (2) - 0:22 Josh Bussell (1) - 3:29 No scoring Stefan Salituro (2) - en - 16:27 Brandon Maxwell (26 saves / 29 shots) Jordan Tibbett (47 saves / 48 shots) April 17 6 – 4 1 1 11:06 - Frankie Simonelli (2) Carl Nielsen (1) - 11:19 5:40 - Austin Czarnik (2) 10:09 - pp - Jarred Tinordi (1) Johnny Meo (3) - pp - 1:17 Josh Bussell (1) - 6:22 3:03 - Justin Faulk (2) 5:39 - Jacob Fallon (2) 18:28 - en - Austin Czarnik (3) Erik Higby (3) - pp - 15:19 Brandon Maxwell (33 saves / 37 shots) Jordan Tibbett (28 saves / 33 shots) April 23 4 – 0 2 2 No scoring 12:56 - Brandon Saad (1) 19:12 - George Saad (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring Brandon Saad (2) - 2:44 Cole Schneider (2) - 8:27 Brandon Maxwell (31 saves / 35 shots) Jordan Tibbett (32 saves / 32 shots) April 24 1 – 3 2 1 Michael Mersch (4) - 12:44 16:21 - Stefan Salituro (3) Michael Mersch (5) - 11:29 No scoring Austin Czarnik (4) - 18:33 No scoring Brandon Maxwell (27 saves / 28 shots) Jordan Tibbett (18 saves / 21 shots) April 25 1 – 2 1 2 No scoring No scoring No scoring Erik Higby (4) - 12:49 19:25 - Emerson Etem (4) Cole Schneider (3) - en - 18:09 Brandon Maxwell (27 saves / 28 shots) Jordan Tibbett (50 saves / 51 shots) Mahoning Valley wins series 3 – 2 South Division (S1) St. Louis Bandits vs. (S2) Topeka RoadRunners St. Louis Bandits Topeka RoadRunners Hardee's Iceplex Kansas Expocentre April 17 3 – 1 1 1 11:52 - Conor Allen (1) 16:53 - pp - Clinton Bourbonais (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring 16:21 - pp - Justin Kirchhevel (1) Randy Swank (1) - pp - 11:37 Keith Kinkaid (25 saves / 26 shots) Bryce Merriam (25 saves / 28 shots) April 18 3 –1 1 1 No scoring No scoring 3:43 - Chris Ciotti (1) 6:12 - pp - Soren Jonzzon (4) 8:56 - Kyle Greco (2) No scoring No scoring Bryon Paulazzo (1) - sh - 5:24 Keith Kinkaid (27 saves / 28 shots) Lyle Rocker (33 saves / 36 shots) April 23 1 – 0 2 2 2 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 8:43 - Steve Shafer (2) Keith Kinkaid (43 saves / 44 shots) Bryce Merriam (33 saves / 33 shots) April 24 1 – 2 2 1 No scoring No scoring Soren Jonzzon (5) - pp - 19:02 Dan Weiss (1) - 19:51 No scoring No scoring 18:40 - Bryon Paulazzo (2) Keith Kinkaid (23 saves / 24 shots) Bryce Merriam (19 saves / 21 shots) St. Louis wins series 3 – 1 West Division (W1) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (W2) Wenatchee Wild Fairbanks Ice Dogs Wenatchee Wild Big Dipper Ice Arena Town Toyota Center April 17 4 – 6 1 2 No scoring Michael Voran (3) - 0:32 Evan Mosey (1) - 12:52 No scoring Michael Di Puma (1) - 9:16 Michael Voran (4) - pp - 19:16 3:24 - Kyle Lonetto (1) 11:05 - Eric Kraft (1) Nic Dowd (5) - 10:01 Junior Cadiz (1) - sh - 13:57 Phil Cook (13 saves / 16 shots) Joe Phillippi (8 saves / 11 shots) Mathieu Dugas (32 saves / 36 shots) April 18 3 –4 1 2 No scoring Nic Dowd (6) - 8:09 Evan Mosey (2) - 18:38 16:32 - James Saintey (3) No scoring 10:43 - pp - Andrew McCabe (3) 11:15 - Austin Block (5) Cam Severson (1) - 8:24 Michael Voran (5) - pp - 15:52 Joe Phillippi (26 saves / 30 shots) Mathieu Dugas (30 saves / 33 shots) April 23 3 – 5 2 1 Eric Kraft (2) - pp - 15:09 Matt Millis (1) - 15:51 10:44 - Zach Ledford (1) Austin Block (6) - 7:35 18:20 - pp - D.J. Vandercook (5) Brad McCabe (1) - pp - 4:09 Kyle Lonetto (2) - en - 19:28 19:24 - Michael Voran (6) Joe Phillippi (40 saves / 43 shots) Mathieu Dugas (24 saves / 28 shots) April 24 3 – 2 2 2 1 Austin Block (7) - 7:11 Matt Millis (2) - 13:51 No scoring No scoring 18:15 - Nic Dowd (7) 17:54 - Mitch Torrel (2) No scoring 4:44 - Nic Dowd (8) Joe Phillippi (41 saves / 44 shots) Mathieu Dugas (7 saves / 9 shots) Mac Carruth (23 saves / 23 shots) Wenatchee wins series 3 – 1 Semifinal April 28 Bismarck Bobcats Mahoning Valley Phantoms North Iowa Ice Arena 2 – 4 1 2 No scoring Brandon Saad (3) - pp - 15:03 Nick