2010–11 NAHL season

2010–11 NAHL season
LeagueNorth American Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationRegular season
September 10, 2010 – March 27, 2011
Post-season
March 31 – May 7, 2011
Games58
Teams26
Draft
Top draft pickTyson McCallum
Picked byDawson Creek Rage
Regular season
Season championsTopeka RoadRunners
Season MVPRobert Tadazak (Michigan Warriors)
Top scorerCody Wydo (Motor City Metal Jackets)
Robertson Cup Playoffs
Finals championsFairbanks Ice Dogs
  Runners-upMichigan Warriors

The 2010–11 NAHL season was the 27th season of the North American Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2011 to April 2012 with a 58-game schedule for each team. The Topeka RoadRunners won the regular season championship. The Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated the Michigan Warriors 4 to 2 to capture the Robertson Cup.

Member changes

  • In April of 2009, the NAHL approved of an expansion team in Dawson Creek, British Columbia.[1] The franchise would be the first Canadian club un the NAHL 2004. However, in order to give the new club, the Dawson Creek Rage, enough time to properly outfit themselves, their entry into the league was delayed until this season.
  • On December 15, 2009, the Fresno Monsters, a junior team in the Western States Hockey League, were granted conditional approved to join the NAHL as an expansion franchise.[2] The organization eventually decided to continue operating their original club in the WSHL as well as a separate Tier II franchise.
  • Less than a month later, the NAHL added a second expansion team for 2010 when the Aberdeen Wings were approved.[3]
  • A few days later, the Chicago Hitmen received approval to join the league as an expansion franchise.[4]
  • At the beginning of March, the Austin Bruins were announced as another expansion club for this season.[5]
  • By the middle of the month, the NAHL was able to find new owners for Albert Lea Thunder.[9] The league had assumed control of the club in the middle of the season due to USA Hockey rule violations and now permitted the franchise to relocate to Texas and become the Amarillo Bulls.
  • In early July, the Port Huron Fighting Falcons were added to the league as yet another expansion club.[11] This brought the final number of teams joining the league up to seven.

Regular season

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[12]

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 – Alexandria Blizzard 58 33 19 6 72 208 177
x – Coulee Region Chill 58 33 20 5 71 204 180
x – Owatonna Express 58 32 19 7 71 175 179
x – Bismarck Bobcats 58 31 22 5 67 179 156
Austin Bruins 58 23 31 4 50 151 186
Aberdeen Wings 58 20 34 4 44 166 219

North Division

Team GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
xy – St. Louis Bandits 58 41 13 4 86 215 120
x – Traverse City North Stars 58 40 17 1 81 211 159
x – Michigan Warriors 58 35 17 6 76 202 141
x – Janesville Jets 58 35 9 4 74 170 121
Springfield Jr. Blues 58 31 24 3 65 191 170
Motor City Metal Jackets 58 31 25 2 64 228 188
Chicago Hitmen 58 9 45 4 22 132 286
Port Huron Fighting Falcons 58 6 46 6 18 127 312

South Division

Team GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
xyz – Topeka RoadRunners 58 43 12 3 89 237 146
x – Amarillo Bulls 58 36 16 6 78 209 171
x – Texas Tornado 58 35 16 8 78 213 164
x – Wichita Falls Wildcats 58 26 27 5 57 189 190
Corpus Christi IceRays 58 19 34 5 43 158 238
New Mexico Mustangs 58 19 35 4 42 141 220

West Division

Team GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
xy – Fairbanks Ice Dogs 58 40 15 3 83 245 171
x – Wenatchee Wild 58 34 21 3 71 207 148
x – Alaska Avalanche 58 32 22 4 68 193 173
x – Kenai River Brown Bears 58 27 24 7 61 189 191
Dawson Creek Rage 58 24 31 3 51 160 209
Fresno Monsters 58 19 34 5 43 158 243

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.[13]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Cody Wydo Motor City Metal Jackets 58 40 51 91 55
Nardo Nagtzaam Alexandria Blizzard 58 36 51 87 57
Steve Brancheau Motor City Metal Jackets 55 28 43 71 96
R. J. Kleiman Motor City/St. Louis 50 28 41 69 39
Chris Ciotti St. Louis Bandits 57 31 37 68 54
Michael Hill Topeka RoadRunners 43 37 29 66 105
Justin Hussar Topeka RoadRunners 58 33 33 66 20
Jared Linnell Fairbanks Ice Dogs 58 34 31 65 68
Andrew Kolb Michigan Warriors 44 31 34 65 34
Zac Frischmon Coulee Region Chill 58 31 34 65 39

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 SV SV% GAA
Robert Tadazak Michigan Warriors 45 2508:39 27 9 2 3 73 1,307 .944 1.75
Tom Comunale St. Louis Bandits 25 1403:42 15 7 0 1 41 475 .914 1.75
Matt Green St. Louis Bandits 23 1321:52 17 4 0 1 45 470 .904 2.04
David Jacobson Janesville Jets 43 2538:53 26 14 1 2 88 1,076 .918 2.08
Steve Bolton New Mexico/Amarillo/Traverse City 22 1252:36 15 5 0 1 47 582 .919 2.25

