2011-2012 NAHL Season

The 2011-2012 NAHL Season was the inaugural season for the North American Hockey League. The season was made up of 8 teams and lasted 23 weeks including playoffs. The season was succeeded by the 2013 NAHL Season.

Veteran Division
Tamriel Tornadoes

Flin Flon Bombers

Space Invaders

Sudbury Bandits

Rookie Division
Marshland Mellows

Vancouver Jacknives

Aiur Zealots

Asgard Gods

Season Summary
The Season was largely dominated by the Sudbury Bandits who posted an extraordinary 19-2 regular season record which still holds up as the best regular season record in league history. Leading into the playoffs the Space Invaders and Flin Flon Bombers were regularly outscoring the Bandits and there was some question over whether or not the Bandits would be able to pull off the post-season victory. This was further questioned when the Bandits dropped their third game against the Bombers to go 1-2 against them on the season. However, with the Space Invaders barely missing the playoffs and the Bombers having a very poor showing in the league finals, the Bandits were able to secure the first ever NAHL Championship.

Season Standings

 * Green = Qualified for playoffs
 * Red = Missed playoffs
 * Italics = Division Champion
 * * = The team was promoted to Veteran Division
 * ~ = The team was relegated to Rookie Division

Top 5 Most Valuable Forwards

 * 1. Evgeni Malkin - Sudbury Bandits
 * 2. Steven Stamkos - Vancouver Jacknives
 * 3. Scott Hartnell - Tamriel Tornadoes
 * 4. Corey Perry - Flin Flon Bombers
 * 5. Claude Giroux - Sudbury Bandits

Top 5 Most Valuable Defencemen

 * 1. Erik Karlsson - Flin Flon Bombers
 * 2. Dustin Byfuglien - Space Invaders
 * 3. Kris Letang - Space Invaders
 * 4. Zdeno Chara - Sudbury Bandits
 * 5. Shea Weber - Flin Flon Bombers

Top 5 Most Valuable Goaltenders

 * 1. Henrik Lundqvist - Flin Flon Bombers
 * 2. Brian Elliott - Flin Flon Bombers
 * 3. Pekka Rinne - Sudbury Bandits
 * 4. Mike Smith - Space Invaders
 * 5. Jonathan Quick - Asgard Gods

Top 5 Surprise Players

 * 1. James Neal - Space Invaders
 * 2. Brian Elliott - Flin Flon Bombers
 * 3. Scott Hartnell - Tamriel Tornadoes
 * 4. Phil Kessel - Sudbury Bandits
 * 5. Jaroslav Halak - Sudbury Bandits

Team Accolades

 * Most Goals - Space Invaders (133) 
 * Least Goals - Asgard Gods (73) 
 * Most Assists - Sudbury Bandits (241) 
 * Least Assists - Asgard Gods (134) 
 * Most Penalty Minutes - Vancouver Jacknives (337) 
 * Least Penalty Minutes - Marshland Mellows (202) 
 * Best Goaltending - Flin Flon Bombers (.921%) 
 * Worst Goaltending - Aiur Zealots (.907%) 
 * Most Points For - Sudbury Bandits (1597) 
 * Least Points For - Asgard Gods (934) 
 * Most Points Against - Tamriel Tornadoes (1415.2) 
 * Least Points Against - Sudbury Bandits (1128.8) 
 * Longest Winning Streak - Sudbury Bandits (9) 
 * Longest Losing Streak - Asgard Gods (8)