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This is the 2016-17 Noralta Junior Hockey League season.  This is the league's 25th season dating back to its' founding as the North Central Junior Hockey League in 1992.

Membership changes[]

  • The SEERA Stealth are not participating this year

Teams[]

Team Centre Arena
Edmonton Avalanche Edmonton Multiple (see below)
Edmonton Mavericks Edmonton Multiple (see below)
Fort Saskatchewan Traders Fort Saskatchewan

Lamont ArenaFort Saskatchewan Sportsplex Arena, and Dow Centennial Centre

Gibbons Broncos Gibbons Gibbons Arena
Morinville Titans Morinville Morinville Arena
NorthEast Zone Northstars Edmonton Multiple (see below)
RCAC Rivermen Edmonton Multiple (see below)
Seera Icemen Edmonton Multiple (see below)
Sherwood Park Renegades Sherwood Park

Millenium Place, Sherwood Shell Park, and Strathcona Olympiette Centre

St. Albert Comets St. Albert Go Auto Arena
SouthWest Zone Ice Kings Edmonton Multiple (see below)
SouthWest Zone Oil Kings Edmonton Multiple (see below)

Edmonton Arenas[]

The league's seven Edmonton based teams all split their games between 8 different rinks

Standings[]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Edmonton Avalanche 24 21 3 0 158 54 42
SWZ Oil Kings 24 19 4 1 141 87 39
Sherwood Park Renegades 24 17 5 2 157 102 36
NEZ Northstars 24 16 7 1 131 64 33
Edmonton Mavericks 24 14 8 2 113 87 30
St. Albert Comets 24 13 8 3 115 101 29
Gibbons Broncos 24 9 11 4 94 114 22
Morinville Titans 24 9 14 1 102 122 19
SEERA Icemen 24 5 17 2 78 137 12
RCAC Rivermen 24 5 18 1 98 169 11
Ft. Sask Traders 24 4 19 1 78 152 9
SWZ Ice Kings 24 2 20 2 57 133 6

Playoffs[]

Format[]

The top 8 teams qualify for the main playoffs.  The 9th-12 place teams qualify for the B playoffs and the 13th place team is eliminated from any further play.

The main playoffs have a best-of-three quarterfinal series with 1 playing 8, 2 playing 7, 3 playing 6 and 4 playing 5.  The teams are re-seeded for the best-of-three semifinals with the winners advancing to the best-of-three final

The two finalist plus one additional team advance to the 2017 Alberta Junior C Playoffs  which will be held with an additional 3 teams from the Calgary Junior C Hockey League.

The B playoffs have 9 playing 12 and 10 playing 11 in a best-of-three semifinal series.  The B semifinal winners advance to a best-of-three B final series.

B Semifinal[]

  • Fort Sask Traders defeated RCAC Rivermen 2 games to none

B Final[]

  • Ft. Sask Traders defeated SEERA Icemen 2 games to none

Quarterfinals[]

  • Edmonton Avalanche defeated Morinville Titans 2 games to none
  • SWZ Oil Kings defeated Gibbons Broncos 2 games to none
  • Sherwood Park Renegades defeated St. Albert Comets 2 games to 1
  • NEZ Northstars defeated Edmonton Mavericks 2 games to none

Semifinals[]

  • NEZ Northstars defeated Edmonton Avalanche 2 games to1
  • SWZ Oil Kings defeated Sherwood Park Renegades 2 games to none

Provincial Qualifier[]

  • Edmonton Avalanche defeated Sherwood Park Renegades 7-5

Final[]

  • SWZ Oil Kings defeated NEZ Northstars 2 games to 1
2017 NJHL champs SWZ Oil Kings

2017 NJHL champs SWZ Oil Kings

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