Robertson Cup playoffs

Five teams qualify for the Robertson cup quarterfinals, the four division champions and the host (Topeka). If Topeka won their division final, the runner-up would receive the final qualifying spot.
The five qualifiers were then reseeded based upon their regular season record. The top three teams automatically advanced to the round-robin while the lowest two reams faced one another for the final spot.
The team with the best record in the Round Robin series would receive a bye to the championship game. The second and third place teams would meet in a semifinal match to determine the other finals qualifier.
For the Round Robin, ties were broken first by head-to-head matchup and then by goal differential.

Division Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		Division Finals
(Best-of-5)		Quarterfinal Play-in
(Best-of-3)		Quarterfinal
(Round Robin)		Semifinal
(Best-of-1)		Championship
(Best-of-1)
C1Alexandria Blizzard61331
C4Bismarck Bobcats15612
C4Bismarck Bobcats63433
Central Division
C2Coulee Region Chill4604*1
C2Coulee Region Chill14*4*3-
C3Owatonna Express2331-
N1St. Louis Bandits33234
N4Janesville Jets2414*0
N1St. Louis Bandits22131
North Division
N3Michigan Warriors03222
N2Traverse City North Stars15*20-
1Topeka Roadrunners-332
N3Michigan Warriors343*5-
2Fairbanks Ice Dogs4-242Fairbanks Ice Dogs4
3Amarillo Bulls41-54Michigan Warriors2
S1Topeka RoadRunners505344Michigan Warriors16**-3Amarillo Bulls2
4Michigan Warriors522-
S4Wichita Falls Wildcats11*24*35Bismarck Bobcats05-4Michigan Warriors6
S1Topeka RoadRunners3*33*21
South Division
S2Amarillo Bulls24243
S2Amarillo Bulls7542*-
S3Texas Tornado5361-
W1Fairbanks Ice Dogs567--
W4Kenai River Brown Bears112--
W1Fairbanks Ice Dogs4*615*-
West Division
W3Wenatchee Wild3324-
W2Wenatchee Wild44*4--
W3Alaska Avalanche132--

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Division Semifinals

Central Division

(C1) Alexandria Blizzard vs. (C4) Bismarck Bobcats

April 1 Alexandria Blizzard 6 – 1 Bismarck Bobcats Runestone Community Center  
1:35 - Jordan Nelson (1)
10:48 - Nardo Nagtzaam (1)
12:21 - Reid Sturos (1)
17:37 - Rock Einersen (1) 		First period No scoring
1:44 - Steve Zierke (1)
5:02 - Thomas Williams (1) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Jason Nash (1) - 1:36
Jake Williams (28 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Faragher (8 saves / 14 shots)
Tommy Burke (20 saves / 20 shots)
April 2 Alexandria Blizzard 1 – 5 Bismarck Bobcats Runestone Community Center  
No scoring First period John Furgele (1) - pp - 12:23
18:41 - pp - Reid Sturos (1) Second period Frankie DeAugustine (1) - 4:05
Charles Mosey (1) - 8:12
Danny Ray (1) - pp - 11:43
No scoring Third period Charles Mosey (2) - 3:16
Jake Williams (20 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Tommy Burke (28 saves / 29 shots)
April 8 Bismarck Bobcats 6 – 3 Alexandria Blizzard V.F.W. Sports Center  
2:06 - Castan Sommer (1)
7:06 - Matthew Gates (1) 		First period Steve Zierke (2) - 3:49
Brent Bain (1) - 15:13
11:41 - pp - Matthew Gates (2) Second period Steve Zierke (3) - pp - 4:09
8:23 - Samuel Dougherty (1)
16:19 - Frankie DeAugustine (2)
19:35 - en - Emerson Auvenshine (1) 		Third period No scoring
Tommy Burke (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Jake Williams (36 saves / 41 shots)
April 9 Bismarck Bobcats 1 – 3 Alexandria Blizzard V.F.W. Sports Center  
13:51 - Daniel Zawacki (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Nardo Nagtzaam (2) - 4:39
Brent Bain (2) - 15:34
Craig Lindegard (1) - en - 16:28
Tommy Burke (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Jake Williams (29 saves / 30 shots)
April 11 Alexandria Blizzard 1 – 2 Bismarck Bobcats Runestone Community Center  
No scoring First period Matthew Gates (2) - 5:50
No scoring Second period No scoring
12:21 - Steve Zierke (4) Third period Emerson Auvenshine (2) - 19:03
Jake Williams (16 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Faragher (45 saves / 46 shots)
Bismarck wins series 3 – 2

