Offseason Update #1

- The NAHL and Poinstreak announced an agreement wherein Pointstreak will design and host all of the NAHL team's websites. It will interesting to see if this is a good thing or not.

- The St. Louis Bandits won their third consecutive Robertson Cup championship last Sunday in Mason City, with an overtime victory over the Wenatchee Wild. The pivotal game for the Wild was their match up with the Mahoning Valley Phantoms. The Phantoms jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but the Wild came storming back and eventually beat MVP in overtime. Had that outcome been reversed, it would have been the Bandits and Phantoms in the championship game for the third straight year.

- The Texas Tornado are officially back in the NAHL for the 2009/2010 season. The Tornado were dormant for the past season, and there was much uncertainty regarding their future in the NAHL.

- Former Owatonna Huskie hockey player Jake Pence is one win away from a second consecutive IHL Turner Cup Championship. His Fort Wayne Komets team is up 3 games to none in a best of seven series versus the Muskegon Lumberjacks.

- In the USHL, the Fargo Force and the Indiana Ice are tied 1 game apiece in the Championship series.

- The NAHL has announced that the Wenatchee Wild will be hosting the 2010 Robertson Cup tournament in Washington next spring. You'll get the best deal on plane tickets if you book them today. It will be nice to have a large contingent of Express fans watching them win the championship next year.

- The Topeka Roadrunners franchise appears to be changing hands. It looked bleak for the 'Runners this spring, but a new ownership group has stepped up and is going to keep the team in Topeka.


Next up for the Express is the NAHL draft on May 20th, followed by the first of two tryout camps next month. It takes place June 19-21 and is an open camp. The best players from this camp will be invited to the final camp in July.

See you at the rink.

--BK