2017-18 NBJHL Season

This is the 2017-18 New Brunswick Junior Hockey League season.   This is the league's 8th season under this name and 9th season overall.  The league is a mixed level Junior B and Junior C league as the league came about as the result of the collapse of the New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League in 2011.  That league's remaining team, the Hampton Hurricanes moved up to play in the then New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League.  Three additional Junior C level teams wanted to join the league for the 2012-13 season and the league was subsequently renamed.  With the present set up of the league; the Junior B champion advances to the 2018 Don Johnson Memorial Cup and the Junior C champion advances to the 2018 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.
The league plays a limited interlocking schedule with the 4 teams in the Prince Edward Island based Island Junior Hockey League.  These games count in both league's standings
==Membership Changes==
* The Fredericton Caps announced on April 21, 2017 that the team was ceasing operations after the completion of the 2017 Don Johnson Memorial Cup which they were hosting.
==Teams==
Team 	Established 	Tier	Centre 	Arena
Grand Lake Moose 	2006 	C 	Minto 	Minto Arena
Cap-Pele Predators 	2012 	B 	Cap-Pelé 	Cap-Pelé Arena
Kent Koyotes 	2013 	B 	Cocagne 	Cocagne Arena
Moncton Vito's 	2008 	B 	Moncton 	Superior Propane Centre
Southern Sting 	2011 asHamptonHurricanes	C 	QuispamsisHamptonMiramichi	Quispamsis QPlex,Hampton ArenaLord Beaverbrook Arena
Sunny Corner Thunder 	2014 	C 	Sunny Corner 	Sunny Corner Arena
Tri-County River Cats 	2009 	C 	Fredericton Junction 	Tri-County Complex
Western Valley Panthers	2012 	C 	Hartland 	Hartland Arena
==Standings==
===Junior B===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Moncton Vito's 	28	18	7 	3 	0 	120	107	39
Cap-Pele Predators 	28	16	10	1 	1 	118	98 	34
Kent Koyotes 	28	13	11	2 	2 	99 	116	30
Western Red Wings (PEI)	12	7 	3 	0 	2 	51 	39 	16
Sherwood Metros (PEI) 	12	7 	5 	0 	0 	58 	43 	14
Eastern Maniacs (PEI) 	12	3 	7 	1 	1 	42 	72 	8
Kensington Vipers (PEI)	12	2 	8 	2 	0 	39 	52 	6
===Junior C===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Southern Sting 	23	19	3 	1 	0 	126	81 	39
Tri-County River Cats 	24	15	7 	2 	0 	128	88 	32
Western Valley Panthers	24	11	11	2 	0 	129	143	24
Grand Lake Moose 	24	8 	14	1 	1 	106	121	18
Sunny Corner Thunder 	23	6 	14	3 	0 	88 	144	15
Note: A February 10th game between Southern and Sunny Corner was cancelled and not made up as it had no bearing on the final standings.
==Playoffs==
===Junior B===
====Format====
The league playoffs start with a three team home and home series. The top two teams in the round robin advance to the best-of-seven league final. The playoff champion  advances to the 2018 Don Johnson Memorial Cup.
===Double Round Robin===
*Kent Koyotes defeated Moncton Vito's 5-2
*Moncton Vito's  defeated Cap-Pele Predators 3-2 (2ot)
*Moncton Vito's defeated Kent Koyotes 6-2
*Moncton Vito's defeated Cap-Pele Predators 5-3
*Cap-Pele Predators defeated Kent Koyotes 3-1
*Kent Koyotes defeated Cap-Pele Predators 6-3
====Standings====
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Moncton Vito's 	4 	3	1	0 	- 	16	12	6
Kent Koyotes 	4 	2	2	0 	- 	14	14	4
Cap-Pele Predators	4 	1	1	1 	- 	11	15	2
====Final====
*Moncton Vito's defeated Kent Koyotes 4 games to 1
===Junior C===
====Format====
All teams qualify. The fourth place team plays the fifth place team in the best of three quarterfinal.  The winner plays the first place team and the second place team plays the fourth place team in the best of five semifinals.  The semifinal winners meet in the best of seven final.  The league playoff champion advances to the 2018 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.
====Quarterfinal====
*Grand Lake Moose defeated Sunny Corner Thunder 2 games to none
====Semifinals====
*Tri-County River Cats defeated Western Valley Panthers 4 games to 2
*Southern Sting defeated Grand Lake Moose 4 games to none
====Final====
*Tri-County River Cats defeated Southern Sting 4 games to 2
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