(C2) Coulee Region Chill vs. (C3) Owatonna Express

April 1 Coulee Region Chill 1 – 2 Owatonna Express Onalaska OmniCenter  
No scoring First period Jake Youso (1) – 0:29
9:31 – Ben Jaremko (1) Second period John Haeg (1) – 13:16
No scoring Third period No scoring
Paul Moberg (20 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Charles Williams (42 saves / 43 shots)
April 2 Coulee Region Chill 4 – 3 OT Owatonna Express Onalaska OmniCenter  
10:04 - Eric Drapluk (1) First period John Haeg (2) - 17:59
0:48 - David Ripple (1)
11:46 - pp - Matt Blomquist (1) 		Second period Schyler Adams (1) - 8:08
No scoring Third period Andy Singerhouse (1) - 19:38
8:14 - Zac Frischmon (1) First overtime period No scoring
Aaron Davis (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Charles Williams (28 saves / 32 shots)
April 8 Owatonna Express 3 – 4 OT Coulee Region Chill Four Seasons Centre  
6:49 - Lawrence Cornellier (1)
14:19 - Jacob Youso (1) 		First period Lucas Dillon (1) - pp - 1:33
Zac Frischmon (1) - 19:20
No scoring Second period Connor Gaarder (1) - 18:50
18:50 - Jacob Youso (2) Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Zac Frischmon (2) - 6:33
Charles Williams (25 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Aaron Davis (34 saves / 37 shots)
April 9 Owatonna Express 1 – 3 Coulee Region Chill Four Seasons Centre  
No scoring First period Berkley Scott (1) - 8:56
No scoring Second period No scoring
18:31 - Nick Widing (1) Third period Matt Blomquist (2) - 17:18
Zac Frischmon (2) - en - 19:38
Charles Williams (27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Aaron Davis (25 saves / 26 shots)
Coulee Region wins series 3 – 1

North Division

(N1) St. Louis Bandits vs. (N4) Janesville Jets

March 31 St. Louis Bandits 3 – 2 Janesville Jets Hardee's Iceplex  
11:09 – R.J. Kleiman (1) First period Ross Mauermann (1) – 4:32
3:32 – Joe Kalisz (1) Second period No scoring
2:30 – pp – Isak Quakenbush (1) Third period John Olen (1) – 19:04
Tom Comunale (27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats David Jacobson (24 saves / 27 shots)
April 2 St. Louis Bandits 3 – 4 Janesville Jets Hardee's Iceplex  
17:05 – Joe Kalisz (2)
18:43 – pp – Joe Kalisz (3) 		First period Connor McBride (1) – 8:35
No scoring Second period Jordan Tredinnick (1) – pp – 6:20
Connor McBride (2) – pp – 12:03
John Olen (1) – sh – 12:55
17:28 – Taylor Wolfe (1) Third period No scoring
Tom Comunale (11 saves / 15 shots)
Matt Green (13 saves / 13 shots) 		Goalie stats Tony Kujava (39 saves / 42 shots)
April 8 Janesville Jets 1 – 2 St. Louis Bandits Janesville Ice Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Brad Smith (1) – pp – 14:16
17:35 – Jordan Tredinnick (1) Third period Brad Smith (2) – 7:07
Tony Kujava (26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Matt Green (18 saves / 19 shots)
April 9 Janesville Jets 4 – 3 OT St. Louis Bandits Janesville Ice Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
11:28 – Ross Mauermann (2) Second period Chris Ciotti (1) – 0:20
R.J. Kleiman (2) – pp – 17:53
7:45 – pp – Ross Mauermann (3)
14:39 – Jordan Tredinnick (2) 		Third period Nick Carey (1) – 9:39
10:55 – pp – John Houston (1) First overtime period No scoring
David Jacobson (28 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Matt Green (22 saves / 26 shots)
April 10 St. Louis Bandits 4 – 0 Janesville Jets Hardee's Iceplex  
7:29 – Ryan Stouffer (1) First period No scoring
8:00 – Taylor Wolfe (2) Second period No scoring
4:10 – Chris Ciotti (2)
8:13 – Kevin Crowe (1) 		Third period No scoring
Tom Comunale (22 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats David Jacobson (26 saves / 30 shots)
St. Louis wins series 3 – 2

