Biggby 18U defenseman Bean signs NAHL Tender

The NAPHL’s T1ER League is pleased to announce that Biggby 18U defenseman Bryce Bean has signed a NAHL tender agreement with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs for the 2026–27 season.

Bean, 17, is in his first year with the Biggby organization. The Sylvania, OH, native has recorded 6 points in 12 games, highlighted by an impressive three-assist performance on November 2nd in a 7–3 win over the Dallas Stars Elite.

Bean becomes the first of four players from Biggby’s 18U team to secure an NAHL tender agreement for the upcoming season.

Click here to see a list of T1ER tenders for the 2025-26 season

A tender is a contract, of sorts, a player signs announcing his intentions to play for that particular NAHL team and that NAHL team only. Once a player signs a tender with an NAHL team, his playing rights belong to that team within the NAHL and he may not be recruited by any other NAHL team. Each team is granted ten (10) tenders, which include two (2) tenders exclusively used on players from the T1ER - plus or minus any trades - which became active on November 1st. Tendered players are not eligible for the 2026 NAHL Draft.