2018-19 NAHL Season

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This is the 2018-19 North American Hockey League season. This is the league's 34th season under this name and its 43rd dating back to its founding as the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League in 1975 when the Michigan Junior Hockey League and the Wolverine Junior A Hockey League merged.
==Membership Changes==
*On April 12, 2018 the league announced an expansion team that will begin play with the 2018-19 season to be based out of the Piney Orchard Ice Arena in Odenton, Maryland, which is a suburb of Baltimore. The arena had been previously a practice facility for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. On May 9, 2018 it was announce the team will be known as the Maryland Black Bears. http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=24065
*On April 30, 2018 the league announced that the Coulee Region Chill were sold and would be relocated about 90 miles (145km) north to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin playing out of the Chippewa Area Ice Arena. The team is being renamed to the Chippewa Steel. In a related move the La Crosse Freeze of the North American 3 Hockey League will have their membership transferred to nearby Onalaska, Wisconsin and would become the Coulee Region Chill to replace the NAHL team in that city.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=24017
*On June 13, 2018 the Philadelphia Rebels announced the team would be relocating to Jamestown, New York for the 2018-19 season.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=24195
*The Wichita Falls Wildcats who were on leave of absence for the 2017-18 season folded.
*On June 3, 2019 the league's Board of Governors announced approval of the relocation of the Brookings Blizzard to St. Cloud, Minnesota for the 2019-20 season.  The team will be renamed the St. Cloud Blizzard and will be based out of the St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex.
==Teams==
Division	Team 	Arena 	Location
Central 	Aberdeen Wings 	Odde Ice Center 	Aberdeen, South Dakota
Central 	Austin Bruins 	Riverside Arena 	Austin, Minnesota
Central 	Bismarck Bobcats 	V.F.W. Sports Center 	Bismarck, North Dakota
Central 	Brookings Blizzard 	Larson Ice Center 	Brookings, South Dakota
Central 	Minnesota Wilderness 	Northwoods Credit Union Arena 	Cloquet, Minnesota
Central 	Minot Minotauros 	Maysa Arena 	Minot, North Dakota
Midwest 	Chippewa Steel 	Chippewa Area Ice Arena 	Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Midwest 	Fairbanks Ice Dogs 	Big Dipper Ice Arena 	Fairbanks, Alaska
Midwest 	Janesville Jets 	Janesville Ice Arena 	Janesville, Wisconsin
Midwest 	Kenai River Brown Bears 	Soldotna Sports Center 	Soldotna, Alaska
Midwest 	Minnesota Magicians 	Richfield Ice Arena 	Richfield, Minnesota
Midwest 	Springfield Jr. Blues 	Nelson Center 	Springfield, Illinois
East 	 	 	
East 	Jamestown Rebels 	Northwest Arena 	Jamestown, New York
East 	Johnstown Tomahawks 	Piney Orchard Ice Arena 	Odenton, Maryland
East 	Maryland Black Bears 	Cambria County War Memorial Arena	Johnstown, Pennsylvania
East 	New Jersey Junior Titans 	Middletown Ice World Arena 	Middletown, New Jersey
East 	Northeast Generals 	New England Sports Village 	Attleboro, Massachusetts
East 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	Revolution Ice Center 	Pittston, Pennsylvania
South 	 	 	
South 	Amarillo Bulls 	Amarillo Civic Center 	Amarillo, Texas
South 	Corpus Christi IceRays 	American Bank Center 	Corpus Christi, Texas
South 	Lone Star Brahmas 	NYTEX Sports Centre 	North Richland Hills, Texas
South 	Odessa Jackalopes 	Ector County Coliseum 	Odessa, Texas
South 	Shreveport Mudbugs 	Hirsch Coliseum 	Shreveport, Louisiana
South 	Topeka RoadRunners 	Landon Arena 	Topeka, Kansas
==Standings==
