1997-98 North Central Hockey League (Alberta) Season

The 97-98 NCHL season saw more changes as the Grande Cache Rockies and Drayton Valley Wildcats were welcomed, while the Mayerthorpe Hitmen became the first team to take a leave of absence. The Hinton Heat were also re-instated to the league. Drayton Valley had moved over from "AAA" status in the Chinook League and were a very strong club, losing only 1 regular season game. Grande Cache also proved to be a very good club, coming in second behind DV in the South Division. Slave Lake defeated Fox Creek in the North final, while Drayton Valley defeated Grande Cache in the South final. Drayton Valley defeated Slave Lake in straight games to win the NCHL championship.
The all-star game was played in Edson, Alberta
SOUTH DIVISION
TEAMS 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	PTS
Drayton Valley Wildcats	23	20	1 	2	184	85 	42
Grande Cache Rockies 	23	17	4 	2	144	91 	36
Edson Ice 	24	9 	13	2	113	126	20
Hinton Heat 	23	10	13	0	113	116	20
NORTH DIVISION
TEAMS 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	PTS
Slave Lake Winterhawks	23	15	7 	1	158	116	31
Whitecourt Cats 	24	10	13	1	112	133	21
Fox Creek Bandits 	24	9 	14	1	103	127	19
Athabasca Aces 	24	7 	16	1	110	161	15
Swan Hills Knights 	23	3 	20	0	95 	198	6
Archived information courtesy of the Fox Creek Bandits webpage.
Category:1998 in hockey
Category:North Central Hockey League (Alberta) Seasons