Indiana Elite AAA 18U forward Apple signs NAHL Tender

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The NAPHL’s T1ER League is pleased to announce that Indiana Elite AAA 18U forward Nathan Apple has signed a NAHL tender agreement with the Minnesota Wilderness for the 2026–27 season.

Apple, 17, is in his fifth season with the Indiana Elite program. The Bloomington, IN, native has recorded 9 points in 8 games, earning points in six of eight appearances and posting three multi-point performances along the way.

Apple becomes the first player from Indiana Elite’s 18U squad to sign 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.