2017-18 NEWHL Season

This is the 2017-18 Northeast Women's Hockey League season.  This is the league's first season.
==Membership Changes==
All of the members of the conference were members of the ECAC West women's conference for the 2016-17 season.  The move was brought about by the formation of the United Collegiate Hockey Conference which was announced in early October of 2016.  This move took 5 of ten members out of the ECAC West.
The conference will maintain an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.  This is despite the league being under the required threshold for an automatic bid to the conference.  The conference will have to add at least two more members prior to the start of the 2019-20 season to be able to keep the automatic bid. 
The league will be adding the Canton Kangaroos for the 2018-19 season and will also be adding the Morrisville Mustangs for the 2019-20 season and thus will be able to keep the automatic bid to the NCAA tourmaent.
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Buffalo State Bengals	Buffalo, New York 	Buffalo State Sports Arena
Cortland Red Dragons 	Cortland, New York 	Alumni Ice Arena
Oswego Great Lakers 	Oswego, New York 	Marano Campus Center Ice Arena
Plattsburgh Cardinals	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
Potsdam Bears 	Potsdam, New York 	Maxcy Ice Arena
==Standings==
Northeast Women's Hockey League	Northeast Women's Hockey League	Northeast Women's Hockey League	Northeast Women's Hockey League	Northeast Women's Hockey League	Northeast Women's Hockey League	Northeast Women's Hockey League	Northeast Women's Hockey League	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Plattsburgh Cardinals 	16 	15 	0 	1 	105 	24 	31 	30 	24 	4 	2 	126 	34
Buffalo State Bengals 	16 	9 	6 	1 	54 	51 	19 	26 	13 	11 	2 	54 	56
Oswego Great Lakers 	16 	7 	8 	1 	32 	35 	15 	27 	12 	13 	2 	62 	68
Potsdam Bears 	16 	4 	10 	2 	19 	43 	10 	26 	12 	12 	2 	45 	59
Cortland Red Dragons 	16 	2 	13 	1 	14 	55 	5 	25 	8 	15 	2 	44 	74
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
The top four teams qualify for the single elimination conference tournament.
===Semifinals===
*Plattsburgh Cardinals defeated Potsdam Bears 6-1
*Oswego Great Lakers defeated Buffalo State Bengals 5-0
===Final===
*Plattsburgh Cardinals defeated Oswego Great Lakers 6-0
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