CarShield 18U goalie Gatch signs NAHL Tender

The NAPHL’s T1ER League is excited to announce the tender agreement signed between the Houston Bulls of the NAHL and the Carshield AAA 18U goaltender Eddie Gatch. The agreement will carry through the end of the 2026-27 season. 

During the 2025-26 NAT1HL season, the St. Louis, Missouri native dominated in the crease. In 10 games this season, Gatch had an impressive 1.40 goals against average and a .923 save percentage. These numbers left Gatch at the top of the league. 

On top of the impressive stats that Gatch had this season. The 6-foot-2 netminder also recorded four shutouts.  

Gatch was a cornerstone piece for Carshield this season and was a huge factor to their success this season. Carshield finished first in the league and won the Dixon Cup. 

Gatch is one of 12 players from the Carshield AAA 18U team to sign a tender agreement with a NAHL team this 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.