2009–10 NAHL season
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The 2009–10 NAHL season was the 26th season of the North American Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2009 to April 2010 with a 58-game schedule for each team. The Wenatchee Wild won the regular season championship. The Bismarck Bobcats defeated the Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3 to 0 to capture the Robertson Cup.
SportIce hockey
DurationRegular season
September 11, 2009 – March 28, 2010
Postseason
April 2 – May 9, 2010
September 11, 2009 – March 28, 2010
Postseason
April 2 – May 9, 2010
Games58
| 2009–10 NAHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | North American Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | Regular season September 11, 2009 – March 28, 2010 Postseason April 2 – May 9, 2010 |
| Games | 58 |
| Teams | 19 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Wenatchee Wild |
| Season MVP | Erik Higby (Topeka RoadRunners) |
| Top scorer | Erik Higby (Topeka RoadRunners) |
| Robertson Cup Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Bismarck Bobcats |
| Runners-up | Fairbanks Ice Dogs |
Member changes
- In April of 2009, the United States Hockey League announced that they would be expanding by accepting two NAHL teams, the Mahoning Valley Phantoms and USNTDP, for the upcoming season.[1]
- The Texas Tornado sat out the previous season due to renovations at their home rink, the Deja Blue Arena.[2] With the venue now ready to host events once more, it was renamed Dr Pepper Arena and Tornado returned to league play.
- In 2009, the NAHL approved Janesville, Wisconsin as the site for a new expansion franchise.[3] In June, the team revealed their new name as the Janesville Jets.
- Towards the end of June, the Motor City Machine announced that they were changing their logo and name to Motor City Metal Jackets.[4]
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[5]
Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title
Standings
Central Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Bismarck Bobcats | 58 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 86 | 195 | 130 |
| x – Owatonna Express | 58 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 68 | 188 | 190 |
| x – Alexandria Blizzard | 58 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 66 | 180 | 166 |
| x – Albert Lea Thunder | 58 | 19 | 34 | 6 | 43 | 153 | 231 |
| North Iowa Outlaws | 58 | 15 | 37 | 6 | 36 | 147 | 234 |
North Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Marquette Rangers | 58 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 71 | 186 | 154 |
| x – Traverse City North Stars | 58 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 71 | 217 | 172 |
| x – Janesville Jets | 58 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 64 | 169 | 172 |
| x – Motor City Metal Jackets | 58 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 57 | 158 | 189 |
| Alpena IceDiggers | 58 | 22 | 34 | 2 | 46 | 169 | 201 |
South Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – Topeka RoadRunners | 58 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 93 | 254 | 147 |
| x – St. Louis Bandits | 58 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 91 | 211 | 125 |
| x – Texas Tornado | 58 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 55 | 170 | 204 |
| x – Springfield Jr. Blues | 58 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 50 | 163 | 193 |
| Wichita Falls Wildcats | 58 | 18 | 34 | 6 | 42 | 175 | 251 |
West Division
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xyz – Wenatchee Wild | 58 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 93 | 219 | 125 |
| x – Alaska Avalanche | 58 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 71 | 198 | 178 |
| x – Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 58 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 68 | 203 | 182 |
| x – Kenai River Brown Bears | 58 | 12 | 40 | 6 | 30 | 144 | 247 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games. [6]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Higby | Topeka RoadRunners | 57 | 27 | 53 | 80 | 68 |
| Michael Juola | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 58 | 22 | 55 | 77 | 70 |
| Jared Rickord | Springfield Jr. Blues | 58 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 14 |
| Andrew Kolb | Marquette Rangers | 58 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 34 |
| Garrett Ladd | Marquette Rangers | 55 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 105 |
| Nardo Nagtzaam | Alexandria Blizzard | 54 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 55 |
| Brian Sheehan | Wichita Falls Wildcats | 58 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 70 |
| Mark Pustin | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 53 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 29 |
| Jason Fabian | Bismarck Bobcats | 57 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 81 |
| Kyle Clay | Alexandria Blizzard | 58 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 46 |
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | W | L | OTL | SOL | GA | SO | SV | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Jaeger | Wenatchee Wild | 29 | 1604:35 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 631 | .928 | 1.83 |
| Lukas Hafner | Marquette Rangers | 21 | 1071:53 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 558 | .938 | 2.07 |
| Tyler Bruggeman | St. Louis Bandits | 36 | 2136:22 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 936 | .926 | 2.11 |
| Ryan Faragher | Bismarck Bobcats | 38 | 2125:58 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 77 | 4 | 897 | .921 | 2.17 |
| Evan Karambelas | Topeka RoadRunners | 27 | 1622:45 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 504 | .890 | 2.29 |
Robertson Cup playoffs
Five teams qualified for the Round Robin semifinal, the host (Wenatchee) and the four division champions. If Wenatchee won the west division final, the runner-up would receive the final qualifying spot. For the round robin semifinal, ties were broken first by head-to-head matchup and then by goal differential.
