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 xy – Southern Minnesota Express 583517676233175 x – Fargo-Moorhead Jets 583421371209147 x – Bismarck Bobcats 583123466204184 x – Minnesota Blizzard 582429353149219 North Iowa Outlaws 581837339149219
North Division
Team xy – USNTDP 583914583254147 x – Cleveland Jr. Barons 583519474197150 x – Mahoning Valley Phantoms 583420472214181 x – Traverse City North Stars 581734741162258 Alpena IceDiggers 581338733147260
South Division
Team xy – Texas Tornado 584212488201132 x – Texarkana Bandits 584214286240145 x – Springfield Jr. Blues 582826460181208 x – Wichita Falls Wildcats 582628456171189 Santa Fe RoadRunners 582428654182205
West Division
Team xyz – Bozeman IceDogs 58489197235117 x – Fairbanks Ice Dogs 5830181070173175 x – Billings Bulls 582030848167252 x – Wasilla Spirit 582333248133187 Helena Bighorns 581735640186246
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.
Player Team 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.
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