(N2) Traverse City North Stars vs. (N3) Michigan Warriors

April 1 Traverse City North Stars 1 – 3 Michigan Warriors Molon Rink  
No scoring First period No scoring
10:20 – Alec Shields (1) Second period Andrew Kolb (1) – 10:46
No scoring Third period Tyler Perpich (1) – 9:59
David Johnson (1) – 18:07
Steve Bolton (18 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (25 saves / 26 shots)
April 2 Traverse City North Stars 5 – 4 OT Michigan Warriors Molon Rink  
No scoring First period Ryan Trenz (1) – pp – 13:53
14:42 – pp – Tim Opie (1) Second period Brandon Boelter (1) – pp – 10:22
5:33 – Eric Rivard (1)
10:03 – pp – Eric Rivard (2)
10:57 – James Albrecht (1) 		Third period Andrew Kolb (2) – pp – 8:29
Justin Hoomaian (1) – 14:44
0:47 – pp – Michael Szmatula (1) First overtime period No scoring
Steve Bolton (34 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (28 saves / 33 shots)
April 8 Michigan Warriors 3 – 2 OT Traverse City North Stars Dort Financial Center  
10:57 – Brad Chapman (1) First period Alexander Taulien (1) – 8:00
19:59 – pp – Justin Hoomaian (2) Second period Justin Scott (1) – 0:33
No scoring Third period No scoring
16:08 – A.J. White (1) First overtime period No scoring
Robert Tadazak (42 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Steve Bolton (49 saves / 52 shots)
April 9 Michigan Warriors 5 – 0 Traverse City North Stars Dort Financial Center  
18:59 – pp – Michael Szuma (1) First period No scoring
5:08 – A.J. White (2)
17:16 – A.J. White (3) 		Second period No scoring
8:56 – Robert Mantha (1)
9:28 – Kevin Gibson (1) 		Third period No scoring
Robert Tadazak (24 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Steve Bolton (15 saves / 18 shots)
Tyler Marble (7 saves / 9 shots)
Michigan wins series 3 – 1

South Division

(S1) Topeka RoadRunners vs. (S4) Wichita Falls Wildcats

April 2 Topeka RoadRunners 5 – 1 Wichita Falls Wildcats Kansas Expocentre  
3:44 – Nate Milam (1)
5:27 – Davey Middleton (1)
7:22 – Kyle Buffardi (1) 		First period Mikhail Sentyurin (1) – pp – 6:19
9:52 – Kyle Sharkey (1) Second period No scoring
3:11 – Nate Milam (2) Third period No scoring
Rasmus Tirronen (25 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Tyler Green (40 saves / 45 shots)
April 3 Topeka RoadRunners 0 – 1 OT Wichita Falls Wildcats Kansas Expocentre  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Richard Young (1) – 2:19
Eric Rohrkemper (26 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Tyler Green (39 saves / 39 shots)
April 8 Wichita Falls Wildcats 2 – 5 Topeka RoadRunners Kay Yeager Coliseum  
14:16 – Tanner Fahlstedt (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Andrew O'Leary (1) – 12:09
Ryan White (1) – sh – 14:24
18:25 – sh – Ryan Frost (1) Third period Nate Milam (3) – 5:12
Brian Christie (1) – pp – 17:53
Brian Christie (2) – sh – en – 19:33
Tyler Green (39 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Rasmus Tirronen (28 saves / 30 shots)
April 9 Wichita Falls Wildcats 4 – 3 OT Topeka RoadRunners Kay Yeager Coliseum  
No scoring First period Nate Milam (4) – sh – 3:37
Ryan White (2) – 19:11
14:52 – pp – Mikhail Sentyurin (2) Second period No scoring
17:17 – Tanner Fahlstedt (2)
19:33 – Ryan Frost (2) 		Third period Kyle Sharkey (2) – pp – 15:06
9:09 – Ryan Frost (3) First overtime period No scoring
Eric Rohrkemper (26 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Tyler Green (25 saves / 28 shots)
April 11 Topeka RoadRunners 4 – 3 Wichita Falls Wildcats Kansas Expocentre  
No scoring First period Jason McAloon (1) – 9:42
9:53 – Justin Hussar (1)
11:51 – pp – Davey Middleton (2)
14:01 – Zach Schrotenboer (1) 		Second period Richard Young (2) – 6:01
Ryan Frost (4) – pp – 14:37
18:56 – Jordan Davis (1) Third period No scoring
Rasmus Tirronen (22 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Tyler Green (36 saves / 40 shots)
Topeka wins series 3 – 2

(S2) St. Louis Bandits vs. (S3) Texas Tornado

March 31 Amarillo Bulls 7 – 5 Texas Tornado Amarillo Civic Center  
2:36 - Zack Smoot (1) First period Tyler Rostenkowski (1) - 6:32
Walker Hyland (1) - 14:56
11:25 - Sean Keane (1)
12:06 - sh - Matt Johnson (1)
14:34 - pp - Dan Sherer (1)
18:13 - T.J. Sarcona (1) 		Second period No scoring
0:42 - Sean Keane (2)
19:59 - en - Cody Freeman (1) 		Third period Jimmy Murray (1) - pp - 11:54
Jimmy Murray (2) - 15:17
Marc Biggs (1) - 18:33
Nikifor Szczerba (31 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Jimmy Kruger (29 saves / 35 shots)
April 1 Amarillo Bulls 5 – 3 Texas Tornado Amarillo Civic Center  
13:35 - John Rey (1)
15:01 - pp - Brandon Lubin (1) 		First period Seth Johnson (1) - 4:22
Jack Price (1) - 9:36
No scoring Second period No scoring
7:13 - pp - Zack Smoot (2)
12:12 - Matt Johnson (2)
12:12 - Brooks Behling (1) 		Third period David Rigatti (1) - 2:04
Nikifor Szczerba (27 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Jimmy Kruger (27 saves / 32 shots)
April 8 Texas Tornado 6 – 4 Amarillo Bulls Dr Pepper Arena  
No scoring First period Dan McDougall (1) - pp - 12:58
Joe Kozlak (1) - pp - 15:21
6:07 - pp - Nathan Sliwinski (1)
12:39 - Seth Johnson (2)
15:10 - David Rigatti (2)
16:05 - Jackson Leef (1) 		Second period Zack Smoot (3) - 3:24
1:15 - pp - George Malliaras (1)
3:57 - J.D. Howard (1) 		Third period Brooks Behling (2) - 14:14
Jimmy Kruger (33 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Nikifor Szczerba (25 saves / 31 shots)
Gregg Gruehl (5 saves / 5 shots)
April 9 Texas Tornado 1 – 2 OT Amarillo Bulls Dr Pepper Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
9:25 - Justin Jones (1) Second period Mitch Rogge (1) - 12:02
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Cody Freeman (2) - pp - 3:52
Jimmy Kruger (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Nikifor Szczerba (34 saves / 35 shots)
Amarillo wins series 3 – 1

