2000-01 North Central Hockey League (Alberta) Season

Changes were again the norm as the NCHL lost three teams - Fox Creek took a year leave of absence due to a shortage of players and executive, Grande Cache folded after a severe downturn in their community economy, and Westlock moved back over to the Chinook League. Only four teams made up the NCHL that season - Whitecourt Cats, Edson Ice, Hinton Heat and Slave Lake Winterhawks. Hinton and Slave Lake had the better teams that year and fittingly met up in the league finals which was won by Hinton (their second championship)

The NCHL all- star game was played in Slave Lake, Alberta.