# 2016–17 MHL season

The 2016–17 Maritime Junior Hockey League season was the 50th season in league history. The season consisted of 50 games played by each MHL team.
At the end of the regular season, the league's top teams competed for the Kent Cup, the league's playoff championship trophy. The team successful in winning the Kent Cup went on to compete for the 2017 Fred Page Cup to determine the Eastern Canadian Champion, who would then move on to compete for the 2017 Royal Bank Cup to determine the 2017 Junior 'A' champion.

## Team Changes

No team changes.

## Regular-season Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; STK = Streak; x = Clinched playoff spot y = Clinched division; z = Clinched first overall
| Eastlink South Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | Pts. | Stk |
| Z-Pictou County Crushers | 50 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 265 | 145 | 79 | W2 |
| X-Truro Bearcats | 50 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 196 | 154 | 72 | L1 |
| X-Yarmouth Jr. A Mariners | 50 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 184 | 145 | 70 | W2 |
| X-Amherst Ramblers | 50 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 201 | 174 | 67 | W2 |
| South Shore Lumberjacks | 50 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 171 | 232 | 37 | L5 |
| Valley Wildcats | 50 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 140 | 245 | 31 | L4 |
| Eastlink North Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | Pts. | Stk |
| Y-Miramichi Timberwolves | 50 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 161 | 73 | W3 |
| X-Dieppe Commandos | 50 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 187 | 159 | 61 | L2 |
| X-Summerside Western Capitals | 50 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 184 | 53 | W2 |
| X-St. Stephen Aces | 50 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 183 | 216 | 41 | W2 |
| Woodstock Slammers | 50 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 178 | 39 | L9 |
| Campbellton Tigers | 50 | 14 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 195 | 31 | W2 |

## 2017 MHL Playoff bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Kent Cup Finals | Kent Cup Finals | Kent Cup Finals |
| 1 | Pictou County | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Amherst | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Amherst | 4 | 2 | Truro | 4 | | | |
| South Division | South Division | South Division | 2 | Truro | 4 | | | |
| South Division | South Division | South Division | 4 | Amherst | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Truro | 4 | 4 | Amherst | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Yarmouth | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Yarmouth | 1 | | | | 2 | Miramichi | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Truro | 4 |
| 1 | Miramichi | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Truro | 4 |
| 4 | St. Stephen | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4 | St. Stephen | 0 | 1 | Miramichi | 4 | | | |
| North Division | North Division | North Division | 1 | Miramichi | 4 | | | |
| North Division | North Division | North Division | 3 | Summerside | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Dieppe | 2 | 3 | Summerside | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Summerside | 4 | | | | | | |

## Division Semi-final

* *= If Necessary

### South Division Semi-final 1 (1) Pictou County Crushers vs. (4) Amherst Ramblers

* Game 5 between Pictou County and Amherst was played at the Keating Millennium Centre in Antigonish on the campus of STFX
* Amherst wins series 4-3

### South Division Semi-final 2 (2) Truro Bearcats vs. (3) Yarmouth Mariners

* Truro wins series 4-1

### North Division Semi-final 1 (1) Miramichi Timberwolves vs. (4) St Stephen Aces

* Miramichi wins series 4-0

### North Division Semi-final 2 (2) Dieppe Commandos vs. (3) Summerside Western Capitals

* Summerside wins series 4-2

## Division finals
### North Division (1) Miramichi Timberwolves vs. (3) Summerside Western Capitals

* Miramichi wins series 4-0

### South Division Final (2) Truro Bearcats vs. (4) Amherst Ramblers

* Truro wins the series 4-1

## Final
### MHL Final (2) Miramichi Timberwolves vs. (3) Truro Bearcats

* Truro win the series 4-3