About The NAHL

 

About Junior Hockey and the NAHL

Celebrating its 42nd season in 2017-18, the NAHL, the only USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier II Junior league boasting 23 teams in 12 states from across North America.

The NAHL offers junior hockey players the opportunity to develop, learn, train, grow and succeed while playing for free. The NAHL is unique in the fact that a vast majority of players begin their NAHL careers without an NCAA opportunity, but earn one through the course of their development in the league.

The NAHL’s dedication to player development is demonstrated by the league’s high-profile annual exposure events like the NAHL Showcase in September, the NAHL Top Prospects Tournament in February and the NAHL Robertson Cup Championship in May, which have all evolved into hockey’s most prominent and popular of its kind and are a must-see for NCAA programs and NHL teams alike.

During the 2016-17 season, the NAHL set a new single-season record with 305 NCAA commitments, with 70% of those being NCAA Division I commitments. In addition, seven NAHL players were listed in the final NHL Central Scouting rankings for the 2017 NHL Draft and three NAHL players that played in the league this past season were selected in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Over the course of the last five seasons, 1,200 NAHL players have made NCAA commitments and 17 have been drafted into the NHL.