2017-18 PacJHL Season

This is the 2017-18 Pacific Junior Hockey League season.  This is the league's 52nd season. The league was known as the Pacific International Junior Hockey League prior to 2011.

Membership changes

 * Prior to the 2016-17 season the Langley Knights had relocated to Surrey after the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League relocated to Langley after briefly planning to play out of a smaller rink in Langley.  Langley would then be awarded an expansion team for the 2017-18 season to be based out of the George Preston Arena. The team will be named the Langley Trappers.


 * On May 6, 2018 the league announced the addition of the White Rock Whalers as an expansion franchise to begin play with the 2018-19 season. The team will be added to the Tom Shaw Conference to balance them with six teams each

2018 PJHL Winter Classic
The league is holding its 3rd annual showcase event January 5th to 7th, 2018 with each of the league's teams playing two games over three days that count in the league standings. The event is intending as an opportunity for scouts to see the league's players. The event is being held at the Minoru Arena in Richmond, British Columbia.

Format
The playoffs are conference based. The top four teams in each conference qualify. In the conference semifinals seed 1 plays seed 4 and seed 2 plays seed 3. The semifinal winners play in the conference final. The conference final winners meet in the league final. All rounds are best-of-seven format. The playoff champion (or runner-up if the Richmond Sockeyes win the league playoffs) advances to the 2018 Cyclone Taylor Cup which is being held at the Minoru Arena in Richmond, British Columbia and being hosted by the Richmond Sockeyes. Traditionally the winner of the Cyclone Taylor Cup has earned the right to advance to the Keystone Cup tournament to determine a Western Canadian Junior B champion but the three leagues which compete for the Cyclone Taylor Cup have agreed that they will no longer participate in the Keystone Cup citing expenses and player safety. BC Hockey does not require their provincial champions to compete in regional or national championship events. Hockey Alberta also announced their withdrawal from the Keystone Cup as well during the off-season.

Conference Semifinals

 * Ridge Meadows Flames defeated Aldergrove Kodiaks 4 games to 1
 * Delta Ice Hawks defeated Grandview Steelers 4 games to none
 * Abbotsford Pilots defeated Langley Trappers 4 games to none
 * Richmond Sockeyes defeated North Vancouver Wolf Pack 4 games to 1

Conference Finals

 * Ridge Meadows Flames defeated Abbotsford Pilots 4 games to 1
 * Delta Ice Hawks defeated Richmond Sockeyes 4 games to 1

League Final

 * Delta Ice Hawks defeated Ridge Meadows Flames 4 games to 2