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August 2, 2006 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Alpena IceDiggers News Release


Alpena MI: The Alpena IceDiggers released their 2006-2007 schedule today for the upcoming season, the NAHL has expanded the regular season to 29 home games and 33 games away from Northern Lights Arena. Please see the attached document for the full IceDiggers schedule.

The IceDiggers will compete in the North division against Traverse City, Marquette, NTDP USA and Mahoning Valley. "This season will be a test because of the added number of games and I look forward to the challenge of preparing the guys for the entire season." said Coach Kenny Miller.

All 17 teams will kick off the regular season at the four day NAHL Showcase Tournament Sept. 13-16 at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, Minnesota. The IceDiggers will take on the North Iowa Outlaws, Alexandria Blizzard, Texas Tornado (3 time defending National Champions) and the St. Louis Bandits (formerly the Texarkana Bandits) All of the Showcase games count in the league standings.

The IceDiggers home season will begin on Friday Sept. 22nd versus the newest NAHL team the Marquette Rangers at 7:00PM the following night Alpena will invade Marquette for the Rangers home opener. The IceDiggers also have several special dates for the season they include a home game versus Traverse City on New Year's Eve and also St. Patrick's Day. The IceDiggers will endure a long road trip after they host Traverse City on Friday November 10th they will not return to Northern Lights Arena until Wednesday December 13th playing ten games on the road during that stretch. This year's schedule includes four Sunday afternoon games and four Wednesday night games. "We are very pleased with the schedule and we hope the fans of Alpena will continue their strong support for our team on the Wednesday night games which were necessary due to the increase in the number of games that the league has added." stated Miller

The IceDiggers last regular season home game will take place on Saturday March 17, 2007 versus the Traverse City. "Coach Miller has worked extremely hard to select a team with some good players and more importantly good young men who I am sure will represent the community well and will be very competitive throughout the season" said Vice President and General Manager Bob Krafft. Season ticket sales will wrap up on August 5, 2006 and there are still plenty of excellent seats available.

The IceDiggers plan to wear several special event jerseys this season. The IceDiggers are scheduled to wear Camouflage jersey's on Friday November 10, 2006 versus their cross state rival the North Stars. And the popular NASCAR jersey's will be worn by your favorite IceDigger player on Saturday February 3, 2007 when they play host to the Rangers. They will also wear their annual St. Patrick's day jerseys on Friday March 17, 2007. All three sets will be auctioned off immediately following each game in the main bleachers.

The NAHL league office had this to say regarding the upcoming season. We're looking forward to exciting, competitive season," said NAHL interim commissioner Mark Frankenfeld. "Traditionally, there's great parity in our league and we're expecting more of the same this year."

The league is comprised of three divisions, with five teams in the North Division (Alpena, Mahoning Valley, Marquette, Traverse City and USA U-17) six in the South Division (Alaska, Fairbanks, Texas, Santa Fe, St. Louis and Wichita Falls) and six in the Central Division (Alexandria, Bismarck, Fargo-Moorhead, North Iowa, Southern Minnesota and Springfield).

The Playoffs will feature two best-of-five series commencing the weekend following the conclusion of the regular season with the winner of the three divisions and the championship tournament host team vying for the Robertson Cup the first week of May.

For more information on the NAHL and the Alpena IceDiggers please visit the league website at www.nahl.com or call the IceDiggers office at (989) 356-9812.



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