Lincoln Stars 18U forward Kline signs NAHL Tender

The NAPHL’s T1ER League is pleased to announce that the Lincoln Stars 18U forward Sam Kline has signed a NAHL tender agreement for the 2025-26 season with the Austin Bruins of the NAHL’s Central Division.

Kline, 17, is a second year T1ER player within the Stars’ organization playing at both the 16U and 18U levels. Over the course of two seasons, the 2007 forward has skated in 20 league games and is over a point per game player tallying a total of 30 points (17 goals, 13 assists). 

This season at the 18U level, Kline is the second overall leadinging scorer in the division and has proven to be a key member of Lincoln’s lineup. His most notable stretch of games to date came during the T1ER West NAHL Experience Weekend in New Mexico, where he recorded back-to-back multi-point performances. During his team’s 4-2 victory over the Wasatch Renegades, Kline potted a pair of goals, including the game winner, in addition to recording one assist. His momentum would keep on rolling into the next game as he posted four points against the New Jersey Titans, including a pair of both goals and assists. 

He is the first skater from Lincoln’s 18U team who has signed an NAHL tender agreement for the upcoming season. 

Click here to see a list of T1ER tenders for the 2024-25 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 2025 NAHL Draft.