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NHL Hockey: Great Falls skater Patrick Dwyer reflects on solid seasonrnrnBy Steve Schreck Tribune Sports Writerrnrn rnFrom playing for the Great Falls Americans, to his college days at Western Michigan, to the minors, to now the National Hockey League, Patrick Dwyer hasn’t taken the road less traveled – he has taken the road never traveled.rnrnPatrick Dwyer, 30, who was born in Spokane, Wash., but spent the majority of his childhood in Great Falls, is currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL. He is the only player to make the league from Great Falls, and is believed to be the only Montanan to play most of his junior hockey in Big Sky country and make it in the NHL.rn

rnGREAT FALLS, Mont., May 6, 2014 —A Great Falls Americans defenseman from this past year’s squad has decided to continue his education and hockey career at a NCAA Division III school in Wisconsin. rnrnDonovan Mattfeldt is set to join the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) after making a commitment to join the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellow jackets in Superior, Wisconsin.rn

rnGREAT FALLS, Mont., Apr. 29, 2014 — A former Great Falls American hockey standout recently announced his intentions of playing college hockey at a NCAA Division III school. rn

By Steven SchreckrnGreat Falls Tribune Sports WriterrnrnWhen a league prides itself in a word such as advancement, it is hard to have a hockey team on the ice with a word such as experienced.rnrnrnrnThe Helena Bighorns have done it. The Great Falls Americans are in the process of trying to do it.rnrnThose are the two teams that were head and shoulders above the rest in the American West Hockey League this season. rnrnHelena was probably head and shoulders better than Great Falls. The Bighorns swept the Americans in the league finals.

FRISCO, Texas, March 21, 2014 — The North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) is proud to announce the addition of a new Frontier Division made up of the seven teams from the America West Hockey League (AWHL), which will begin play this upcoming 2014-15 season as a part of the new Frontier Division of the NA3HL. The now 28-team NA3HL will be divided into five divisions (Central, East, Frontier, South and West) for the 2014-15 season.

HELENA, Mont., March 21, 2014 — he Helena Bighorns showed why there were the top-ranked team from the start of the 2013-14 season with a 3-0 sweep of the Great Falls Americans in the AWHL championship series. Helena cruised to a 4-0 victory at the Helena Ice Arena on Friday night as 712 fans watched the final battle of the top two teams in the league.