AHA announces 2016–17 C3 division placement, Spiders head West

Oct. 2, 2016

The C3 Spiders will head back west for the 2016–17 season, courtesy of the Division Maker 3000 division placements announced at this weekend’s Fall Tourney. The 27-team C3 tier will feature three divisions of nine teams.

The division breakdown, with last year’s regular-season record:

C3 West

• Arctic Wolves (14–5–1–0)
• Black Ice (D1; 5–13–1–1)
• Blade Runners (9–9–1–1)
• Gold Rush (13–5–2–0; C3 West division title)
• IceDogs (4–12–2–2)
• Les Etoiles Du Nord (11–3–5–1)
• ShameOnIce (9–9–1–1)
• Silverbacks (D1; 11–8–0–1)
• Spiders (8–11–1–0)

C3 East

• Anchors (D1; 18–1–1–0; D1 East division title)
• Fighting Loons (4–15–1–0)
• Leafs (8–11–0–1)
• Mastodons (8–9–2–1)
• Minnesota Mild (D1; 13–6–1–0)
• Nighthawks Gold (D1; 14–5–1–0; D1 Champions)
• Northern Gators (13–6–0–0)
• Northern Horde (4–16–0–0)
• Royals (13–3–4–0; C3 champions)

C3 North

• Ak Bars (10–7–2–1)
• Hooligans (9–6–4–1)
• Marauders (3–15–2–0)
• Nighthawks (9–9–2–0)
• Spartans (7–11–1–1)
• Stars (9–10–1–0)
• Whalers (8–10–2–0)
• Wildcats (9–10–1–0)
• Wolf-Rayets (D1; 13–7–0–0)