West Division

(W1) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (W4) Kenai River Brown Bears

April 1 Fairbanks Ice Dogs 5 – 1 Kenai River Brown Bears Big Dipper Ice Arena  
18:47 – Preston Hodge (1) First period Brett Lubanski (1) – 19:51
8:17 – John Stampohar (1)
12:38 – Alec Hajdukovich (1)
14:01 – J.T. Osborn (1) 		Second period No scoring
6:09 – Tayler Munson (1) Third period No scoring
Joe Phillippi (30 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Mathias Dahlström (17 saves / 22 shots)
Josh Benton (9 saves / 9 shots)
April 2 Fairbanks Ice Dogs 6 – 1 Kenai River Brown Bears Big Dipper Ice Arena  
10:50 – Alexander Jensen (1)
16:39 – Brock Carlston (1) 		First period No scoring
0:30 – pp – John Stampohar (2)
9:20 – Preston Hodge (2) 		Second period Jesse Ramsey (1) – 7:23
2:31 – Tayler Munson (2)
18:07 – pp – Zach Vierling (1) 		Third period No scoring
Joe Phillippi (24 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Josh Benton (25 saves / 31 shots)
April 8 Kenai River Brown Bears 2 – 7 Fairbanks Ice Dogs Soldotna Sports Center  
1:38 – Kyle Keenan (1)
13:55 – pp – Bobby Murphy (1) 		First period Zach Vierling (2) – pp – 11:43
Charlie Thauwald (1) – pp – 17:39
No scoring Second period Alexander Jensen (2) – 1:04
Alexander Jensen (3) – 12:59
Alexander Jensen (4) – 17:25
No scoring Third period Gabe Levin (1) – 6:21
Zach Vierling (3) – pp – 9:28
Mathias Dahlström (12 saves / 16 shots)
Josh Benton (13 saves / 16 shots) 		Goalie stats Joe Phillippi (44 saves / 46 shots)
Fairbanks wins series 3 – 0

(W2) Wenatchee Wild vs. (W3) Alaska Avalanche

April 1 Wenatchee Wild 4 – 1 Alaska Avalanche Town Toyota Center  
18:00 - Michael Di Puma (1) First period No scoring
2:01 - D.J. Vandercook (1) Second period No scoring
6:20 - pp - Mario Puskarich (1)
13:50 - pp - Tyler Hope (1) 		Third period Grant Dye (1) - pp - 16:16
Brandon Jaeger (19 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Landon Peterson (33 saves / 37 shots)
April 2 Wenatchee Wild 4 – 3 OT Alaska Avalanche Town Toyota Center  
9:42 - Jacob Barber (1)
11:43 - pp - Max McHugh (1) 		First period No scoring
3:26 - Michael Di Puma (2) Second period Eliot Grauer (1) - pp - 16:24
Matt Friese (1) - 19:35
No scoring Third period Matt Friese (2) - pp - 9:18
4:06 - D.J. Vandercook (2) First overtime period No scoring
Brandon Jaeger (27 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Nick Kulmanovsky (9 saves / 12 shots)
Landon Peterson (11 saves / 12 shots)
April 8 Alaska Avalanche 2 – 4 Wenatchee Wild MTA Events Center  
6:10 - pp - Zach Smith (1) First period Michael Di Puma (3) - 16:27
No scoring Second period Max McHugh (2) - 8:24
12:54 - sh - Eliot Grauer (2) Third period Matt Cope (1) - 1:17
Shawn Pauly (1) - pp - 13:19
Landon Peterson (23 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Brandon Jaeger (16 saves / 18 shots)
Wenatchee wins series 3 – 0

