2003-04 NAHL Season

This is the North American Hockey League 2003-04 season.  The season was the league's first after a merger with the America West Hockey League following the 2002-03 season
==Franchise changes==
The league added the eight of the eleven teams from the America West Hockey League:
*Billings Bulls
*Bismarck Bobcats
*Bozeman IceDogs
*Central Texas Blackhawks (based in Belton, Texas)
*Fairbanks Ice Dogs
*Fernie Ghostriders
*Helena Bighorns
*Wichita Falls Wildcats
*The Capital Centre Pride folded.
*The Chicago Freeze folded due to "increased operation costs and low attendance".
*The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors disbanded
*The Danville Wings left the league and joined the United States Hockey League.
*The Alexandria, Minnesota based Minnesota Blizzard joined the league.
*The Pittsburgh Forge relocated to Toledo, Ohio and were renamed the Toledo IceDiggers.
*The North Richland Hills, Texas based Lone Star Cavalry joined the league.
*The Fargo-Moorhead Jets joined the league.
*The Texarkana Bandits joined the league.
*The Dayton Gems joined the league and then the team disolved after playing 21 games and forfeiting the next 3 games.
*The Youngstown Phantoms joined the league.
==Standings==
 Team GP W L OTL SOL GF GA P
 North
 Soo Indians 56 44 6 6 0 213 115 94
 Springfield Jr. Blues 56 34 18 4 0 194 143 72
 Cleveland Jr. Barons 56 31 20 5 0 192 179 67
 US National Under-18 Team 56 28 21 7 0 199 174 63
 Youngstown Phantoms 56 28 21 7 0 168 169 63
 Toledo IceDiggers 56 13 38 5 0 146 243 31
 Dayton Gems 24 7 16 1 0 63 110 15
 South
 Texas Tornado 56 48 6 2 0 276 123 98
 Fairbanks Ice Dogs 56 31 15 10 0 174 140 72
 Wichita Falls Wildcats 56 29 20 7 0 200 172 65
 Texarkana Bandits 56 30 24 2 0 167 181 62
 Lone Star Cavalry 56 28 22 6 0 158 171 62
 Central Texas Blackhawks 56 19 30 7 0 161 219 45
 Springfield Spirit 56 13 39 4 0 153 259 30
 West
 Billings Bulls 56 40 14 2 0 224 143 82
 Fargo-Moorhead Jets 56 33 21 2 0 187 160 68
 Bismarck Bobcats 56 30 22 4 0 184 184 64
 Bozeman IceDogs 56 28 22 6 0 174 163 62
 Helena Bighorns 56 28 22 6 0 205 191 62
 Minnesota Blizzard 56 20 28 8 0 148 209 48
 Fernie Ghostriders 56 12 38 6 0 146 270 30
==Robertson Cup Playoffs==
===First Round===
*Texas defeated Texarakana 3 games to none (3-1, 3-2, 5-1)
*Fairbanks defeated Wichita Falls 3 games to 1 (1-2 (ot),  3-1, 2-1 (ot), 5-2)
*Bismarck defeated Fargo-Moorhead 3 games to none (7-2, 4-3, 3-1)
*Billings defeated Helena 3 games to 1 (3-0, 2-5, 3-2, 7-0)
*Team USA defeated Soo 3 games to 1 (1-3, 3-2 (ot), 4-3 (ot), 7-1)
*Springfield Jr. Blues defeated Cleveland 3 games to 2 (2-1, 9-4, 2-5, 4-7, 4-2)
===Second Round===
*Texas defeated Fairbanks 3 games to none (3-2, 4-1, 7-1)
*Bismarck defeated Billings 3 games to 1 (4-0, 0-4, 3-2, 5-0)
*Springfield Jr. Blues defeated Team USA 3 games to none (3-1, 5-1, 5-4 (ot))
===Robertson Cup Round Robin===
*Springfield defeated Fairbanks 5-2
*Texas defeated Bismarck 8-3
*Bismarck defeated Fairbanks 3-2
*Texas defeated Springfield 1-0
*Bismarck defeated Springfield 3-2
*Texas defeated Fairbanks 2-1
===Third Place Game===
*Springfield defeated Fairbanks 5-3
===Championship Game===
*Texas defeated Bismarck 4-1
The Texas Tornado won the Robertson Cup.
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