2016-17 Canadian Junior Hockey Season

This is a list of 2016-17 Canadian junior hockey seasons by league.

Leagues[]

Major Junior[]

Junior A[]

Junior B[]

The Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League was renamed the Lakehead Junior Hockey League during the 2016 off season

The Estrie-Mauricie Junior AA Hockey League appears to have folded as three of the five remaining members joined the Laurentides-Lanaudiere Junior AA Hockey League and one joining the Chaudiere-Appalaches Junior AA Hockey League.

The Quebec Est Junior AA Hockey League appears to have folded after one season with no teams moving to other leagues.

2016-17 CalJHL Season
2016-17 CAJAAHL Season
2016-17 CapJHL Season
2016-17 CCHL2 Season
2016-17 CJAAHL Season
2016-17 GOJHL Season
2016-17 HJBHL Season
2016-17 IJHL Season
2016-17 KJHL Season
2016-17 KIJHL Season
2016-17 LJHL Season
2016-17 LLJAAHL Season
2016-17 LSLJAAHL Season
2016-17 MJAAHL Season
2016-17 NBJHL Season (Mixed level Junior B and Junior C league)
2016-17 NEAJBHL Season
2016-17 NWJHL Season
2016-17 NSJHL Season
2016-17 PacJHL Season
2016-17 PJHL Season
2016-17 SJJHL Season
2016-17 SLSJJAAHL Season
2016-17 VIJHL Season

Junior C[]

This will be the first season of the Provincial Junior Hockey League which put all eight of the OHA's Junior C leagues under one umbrella with standardized rules for member leagues.

The Rive-Sud Junior A Hockey League appears to have been replaced by the Richelieu Valley Junior A Hockey League

The Boucherville Junior A Hockey League appears not to be playing this season as the league website is no longer active. The league was considered a recreational league as it had players in the league up to the age of 24. Hockey Boucerville is entering a team in the Richelieu Valley Junior A Hockey League (Boucherville Seigneurs)

Junior D[]

The Orford-Saint-Francois Junior B Hockey League is not operating for the 2016-17 season.

Other Junior[]

2016-17 MMJHL Season

Independent[]

2016-17 GMJHL Season

AAU/United Hockey Union[]

Two leagues with teams from Canada joined two new AAU sponsored leagues for the 2016-17 season.

Championships[]

National/Regional[]

2017 Memorial Cup - National Major Junior
2017 Royal Bank Cup - National Junior A
2017 Western Canada Cup - Western Junior A
2017 Dudley Hewitt Cup - Central Junior A
2017 Fred Page Cup - Eastern Junior A
2017 Keystone Cup - Western Junior B
2017 Don Johnson Memorial Cup - Maritime Junior B
2017 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships - Maritime/Nunavut Junior C

Provincial[]

The Clarence Schmalz Cup is now the championship trophy for the Provincial Junior Hockey League as the eight leagues that previous competed for it are now amalgamated into one large league with the league champion now winning the trophy

2017 Coupe Dodge -Quebec Junior B
2017 Cyclone Taylor Cup - British Columbia Junior B
2017 Russ Barnes Trophy - Alberta Junior B
2017 Alberta Junior C Playoffs