2019-20 NAHL season

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This is the 2019-20 North American Hockey League season. This is the league's 35th season under this name and its 44th 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.
==Suspension of Play==
The league would announce it was suspending play as of March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=29235
On March 17th the league would announce that it was cancelling the playoffs as wellhttps://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/nahl-announces-cancelation-of-2019-20-season-robertson-cup-playoffs-due-to-covid-19/n-5611476
==Membership Changes==
On February 28, 2019 the announced the addition of two separate expansion teams that are schedule to join the league for the 2019-20 season, the Albuquerque based New Mexico Ice Wolveshttp://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=26279 and the Lewiston, Maine based Maine Nordiqueshttp://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=26277.
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 Dave Torey Arena in the St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=27061
On October 15, 2019 the league announced the addition of a team to be based in Wichita Falls, Texas for the 2020-21 season.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=27723On November 26, 2019 the league announced the team would be named the Wichita Falls Warriors.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=28162
On February 28, 2020 the Topeka Pilots were announced as relocating to Kansas City areahttp://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=29100 and on May 6th announced the team would assume the Kansas City Scouts name.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=29519 The team plans on playing at the Kansas City Ice Center in Shawnee, Kansas for the 2020-21 season pending the completion of a new arena.
On May 6, 2020 the league announced that effective immediately the St. Cloud Blizzard would be renamed the St. Cloud Norsemen.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=29502 The team cited a lack of time to change the team identity for the 2019-20 season.
On May 11, 2020 the league announced the relocation of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights to Danbury, Connecticut where they will be renamed the Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks.http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=29523
==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 	Minnesota Wilderness 	Northwoods Credit Union Arena 	Cloquet, Minnesota
Central 	Minot Minotauros 	Maysa Arena 	Minot, North Dakota
Central 	St. Cloud Blizzard 	Dave Torrey Arena 	St. Cloud, Minnesota
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 	Maine Nordiques 	Androscoggin Bank Colisée 	Lewiston, Maine
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 	New Mexico Ice Wolves 	Outpost Ice Arenas 	Albuquerque, New Mexico
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 	51	34	11	4 	2 	187	122	74
Bismarck Bobcats 	52	32	12	5 	3 	178	130	72
Austin Bruins 	51	28	16	2 	5 	158	149	63
Minot Minotauros 	50	27	16	1 	6 	192	171	61
Minnesota Wilderness	52	26	22	4 	0 	160	165	56
St. Cloud Blizzard 	52	10	37	4 	1 	130	240	25
===Midwest Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Fairbanks Ice Dogs 	52	38	11	1 	2 	197	111	79
Chippewa Steel 	51	29	18	3 	1 	171	146	62
Kenai River Brown Bears	52	27	19	3 	3 	197	182	60
Minnesota Magicians 	53	21	23	6 	3 	143	173	51
Janesville Jets 	52	24	26	1 	1 	149	181	50
Springfield Jr. Blues 	54	16	34	2 	2 	133	206	36
===East Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
New Jersey Titans 	52	38	13	0 	1 	240	172	77
Johnstown Tomahawks 	51	34	13	2 	2 	185	140	72
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	53	26	22	4 	1 	165	181	57
Maryland Black Bears 	52	20	25	7 	0 	157	166	47
Jamestown Rebels 	54	21	30	1 	2 	127	163	45
Northeast Generals 	50	20	27	2 	1 	157	191	43
Maine Nordiques 	54	20	32	2 	0 	190	230	42
===South Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Lone Star Brahmas 	53	42	9 	1 	1 	190	81 	86
Amarillo Bulls 	54	39	10	2 	3 	185	101	83
Topeka RoadRunners 	52	33	14	3 	2 	151	129	71
Shreveport Mudbugs 	52	34	18	0 	0 	164	107	68
Corpus Christi IceRays	53	16	30	3 	4 	102	156	39
New Mexico Ice Wolves 	52	13	34	2 	3 	105	190	31
Odessa Jackalopes 	50	9 	39	1 	1 	73 	23 	20
==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. 
==References==
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