| Division Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Division Finals (Best-of-5) | Semifinal (Round Robin) | Championship (Best-of-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Bismarck Bobcats | 4 | 8 | 4 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Albert Lea Thunder | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Bismarck Bobcats | 9 | 5 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Alexandria Blizzard | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Owatonna Express | 7* | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Alexandria Blizzard | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Marquette Rangers | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Motor City Machine | 5 | 2 | 4*** | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Motor City Machine | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Traverse City North Stars | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Traverse City North Stars | 7 | 4 | 2 | - | - | C1 | Bismarck Bobcats | - | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Janesville Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | N2 | Traverse City North Stars | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Bismarck Bobcats | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | St. Louis Bandits | 3 | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Topeka RoadRunners | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | - | W1 | Wenatchee Wild | 2 | 4 | 5* | - | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | W3 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Topeka RoadRunners | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | St. Louis Bandits | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | St. Louis Bandits | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3*** | 3* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Texas Tornado | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Wenatchee Wild | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Wenatchee Wild | 6 | 6 | 7 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Alaska Avalanche | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 2* | 6 | 4 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Division Semifinals
Central Division
(C1) Bismarck Bobcats vs. (C4) Albert Lea Thunder
| April 2 | Bismarck Bobcats | 4 – 2 | Albert Lea Thunder | V.F.W. Sports Center | ||||
| 10:27 - pp - Sean McKenzie (1) | First period | Anthony Iaquinto (1) - 2:50 Niko Kapetanovic (1) - 13:38 | ||||||
| 1:34 - pp - Tim Serratore (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:44 - Dominic Panetta (1) 13:07 - Trent Johnson (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jake Williams (24 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Rogers (34 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Bismarck Bobcats | 8 – 2 | Albert Lea Thunder | V.F.W. Sports Center | ||||
| 10:34 - Jason Fabian (1) 15:31 - Ryan Jacobson (1) |
First period | Brian Nehring (1) - 11:06 | ||||||
| 4:47 - Tim Serratore (2) 11:24 - Casey Kleisinger (1) 13:04 - Ryan Jacobson (2) 14:13 - Aaron Quick (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:59 - sh - Aaron Quick (2) 15:17 - pp - Tyler Klein (1) |
Third period | Sheldon Taylor (1) - 10:06 | ||||||
| Jake Williams (24 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Rogers (25 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 9 | Albert Lea Thunder | 1 – 6 | Bismarck Bobcats | Albert Lea City Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Dominic Panetta (2) - pp - 16:34 Ryan Jacobson (3) - 19:26 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Dominic Panetta (3) - pp - 0:15 Jason Fabian (2) - pp - 1:51 | ||||||
| 14:56 - Anthony Iaquinto (2) | Third period | Sam Rendle (1) - 1:37 Ryan Jacobson (4) - pp - 13:12 | ||||||
| Joe Rogers (36 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryan Faragher (43 saves / 44 shots) | ||||||
| Bismarck wins series 3 – 0 | |
(C2) Owatonna Express vs. (C3) Alexandria Blizzard
| April 2 | Owatonna Express | 7 – 6 | OT | Alexandria Blizzard | Shattuck St. Mary's Ice Arena | |||
| 6:16 - Chris Darnell (1) 8:58 - Cory Thorson (1) 11:54 - sh - Dylan Porter (1) |
First period | Grant Dye (1) - 5:53 Alex Altenbernd (1) - 9:17 | ||||||
| 0:22 - Jake Youso (1) 10:35 - Dan Cecka (1) |
