2016-17 NJHL Season

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

Edmonton Arenas
The league's seven Edmonton based teams all split their games between 8 different rinks
 * Callingwood Arenas (A & B)
 * Castledowns Arenas (A & B)
 * Grand Trunk Arena
 * Kenilworth Arena
 * Terwilligar Arenas (A & B)

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