The Great Falls Ice Plex is the home venue for the Great Falls Americans Junior A Hockey Team (USA Hockey sanctioned Junior A Tier III team) that competes in a eight team league in the North American 3 Hockey League that plays from the end of September until March of every year.
The ice facility opened in November 2008 and has a seating capacity of around 1,500. The Great Falls Americans began as an expansion team during their 2011-2012 inaugural season originally part of the Northern Pacific Hockey League. The Americans were voted the 2012-13 AWHL Organization of the Year because of their dramatic turnaround in 2011-12 (1-48 record) to a much improved 16-30-2 record in 2012-13.