Second period | Simon Cederborg-Nilsson (1) - 3:05 Michael Benedict (1) - sh - 16:46 | ||||||
| 6:06 - pp - Jacob Sloat (1) | Third period | Nardo Nagtzaam (1) - pp - 3:59 Chris Franks (1) - 19:04 | ||||||
| 9:30 - Tim Smith (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Hemingway (25 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Chris Kamal (9 saves / 13 shots) Robert Tadazak (15 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Owatonna Express | 2 – 3 | Alexandria Blizzard | Shattuck St. Mary's Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Mike Krieg (1) - pp - 12:41 | ||||||
| 0:39 - Zach Vierling (1) 11:51 - pp - Marian Fiala (1) |
Second period | Zach Fulton (1) - pp - 9:19 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Billy Miller (1) - 3:16 | ||||||
| Matt Hemingway (33 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Robert Tadazak (23 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 9 | Alexandria Blizzard | 6 – 2 | Owatonna Express | Runestone Community Center | ||||
| 7:34 - Alex Altenbernd (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:37 - Brett Wall (1) 5:02 - Brett Wall (2) 11:53 - pp - Alex Altenbernd (3) |
Second period | Brian McGinty (1) - 5:47 | ||||||
| 2:25 - pp - Alex Altenbernd (4) 8:55 - Steve Zierke (1) |
Third period | Jacob Sloat (2) - 18:51 | ||||||
| Robert Tadazak (21 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Hemingway (35 saves / 41 shots) Michael Webb (3 saves / 3 shots) | ||||||
| April 10 | Alexandria Blizzard | 5 – 2 | Owatonna Express | Runestone Community Center | ||||
| Steve Zierke (2) - 6:18 | First period | 7:27 - Dan Cecka (2) | ||||||
| Simon Cederborg-Nilsson (2) - pp - 7:39 | Second period | 15:08 - Zachary Vierling (1) | ||||||
| Alex Altenbernd (5) - pp - 14:22 Steve Zierke (3) - 15:51 Nick Nagel (1) - 18:41 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Tadazak (24 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Hemingway (30 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Alexandria wins series 3 – 1 | |
North Division
(N1) Marquette Rangers vs. (N4) Motor City Machine
| April 2 | Marquette Rangers | 2 – 5 | Motor City Machine | Lakeview Arena | ||||
| 8:07 - pp - Tanner Kero (1) | First period | Eric Millisor (1) - 3:59 John Scorcia (1) - pp - 8:07 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | R. Anthony Coles (1) - 8:54 R.J. Kleiman (1) - 11:53 | ||||||
| 3:37 - Bobby Bodette (1) | Third period | Steve Brancheau (1) - sh - 11:57 | ||||||
| Lukas Hafner (19 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Phillip Graveline (40 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Marquette Rangers | 1 – 2 | Motor City Machine | Lakeview Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 8:40 - Josh Bussell (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | John Scorcia (2) - pp - 14:00 R. Anthony Coles (2) - pp - 15:20 | ||||||
| Lukas Hafner (32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Jason Torf (44 saves / 45 shots) | ||||||
| April 8 | Motor City Machine | 4 – 3 | 3OT | Marquette Rangers | Yack Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:50 - R.J. Kleiman (2) | Second period | Scott Henegar (1) - 10:19 | ||||||
| 1:00 - John Scorcia (3) 11:50 - Patrick Sullivan (1) |
Third period | Andrew Kolb (1) - 8:13 Austin Accettura (1) - 14:20 | ||||||
| 6:37 - R.J. Kleiman (3) | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Phillip Graveline (47 saves / 50 shots) | Goalie stats | Lukas Hafner (80 saves / 84 shots) | ||||||
| Motor City wins series 3 – 0 | |
(N2) Traverse City North Stars vs. (N3) Janesville Jets
| April 2 | Traverse City North Stars | 7 –1 | Janesville Jets | Molon Rink | ||||
| 1:24 - Kyle Jean (1) | First period | Derek Jacobson (1) - 8:16 | ||||||
| 10:11 - Dan Radke (1) 13:42 - Chris Salomone (1) 14:31 - Tim Opie (1) 15:28 - Dan Radke (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:33 - Phil Wendecker (1) 17:22 - Eric Rivard (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew Strandberg (25 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Wichorek (28 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Traverse City North Stars | 4 – 0 | Janesville Jets | Molon Rink | ||||
