Pair of Biggby 18U players sign NAHL Tender

The NAPHL’s T1ER League is pleased to announce that Biggby Coffee 18U players Kiefer Ward and Drew Watz have signed NAHL tender agreements with the Maryland Black Bears and Watertown Shamrocks.

Ward, 18, completed his first season of 18U hockey in net for Biggby, appearing in nine T1ER contests and posting a 4-5 record. The Fenton, MI native turned aside 229 of the 255 shots he faced, finishing the year with a .898 save percentage. His standout performance came on February 1st, when he stopped 18 of 19 shots to help Biggby to a 4-1 win over Gilmore Academy, posting a .947 save percentage in the victory.

Watz, also 18, made his 18U debut this season, appearing in 15 games and tallying 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists), averaging just under a point per game. He recorded four multi-point outings, including a one-goal, one-assist performance during Biggby’s 4-0 shutout of Omaha Mastery at the Dixon Cup.

In total, 11 players from Biggby’s 18U roster have signed NAHL tender agreements ahead of 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.