The Great Falls Americans were a

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team based in

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playing in the American Frontier Hockey League and the

America West Hockey League The America West Hockey League (AWHL) was a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league. The AWHL was formed in 1992 to offer junior ice hockey to the Rocky Mountain region of USA Hockey. It originally was called the American Frontier Hockey League (AFHL), ...

from 1995 to 2003. They played at the

Four Seasons Arena The Four Seasons Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and exhibition arena located in the city of Great Falls, Montana, in the United States. Constructed in 1979, it served primarily as an ice rink until 2005. The failure of the practice rink's ...

. The team won the league championship in 2000-2001. Notable players during the 2000-2001 AWHL hockey season include Pat Dwyer, Bobby Robins, Jon Volp, and

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. During this successful season, under the coaching of Swedish born

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, the Americans won the AWHL championship, beating the

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for the trophy.

Season-by-season record

Season statistics statistics
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''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points,
GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

References

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