Kenney (3) - 15:34 Stefan Salituro (4) - 16:59 12:11 - pp - Derek Kimbro (2) No scoring 6:03 - Isaiah Bennis (4) Brandon Saad (4) - 4:09 David Bosner (6 saves / 8 shots) Matt Grogan (11 saves / 13 shots) Jordan Tibbett (25 saves / 27 shots) North Iowa Outlaws Wenatchee Wild North Iowa Ice Arena 4 – 3 2 2 No scoring Cam Severson (2) - 7:29 1:38 - pp - Alex Carlson (3) 7:35 - Matt Leer (1) Michael Voran (7) - 7:11 Michael Voran (8) - 16:13 2:42 - Ryan Bohrer (2) D.J. Vandercook (6) - 0:22 Keegan Asmundson (26 saves / 30 shots) Mac Carruth (30 saves / 33 shots) April 29 St. Louis Bandits Wenatchee Wild North Iowa Ice Arena 6 – 0 1 1 11:43 - pp - Ryan Rashid (1) No scoring 2:39 - pp - Clinton Bourbonais (2) 14:06 - Dan Weiss (2) 17:17 - sh - Tyler Klein (1) No scoring 1:16 - Clinton Bourbonais (3) 17:59 - Soren Jonzzon (4) No scoring Keith Kinkaid (24 saves / 24 shots) Mac Carruth (9 saves / 14 shots) Mathieu Dugas (7 saves / 8 shots) North Iowa Outlaws Mahoning Valley Phantoms North Iowa Ice Arena 1 – 2 1 2 12:58 - Brandon Brodhag (3) Johnny Meo (3) - 15:03 No scoring Erik Higby (5) - 12:15 No scoring No scoring Keegan Asmundson (25 saves / 27 shots) Jordan Tibbett (36 saves / 37 shots) April 30 Mahoning Valley Phantoms Wenatchee Wild North Iowa Ice Arena 5 – 4 1 2 2 14:14 - Brandon Saad (4) 15:23 - Alex Lippincott (3) No scoring 5:22 - George Saad (2) 7:37 - Michael Pateras (2) Mitch Torrel (3) - 7:11 D.J. Vandercook (7) - 18:53 No scoring D.J. Vandercook (8) - 0:33 Brandon Burrell (1) - pp - 4:39 No scoring D.J. Vandercook (9) - 0:55 Jordan Tibbett (33 saves / 38 shots) Mac Carruth (0 saves / 3 shots) Mathieu Dugas (28 saves / 29 shots) St. Louis Bandits Bismarck Bobcats North Iowa Ice Arena 5 – 2 1 1 8:55 - Grant Gorczyca (1) 12:57 - Kyle Greco (3) No scoring 17:53 - Anthany Schooley (2) Cody Keefer (5) - pp - 5:51 Isaiah Bennis (5) - 11:59 2:37 - pp - Kyle Greco (4) 17:21 - en - Daniel Olszewski (3) No scoring Keith Kinkaid (12 saves / 14 shots) David Bosner (21 saves / 25 shots) May 1 St. Louis Bandits Mahoning Valley Phantoms North Iowa Ice Arena 5 – 2 1 1 16:43 - pp - Kyle Greco (5) 17:12 - Ryan Rashid (2) No scoring 11:42 - Tyler Elbrecht (1) 12:22 - Ryan Rashid (3) Mike Gunn (1) - pp - 16:20 Johnny Meo (4) - ps - 18:01 13:20 - Anthany Schooley (3) No scoring Keith Kinkaid (20 saves / 22 shots) Jordan Tibbett (16 saves / 20 shots) Garrett Bartus (13 saves / 14 shots) Bismarck Bobcats North Iowa Outlaws North Iowa Ice Arena 3 – 2 1 1 2 4:23 - Derek Kimbro (2) No scoring 17:22 - pp - Casey Kleisinger (4) Jack Paul (2) - 8:27 No scoring Rob Johnson (1) - 2:53 5:09 - Jason Fabian (2) No scoring Matt Grogan (46 saves / 48 shots) Thomas Callaghan (52 saves / 55 shots) May 2 Bismarck Bobcats Wenatchee Wild North Iowa Ice Arena 3 – 2 2 2 No scoring Michael Voran (9) - 5:12 7:25 - Derek Kimbro (3) 10:55 - Jordan Singer (4) No scoring No scoring D.J. Vandercook (10) - 3:30 Jack Nicoll (3) - 11:45 Matt Grogan (25 saves / 28 shots) Mathieu Dugas (25 saves / 27 shots) St. Louis Bandits North Iowa Outlaws North Iowa Ice Arena 4 – 2 2 2 14:07 - Blake Edwards (1) Travis Peckskamp (1) - 12:36 Joe Harren (1) - 18:27 2:50 - Justin Kirchhevel (2) Bryce Wilcox (2) - 9:09 No scoring 19:57 - en - Jack Paul (3) Erick Cinotti (18 saves / 21 shots) Thomas Callaghan (34 saves / 36 shots) Robertson Cup Final (S1) St. Louis Bandits vs. (W2) Wenatchee Wild St. Louis Bandits Wenatchee Wild North Iowa Ice Arena 3 – 2 1 1 1 10:13 - Grant Gorczyca (2) Junior Cadiz (2) - pp - 19:27 3:37 - Grant Gorczyca (3) No scoring No scoring Duncan McKellar (3) - pp - 6:52 16:17 - Clinton Bourbonais (4) No scoring Keith Kinkaid (29 saves / 31 shots) Mathieu Dugas (35 saves / 38 shots) References 50em NAHL reference External links Official website of the North American Hockey League Category:North American Hockey League seasons NAHL