Division Finals

Central Division

(C2) Coulee Region Chill vs. (C4) Bismarck Bobcats

April 15 Coulee Region Chill 4 – 6 Bismarck Bobcats Onalaska OmniCenter  
No scoring First period Matthew Gates (3) - pp - 4:13
Danny Ray (2) - pp - 15:21
13:02 - Tommy Miller (1)
15:59 - Berkley Scott (2)
19:15 - Berkley Scott (3) 		Second period Daniel Zawacki (2) - 3:19
Emerson Auvenshine (3) - 3:57
Daniel Zawacki (3) - pp - 15:43
19:46 - Eric Drapluk (2) Third period Charles Mosey (3) - 4:10
Aaron Davis (29 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Faragher (29 saves / 33 shots)
April 16 Coulee Region Chill 6 – 3 Bismarck Bobcats Onalaska OmniCenter  
2:18 - Jake Useldinger (1)
8:10 - Mike McDonald (1)
18:57 - Berkley Scott (4)
19:35 - David Ripple (2) 		First period No scoring
2:04 - Connor Gaarder (2) Second period Frankie DeAugustine (3) - 19:24
18:58 - en - Lucas Dillon (2) Third period Frankie DeAugustine (4) - 9:31
Charles Mosey (4) - pp - 19:52
Paul Moberg (44 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Faragher (11 saves / 14 shots)
Tommy Burke (22 saves / 24 shots)
April 22 Bismarck Bobcats 4 – 0 Coulee Region Chill V.F.W. Sports Center  
3:03 - pp - Charles Mosey (5) First period No scoring
5:54 - Frankie DeAugustine (5) Second period No scoring
4:30 - Frankie DeAugustine (6)
11:04 - pp - Tyler Richter (1) 		Third period No scoring
Ryan Faragher (26 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Paul Moberg (31 saves / 35 shots)
April 23 Bismarck Bobcats 3 – 4 OT Coulee Region Chill V.F.W. Sports Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
10:01 - Matthew Gates (4)
16:30 - Charles Mosey (6)
17:29 - Castan Sommer (2) 		Second period Zac Frischmon (5) - 1:18
Connor Gaarder (3) - pp - 2:50
No scoring Third period Zac Frischmon (6) - 4:14
No scoring First overtime period Eric Drapluk (2) - 6:15
Ryan Faragher (27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Paul Moberg (44 saves / 47 shots)
April 25 Coulee Region Chill 1 – 3 Bismarck Bobcats Onalaska OmniCenter  
0:51 - Berkley Scott (5) First period Bryce Schmitt (1) - 16:23
No scoring Second period Rodney Lalonde (1) - 2:27
No scoring Third period Castan Sommer (3) - en - 19:25
Paul Moberg (43 saves / 45 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Faragher (33 saves / 34 shots)
Bismarck wins series 3 – 2

North Division

(N1) St. Louis Bandits vs. (N3) Michigan Warriors

April 14 St. Louis Bandits 2 – 0 Michigan Warriors Hardee's Iceplex  
7:18 – Stephen Bopp (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
3:52 – Isak Quakenbush (2) Third period No scoring
Tom Comunale (23 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (31 saves / 33 shots)
April 15 St. Louis Bandits 2 – 3 Michigan Warriors Hardee's Iceplex  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Scott Henegar (1) – pp – 5:34
Scott Henegar (2) – pp – 12:05
1:54 – Evan Stibbard (1)
3:11 – Ryan Stouffer (2) 		Third period Robert Mantha (2) – 11:17
Tom Comunale (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (26 saves / 28 shots)
April 22 Michigan Warriors 2 – 1 St. Louis Bandits Dort Financial Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
14:35 – Robert Mantha (3) Second period No scoring
18:24 – Brandon Boelter (2) Third period Taylor Wolfe (3) – pp – 15:37
Robert Tadazak (36 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Tom Comunale (20 saves / 22 shots)
April 23 Michigan Warriors 2 – 3 St. Louis Bandits Dort Financial Center  
No scoring First period Stephen Bopp (2) – 7:45
Blake Edwards (1) – 13:03
No scoring Second period No scoring
6:15 – Scott Henegar (3)
10:33 – pp – Ryan Green (1) 		Third period Patrick Sheehan (1) – 18:55
Robert Tadazak (35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Tom Comunale (27 saves / 29 shots)
April 25 St. Louis Bandits 1 – 2 Michigan Warriors Hardee's Iceplex  
No scoring First period Robert Tadazak (1) – pp – 6:01
No scoring Second period Andrew Kolb (3) – 16:20
18:10 – Evan Stibbard (2) Third period No scoring
Tom Comunale (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (29 saves / 30 shots)
Michigan wins series 3 – 2

