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The North American Hockey League is set to expand once again with the addition of Watertown South Dakota.
A lease agreement between the City of Watertown and the NAHL is expected to be approved at a City Council meeting scheduled for February 20th.
With expansion on everyone's mind, the NAHL does not disappoint. The second expansion team for the 2024-2025 season will make Forest Lake Minnesota its home.
The Minnesota Mallards will be calling Forest Lake home.
After receiving literally hundreds of emails, and hundreds of social media comments from BCHL fans and supporters, TJHN is providing the following facts as supplied and publicly available on the BCHL.The attacks from BCHL fans who simply believe
The BCHL left Hockey Canada this past summer of 2023. Good for them. Autonomy is one of the reasons the league made to move. Who can blame anyone for wanting self governance. In that one respect, good on them, and its a business decision that
Detroit Catholic Central is widely recognized as Michigan's leading high school hockey program, consistently nurturing well-educated and thoroughly prepared athletes who advance to junior and NCAA programs.
Lots of people are talking about the idea of having major junior (CHL) players becoming eligible to play NCAA hockey. Nearly all of the talking is coming from Canadian sources, and no one from the NCAA is commenting on this.
A new Junior A league is being created in British Columbia. This league will be granted Junior A status from British Columbia Hockey, the branch of Hockey Canada.
This is not a matter of "if" it is only a matter of "when".
This is not an article on parents who get excited about participation trophies. This is an article on players and parents that too many times people do not want to talk about.
Yesterday I spent timewith a friend of mine and his son who is a Major
This letter was sent to us by a player who received it from his Father. The player said one thing before attaching the letter; "this is what its all about."
The Wenatchee Wild are done with the BCHL and now move over to the WHL. This move has been in the works behind the scenes since the BCHL's problems moving forward after leaving Hockey Canada were becoming very evident.
The KIJHL has submitted its application to British Columbia Hockey, the branch of Hockey Canada, to be elevated from Junior B to Junior A or Tier II status. The PJHL and VIJHL are also looking into their options to apply for Junior A status.
The Alberta Junior Hockey League was arguably Hockey Canada's top Junior A league heading into the 2023-2024 season. The in season defection of five teams to the British Columbia Hockey League, certainly shook the AJHL's remaining members.
The BCHL is making moves to attempt to solve their problem of not being able to use affiliate players from Hockey Canada sanctioned programs.
How do they do that you may ask?
They attempt to raid Hockey Canada and USA Hockey sanctioned U18 programs
For years, the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League has tried to receive "Junior A" or "Tier II" status under Hockey Canada and through the Ontario Hockey Association. Each time the league has tried to do this through the OHA's required process, the
Included in Tier II rankings are the NCDC, NAHL, CJHL and BCHL.
These rankings are independent, and based upon wins, losses and strength of schedule. Historical references about strength of league orother items not relative to current playing
The Tier II National Collegiate Development Conference of the USPHL is making a rule change for the 2024-2025 season.
Moving forward, the NCDC will allow unlimited twenty year old players in all divisions.