Tri-State Spartans 18U defenseman Dougherty signs NAHL Tender

The NAPHL’s T1ER League is pleased to announce that Tri-City Spartans 18U defenseman Henry Dougherty has signed an NAHL tender agreement for the 2024-25 season with the El Paso Rhinos of the NAHL’s South Division.

Dougherty,18, has been with the Tri-City Spartans organization in the NAPHL dating back to the 2020-2021 where he started at the 14U level. 

Over the course of the three seasons with the Spartans, the Southington, CT native has appeared in a total of 55 regular season games, tallying 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists). The 6’5” defenseman and Tri-City have made a run for the Dixon Cup at the 14U, 15U and 16U levels, playing in a total of 13 playoff games. 

Dougherty is one of three skaters from the Tri-City 18U team who has signed a NAHL tender agreement for the upcoming season. 

Click here to see a list of T1ER tenders for the 2023-24 season

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. Each team is granted ten (10) tenders, which include two (2) tenders exclusively used on players from the T1ER - plus or minus any trades - which became active on November 1st. Tendered players are not eligible for the 2024 NAHL Draft.