2017-18 LNAH season

This is the 2017-18 Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey season.  This is the league's 22nd season overall dating back to its' founding in 1996 as the semi-professional Quebec Semi Professional Hockey League.  This is the league's 13th season under this name.
==Membership changes==
*On May 31, 2017 the Laval Prédateurs management announced they were ceasing operations on the team's facebook page.  The team had changed ownership during the 2016-17 season.  The posting stated that the team had attempted to relocate to three different locations without success and had attempted to work out arrangements to sit out the 2017-18 season and resume play for the 2018-19 season but an agreement could not be worked out with other parties.
*The Trois-Rivières Blizzard are renamed the Trois-Rivières Draveurs
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Province	Arena 	Joined
Jonquière Marquis 	Saguenay 	Quebec 	Palais des Sports de Saguenay	1996
Rivière-du-Loup 3L 	Rivière-du-Loup	Quebec 	Centre Premier Tech 	2008
Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5	Saint-Georges 	Quebec 	Centre Sportif Lacroix-Dutil 	1996
Sorel-Tracy Éperviers 	Sorel-Tracy 	Quebec 	Colisée Cardin 	1996
Thetford Mines Assurancia 	Thetford Mines 	Quebec 	Centre Mario Gosselin 	1996
Trois-Rivières Draveurs 	Trois-Rivières 	Quebec 	Colisée de Trois-Rivières 	1996
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Sorel-Tracy Éperviers 	36	23	7 	6 	160	126	52
Jonquière Marquis 	36	20	11	5 	142	122	45
Rivière-du-Loup 3L 	36	19	14	3 	149	144	41
Thetford Mines Assurancia 	36	19	16	1 	125	132	37
Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5	36	16	17	3 	126	136	35
Trois-Rivières Draveurs 	36	11	22	3 	123	165	25
==Playoffs==
All six teams qualify for the playoffs.  The two highest seeded quarterfinal losers advances to a repechage (2nd chance round) which is best-of-three.  The winner of that series advances to the semifinals.  All other rounds are best-of-seven.
===Quarterfinals===
*Sorel-Tracy Éperviers defeated Trois-Rivières Draveurs 4 games to 2
*Jonquière Marquis defeated Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 4 games to 2
*Rivière-du-Loup 3L defeated Thetford Mines Assurancia 4 games to 3
===Repechage===
*Thetford Mines Assurancia defeated Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 2 games to 1
===Semifinals===
*Sorel-Tracy Éperviers defeated Thetford Mines Assurancia 4 games to 3
*Rivière-du-Loup 3L defeated Jonquière Marquis 4 games to 2
===Final===
*Sorel-Tracy Éperviers defeated Rivière-du-Loup 3L 4 games to 2
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