2024-25 North Central Hockey League (Alberta) season

This is the 2024-25 North Central Hockey League (Alberta) season.

Membership changes

• On May 15, 2024 the league announced that the Innisfail Eagles and Stony Plain Eagles would be added to the league essentially ending the Chinook Hockey League as they were the only two remaining members of the league.

• On September 17, 2024 the Red Deer Rustlers announced they would be folding for the season. The team cited the loss of several key players and the loss of some financial support for the team as the main reasons for the decision. The team indicated that they are planning on applying to re-enter the league for the 2025-26 season.

• Due to the withdrawal of Red Deer after the league schedule was posted the league removed their games from the schedule and reduced the schedule to 16 games per team from 18 (home and home against each other member of the league) with the top eight teams qualifying for the league playoffs.

• On May 5, 2025 the Round Lake Bears announced that they would be joining the league for the 2025-26 season. The same post indicated that the team would be based out of Enoch, Alberta. The league would verify this with a post the following day.

• On June 6, 2025 the Bonnyville Sr. Pontiacs notified the North Central Hockey League (Alberta) that the team had been approved to join the Sask/Alta Senior Hockey League for the 2025-26 season The team cited that their longest road trip in the SASHL would be closer than their nearest rival in the NCHL.

• On June 11, 2025 the league announced that it had accepted the Tofield Satellites back in to the league. Tofield last played in the league in the 2015-16 season following the collapse of the Battle River Hockey League in 2015. The same announcement indicated that the Round Lake Bears had not followed their probational accepteance conditions and were being removed from the league.

Current Teams 2024-25

Team	Centre	Arena
Bonnyville Pontiacs	Bonnyville	R.J. Lalonde Arena
Camrose Bruins	Camrose	Max McLean Arena
Devon Barons	Devon	Dale Fisher Arena
Innisfail Eagles	Innisfail	Innisfail Twin Arena
Lacombe Generals	Lacombe	Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex
Morinville Kings	Morinville	Morinville Leisure Centre
Stony Plain Eagles	Stony Plain	Glen Hall Arena
Westlock Warriors	Westlock	Rotary Sprint Centre
Wetaskiwin Longhorns	Wetaskiwin	Co-op Centre

Standings

PL	TEAM	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	Playoffs
1	Lacombe Generals	16	14	2	-	0	114	56	28	Lost Final
2	Wetaskiwin Longhorns	16	13	3	-	0	103	33	26	Lost Semifinals
3	Innisfail Eagles	16	11	4	-	1	92	54	23	Won Vanberg Cup
4	Stony Plain Eagles	16	11	5	-	0	92	69	22	Lost Semifinals
5	Camrose Bruins	16	8	7	-	1	77	65	17	Lost Quarterfinals
6	Devon Barons	16	6	7	-	3	72	67	15	Lost Quarterfinals
7	Bonnyville Pontiacs	16	6	10	-	0	66	86	12	Lost Quarterfinals
8	Westlock Warriors	16	2	11	-	3	45	101	7	Lost Quarterfinals
9	Morinville Kings	16	1	15	-	0	37	167	2	Did not qualify

Vanberg Cup Playoffs

The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.

Quarterfinals

• Lacombe Generals defeated Westlock Warriors in 3 games
• Wetaskiwin Longhorns defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs in 3 games
• Innisfail Eagles defeated Devon Barons in 5 games
• Stony Plain Eagles defeated Camrose Bruins in 3 games

Semifinals

• Lacombe Generals defeated Stony Plain Eagles in 3 games
• Innisfail Eagles defeated Wetaskiwin Longhorns in 4 games

Final

• Innisfail Eagles defeated Lacombe Generals in 5 games

The Innisfail Eagles advance to the 2025 Alberta Senior AA playoffs. The Alberta Senior AA playoffs would be cancelled on March 25th.