2012–13 AWHL season
2012–13 AWHL season
| 2012–13 AWHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | American West Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 28, 2012 – March 2, 2013 |
| Number of games | 178[1] |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Total attendance | 102,419[1] |
| Average attendance | 575[1] |
| Regular Season | |
| Season champions | Helena Bighorns (1st) |
| Lewis & Clark Cup | |
| Champions | Helena Bighorns (2nd) |
| Runners-up | Yellowstone Quake |
| 2012–13 AWHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | American West Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 28, 2012 – March 2, 2013 |
| Number of games | 178[1] |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Total attendance | 102,419[1] |
| Average attendance | 575[1] |
| Regular Season | |
| Season champions | Helena Bighorns (1st) |
| Lewis & Clark Cup | |
| Champions | Helena Bighorns (2nd) |
| Runners-up | Yellowstone Quake |
Team changes
The Yellowstone Quake joined the AWHL from the Northern Pacific Hockey League (NorPac) as the league's seventh member.[4]
The Glacier Nationals, a team in the Northern Pacific Hockey League, played 20 games (10 home, 10 away) against AWHL teams in order to alleviate the travel time Glacier had to make to play other teams in their league. Glacier was the farthest east of all of the NorPac teams at the time.[3]
Regular season
| Place | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helena Bighorns | 48 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 334 | 55 | 90 |
| 2 | Yellowstone Quake | 48 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 234 | 155 | 72 |
| 3 | Gillette Wild | 48 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 224 | 165 | 64 |
| 4 | Missoula Maulers | 48 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 219 | 152 | 58 |
| 5 | Billings Bulls | 48 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 142 | 176 | 45 |
| 6 | Great Falls Americans | 48 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 194 | 34 |
| 7 | Bozeman Icedogs | 48 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 376 | 2 |
Playoffs
AWHL Semifinals
AWHL Finals
USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship
By winning the AWHL Championship, Helena earned a birth to the 2013 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship in Rochester, Minnesota.[7] The Bighorns went 2–1 in pool play, with a 2–1 overtime win against the New Jersey Rockets of the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League,[9] an 11–2 win over the Boch Blazers of the Eastern States Hockey League,[10] and a 5–3 loss to the Atlanta Jr. Knights of the EJHL South.[11] The Bighorns earned the second seed in their group and advanced to the semifinals, losing to the eventual national champion[12] North Iowa Bulls 3–2 in the second overtime period.[13]