| 4:27 - Garrett Thompson (1) 8:20 - Garrett Thompson (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 14:53 - Eric McLintock (1) 17:50 - Bo Jacobs (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew Strandberg (18 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Wichorek (33 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| April 9 | Janesville Jets | 0 – 2 | Traverse City North Stars | Janesville Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Dan Radke (3) - pp - 5:55 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Kelin Ainsworth (1) - en - 19:11 | ||||||
| Matt Wichorek (17 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Drew Strandberg (27 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| Traverse City wins series 3 – 0 | |
South Division
(S1) Topeka RoadRunners vs. (S4) Springfield Jr. Blues
| April 2 | Topeka RoadRunners | 1 – 4 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Kansas Expocentre | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Jared Rickord (1) - 10:44 | ||||||
| 13:22 - Edgars Lipsbergs (1) | Second period | Ross Andersen (1) - 16:31 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Joe Purull (1) - 6:09 Trent Frey (1) - pp - 10:51 | ||||||
| Evan Karambelas (11 saves / 15 shots) | Goalie stats | Andrew Martin (42 saves / 43 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Topeka RoadRunners | 7 – 2 | Springfield Jr. Blues | Kansas Expocentre | ||||
| 2:38 - Jeff Burke (1) 7:07 - Michael Hill (1) 12:20 - Justin Kovacs (1) |
First period | Jared Rickord (2) - 3:03 | ||||||
| 3:56 - Edgars Lipsbergs (2) 4:20 - Kevin Ryan (1) 9:14 - Bryce Johnson (1) |
Second period | Ross Andersen (2) - 5:17 | ||||||
| 19:20 - Cole Schneider (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Rohrkemper (16 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Andrew Martin (53 saves / 60 shots) | ||||||
| April 9 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 1 – 8 | Topeka RoadRunners | Nelson Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Edgars Lipsbergs (3) - 4:25 Justin Kovacs (2) - 5:24 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Alec Hagaman (1) - pp - 17:54 | ||||||
| 7:21 - Nick Curry (1) | Third period | Tony Thomas (1) - 1:09 Bryce Johnson (2) - 4:56 Cole Schneider (2) - 12:02 Cole Schneider (3) - pp - 13:51 Michael Hill (2) - 15:58 | ||||||
| Andrew Martin (24 saves / 31 shots) Tanner Milliron (0 saves / 1 shot) |
Goalie stats | Eric Rohrkemper (22 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| April 10 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 3 – 4 | Topeka RoadRunners | Nelson Center | ||||
| 15:05 - pp - Randy Cure (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Tony Thomas (2) - sh - 1:13 Cole Schneider (4) - 11:54 | ||||||
| 5:19 - Michael Schaber (1) 19:26 - Kevin O'Donnell (1) |
Third period | Cole Schneider (5) - 4:53 Cole Schneider (6) - 5:44 | ||||||
| Andrew Martin (28 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Evan Karambelas (35 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| Topeka wins series 3 – 1 | |
(S2) St. Louis Bandits vs. (S3) Texas Tornado
| April 2 | St. Louis Bandits | 2 – 3 | Texas Tornado | Hardee's Iceplex | ||||
| 4:22 - Ryan Belonger (1) 9:53 - Brad Smith (1) |
First period | J.D. Howard (1) - pp - 15:19 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Nick Taurence (1) - 3:27 J.D. Howard (2) - 19:57 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (10 saves / 13 shots) | Goalie stats | Dan Sullivan (40 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | St. Louis Bandits | 1 – 3 | Texas Tornado | Hardee's Iceplex | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | J.D. Howard (3) - pp - 8:16 Shane Sooth (1) - 11:13 | ||||||
| 12:41 - Daniel Olszewski (1) | Third period | Jack Prince (1) - en - 19:16 | ||||||
| C.J. Groh (17 saves / 19 shots) | Goalie stats | Dan Sullivan (36 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| April 7 | Texas Tornado | 0 – 1 | St. Louis Bandits | Deja Blue Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Cody Ganchar (1) - 2:29 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Sullivan (21 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Bruggeman (27 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| April 8 | Texas Tornado | 2 – 3 | 3OT | St. Louis Bandits | Deja Blue Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | Joe Kalisz (1) - 3:04 | ||||||
| 5:38 - Axel Boyer (1) | Second period | Ryan Belonger (2) - 5:03 | ||||||
| 3:58 - Justin Jones (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third overtime period | Joe Kalisz (2) - 13:47 | ||||||
