2016-17 GOJHL Season

This is the 2016-17 Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League season.  This was the league's 67th season overall dating back to the Eastern Junior B Hockey League, Metro Junior A Hockey League, and the Western Junior B Hockey League in 1950.  The league has used the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League name since 2007 when 3 leagues (Mid-Western Junior Hockey League, Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League and Western Ontario Hockey League) merged to form the present league.

The league schedule was released on August 16 and featured each of the 27 teams playing a 50 game schedule with each team playing 24 home games, 24 away games and 2 neutral site games played at the league's 8th Annual Showcase event held September 9th-11th at the Western Fairgrounds in London, Ontario. 

Membership changes

• Buffalo Regals return to the league, they had requested one-year leave of absence prior to the 2014–15 season. They also sat out 2015–16 season after failing to file the proper paperwork with USA Hockey in order to be re-instated for sanctioned play.  Reports had surfaced that the team had folded between November 18th and 20th but the team had cancelled its' November 20th game and returned to the ice for a game on November 22nd.
• The Stratford Cullitons change their name to the Stratford Warriors

Teams

Golden Horseshoe Conference
Team	Centre	Arena
Ancaster Avalanche	Ancaster	Morgan Firestone Arena, Valley Park Arena, Stoney Creek Arena, Market Street Arena
Buffalo Bisons	Buffalo, New York	Holiday Rinks
Caledonia Corvairs	Caledonia	Haldimand County Caledonia Centre
Fort Erie Meteors	Fort Erie	Leisureplex Kinsmen Arena
Niagara Falls Canucks	Niagara Falls	Gale Centre
Pelham Panthers	Pelham	Pellham Arena
St. Catharines Falcons	St. Catharines	Jack Gatecliff Arena
Thorold Blackhawks	Thorold	Thorold Community Arena
Welland Jr. Canadians	Welland	Welland Main Arena
Midwestern Conference
Team	Centre	Arena
Brampton Bombers	Brampton	Victoria Park Arena
Brantford 99ers	Brantford	Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre
Cambridge Winterhawks	Cambridge	Galt Arena Gardens
Elmira Sugar Kings	Elmira	Woowich Memorial Centre
Guelph Hurricanes	Guelph	Sleeman Centre & Victoria Arena
Kitchener Dutchmen	Kitchener	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
Listowel Cyclones	Listowel	Listowel Memorial Arena
Stratford Warriors	Stratford	William Allman Memorial Arena
Waterloo Siskins	Waterloo	Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex
Western Conference
Team	Centre	Arena
Chatham Maroons	Chatham	Chatham Memorial Arena
Lambton Shores Predators	Forest	Forest Community Centre
LaSalle Vipers	LaSalle	Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex
Leamington Flyers	Leamington	Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex
London Nationals	London	Western Fair Sports Centre
Sarnia Legionnaires	Sarnia	Sarnia Arena
St. Marys Lincolns	St. Marys	St. Marys Pyramid Centre
St. Thomas Stars	St. Thomas	St. Thomas Timken Community Centre
Strathroy Rockets	Strathroy	West Middlesex Memorial Arena

Standings

to be added upon completion of the regular season

Sutherland Cup Playoffs

Format

Each conference will hold its own playoffs with 8 teams qualifying for each conference. The three conference champions and the conference runner-up with the best "playoff record to date" qualify for the Sutherland Cup semifinals. The wildcard play the team with the better record of the two they didn't play in the conference final.  All playoff series are best-of-seven.  The Sutherland Cup champion does not advance any further as there is no Eastern Canada championship at the Junior B level.