# 2016–17 KIJHL season

The 2016–17 KIJHL season was the 50th in league history. The regular season began on September 9, 2016, and continued until February 19, 2017. The playoffs began the following week, and ended when the Beaver Valley Nitehawks won their eighth championship in franchise history by defeating the Chase Heat four games to zero

## Regular season

Teams played 47 games throughout the course of the season.

### Standings

The final league standings were as follows.
Eddie Mountain division :
| Team | W | L | OTL | T | Pts |
| Creston Valley Thunder Cats | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| Kimberley Dynamiters | 33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| Fernie Ghostriders | 26 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 55 |
| Columbia Valley Rockies | 14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| Golden Rockets | 5 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
Neil Murdoch division :
| Team | W | L | OTL | T | Pts |
| Beaver Valley Nitehawks | 38 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 80 |
| Castlegar Rebels | 30 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 61 |
| Nelson Leafs | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 47 |
| Grand Forks Border Bruins | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 46 |
| Spokane Braves | 8 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Okanagan division :
| Team | W | L | OTL | T | Pts |
| Osoyoos Coyotes | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 76 |
| Summerland Steam | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 72 |
| Kelowna Chiefs | 20 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 45 |
| North Okanagan Knights | 15 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| Princeton Posse | 12 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 30 |
Doug Birks division :
| Team | W | L | OTL | T | Pts |
| Chase Heat | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 66 |
| 100 Mile House Wranglers | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 62 |
| Kamloops Storm | 23 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 53 |
| Revelstoke Grizzlies | 19 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 41 |
| Sicamous Eagles | 10 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 21 |

## Playoffs

| Division Semi Finals | Division Semi Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | | 2017 KIJHL Championships | 2017 KIJHL Championships |
| Creston Valley | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Columbia Valley | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Columbia Valley | 0 | Creston Valley | 2 | | | | | |
| | | Kimberley | 4 | | | | | |
| Kimberley | 4 | Kimberley | 4 | | | | | |
| Fernie | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Fernie | 2 | | | Kimberley | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Beaver Valley | 4 | | | |
| Beaver Valley | 4 | | | | | Beaver Valley | 4 | | | |
| Grand Forks | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Grand Forks | 0 | Beaver Valley | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Nelson | 0 | | | | | |
| Castlegar | 2 | Nelson | 0 | | | | | |
| Nelson | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Nelson | 4 | | | | | | Beaver Valley | 4 |
| | | | | | | | Chase | 0 |
| Osoyoos | 4 | | | | | | | | Chase | 0 |
| North Okanagan | 0 | | | | | | | |
| North Okanagan | 0 | Osoyoos | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Summerland | 0 | | | | | |
| Summerland | 4 | Summerland | 0 | | | | | |
| Kelowna | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Kelowna | 3 | | | Osoyoos | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Chase | 4 | | | |
| Chase | 4 | | | | | Chase | 4 | | | |
| Revelstoke | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Revelstoke | 1 | Chase | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Kamloops | 1 | | | | | |
| 100 Mile House | 2 | Kamloops | 1 | | | | | |
| Kamloops | 4 | | | | | | | |
* Kootenay Conference
* Eddie Mountain Division
* 1 Golden Rockets
* 2 Columbia Valley Rockies
* 3 Fernie Ghostriders
* 4 Kimberley Dynamiters
* 5 Creston Thundercats
* Neil Murdoch Division
* 6 Nelson Leafs
* 7 Castlegar Rebels
* 8 Beaver Valley Nitehawks
* 9 Spokane Braves
* 10 Grand Forks Border Bruins
* Okanagan/Shuswap Conference
* Okanagan Division
* 11 Osoyoos Coyotes
* 12 Princeton Posse
* 13 North Okanagan Knights
* 14 Kelowna Chiefs
* 15 Summerland Steam
* Doug Birks Division
* 16 Revelstoke Grizzlies
* 17 Sicamous Eagles
* 18 Chase Heat
* 19 Kamloops Storm
* 20 100 Mile House Wranglers