| Dan Sullivan (51 saves / 54 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Bruggeman (45 saves / 47 shots) | ||||||
| April 10 | St. Louis Bandits | 3 – 2 | OT | Texas Tornado | Hardee's Iceplex | |||
| 4:26 - Chris Ciotti (1) | First period | Justin Jones (2) - 8:48 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:48 - Jordan Bourgonje (1) | Third period | Ian Braun (1) - 15:16 | ||||||
| 10:38 - Grant Gettinger (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (17 saves / 19 shots) | Goalie stats | Dan Sullivan (37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| St. Louis wins series 3 – 2 | |
West Division
(W1) Wenatchee Wild vs. (W4) Kenai River Brown Bears
| April 2 | Wenatchee Wild | 5 – 2 | Kenai River Brown Bears | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| 7:02 - Ryan Timar (1) 16:49 - Eric Johnson (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:44 - pp - Nathan Sliwinski (1) | Second period | Doug Beck (1) - 11:16 | ||||||
| 0:34 - Dajon Mingo (1) 3:04 - Ryan Timar (2) |
Third period | Matthew Cinader (1) - 5:40 | ||||||
| Brandon Jaeger (16 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Michael Martin (26 saves / 31 shots) Dainis Vasiljevs (5 saves / 5 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Wenatchee Wild | 5 – 2 | Kenai River Brown Bears | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| 16:34 - sh - Christian Hilbrich (1) | First period | Brad Duwe (1) - pp - 18:04 | ||||||
| 3:39 - Dajon Mingo (2) 19:18 - pp - Ryan Timar (3) |
Second period | Josh Royston (1) - pp - 15:37 | ||||||
| 11:54 - Michael Di Puma (1) 17:58 - sh - Shawn Pauly (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brandon Jaeger (15 saves / 17 shots) | Goalie stats | Dainis Vasiljevs (29 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Wenatchee Wild | 3 – 1 | Kenai River Brown Bears | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nolan Youngmun (1) - 8:48 Nolan Youngmun (2) - sh - 15:31 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Johnson (2) - pp - 1:30 | Third period | 16:17 - Brad Fusaro (1) | ||||||
| Brendan Jensen (19 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Josh Benton (37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| Wenatchee wins series 3 – 0 | |
(W2) Alaska Avalanche vs. (W3) Fairbanks Ice Dogs
| April 2 | Alaska Avalanche | 1 – 2 | OT | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Aaron McGill (1) - 16:19 | ||||||
| 19:19 - Zach Smith (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Matt Millis (1) - pp - 0:43 | ||||||
| Landon Peterson (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Phillippi (29 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Alaska Avalanche | 4 – 6 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Matt Millis (2) - pp - 17:38 | ||||||
| 5:47 - pp - Blake Huppert (1) | Second period | Mark Pustin (1) - 0:59 George Michalke (1) - pp - 4:13 Aaron McGill (2) - pp - 13:50 Joe Krause (1) - 14:12 | ||||||
| 1:28 - Seth Johnson (1) 9:03 - Jed McGlasson (1) 10:16 - Blake Huppert (2) |
Third period | Michael Juola (1) - 5:21 | ||||||
| Landon Peterson (30 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Phillippi (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 9 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 4 – 2 | Alaska Avalanche | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| 9:14 - Pete Spratte (1) | First period | Logan Maly (1) - 10:07 Kyle Pichler (1) - pp - 18:35 | ||||||
| 4:22 - sh - Will Aide (1) 17:38 - Mark Pustin (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:32 - en - Matt Millis (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Phillippi (23 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Kale Robertson (32 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Fairbanks wins series 3 – 0 | |
Division Finals
Central Division
(C1) Bismarck Bobcats vs. (C4) Alexandria Blizzard
| April 16 | Bismarck Bobcats | 9 – 1 | Alexandria Blizzard | V.F.W. Sports Center | ||||
| 7:31 - Jason Fabian (3) 9:54 - pp - Dominic Panetta (4) 18:27 - Ryan Jacobson (5) 19:46 - pp - Dominic Panetta (5) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:31 - pp - Casey Kleisinger (2) | Second period | Steve Zierke (4) - pp - 1:51 | ||||||
