# 2016–17 CCHL season

The 2016–17 CCHL season was the 56th season of the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL). The twelve teams of the CCHL play a 62-game schedule.

## Season highlights

The Carleton Place Canadians won the league championship Bogart Cup for the 4th year in a row. They went on to compete for the 2017 Fred Page Cup and lost in the final match to the Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL) championship Terrebonne Cobras.
Cameron Crotty of the Brockville Braves was drafted 82nd overall in the third round of the 2017 NHL entry draft by the Arizona Coyotes.

### Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Grant Hebert (Cumberland Grads)
* Top Rookie: Merrick Rippon (Ottawa Jr. Senators)
* Outstanding Defenceman: Owen Grant (Carleton Place Canadians)
* Sportsmanship/ability award: Charles Levesque (Hawkesbury Hawks)
* Top Prospect: Cameron Crotty (Brockville Braves)
* Outstanding graduating player: Grant Cooper (Cornwall Colts)
* Arthur K. Nielsen scholarship award: Owen Grant (Carleton Place Canadians)
* Scoring champion: Grant Hebert (Cumberland Grads)
* Top Goaltender: Henry Johnson (Brockville Braves)
* Top Coach: Ian MacInnis (Cornwall Colts)
* Top General Manager: Jason Clarke (Carleton Place Canadians)
Source: "Season award archives". thecchl.ca. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

## Regular season

Teams played 62 regular season games. The top 8 teams overall advanced to the post-season.
Robinson division :
| Team | Centre | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Carleton Place Canadians | Carleton Place, Ontario | 62 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 135 | 100 |
| Cornwall Colts | Cornwall, Ontario | 62 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 232 | 171 | 89 |
| Hawkesbury Hawks | Hawkesbury, Ontario | 62 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 205 | 185 | 74 |
| Kemptville 73's | Kemptville, Ontario | 62 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 216 | 188 | 70 |
| Brockville Braves | Brockville, Ontario | 62 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 179 | 162 | 69 |
| Smiths Falls Bears | Smiths Falls, Ontario | 62 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 177 | 209 | 55 |
Source: "2016–17 Central CCHL standings". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
Yzerman division :
| Team | Centre | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Ottawa Jr. Senators | Ottawa, Ontario | 62 | 41 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 203 | 159 | 85 |
| Nepean Raiders | Nepean, Ontario | 62 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 222 | 53 |
| Cumberland Grads | Cumberland, Ontario | 62 | 24 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 194 | 216 | 52 |
| Gloucester Rangers | Gloucester, Ontario | 62 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 141 | 204 | 50 |
| Kanata Lasers | Kanata, Ontario | 62 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 185 | 249 | 50 |
| Pembroke Lumber Kings | Pembroke, Ontario | 62 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 220 | 46 |
Source: "2016–17 Central CCHL standings". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

## Post-season

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Bogart Cup Finals | Bogart Cup Finals | Bogart Cup Finals |
| 1 | Carleton Place | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nepean | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nepean | 1 | 1 | Carleton Place | 4 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Kemptville | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Hawkesbury | 2 | 5 | Kemptville | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Kemptville | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kemptville | 4 | | | | 1 | Carleton Place | 4 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Ottawa | 1 |
| 2 | Cornwall | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Ottawa | 1 |
| 7 | Smith Falls | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Smith Falls | 1 | 2 | Cornwall | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Ottawa | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Ottawa | 4 | 3 | Ottawa | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Brockville | 1 | | | | | | |
Source: "2016–17 CCHL playoff results". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

## Eastern Canada championship

The league championship Carleton Place Canadians advanced to the 2017 Fred Page Cup tournament hosted by the Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL) championship Terrebonne Cobras in Terrebonne, Quebec. The other competitors were the QJHL runners-up, the Longueuil Collège Français; and the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) championship Truro Bearcats. The Carleton Place Canadians made it to the championship round and lost to the Terrebonne Cobras.

## National championship

The Cobourg Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) hosted the 2017 Royal Bank Cup national championship tournament in Coburg, Ontario. The hosting Cobourg Cougars won the tournament after an overtime win against the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) in the final match.