2016-17 MJAHL Season

This is the 2016-17 Maritime Junior A Hockey League season.  This is the league's 50th season dating back the league's founding in 1967 as the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League.
==Membership Changes==
*The County Aces were renamed the St. Stephen Aces
*On November 2, 2016 the league announced they approved the relocation of the Dieppe Commandos to Edmundston, New Brunswick for the 2017-18 season.  The team will be moving into the Jean-Daigle Centre which is presently under construction.  The facility will seat 2,400 and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2017.  On February 8th the team announced that they would be named the Edmundston Blizzard.
==Teams==
 	
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Eastlink South Division 	Eastlink South Division	Eastlink South Division 	Eastlink South Division
Team 	Joined 	Centre 	Arena
Amherst Ramblers 	1967 	Amherst, Nova Scotia 	Amherst Stadium
Pictou County Crushers 	1967 	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia 	Pictou County Wellness Centre
South Shore Lumberjacks 	2004 	Bridgewater, Nova Scotia 	Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre
Truro Bearcats 	1997 	Truro, Nova Scotia 	Rath Eastlink Community Centre
Valley Wildcats 	1986 	Berwick, Nova Scotia 	Kings Mutual Century Centre
Yarmouth Mariners 	1976 	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 	Mariners Centre
Eastlink North Division 	Eastlink North Division	Eastlink North Division 	Eastlink North Division
Team 	Joined 	Centre 	Arena
Campbellton Tigers 	1996 	Campbellton, New Brunswick 	Campbellton Memorial Civic Centre
Dieppe Commandos 	1983 	Dieppe, New Brunswick 	Arthur-J-LeBlanc Centre
Miramichi Timberwolves 	2000 	Miramichi, New Brunswick 	Miramichi Civic Centre
St. Stephen Aces 	2014 	St. Stephen, New Brunswick 	Garcelon Civic Centre
Summerside Western Capitals	1991 	Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Credit Union Place
Woodstock Slammers 	2003 	Woodstock, New Brunswick 	Carleton Civic Centre
==Standings==
===Eastlink South===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Pictou County Crushers 	50	38	9 	2 	1 	265	145	79
Truro Bearcats 	50	35	13	1 	1 	196	154	72
Yarmouth Mariners 	50	32	12	2 	4 	184	145	70
Amherst Ramblers 	50	31	14	3 	2 	201	174	67
South Shore Lumberjacks	50	17	30	2 	1 	171	232	37
Valley Wildcats 	50	12	31	4 	3 	140	245	31
===Eastlink North===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Miramichi Timberwolves 	50	35	12	2 	1 	227	161	73
Dieppe Commandos 	50	27	16	4 	3 	187	159	61
Summerside Western Capitals	50	25	22	0 	3 	169	184	53
St. Stephen Aces 	50	16	25	6 	3 	183	216	41
Woodstock Slammers 	50	18	29	1 	2 	131	178	39
Campbellton Tigers 	50	14	33	1 	2 	134	195	31
==Kent Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
The top four teams in each division qualified for the Kent Cup Playoffs. All three rounds will be best-of-seven. The playoff champion will advance to the 2017 Fred Page Cup which will be held in Terrebonne, Quebec.  The winner of that tournament will qualfiy for the 2017 Royal Bank Cup which is being held in Cobourg, Ontario.
===Eastlink South Semifinals===
*Amherst Ramblers defeated Pictou County Crushers 4 games to 3
*Truro Bearcats defeated Yarmouth Mariners 4 games to 1
===Eastlink North Semifinals===
*Miramichi Timberwolves defeated St. Stephen Aces 4 games to none
*Summerside Western Capitals defeated Dieppe Commandos 4 games to 2
===Eastlink South Final===
*Truro Bearcats defeated Amherst Ramblers 4 games to 1
===Eastlink North Final===
*Miramichi Timberwolves defeated Summerside Western Capitals 4 games to 1
===Kent Cup Final===
*Truro Bearcats defeated Miramichi Timberwolves 4 games to 3
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