2017-18 Ranchland Hockey League Season

This is the 2017-18 Ranchland Senior Hockey League season. This is the league's 44th season dating back to its founding for the 1974-75 season.
==Membership changes==
*The Macleod Gazette announced on June 28, 2017 that the league had added two teams, the Lethbridge Lightning and Siksika Buffaloes based out of the Deerfoot Sportsplex on the Siskika First Nation land, approximately a 100 km (60 mile) drive from Calgary about halfway to Brooks, Alberta.
==Member Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Fort Macleod Mustangs	Fort Macleod 	Fort Macleod & District Recreation Centre
Kainai Braves 	Stand Off 	Kainai Sports Centre
Lethbridge Lightning 	Lethbridge 	ATB Centre
Nanton Palominos 	Nanton 	Tom Hornecker Recreation Centre
Piikani Regulators 	Brocket 	Crowledge Arena
Siksika Buffaloes 	Siksika First Nation, AB	Deerfoot Sportsplex
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Nanton Palominos 	20	19	1 	0 	172	46 	38
Siksika Buffaloes 	20	15	5 	0 	166	88 	30
Lethbridge Lightning 	20	11	8 	1 	122	78 	23
Kainai Braves 	20	9 	10	1 	108	170	19
Fort Macleod Mustangs	20	5 	14	1 	110	135	11
Piikani Regulators 	20	1 	18	1 	70 	231	3
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.  The semifinals are best-of-five and match up 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3.  The semifinal winners meet in the best-of-five league championship.
===Semifinals===
* Nanton Palominos defeated Kainai Braves 3 games to none
*Lethbridge Lightning defeated Siksika Buffaloes 3 games to none
===Final===
* Nanton Palominos defeated Lethbridge Lightning 3 games to none
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