2005–06 NAHL season

2005–06 NAHL season
League	North American Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season September 9, 2005 – March 26, 2006 Post-season March 30 – May 13, 2006
Number of games	58
Number of teams	20
Regular season
Season champions	Bozeman IceDogs
Top scorer	Josh Heidinger (Bozeman IceDogs)
Robertson Cup Playoffs
Finals champions	Texas Tornado
Runners-up	Bozeman IceDogs

The 2005–06 NAHL season was the 22nd season of the North American Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2005 to April 2006 with a 58-game schedule for each team. The Bozeman IceDogs won the regular season championship and went on be defeated by the Texas Tornado 4 to 2 for the Robertson Cup.

Member changes

• The Soo Indians and Central Texas Marshals both folded.

• The NAHL replaced those two franchises with the Southern Minnesota Express, North Iowa Outlaws and Traverse City North Stars.

• The Springfield Spirit relocated and became the Wasilla Spirit.

• The Toledo IceDiggers relocated and became the Alpena IceDiggers.

• Due to the founding of the Youngstown SteelHounds, the Youngstown Phantoms rebranded as the Mahoning Valley Phantoms.

Regular season

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

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 – Southern Minnesota Express	58	35	17	6	76	233	175
x – Fargo-Moorhead Jets	58	34	21	3	71	209	147
x – Bismarck Bobcats	58	31	23	4	66	204	184
x – Minnesota Blizzard	58	24	29	3	53	149	219
North Iowa Outlaws	58	18	37	3	39	149	219

North Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
xy – USNTDP	58	39	14	5	83	254	147
x – Cleveland Jr. Barons	58	35	19	4	74	197	150
x – Mahoning Valley Phantoms	58	34	20	4	72	214	181
x – Traverse City North Stars	58	17	34	7	41	162	258
Alpena IceDiggers	58	13	38	7	33	147	260

South Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
xy – Texas Tornado	58	42	12	4	88	201	132
x – Texarkana Bandits	58	42	14	2	86	240	145
x – Springfield Jr. Blues	58	28	26	4	60	181	208
x – Wichita Falls Wildcats	58	26	28	4	56	171	189
Santa Fe RoadRunners	58	24	28	6	54	182	205

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
xyz – Bozeman IceDogs	58	48	9	1	97	235	117
x – Fairbanks Ice Dogs	58	30	18	10	70	173	175
x – Billings Bulls	58	20	30	8	48	167	252
x – Wasilla Spirit	58	23	33	2	48	133	187
Helena Bighorns	58	17	35	6	40	186	246

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Josh Heidinger	Bozeman Icedogs	53	32	56	88	47
Carter Camper	Cleveland Jr. Barons	57	30	51	81	26
Marc Menzione	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	58	29	46	75	62
Eric Kattelus	Bismarck Bobcats	50	35	40	75	38
Karl Sellan	Texas Tornado	58	38	36	74	116
Anthony Ciraulo	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	56	25	48	73	150
Casey Haines	Texarkana Bandits	58	29	44	73	75
Anthony Becker	Texarkana Bandits	56	27	44	71	66
Corey Stark	Santa Fe Roadrunners	58	37	33	70	24
Jacques Lamoureux	Bismarck Bobcats	54	32	38	70	103

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
Matt Dalton	Bozeman Icedogs	39	2314:33	33	5	0	1	63	9	1,044	.940	1.63
Troy Redmann	Texas Tornado	49	2924:30	33	11	1	3	100	2	1,178	.915	2.05
B. J. O'Brien	Fargo-Moorhead Jets	46	2666:00	27	14	0	3	96	6	1,279	.925	2.16
Riley Gill	Texarkana Bandits	44	2645:13	34	9	0	1	96	6	1,429	.933	2.18
Kenny Reiter	Cleveland Jr. Barons	30	1735:37	16	9	1	3	69	3	824	.916	2.39

Robertson Cup playoffs

Five teams qualified for the Round Robin semifinal, the host (Mahoning Valley) and the four division champions. If Mahoning Valley won the North 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	Southern Minnesota Express	3*	0	5	6	6
	C4	Minnesota Blizzard	2	3	1	7*	3
										C1	Southern Minnesota Express	4	6	2*	4*	-	-	-
	Central Division
										C2	Fargo-Moorhead Jets	2	0	1	3	-	-	-
	C2	Fargo-Moorhead Jets	3	4	1	3	-
	C3	Bismarck Bobcats	2	2	2	1	-
	N1	USNTDP	1	4	3	2	1
	N4	Traverse City North Stars	2	2	4*	0	0
										N1	USNTDP	3*	1	3	4*	2	1	2
	North Division
										N2	Cleveland Jr. Barons	2	2	2	3	4	2*	3
	N2	Cleveland Jr. Barons	1	5	3	5	5														C1	Southern Minnesota Express	-		3		5
	N3	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	2	4	2	6*	2														N2	Cleveland Jr. Barons		-	3	1
																														S1	Texas Tornado	4
																					S1	Texas Tornado	4	5	-
																														W1	Bozeman IceDogs	2
	S1	Texas Tornado	6	1	0	4	4														W1	Bozeman IceDogs		2		-	3
	S4	Wichita Falls Wildcats	1	2	3	2	0														H	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	2			0	-
										S1	Texas Tornado	6*	8	3*	2	-	-	-
	South Division
										S2	Texarkana Bandits	5	0	2	0	-	-	-
	S2	Texarkana Bandits	2	5	3	3	-																							Third Place Game
	S3	Springfield Jr. Blues	5	2	0	2	-
																														C2	Southern Minnesota Express	6
																														H	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	2
	W1	Bozeman IceDogs	5	4	5	-	-
	W3	Billings Bulls	1	0	3	-	-
										W1	Bozeman IceDogs	1	4	7	6	2	-	-
	West Division
										W2	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	2	2	2	1	1	-	-
	W2	Fairbanks Ice Dogs	1	2*	3*	0	4
	W4	Wasilla Spirit	2*	1	2	4	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: Southern Minnesota and Texas played twice in the Round-Robin. The Express won the first game 7–3 while Texas won the second, 4–3.

References

• NAHL reference

External links

• Official website of the North American Hockey League