South Division

(S1) Topeka RoadRunners vs. (S2) Amarillo Bulls

April 15 Topeka RoadRunners 3 – 2 OT Amarillo Bulls Amarillo Civic Center  
No scoring First period Brandon Lubin (2) - pp - 3:15
11:51 - Jordan Davis (2) Second period No scoring
7:19 - Nate Milam (5) Third period Matt Johnson (3) - 18:44
14:07 - Nate Milam (6) First overtime period No scoring
Rasmus Tirronen (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Nikifor Szczerba (37 saves / 40 shots)
April 16 Topeka RoadRunners 3 – 4 Amarillo Bulls Amarillo Civic Center  
13:44 - Justin Hussar (2)
19:21 - Kyle Sharkey (3) 		First period No scoring
2:16 - pp - Brian Christie (3) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period T.J. Sarcona (2) - 10:36
Dan McDougall (2) - 11:40
Zack Smoot (4) - pp - 12:40
Cody Freeman (2) - 13:28
Nikifor Szczerba (22 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Rasmus Tirronen (21 saves / 25 shots)
April 21 Amarillo Bulls 2 – 3 OT Topeka RoadRunners Kansas Expocentre  
4:35 - Brooks Behling (3) First period Brian Christie (4) - 14:06
4:58 - Luke Jenkins (1) Second period Kyle Sharkey (4) - 4:53
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 9:09 - Jordan Davis (3)
Rasmus Tirronen (30 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Nikifor Szczerba (35 saves / 38 shots)
April 22 Amarillo Bulls 4 – 2 Topeka RoadRunners Kansas Expocentre  
6:42 - Zack Smoot (5) First period Nate Milam (7) - pp - 9:03
18:06 - pp - Derek Hills (1) Second period Kyle Sharkey (5) - 8:49
10:06 - Dan McDougall (3)
16:27 - T.J. Sarcona (3) 		Third period No scoring
Rasmus Tirronen (32 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Nikifor Szczerba (46 saves / 48 shots)
April 25 Topeka RoadRunners 1 – 3 Amarillo Bulls Amarillo Civic Center  
12:23 - Trevor Campbell (1) First period Dan Sherer (2) - pp - 9:26
No scoring Second period Matt Johnson (4) - 8:15
Cody Freeman (3) - 8:50
No scoring Third period No scoring
Nikifor Szczerba (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Rasmus Tirronen (21 saves / 24 shots)
Amarillo wins series 3 – 2

West Division

(W1) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (W3) Bismarck Bobcats

April 15 Fairbanks Ice Dogs 4 – 3 OT Wenatchee Wild Onalaska OmniCenter  
19:03 - Tyler Voigt (1) First period Mario Puskarich (2) - 9:18
0:23 - Charlie Thauwald (2) Second period Jacob Barber (2) - pp - 7:02
7:11 - sh - Matt Millis (1) Third period Chris Rumble (1) - 19:21
18:23 - John Stampohar (3) First overtime period No scoring
Joe Phillippi (47 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Brandon Jaeger (33 saves / 37 shots)
April 16 Fairbanks Ice Dogs 6 – 3 Wenatchee Wild Onalaska OmniCenter  
1:26 - Zach Vierling (2) First period No scoring
2:10 - Jack Callahan (1)
14:38 - John Stampohar (4) 		Second period Jacob Barber (3) - 19:37
2:25 - J.T. Osborn (2)
4:16 - Tayler Munson (3)
18:37 - en - Brandon Carlson (1) 		Third period Michael Di Puma (4) - 12:05
Shawn Pauly (2) - 12:17
Joe Phillippi (46 saves / 49 shots) Goalie stats Brandon Jaeger (28 saves / 33 shots)
Greg Lewis (7 saves / 7 shots)
April 17 Wenatchee Wild 2 – 1 Fairbanks Ice Dogs V.F.W. Sports Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Brandon Carlson (2) - 17:12
2:08 - D.J. Vandercook (2)
12:19 - Mario Puskarich (3) 		Third period No scoring
Greg Lewis (23 saves / 24 shots)
Brandon Jaeger (1 save / 1 shot) 		Goalie stats Joe Phillippi (25 saves / 27 shots)
April 21 Wenatchee Wild 4 – 5 OT Fairbanks Ice Dogs V.F.W. Sports Center  
9:19 - Chris Rumble (2) First period Alec Hajdukovich (2) - 0:44
1:09 - pp - Mario Puskarich (4)
6:10 - Carl-Johan Sjögren (1) 		Second period No scoring
8:27 - Mario Puskarich (5) Third period Alexander Jensen (5) - 5:04
Gabe Levin (2) - 13:57
J.T. Osborn (3) - 19:20
No scoring First overtime period Jared Linnell (1) - 18:13
Greg Lewis (24 saves / 26 shots)
Brandon Jaeger (13 saves / 16 shots) 		Goalie stats Joe Phillippi (13 saves / 16 shots)
Steve Perry (22 saves / 23 shots)
Fairbanks wins series 3 – 1

