NEW 2024/25 NAHL/NA3HL Season thread

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NA3 Show

 

[VaCaps Fan]

She works hard!

 

[JMCx4]

She works hard!

She's the Donna Summer of U.S. juniors Digital Media and Communications ...

 

[JMCx4]

Craving a return to live hockey, I attended a very early season NA3HL game on Saturday night, Wisconsin Woodsmen @ St. Louis Jr Blues. The Visitors were the better skating & passing team, and looked more comfortable & practiced playing on special teams (esp. the PP). But the Jr Blues' goalie Brooks Barofsky played very well positionally & made a few acrobatic saves to keep the game close. Final score was Blues 5-Woodsmen 4 after a scoreless 5-minute OT period & 2-1/2 shootout rounds. The hometeam victory split the weekend pair. Now it's time for the Jr Blues to sharpen their passing skills & get used to playing as a team.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

How was the arena?

 

[JMCx4]

Communit

How was the arena?

Same as it's been for a long time: community rink, bleacher seating on one side (seats 900 butts hip-to-hip), low ceiling, but noticeably warmer this weekend than usual. Normal temps inside Affton Ice Rink are near-Arctic.

 

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That's one of the fun things having a kid play hockey is all the different rinks you get to see. I never used to travel but now I really have to think to remember all the places I have seen.

 

[JMCx4]

That's one of the fun things having a kid play hockey is all the different rinks you get to see. I never used to travel but now I really have to think to remember all the places I have seen.

And you have a LOT of company on that journey.

 

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NA3HL Stars of The Week September 13-15

 

[JMCx4]

NA3HL Stars of The Week September 13-15

Nobody Settles like Kyle ... Go Blues!

 

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NA3HL Top Plays of the Week September 9-15

 

[I am Bettman]

Olathe, KS City Council approves KC Mavericks’ owner Lamar Hunt Jr.’s new entertainment development, which includes a 5k seat arena. The Mavs will, most likely, stay put on the MO side of the metro. Rumor is LHJr will bring a NAHL3 team to KC (though KC would fit nicely in the USHL footprint).

Which division do you think they would end up in?

 

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NA3 Show September 20

 

[JMCx4]

Which division do you think they would end up in?

NA3, USHL, or none of the above?

 

[I am Bettman]

NA3, USHL, or none of the above?

If an na3 team were added in Kansas City, would they be more likely to be added to the Central division or West? Pretty similar travel if I’m not mistaken, and both divisions are sitting at 6 teams this season.

 

[JMCx4]

If an na3 team were added in Kansas City, would they be more likely to be added to the Central division or West? Pretty similar travel if I’m not mistaken, and both divisions are sitting at 6 teams this season.

Purely speculation (on the condition that Hunt Jr. actually ices a team), but it seems to me that the bus travel routes from/to Olathe would be easier with Central opponents rather than West opponents. Though there has been crossover play between the two divisions to fill in season calendar dates, so it may come down to which division has the greater influence with Commish Mark Frankenfield.