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The North American Hockey League (NAHL) is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is in its 40th season of operation in 2015–16. It is the only Junior A Tier II league sanctioned by USA Hockey, and acts as an alternative to the United States Hockey League (USHL). The NAHL is the oldest and largest junior hockey league in the United States, and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas (they are co-located in the same facility as the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars).〔http://www.nahl.com/the-nahl/contact/contact.cfm〕 The league consists of four divisions with a total of 22 teams. The teams span the United States from Pennsylvania in the East to Washington in the West and from Alaska in the North to Texas in the South. The teams play a 60-game regular season, starting in mid-September and ending in early April. The top two teams of the NAHL playoffs will meet in a predetermined location to play in the Robertson Cup Championship Tournament. From its beginning in 1975, the NAHL was primarily a 6–12-team league based in the Midwest, known as the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League and changed the name to the North American Hockey League in 1984.〔http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/149.html〕 Jason Weber, of Livonia, Michigan, is the all-time leading scorer in the NAHL, tallying 65 goals and 115 assists for 180 points from 1990 to 1992. Other notable alumni from the NAJHL include Pat Lafontaine, Mike Modano, Doug Weight, Pat Peake, Brian Rolston, Brian Holzinger, Brian Rafalski, and Todd Marchant. In 2003, the league merged with the defunct America West Hockey League to form a 19-team league, the NAHL, which has led to the current 22 teams to begin play in the 2015–16 season. ==Current teams== The 2015–16 season has 22 teams playing in 4 divisions:〔http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=5681〕 ''Note: An aterisk ( *) donates a franchise relocation. See respective team articles from more information.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North American Hockey League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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