2023 AFHL Entry Draft Order
ROUND ONE
R1P1: Lethbridge Inferno
R1P2: Toronto Red Devils
R1P3: Long Beach Ice Dogs
R1P4: Laval Nomads (Washington)
R1P5: Long Beach Ice Dogs (Manhattan)
R1P6: Lethbridge Inferno (London)
R1P7: Washington Wolfpack (Fort Drum)
R1P8: Buffalo Phantoms
R1P9: Moncton Black Bears
R1P10: Montreal Xtreme
R1P11: Hamilton Firestorm
R1P12: Moncton Black Bears (Atlantic City)
R1P13: Toronto Red Devils (Deer Park)
R1P14: Moncton Black Bears (Westbury)
R1P15: Lethbridge Inferno (Laval)
R1P16: Moncton Black Bears (Boston)
R1P17: Atlantic City Sharks (Port Hope)
R1P18: Laval Nomads (Antigonish)
R1P19: Fort Drum Killers (Shawinigan)
R1P20: Washington Wolfpack (Rain City)
ROUND TWO
R2P1: Lethbridge Inferno
R2P2: Toronto Red Devils
R2P3: Manhattan Supermen (Long Beach)
R2P4: Manhattan Supermen (Washington)
R2P5: Moncton Black Bears (Manhattan)
R2P6: Washington Wolfpack (London)
R2P7: Montreal Xtreme (Fort Drum)
R2P8: Manhattan Supermen (Buffalo)
R2P9: Moncton Black Bears
R2P10: Montreal Xtreme
R2P11: Hamilton Firestorm
R2P12: Toronto Red Devils (Atlantic City)
R2P13: Rain City Bitch Pigeons (Deer Park)
R2P14: Westbury Royals
R2P15: Laval Nomads
R2P16: Washington Wolfpack (Boston)
R2P17: Manhattan Supermen (Port Hope)
R2P18: Lethbridge Inferno (Antigonish)
R2P19: Lethbridge Inferno (Shawinigan)
R2P20: Washington Wolfpack (Rain City)
ROUND THREE
R3P1: Lethbridge Inferno
R3P2: Toronto Red Devils
R3P3: Manhattan Supermen (Long Beach)
R3P4: Laval Nomads (Washington)
R3P5: Rain City Bitch Pigeons (Manhattan)
R3P6: London Mustangs
R3P7: Fort Drum Killers
R3P8: Montreal Xtreme (Buffalo)
R3P9: Antigonish X-Men (Moncton)
R3P10: Manhattan Supermen (Montreal)
R3P11: Hamilton Firestorm
R3P12: Atlantic City Sharks
R3P13: Deer Park Chiefs
R3P14: Westbury Royals
R3P15: Laval Nomads
R3P16: Antigonish X-Men (Boston)
R3P17: Port Hope Panthers
R3P18: Laval Nomads (Antigonish)
R3P19: Hamilton Firestorm (Shawinigan)
R3P20: Deer Park Chiefs (Rain City)
NEW YORK — Anthony Furino announced plans Thursday for a 20-team fantasy hockey keeper league that plans to kick off in Summer 2009.
The AFHL will begin play in October 2009, Anthony Furino told a Manhattan news conference Thursday afternoon.
The A stands for amazing. “It will be amazing,” said AFHL executive Steve Stryska.
“Most importantly, the AFHL is going to be 100 percent fun,” Furino said.
There is an emphasis on fun. Stryska added that the AFHL will use News and Headlines and will also offer greater access to roster activities all year long.
He said rules would be adopted to accent faster play.
Several cities already have been selected for teams and more will be selected within 60-90 days, Stryska said.
The regular season will be played in the heart of fall and play on through winter and early spring. In the month of April, six teams will advance to a playoff round leading to a championship game.
Furino said the teams will be owned by a AFHL subsidiary and that general managers and coaches will be hired soon.
No television rights have been decided, although talks are being held with broadcast and cable networks.
Stryska said no franchises are immediately planned outside the United States, but that the AFHL will most likely expand into Canada and that Toronto would be among the cities considered.
The AFHL draft lottery will be held Wednesday, June 24 at 8 pm eastern. This lottery will randomly determine the draft ORDER, not the players drafted. The consensus number one pick for this keeper league is unclear with talented players like Ovechkin, Crosby and Zetterberg battling for the top spot in the AFHL draft.
(Draft lottery results will be posted on the website)