2017-18 NSRJHL Season

This is the 2017-18 Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League season.  This was the league's 19th season.  The league  renamed itself from the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League  during the early part of the 2016-17 season.
==Membership Changes==
*The league announced on March 11, 2017 the addition of the East Hants Jr. C Penguins for the 2017-18 season
*On March 15, 2017 the owner of the Bedford Wolverines put out a tweet in an attempt to have someone take over the operation of the team.  The team would then be relocated to Dartmouth also within the Halifax Regional Municipality and were renamed the SEDMHA Jets (Shearwater East Dartmouth Minor Hockey Association) Part of the issue may have been involving the planned closure of several rinks in the HRM of which the Lebrun Recreation Centre was included in the plans.  The team had planned on having training camp starting September 7th and that as of August 29th the coach and GM positions were not filled.  The camp was originally pushed back three days and then it was apparently cancelled
*The Metro Jaguars moved their home games to St. Mary's Alumni Arena
*The Eastern Shore Thunder moved their home games to the Eastern Shore Community Centre in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia.
*A posting was placed on the league website on October 18, 2017 stating that the Metro Jaguars were for sale and they are not listed on the league schedule for the 2017-18 season
==The Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Notes
Avon River Rats 	Windsor 	Hants Exhibition Arena 	join league in 2007
Cumberland/Colchester Colts	Truro 	Colchester Legion Stadium 	relocated/revived Amherst team 2016
East Hants Jr. C Penguins 	Lantz 	East Hants Sportsplex 	2017-18 expansion team
Eastern Shore Thunder 	Musquodoboit Harbour	Eastern Shore Community Centre	2016 expansion team
Spryfield Attack 	Spryfield (HRM) 	Spryfield Lions Rink 	formerly known as Spryfield Silver and Black Attack 2011-14
==Teams withdrew after schedule posted==
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Notes
Metro Jaguars	Halifax 	St. Mary's Alumni Arena	2015 expansion team
SEDMHA Jets 	Dartmouth	BMO Centre Pad-C 	2015 expansion team; were based in Bedford until 2017
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Spryfield Attack 	30	25	3 	1 	1 	225	91 	52
Eastern Shore Thunder 	30	20	5 	3 	1 	181	116	45
Avon River Rats 	32	20	12	0 	0 	173	139	40
East Hants Jr. C Penguins 	31	10	20	1 	0 	140	174	21
Cumberland/Colchester Colts	31	1 	28	1 	0 	70 	269	4
==Playoffs==
===Format===
All teams qualify for the playoffs.  The fourth and fifth place teams play a best-of-three series with the winner advancing to play the top seed in the best-of-seven semifinals and the second and third place team meeting in the semifinals.  The semifinal winners meet in the league championship series.  The league champion advance to the 2018 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.
===Preliminary Round===
*Cumberland/Colchester Colts defeated East Hants Jr. C Penguins 2 games to none
===Semifinals===
*Spryfield Attack defeated Cumberland/Colchester Colts 4 games to none
*Eastern Shore Thunder defeated Avon River Rats 4 games to 1
===Finals===
*Spryfield Attack defeated Eastern Shore Thunder 4 games to 3
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