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| - This is the 2015-16 North American Hockey League season. This is the league's 32st season under this name and 41st dating back to its founding in 1975 as the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League when the Michigan Junior Hockey League and the Wolverine Junior Hockey League merged. Each of the 22 teams in the league's four divisions - the Central, East, Midwest and South- will play 60 regular season games. The 13th annual NAHL Showcase Tournament will be held from September 23-26, 2015 at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, Minnesota. On October 22, 2015 a press conference was held in Shreveport, Louisiana to announce the addition of the Shreveport Mudbugs. The previous Mudbugs teams was founded in 1997 and played in the Central Hockey League until folding in 2011. The Hirsch Colisuem is undergoing a $1.5 million upgrade and will once again have an ice surface. The new team will commence play with the start of the 2016-17 season. In April of 2016 the league announced the addition of the Northeast Generals who will be based out of the New England Sports Village in Attleboro, Massachusetts, a suburb between Boston and Providence. As part of the team's introdution it was stated that the team was planning on playing some games at Walter Brown Arena on the campus of Boston University and at Matthews Arena on the campus of Northeastern University. The organization was established for the 2015-16 playing in the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League based out of Canton, Massachusetts. This team will continue for the 2016-17 in the North American 3 Hockey League, which absorbed the NA3EHL. No word on if that team will stay in Canton or relocate to the facility in Attleboro.
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