The NAHL is one of the oldest junior hockey leagues in the United States and is headquartered in Addison, Texas.

[2] The teams span the United States from Maine in the East to Alaska in the Northwest and to Texas in the South.

Under USA Hockey Tier II sanctioning, NAHL teams do not charge players to play and also provide players with uniforms, team clothing and select equipment such as sticks, gloves and helmets.

Unlike the Tier I United States Hockey League, there are no roster restrictions in the NAHL on overage players, which allows for the older players to gain extra NCAA exposure as well as teams to retain a veteran core.

[3][4] The league's all-time leading scorer is Ryan Fultz who tallied 246 points in four seasons.

2008–09 season: The Southern Minnesota Express moved to Detroit and became the Motor City Machine.

[26][27] The Texas Tornado returned to the league after taking a year off while their home arena was undergoing renovations.

[28] The Motor City franchise's new ownership changed the team's nickname from Machine to Metal Jackets.

The North Iowa Outlaws relocated to become the Coulee Region Chill in Onalaska, Wisconsin.

The Dawson Creek Rage, New Mexico Mustangs, and St. Louis Bandits takes leaves of absence.

The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees purchased the Wenatchee Wild franchise.

The Michigan Warriors ceased operations due to the arrival of the major junior Flint Firebirds.

The Wenatchee Wild organization left the NAHL and joined the Canadian Junior A British Columbia Hockey League.

2016–17 season: The league announced the continued expansion of the East Division by adding the Northeast Generals of Attleboro, Massachusetts.

[32] 2017–18 season: The Wichita Falls Wildcats ceased operations after failing to find a buyer for the franchise.

2018–19 season: The NAHL added another team to its East Division with an expansion franchise granted to the Maryland Black Bears.

2020–21 season: The NAHL added the Wichita Falls Warriors as an expansion team while the Topeka Pilots were relocated as the Kansas City Scouts and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights sold their franchise to the Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks.

The Corpus Christi IceRays, Jamestown Rebels, Kansas City Scouts, and Springfield Jr. Blues went dormant for the season due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.

[35][36][37][38] The Fairbanks Ice Dogs and Kenai River Brown Bears both temporarily relocated to Minnesota and closer to the other teams in their division until mid-April 2021 due to pandemic-related travel restrictions to Alaska.

The team will play at the Rochester Ice Center in the metropolitan suburb of Fairport, New York.

The Shamrocks will be owned by Codington County Hockey Club LLC, including Mark Gullbrandson, Donald Sisson, KC Finnegan, and Vince Foley[51] at NAHL Approved an expansion team in the Central Division, located in Forest Lake, Minnesota, with the name of the Minnesota Mallards.

The Robertson Cup Championship is a playoff series held at the end of the NAHL season.

The trophy is awarded annually to the USA Hockey Tier II junior national playoff champion.

[citation needed] Chuck Robertson was the owner of the Paddock Pool Saints when they won a record seven straight NAHL championships from 1976 to 1983.