2017-18 NSRJHL Season

This is the 2017-18 Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League season. This was the league's 19th season. The league  renamed itself from the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League  during the early part of the 2016-17 season.

Membership Changes

 * The league announced on March 11, 2017 the addition of the East Hants Jr. C Penguins for the 2017-18 season
 * On March 15, 2017 the owner of the Bedford Wolverines put out a tweet in an attempt to have someone take over the operation of the team.  The team would then be relocated to Dartmouth also within the Halifax Regional Municipality and were renamed the SEDMHA Jets (Shearwater East Dartmouth Minor Hockey Association) Part of the issue may have been involving the planned closure of several rinks in the HRM of which the Lebrun Recreation Centre was included in the plans.  The team had planned on having training camp starting September 7th and that as of August 29th the coach and GM positions were not filled.  The camp was originally pushed back three days and then it was apparently cancelled
 * The Metro Jaguars moved their home games to St. Mary's Alumni Arena
 * The Eastern Shore Thunder moved their home games to the Eastern Shore Community Centre in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia.
 * A posting was placed on the league website on October 18, 2017 stating that the Metro Jaguars were for sale and they are not listed on the league schedule for the 2017-18 season

Format
All teams qualify for the playoffs. The fourth and fifth place teams play a best-of-three series with the winner advancing to play the top seed in the best-of-seven semifinals and the second and third place team meeting in the semifinals. The semifinal winners meet in the league championship series. The league champion advance to the 2018 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.

Preliminary Round

 * Cumberland/Colchester Colts defeated East Hants Jr. C Penguins 2 games to none

Semifinals

 * Spryfield Attack defeated Cumberland/Colchester Colts 4 games to none
 * Eastern Shore Thunder defeated Avon River Rats 4 games to 1

Finals

 * Spryfield Attack defeated Eastern Shore Thunder 4 games to 3