| 16:26 - pp - Brett Bower (1) 16:51 - pp - Matt Shost (1) 18:19 - pp - Aaron Quick (3) 19:18 - pp - Sean McKenzie (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jake Williams (22 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Chris Kamal (12 saves / 17 shots) Robert Tadazak (23 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Bismarck Bobcats | 5 – 2 | Alexandria Blizzard | V.F.W. Sports Center | ||||
| 5:39 - Sean McKenzie (2) 15:18 - pp - Sam Rendle (2) |
First period | Nardo Nagtzaam (2) - 18:06 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Simon Cederborg-Nilsson (3) - pp - 13:05 | ||||||
| 8:24 - Tyler Klein (2) 8:54 - Gavin Hartzog (1) 12:06 - pp - Jason Fabian (4) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jake Williams (23 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Robert Tadazak (22 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| April 23 | Alexandria Blizzard | 1 – 3 | Bismarck Bobcats | Runestone Community Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Trent Johnson (2) - 15:22 Ryan Jacobson (6) - 19:27 | ||||||
| 15:59 - Nardo Nagtzaam (3) | Third period | Casey Kleisinger (4) - 11:27 | ||||||
| Chris Kamal (32 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryan Faragher (31 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| Bismarck wins series 3 – 0 | |
North Division
(N2) Traverse City North Stars vs. (N4) Motor City Machine
| April 16 | Traverse City North Stars | 4 – 1 | Motor City Machine | Molon Rink | ||||
| 19:26 - pp - Andy Huff (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:20 - Kelin Ainsworth (2) 15:02 - Garrett Thompson (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:40 - Nilan Nagy (1) | Third period | Andrew Graves (1) - 11:06 | ||||||
| Drew Strandberg (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Phillip Graveline (34 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Traverse City North Stars | 5 – 1 | Motor City Machine | Molon Rink | ||||
| 5:46 - Alec Shields (1) | First period | John Scorcia (4) - 11:28 | ||||||
| 2:17 - pp - Garrett Thompson (4) 4:49 - Tim Opie (2) 18:33 - pp - Dan Radke (4) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:02 - pp - Phil Wendecker (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew Strandberg (14 saves / 15 shots) | Goalie stats | Jason Torf (38 saves / 43 shots) | ||||||
| April 23 | Motor City Machine | 3 – 5 | Traverse City North Stars | Yack Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Chris Salomone (2) - 12:50 Tim Opie (3) - 14:10 | ||||||
| 6:36 - R. Anthony Coles (3) 17:41 - pp - R.J. Kleiman (4) |
Second period | Doug Clifford (1) - 4:34 Kyle Jean (2) - 11:40 Garrett Thompson (5) - 18:13 | ||||||
| 14:40 - pp - Mike Monfredo (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Phillip Graveline (25 saves / 30 shots) Jason Torf (8 saves / 8 shots) |
Goalie stats | Drew Strandberg (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Traverse City wins series 3 – 0 | |
South Division
(S1) Topeka RoadRunners vs. (S2) St. Louis Bandits
| April 15 | Topeka RoadRunners | 1 – 2 | St. Louis Bandits | Kansas Expocentre | ||||
| 4:29 - Edgars Lipsbergs (4) | First period | Ryan Belonger (3) - pp - 11:35 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Brooks Bertsch (1) - 13:59 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Rohrkemper (14 saves / 16 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Bruggeman (24 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 16 | Topeka RoadRunners | 6 – 2 | St. Louis Bandits | Kansas Expocentre | ||||
| 5:57 - Justin Kovacs (3) 14:54 - pp - Michael Hill (2) 19:25 - Bryce Johnson (3) |
First period | Chris Ciotti (2) - 4:16 | ||||||
| 17:00 - Cole Schneider (7) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 8:51 - pp - Bryce Johnson (4) 14:14 - pp - Edgars Lipsbergs (5) |
Third period | Ryan Stouffer (1) - pp - 12:52 | ||||||
| Eric Rohrkemper (18 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Tyler Bruggeman (15 saves / 19 shots) C.J. Groh (6 saves / 8 shots) | ||||||
| April 23 | St. Louis Bandits | 4 – 1 | Topeka RoadRunners | Hardee's Iceplex | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:30 - Daniel Olszewski (2) 8:58 - Joe Kalisz (3) |
Second period | Bob Marx (1) - pp - 10:42 | ||||||
