American West Hockey League

The American West Hockey League was a US-Based Tier III Junior league which was founded in 2011. The leagues teams were located in the states of Montana and Wyoming. The league was also affiliated with USA Hockey. The leagues website states a link to the previous version of the league, which was merged into the North American Hockey League in 2003, as several of the cities are represented in both versions of the league. The league was formed when five teams (Billings, Bozeman, Helena, Missoula, and the expansion Great Falls franchise) from the Northern Pacific Hockey League (Nor-Pac) withdrew to form the AWHL. The league added the Gillette Wild after the league was announce. The league added the Yellowstone Quake out of Cody, Wyoming to the roster for the 2012-13 season.
In March 2014, the league announced that it had merged with the North American 3 Hockey League.  It will form the Frontier Division of the league.  All of the league's teams were included in the merger.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Seasons 	Fate
Billings Bulls 	Billings, Montana 	Centennial Ice Arena 	2011-2014	join North American 3 Hockey League
Bozeman Icedogs 	Bozeman, Montana 	Haynes Pavilion 	2011-2014	join North American 3 Hockey League
Gillette Wild 	Gillette, Wyoming 	Campbell County Ice Arena	2011-2014	join North American 3 Hockey League
Great Falls Americans	Great Falls, Montana	Great Falls Ice Plex 	2011-2014	join North American 3 Hockey League
Helena Bighorns 	Helena, Montana 	Helena Ice Arena 	2011-2014	join North American 3 Hockey League
Missoula Maulers 	Missoula, Montana 	Glacier Ice Rink 	2011-2012	join Western States Hockey League
Glacier Nationals 	Whitefish, Montana 	Stumptown Ice Den 	2012-2014	join North American 3 Hockey League
Yellowstone Quake 	Cody, Wyoming 	Victor J. Riley Arena 	2012-2014	join North American 3 Hockey League
==Champions==
*2011-12 Helena Bighorns
*2012-13 Helena Bighorns
*2013-14 Helena Bighorns
==Sources==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_West_Hockey_League
http://awhl.pointstreaksites.com/view/awhl/home-page
Junior Hockey News article on the merger
Category:Established in 2011
Category:Disestablished in 2014
Category:Ice hockey in the United States
Category:Ice hockey leagues