Cold Spring is a town of about 2,500 located a little southwest of St. Cloud. Cold Spring has a storied history in the MAHL's summer companion, Town Ball Baseball. The Springers baseball team has 4 State Titles and the most State Tournament appearances of any team. The Springers will be joining the Granite Hockey League and will play their home games at 500 seat River Lakes Civic Arena.

The team will go by the "Springers", becoming the hockey chapter of the Cold Spring Springers baseball team. The Springers also keep the baseball teams colors, script, and CS monogram to show that they're technically the same team. Their official colors are Maroon and Gold.

Morden is a town in Southern Manitoba with a population of over 5,000 and is half of Manitoba's Twin Cities alongside neighboring Winkler. Morden will be joining the Northland Hockey League and will play their home games at 1,000 seat Access Event Centre.

The team will be called the "Monsters", named after the Mosasaur, a prehistoric marine reptile which has been discovered in the Morden area. Morden is home to the largest collection of marine reptile fossils in Canada, including the largest Mosasaur ever recorded. The Monsters logo is an oval with a Mosasaur skull inside. Their official team colors are Black and Cardinal.

Glencoe is a town in south-central Minnesota, located just southeast of Hutchinson. They will be joining the Southwest Hockey Association and will call 500 seat Glencoe Ice Arena home.

The team will go by the "Gaels" in honor of the town being named after Glen Coe, Scotland. Their logo is a G with a Celtic knot design inside. They also have a Celtic Cross secondary logo that they use on the shoulders of their jerseys. The Gaels wanted to represent both countries with Gaelic roots, adopting a color scheme of Irish Green and Scottish Blue.

Dayton is a town of about 4,400 found just up the river from Champlin and across the river from Ramsey. Dayton is also set to join the NMHL and will play their home games at 600 seat Dayton Ice Arena.

They'll be called the "Dukes", picked simply because the founders liked the way it sounded with the alliteration. Their logo is a classic Old English D in the team colors of Red and Powder Blue.

Waconia (Wah-Koe-Nee-Uh) is a town just beginning to develop on the western edge of the twin cities. The population is currently at about 3,500 but growing rapidly. They will be joining the Hennepin Hockey League and will play their home games at Waconia Ice Arena which can seat 500.

The name "Mariners" was picked in honor of the towns namesake an lifeblood, Lake Waconia. The Mariners logo is a WM for Waconia Mariners with a compass rose inside. The logo is perfectly symmetrical and looks the same when flipped upside down. Waconia's official color scheme is Teal and Orange.