===Central Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Aberdeen Wings 	60	47	10	2 	1 	255	124	97
Minot Minotauros 	60	36	21	3 	0 	207	161	75
Bismarck Bobcats 	60	34	21	3 	2 	182	163	73
Austin Bruins 	60	32	22	0 	6 	167	161	70
Minnesota Wilderness	60	26	29	3 	2 	170	189	57
Brookings Blizzard 	60	11	44	3 	2 	115	242	27
===Midwest Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Fairbanks Ice Dogs 	60	37	16	3 	4 	204	138	81
Minnesota Magicians 	60	36	21	3 	0 	175	154	75
Springfield Jr. Blues 	60	33	22	4 	1 	192	177	71
Janesville Jets 	60	29	25	3 	3 	153	186	64
Kenai River Brown Bears	60	23	31	3 	3 	139	174	52
Chippewa Steel 	60	19	38	2 	1 	149	220	41
===East Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Johnstown Tomahawks 	60	47	9 	3 	1 	245	150	98
Jamestown Rebels 	60	35	17	5 	3 	176	131	78
New Jersey Titans 	60	31	26	3 	0 	184	190	65
Northeast Generals 	60	24	25	7 	4 	171	195	59
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	60	26	29	4 	1 	153	175	57
Maryland Black Bears 	60	16	37	5 	2 	141	244	39
===South Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Amarillo Bulls 	60	46	8 	3 	3 	263	136	98
Lone Star Brahmas 	60	31	21	3 	5 	143	150	70
Shreveport Mudbugs 	60	28	22	4 	6 	163	164	66
Corpus Christi IceRays	60	29	28	2 	1 	182	196	61
Topeka RoadRunners 	60	23	29	3 	5 	158	210	54
Odessa Jackalopes 	60	21	35	2 	2 	165	222	46
==Robertson Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The division semifinals and division finals are best-of-five. The four division winning teams advance to the Robertson Cup and will be seeded 1-4 based on regular season standings and paired off 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 in best of three semifinal series with the two series winners meeting in a single game championship. The semifinals and championship game is held at the Fogerty Arena in Blaine, MN.
===Central Division Semifinals===
*Aberdeen Wings defeated Austin Bruins 3 games to 1
*Minot Minotauros defeated Bismarck Bobcats 3 games to none
===East Division Semifinals===
*Johnstown Tomahawks defeated Northeast Generals 3 games to 2
*New Jersey Titans defeated Jamestown Rebels 3 games to 2
===Midwest Division Semifinals===
*Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated Janesville Jets 3 games to none
*Minnesota Magicians defeated Springfield Jr. Blues 3 games to 1
===South Division Semifinals===
*Amarillo Bulls defeated Corpus Christi IceRays 3 games to 2
*Shreveport Mudbugs defeated Lone Star Brahmas 3 games to 2
===Central Division Final===
*Aberdeen Wings defeated Minot Minotauros 3 games to 1
===East Division Final===
*Johnstown Tomahawks defeated New Jersey Titans 3 games to 2
===Midwest Division Final===
*Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated Minnesota Magicians 3 games to none
===South Division Final===
*Amarillo Bulls defeated Shreveport Mudbugs 3 games to 2
==Robertson Cup==
===Format===
The four divisional playoff champions will advance to the Robertson Cup Championship. Clubs will be seeded 1-4 based upon their finish in the NAHL regular-season standings. If necessary, the tie-breaking policy adopted in the NAHL Rules and Regulations will be applied to determine the final seeding. The game schedule will be as follows: The #1 Seed will face the #4 seed in a best of three series. The #2 seed will face the #3 seed in a best of three series. The two series winners will advance on to a one-game playoff to determine the Robertson Cup Champion. The event will begin on Friday, May 10th and conclude on Monday, May 13th.
===Robertson Cup Semifinals===
*Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated Johnstown Tomahawks 2 games to 1
*Aberdeen Wings defeated Amarillo Bulls 2 games to 1
===Robertson Cup Final===
*Aberdeen Wings defeated Fairbanks Ice Dogs 2-1
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:NAHL seasons