| 5:02 - Ryan Stouffer (2) 15:19 - Colton Hargrove (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (29 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Rohrkemper (27 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 24 | St. Louis Bandits | 1 – 4 | Topeka RoadRunners | Hardee's Iceplex | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:50 - pp - Brooks Bertsch (2) | Third period | Tony Thomas (3) - sh - 5:12 Bryce Johnson (4) - 13:41 Tony Thomas (4) - pp - 18:13 Alec Hagaman (2) - en - 19:31 | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (33 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Rohrkemper (28 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| April 26 | Topeka RoadRunners | 0 – 5 | St. Louis Bandits | Kansas Expocentre | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Craig Kitto (1) - 9:41 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Brooks Bertsch (3) - pp - 6:17 Colton Hargrove (2) - pp - 15:06 C.J. Eick (1) - 16:14 Ryan Stouffer (3) - pp - 17:19 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Rohrkemper (14 saves / 18 shots) Cooper Frederick (9 saves / 10 shots) |
Goalie stats | Tyler Bruggeman (24 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| St. Louis wins series 3 – 2 | |
West Division
(W1) Wenatchee Wild vs. (W3) Fairbanks Ice Dogs
| April 16 | Wenatchee Wild | 6 – 2 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| 4:46 - Brandon Burrell (1) 11:40 - pp - Ryan Timar (4) 18:02 - pp - Alex McLean (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:42 - pp - Ryan Timar (5) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:03 - Armand de Swardt (1) 13:38 - en - Christian Hilbrich (2) |
Third period | Mark Pustin (3) - pp - 7:49 Matt Millis (4) - pp - 11:12 | ||||||
| Brandon Jaeger (17 saves / 19 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Phillippi (5 saves / 8 shots) Mike Taffe (31 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Wenatchee Wild | 6 – 2 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| 14:36 - pp - Armand de Swardt (2) | First period | Zach Tolkinen (1) - 7:17 | ||||||
| 2:33 - Mark Miller (1) 10:52 - Armand de Swardt (3) 19:16 - Alex McLean (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:09 - Jeff Jubinville (1) 6:21 - sh - en - Alex McLean (3) |
Third period | James Saintey (1) - 4:19 | ||||||
| Brandon Jaeger (12 saves / 14 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike Taffe (31 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 23 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 1 – 7 | Wenatchee Wild | Big Dipper Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Brandon Burrell (2) - 13:42 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Ryan Timar (6) - 1:04 Michael Di Puma (2) - 6:54 Armand de Swardt (4) - 8:03 Andrew Christ (1) - 11:44 | ||||||
| 6:22 - pp - George Michalke (2) | Third period | Kyle Brodie (1) - 3:35 Michael Di Puma (3) - pp - 15:28 | ||||||
| Joe Phillippi (18 saves / 24 shots) Mike Taffe (8 saves / 9 shots) |
Goalie stats | Brandon Jaeger (12 saves / 13 shots) James Adamo (1 save / 1 shot) | ||||||
| Wenatchee wins series 3 – 0 | |
Semifinal
May 4
| St. Louis Bandits | 3 – 5 | Bismarck Bobcats | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| Craig Kitto (2) - pp - 11:37 | First period | 5:58 - pp - Sean McKenzie (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:59 - Sam Rendle (3) 8:42 - Sam Rendle (4) 18:48 - pp - Dominic Panetta (6) | ||||||
| Craig Kitto (3) - 5:09 Cody Ganchar (2) - 19:25 |
Third period | 16:18 - pp - Sam Rendle (5) | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (28 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryan Faragher (26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| Wenatchee Wild | 4 – 5 | Traverse City North Stars | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| 4:08 - Mark Miller (2) Nathan Sliwinski (2) |
First period | Andy Huff (2) - 5:33 Garrett Thompson (6) - pp - 13:14 | ||||||
| 14:25 - Dajon Mingo (3) | Second period | Eric McLintock (2) - pp - 0:58 | ||||||
| 17:37 - Michael Di Puma (4) | Third period | Dan Radke (5) - pp - 10:34 Christopher Heineman (1) - 19:26 | ||||||
| Brandon Jaeger (22 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Drew Strandberg (22 saves / 25 shots) Chris Paliafito (13 saves / 14 shots) | ||||||
May 5
| St. Louis Bandits | 4 – 1 | Traverse City North Stars | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| 12:27 - pp - Patrick Raley (1) | First period | Kelin Ainsworth (3) - 11:25 | ||||||
