2017-18 NWJHL Season

This is the 2017-18 North West Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 24th season.

Membership Changes

 * The Beaverlodge Blades announced they were ceasing operations in early December of 2016. The team was able to get reorganized enough that the team is scheduled to return to the league for the 2017-18 season.

Format
All seven teams qualify with the first place team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The quarterfinal round is best-of-five. The semifinal and final rounds are best-of-seven. Usually, both finalists advance to the 2018 Russ Barnes Trophy being held in Fort St. John, British Columbia hosted by the Fort St. John Huskies at the North Peace Arena. Due to a league member hosting the league champion will advance to the tournament. Due to the Fort St. John Huskies winning the league playoffs, the runner up the North Peace Navigators qualify as the league representative.

Traditionally, the Russ Barnes Trophy champion has advanced to the Keystone Cup to determine the Western Canada Junior B champion; however, Hockey Alberta announced that the provincial champion will no longer participate in the Keystone Cup citing cost and player safety. The member leagues which make up the Junior B level in British Columbia have also announced they will not participate in the event as well and BC Hockey does not mandate that their provincial champions participate in regional or national championships.

Quarterfinals

 * North Peace Navigators defeated Beaverlodge Blades 3 games to none
 * Dawson Creek Jr. Canucks defeated Sexsmith Vipers  3 games to none
 * Grande Prairie Kings defeated Fairview Flyers 3 games to 2

Semifinals

 * Fort St. John Huskies defeated Grande Prairie Kings 4 games to 1
 * North Peace Navigators defeated Dawson Creek Jr. Canucks 4 games to 3

Final

 * Fort St. John Huskies defeated North Peace Navigators 4 games to 1