Quarterfinal Play-in

(N3) Michigan Warriors vs. (C4) Bismarck Bobcats

April 28 Michigan Warriors 1 – 0 Bismarck Bobcats Kansas Expocentre  
No scoring First period No scoring
18:58 – pp – Tyler Perpich (2) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Robert Tadazak (27 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Faragher (25 saves / 26 shots)
April 29 Michigan Warriors 6 – 5 2OT Bismarck Bobcats Kansas Expocentre  
1:49 – Andrew Kolb (4)
4:50 – Brandon Boelter (3)
8:26 – pp – Kevin Gibson (2) 		First period Donald Olivieri (1) – 3:18
Blake Schammel (1) – 14:12
Danny Ray (3) – 19:57
1:07 – pp – Andrew Kolb (5)
16:32 – pp – Scott Henegar (4) 		Second period Daniel Zawacki (4) – pp – 3:40
Danny Ray (4) – pp – 15:59
No scoring Third period No scoring
12:13 – Ryan Trenz (1) Second overtime period No scoring
Robert Tadazak (39 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Faragher (45 saves / 51 shots)
Michigan wins series 2 – 0

Quarterfinals

May 3

Amarillo Bulls 5 – 2 Michigan Warriors Kansas Expocentre  
2:33 - Dan Sherer (3) First period A.J. White (4) - 11:13
0:41 - Matt Johnson (5)
13:00 - pp - Derek Hills (2) 		Second period Michael Szuma (2) - 14:36
7:15 - Mike Erickson (1)
17:52 - sh - en - Luke Jenkins (2) 		Third period No scoring
Nikifor Szczerba (24 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (29 saves / 33 shots)
Fairbanks Ice Dogs 4 – 3 OT Topeka RoadRunners Kansas Expocentre  
11:42 - Alec Hajdukovich (3) First period No scoring
6:10 - Tayler Munson (4)
8:40 - Jared Linnell (2) 		Second period Davey Middleton (3) - 10:48
Kyle Sharkey (5) - 19:00
No scoring Third period Davey Middleton (4) - 8:43
19:06 - Zach Vierling (3) First overtime period No scoring
Joe Phillippi (47 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Rasmus Tirronen (6 saves / 8 shots)
Eric Rohrkemper (14 saves / 16 shots)

May 4

Fairbanks Ice Dogs 4 – 2 Michigan Warriors Kansas Expocentre  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Ryan Green (2) - 2:00
Scott Henegar (5) - pp - 8:24
2:42 - Tayler Munson (5)
3:58 - Charlie Thauwald (3)
10:36 - Tayler Munson (6)
19:24 - en - Jared Linnell (3) 		Third period No scoring
Joe Phillippi (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (37 saves / 40 shots)
Brach Tiller (0 saves / 0 shots)
Amarillo Bulls 4 – 3 Topeka RoadRunners Kansas Expocentre  
Joe Kozlak (2) - 17:28 First period 6:47 - pp - Jordan Davis (4)
Karl Beckman (1) - 8:13
Karl Beckman (2) - 14:19 		Second period 19:04 - Jordan Davis (5)
Dan Sherer (4) - 5:41 Third period 5:14 - pp - Jordan Davis (6)
Nikifor Szczerba (26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Eric Rohrkemper (13 saves / 17 shots)

May 5

Fairbanks Ice Dogs 2 – 1 Amarillo Bulls Kansas Expocentre  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period John Rey (2) - 9:29
8:24 - Jared Linnell (4)
13:02 - Zach Vierling (6) 		Third period No scoring
Joe Phillippi Goalie stats Nikifor Szczerba (18 saves / 20 shots)
Michigan Warriors 5 – 2 Topeka RoadRunners Kansas Expocentre  
19:12 - Kevin Gibson (3) First period No scoring
5:46 - Bradley Chapman (3)
18:59 - Andrew Kolb (6) 		Second period Jordan Davis (7) - pp - 7:07
9:54 - pp - Brad Chapman (4)
13:02 - ps - Martin Gruse (1) 		Third period Bob Marx (1) - pp - 15:16
Rasmus Tirronen (20 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (22 saves / 24 shots)

Semifinals

(S2) Amarillo Bulls vs. (N3) Michigan Warriors

May 6 Amarillo Bulls 2 – 6 Michigan Warriors Kansas Expocentre  
18:07 – Mitch Rogge (2) First period Scott Henegar (6) – pp – 4:36
Ryan Trenz (3) – pp – 12:46
No scoring Second period Scott Henegar (7) – pp – 5:15
Bradley Chapman (4) – 16:44
16:48 – T.J. Sarcona (4) Third period Scott Henegar (8) – pp – 1:01
A.J. White (5) – 9:43
Nikifor Szczerba (26 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (29 saves / 31 shots)
Brach Tiller (0 saves / 0 shots)

Robertson Cup Finals

(W1) Fairbanks Ice Dogs vs. (N3) Michigan Warriors

May 7 Fairbanks Ice Dogs 4 – 2 Michigan Warriors Kansas Expocentre  
9:40 – John Stampohar (5) First period Bradley Chapman (5) – 3:17
Chris Eckler (1) – sh – 14:01
No scoring Second period No scoring
14:38 – Pete Spratte (1)
16:17 – Alexander Jensen (6)
18:30 – Alec Hajdukovich (4) 		Third period No scoring
Joe Phillippi (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Robert Tadazak (27 saves / 31 shots)

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