T1ER East Showcase begins Friday at Hollydell Ice Arena
The fifth event of the North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) T1ER League takes place this weekend on December 1-3, 2023, at the East Showcase at the Hollydell Ice Arena in Sewell, NJ.
All games at the December East Showcase can be watched exclusively on NATV.
NAHL Games: Maryland Black Bears vs. Philadelphia Rebels
Fri: 12/1 | 7:30pm Hollydell Ice Arena
Sat: 12/1 | 7:30pm Hollydell Ice Arena
ALL Participating players, coaches, & officials are invited to the NAHL games. Ticket are free for those attending the event. Family and friends will need to pay a discounted ticket fee of $5 per person.
Tenders: One of the major benefits of the T1ER League is the fact that all 32 NAHL teams have two tenders that are exclusively used on T1ER players. Each NAHL team is granted 10 tenders, plus or minus any trades, which become active on November 1. However, the two exclusive T1ER tenders have already been released and NAHL teams are eligible to start signing players for the 2024-25 season.
What is a tender? A tender is a contract, of sorts, a player signs announcing his intentions to play for that particular NAHL team and that NAHL team only. Once a player signs a tender with an NAHL team, his playing rights belong to that team within the NAHL and he may not be recruited by any other NAHL team.
A record number of 75 players who played in the league during the 2022-23 season signed NAHL tenders for the current 2023-24 season.
In the last three years, no other USA Hockey Midget Tier I league has had more players play in the North American Hockey League than the T1ER.
Founded in 2009 and now in its 15th season in 2023-24, the NAPHL T1ER League is the premier training ground for development, exposure, and opportunity. The success of teams on the national stage, as well as the success of T1ER players at the next levels of hockey, is further proof that the T1ER League is redefining exposure and has become the marquee place to play for elite level players, ages 13-18.
