Jr. Sharks & DC Capitals share NAPHL regular season championship

The San Jose Jr. Sharks claimed the NAPHL regular season title after going 5-0 in the NAPHL's last regular season showcase event in Darien, IL. San Jose defeated the DC Capitals earlier in their only meeting by a 5-1 score to take the NAPHL regular season outright championship, even though both teams finished with 43 points. 

The top eight teams who finished in the NAPHL regular season standings qualified for the NAPHL Gold Championship series playoffs. The other six teams include: Lansing Capitals, Indiana Jr. Ice, Milwaukee Jr. Admirals, Detroit Falcons, Rocky Mountain Roughriders and Wenatchee Jr. Wild. 

In fact, the last playoff spot came down to a shootout in the one of the last games of the regular season. Pittsburgh Viper Stars and Wenatchee Jr. Wild both had 29 points, and the winner would earn the last and eighth playoff spot. After both teams were tied at the end of regulation, the game went to a sudden death shootout. In the seventh round, Wenatchee's Glithero came up with the game winning shootout goal in dramatic fashion. Wenatchee won 2-1 in a shootout to claim the final playoff birth.  


The NAPHL Playoffs and Consolation Series will take place February 18-21 in Troy, Michigan. The Championship games of both the playoffs and consolation series will be held at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube, home of the US NTDP. 


Final NAPHL Regular Season Standings:

	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	WPCT	GF	GA
San Jose Jr Sharks 18U	25	21	3	1	43	0.86	93	53
DC Capitals 18U	25	21	3	1	43	0.86	117	62
Lansing Capitals 18U	25	19	4	2	40	0.8	96	51
Indiana Jr Ice 18U	25	18	5	2	38	0.76	85	56
Milwaukee Jr Admirals 18U	25	17	8	0	34	0.68	77	59
Detroit Falcons 18U	25	16	8	1	33	0.66	95	62
Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U	25	15	8	2	32	0.64	73	62
Wenatchee Wild 18U	25	14	8	3	31	0.62	92	66
Thunder AAA 18U	25	14	9	2	30	0.6	83	70
Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U	25	13	8	4	30	0.6	86	71
Orange County 18U	25	11	10	4	26	0.52	61	71
California Titans 18U	25	11	14	0	22	0.44	78	83
Texas Tornado 18U	25	11	14	0	22	0.44	63	85
Pikes Peak Miners 18U	25	7	18	0	14	0.28	83	101
Omaha AAA 18U	25	4	16	5	13	0.26	64	108
Motor City Metal Jackets 18U	25	5	20	0	10	0.2	68	113
St Louis Selects 18U	25	4	19	2	10	0.2	63	135
Boston Jr Rangers 18U	25	4	19	2	10	0.2	64	133