| 1:04 - pp - Brooks Bertsch (4) 17:52 - pp - Ryan Stouffer (4) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:10 - pp - Daniel Olszewski (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (20 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Drew Strandberg (27 saves / 30 shots) Chris Paliafito (8 saves / 9 shots) | ||||||
| Wenatchee Wild | 2 – 3 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| No scoring | First period | Sean O'Rourke (1) - 14:07 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Brock Carlston (1) - 4:09 Tyler Voigt (1) - 5:16 | ||||||
| 3:44 - Mark Miller (2) 18:24 - Dajon Mingo (4) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brandon Jaeger (12 saves / 15 shots) Brendan Jensen (7 saves / 7 shots) |
Goalie stats | Joe Phillippi (50 saves / 52 shots) | ||||||
May 6
| St. Louis Bandits | 3 – 4 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| 19:12 - Craig Kitto (4) | First period | Brock Carlston (2) - 2:11 | ||||||
| 0:42 - Joe Kalisz (4) 18:07 - pp - Chris Ciotti (3) |
Second period | Tyler Voigt (2) - 16:57 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Tyler Voigt (3) - pp - 7:56 | ||||||
| Tyler Bruggeman (18 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Phillippi (23 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| Bismarck Bobcats | 6 – 1 | Traverse City North Stars | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| 2:12 - pp - Dan Weissenhofer (1) 8:43 - Gavin Hartzog (2) 16:02 - Ryan Jacobson (7) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:52 - pp - Nicholas Jensen (1) 14:13 - pp - Jason Fabian (5) |
Second period | Doug Clifford (2) - 15:49 | ||||||
| 12:38 - Casey Kleisinger (4) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Faragher (20 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Chris Paliafito (24 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
May 7
| Traverse City North Stars | 2 – 1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| 16:41 - pp - Travis White (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:01 - Kyle Jean (3) | Third period | George Michalke III (3) - 6:12 | ||||||
| Drew Strandberg (22 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Phillippi (26 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| Wenatchee Wild | 2 – 1 | Bismarck Bobcats | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:39 - pp - Jeff Jubinville (2) 16:12 - pp - Jeff Jubinville (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Sam Rendle (6) - pp - 11:47 | ||||||
| Brendan Jensen (39 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Jake Williams (38 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
May 8
| Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 4 – 3 | Bismarck Bobcats | Town Toyota Center | |||||
| Mark Pustin (4) - 1:09 | First period | 3:19 - Aaron Quick (4) 6:43 - Trent Johnson (3) | ||||||
| Zach Tolkinen (2) - pp - 3:37 Kyle Politz (1) - pp - 12:51 |
Second period | 1:02 - Tim Serratore (3) | ||||||
| Jared Larson (2) - sh - 6:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Phillippi (30 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Jake Williams (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| Wenatchee Wild | 5 – 4 | OT | St. Louis Bandits | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Ryan Stouffer (5) - 14:06 | ||||||
| 1:39 - Dajon Mingo (5) 9:36 - sh - Dajon Mingo (6) |
Second period | Ryan Stouffer (6) - 3:21 | ||||||
| 2:50 - Jeff Jubinville (4) 8:58 - Christian Hilbrich (3) |
Third period | Patrick Sheehan (1) - 8:04 Ryan Belonger (4) - pp - 15:58 | ||||||
| 7:51 - pp - Armand de Swardt (5) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brendan Jensen (32 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | C.J. Groh (34 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
Robertson Cup Final
(C1) Bismarck Bobcats vs. (W3) Fairbanks Ice Dogs
| May 9 | Bismarck Bobcats | 3 – 0 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | Town Toyota Center | ||||
| 17:10 - Casey Kleisinger (5) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:50 - sh - Jason Fabian (6) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:11 - en - Sean McKenzie (5) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Faragher (21 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Joe Phillippi (26 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||