This is the 2026-27 Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey season. This is the league's 31st season overall dating back to its' founding in 1996 as the semi-professional Quebec Semi Professional Hockey League. This is the league's 22nd season under this name which it adopted for the 2004-05 season.
Membership Changes Shortly after the Laval Pétroliers won the league championship on May 2nd, a video surfaced of an unnamed man who is seen consuming beer in the video proceeded to give what appears to be the Gilles-Rousseau Cup a pro wrestling style flying elbow while the trophy was lying prone on the locker room floor flattening the cylindrical base of the trophy. As a result of the incident the team is suspended until the league's Board of Governors meeting when a final ruling is issued. The Petroliers released a statement acknowledging the incident and claiming no disrespect, saying the offender was a fan who had made his way into the locker room during the post-game pandemonium. They went on to say that the trophy was not the actual trophy, or even the replica that the league uses for such celebrations, but a faux trophy. This was given some level of validity when a staffer posted a picture of a pristine Gilles-Rousseau Cup poolside with the caption “the cup is intact”. https://www.quebecice.com/post/cupgate-a-celebration-a-broken-trophy-and-a-suspension The league issued a press release on May 29, 2026 stating that the league was going to have seven teams in the league for the 2026-27 playing season and that the league's board of governors voted to expel and dissolve the Laval Pétroliers at the league's Annual General Meeting.https://www.lnah.com/fr/publication/nouvelle/la_lnah_annonce_sa_saison_2026-2027.html
On August 1, 2026 the league announced the addition of the Manotick Mariners to the league for the 2026-27 season. The team was previously a member of the Northern Premier Hockey League.https://www.facebook.com/LNAHofficiel/posts/pfbid02S9YhuWL2tCGnF5qeKwf2ip2qz95TPZ72rocrb3X6gnRtC8AUG83ojyLUTtmHeemal
Teams Team City Arena JoinedManotick MarinersManotick, OntarioManotick Community Centre & Mike O'Neil Arena2024/2026Jonquière MarquisSaguenay, QuebecPalais des Sports de Saguenay1996*/2009 National de Québec Ancienne Lorette, Quebec Complexe Sportif Bonair 2024Rivière-du-Loup 3LRivière-du-Loup, QuebecCentre Premier Tech2008*/2010Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5Saint-Georges, QuebecCentre Sportif Lacroix-Dutil1996*/2010Bataillon de St-Hyacinthe St. Hyacinthe, QuebecStade L.P. Gaucher 2024Sorel-Tracy ÉperviersSorel-Tracy, QuebecColisée Cardin1996*/2013Thetford Mines AssuranciaThetford Mines, QuebecCentre Mario Gosselin1996*/2015
Standings to be added upon completion of the season. Gilles-Rousseau Cup Playoffs All eight teams qualify for the playoffs.
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