2004–05 NAHL Season

The 2004–05 NAHL season was the 21st season of the North American Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2004 to March 2005 with a 56-game schedule for each team. The Texas Tornado won the regular season championship and went on to defeat the Fargo-Moorhead Jets 6 to 1 for the Robertson Cup.

Member changes

* The Lone Star Cavalry relocated and became the Santa Fe Roadrunners.

* The Central Texas Blackhawks rebranded as the Central Texas Marshals.

* The Fernie Ghostriders, left the league and joined the KIJHL.

Regular season

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:

''Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title''

Standings

North Division

South Division

West Division

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.

Leading goaltenders

''Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage ''

Robertson Cup playoffs

Four teams qualified for the Round Robin semifinal, the host (Bismarck) and the four division champions. If Bismarck won the West division final, the runner-up would receive the final qualifying spot. For the round robin semifinal, ties were broken first by head-to-head matchup and then by goal differential.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Note: Despite winning their Division Final, the USNTDP were unavailable for the Semifinal round. Instead, the Soo Indians, as runners-up, advanced to the Round Robin.

References

NAHL reference

External links

Official website of the North American Hockey League

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