GF Tribune: Meet The Athlete: Americans forward Craig Hayes
Craig Hayes is a forward on the Great Falls Americans Junior A hockey team.rnrnQ: Where are you from?rnrnA: I am from Anchorage, Alaska.rnrnQ: What brought you out here?rnrnA: Just to play hockey. Somewhere to play, and Montana sounded cool.
GF Tribune: Great Falls Americans begin playoffs Thursday night at IcePlex
The Americans — who open the Frontier Division playoffs Thursday at 7 at the IcePlex in a best-of-3 series with the Billings Bulls — proceeded to lose their next five games and, in the process, their stranglehold atop the Frontier Division of the North American 3 Hockey League.
2014-15 NA3HL STARS OF THE WEEK (ENDING MARCH 1, 2015)
The NA3HL gives out a weekly "Divisional Star of the Week" award during each of the regular season. The awards, presented by Easton, are given to the top performing players in each of the four divisions (Central, East, Frontier, South) of the North American 3 Hockey League that are nominated by their head coaches.rn
ABC/FOX MONTANA (KFBB): Americans Preparing for Thursday’s Playoff Opener Against Billings
By ABC/FOX Montana Sports Staff March 3, 2015 The postseason begins on Thursday for the Great Falls Americans who captured the top seed by...
GF Tribune: Americans drop finale; Billings beats Great Falls in playoff preview
For the record, Billings won Sunday’s game 2-1 behind first period goals from Ralfs Karelis and Josh Neumann, as well as Cole Semchak redirecting 51 of the 52 shots he faced.
Billings tops Great Falls in regular season finale
The Billings Bulls scored two first period goals to escape with a 2-1 victory despite a comeback attempt by the Great Falls club in the final period as 715 spectators viewed the final regular season game of the 2014-15 season at the Great Falls Ice Plex on Sunday afternoon.
Americans cruise to a 5-1 win over Glacier; win regular season division title
The Great Falls Americans converted three goals in the second period and cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Glacier Nationals in front of 628 fans who were in attendance for Billet Family Night at the Great Falls Ice Plex on Friday night. All of the billet (host) families were recognized during the first intermission. With the win, the Great Falls Americans win the regular season Frontier Division championship.
Frontier comeback bid falls short against East squad
After defeating the NA3HL 18U Selects 3-2 in a shootout on Monday afternoon, the Frontier Division squad challenged the NA3HL’s East Division on the second day of the NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament.rnrnThe Frontier squad tried to mount a comeback in the final period but fell just short in a 5-4 loss to the South Division on the final day of the tournament on Tuesday night in Michigan.rn