Danbury 16U forward Schmitz signs NAHL Tender

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The NAPHL’s T1ER League is pleased to announce that Danbury’s 16U forward Riley Schmitz has signed a NAHL tender agreement for the 2025-26 season with the Johnstown Tomahawks of the NAHL’s East Division.

Schmitz, 16, is in his first season with the Danbury Hat Tricks in the T1ER League. The Winchester, CA native has made an immediate impact, averaging more than a point per game with 16 points (12 goals, 4 assists) in 14 games, with four of his goals have come on the power play. Schmitz's 16 points have him tied as the team's leading scorer. 

His standout performance of the season came at the prestigious Dixon Cup Event, where the 2008 forward recorded an impressive four points against the Carolina Rage. Not only did he score a hat trick, including a powerplay goal, but he also provided the primary assist on the game-winning goal.

Schmitz is the first skater from Danbury’s 16U 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.