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GREAT FALLS, Mont., August 11, 2014 —The Great Falls Americans Junior A team is excited to announce the addition of a new assistant coach to the team.rnrnCasey Kirley, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin has accepted a position on coach Jeff Heimel’s squad beginning in the 2014-15 season. rn

GREAT FALLS, Mont., August 8, 2014 — Great Falls Americans Junior A forward Brady Christiaens will continue his education and his playing career at an NCAA Division III Colorado school after playing two seasons of junior hockey in Montana.rn

GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 19, 2014 —The North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) has announced the 2014 NA3HL Showcase schedule for the annual event held in Blaine, Minnesota in December 2014.

GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 25, 2014 —The Great Falls Americans have announced that two assistant coaches will be leaving the program to pursue other opportunities.rn

The 2014 North American 3 Hockey League Draft that took place on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 online at na3hldraft.com. Below is the draft picks for the Great Falls Americans:

rnGREAT FALLS, Mont., May 30, 2014 — The Great Falls Americans Junior A Hockey team has announced their game schedule today for the upcoming 2014-15 season including 22 home dates at the Great Falls Ice Plex.rnrnThe Americans, who begin their fourth season of junior hockey since the team was brought back in 2011 and their first season of competition in the new Frontier Division of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) open their hockey season on the road against the Glacier Nationals on Saturday, September 20th. They will open up their home schedule on Friday, September 26th when they face the Bozeman Ice Dogs in Great Falls. rn

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