2016-17 KIJHL Season

This is the 2016-17 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season. This was the league's 56th season.
In July 2016, the league announced for the 2016-17 season that the inter-conference play between the Okanagan-Shuswap Conference and the Kootenay Conference would be eliminated during the regular season and that the schedule would be reduced from 52 to 47 games.  The reduction in the number of games also nearly eliminated the use of week night games.  The moves served two purposes for the players and the owners first to reduce the strain on the players with much less travel and time to spend on their studies and the reduction of travel expenses and the elimination of unprofitable games held in the middle of the week.
The league was considering expansion for the 2017-18 season, but ended up rejecting applications for teams to be based out of Quesnel, British Columbia and Williams Lake, British Columbia at a special league meeting in January 2017.  Apparently, travel distance was the major factor in the rejection of the applications, Williams Lake is 97km (59 miles) north of the present northernmost team (100 Mile House) and Quesnel is another 118km (73 miles) north of Williams Lake.
==Membership changes==
*none
==Teams==
Eddie Mountain Division 	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division 	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Columbia Valley Rockies 	Invermere 	Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Creston Valley Thunder Cats	Creston 	Johnny Bucyk Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fernie Ghostriders 	Fernie 	Fernie Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Golden Rockets 	Golden 	Golden Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kimberley Dynamiters 	Kimberley 	Kimberley Civic Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	 	 	 	
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Beaver Valley Nitehawks 	Fruitvale 	Beaver Valley Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Castlegar Rebels 	Castlegar 	Castlegar Community Complex 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Grand Forks Border Bruins 	Grand Forks 	Jack Goddard Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nelson Leafs 	Nelson 	Nelson Community Complex 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Spokane Braves 	Spokane 	Eagles Ice-A-Rama 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kelowna Chiefs 	Kelowna 	Rutland Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
North Okanagan Knights 	Armstrong 	Nor-Val Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Osoyoos Coyotes 	Osoyoos 	Osoyoos Sunbowl Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Princeton Posse 	Princeton 	Princeton District Multipurpose Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Summerland Steam 	Summerland 	Summerland Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
100 Mile House Wranglers 	100 Mile House 	South Cariboo Recreation Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chase Heat 	Chase 	Art Holding Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kamloops Storm 	Kamloops 	McArthur Island Sports & Events Centre	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Revelstoke Grizzlies 	Revelstoke 	Revelstoke Forum 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sicamous Eagles 	Sicamous 	Sicamous District Recreation Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Standings==
===Kootenay Conference===
====Eddie Mountain Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Creston Valley Thunder Cats	47	36	9 	1	1 	224	118	74
Kimberley Dynamiters 	47	33	13	0	1 	211	141	67
Fernie Ghostriders 	47	26	18	1	2 	185	151	55
Columbia Valley Rockies 	47	14	29	0	4 	139	222	32
Golden Rockets 	47	5 	37	1	4 	75 	208	15
===Neil Murdoch Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Beaver Valley Nitehawks 	47	38	5 	1	3 	218	105	80
Castlegar Rebels 	47	30	16	0	1 	221	174	61
Nelson Leafs 	47	21	21	1	4 	148	160	47
Grand Forks Border Bruins	47	20	21	3	3 	173	194	46
Spokane Braves 	47	8 	38	0	1 	129	250	17
===Okanagan/Shuswap Conference===
====Doug Birks Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Chase Heat 	47	31	12	2	2 	188	141	66
100 Mile House Wranglers	47	27	12	3	5 	175	137	62
Kamloops Storm 	47	23	17	1	6 	153	137	53
Revelstoke Grizzlies 	47	19	25	1	2 	139	162	41
Sicamous Eagles 	47	10	36	0	1 	104	234	21
===Okanagan/Shuswap Conference===
====Okanagan Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Osoyoos Coyotes 	47	37	8 	1	1 	208	111	76
Summerland Steam 	47	34	9 	1	3 	182	117	72
Kelowna Chiefs 	47	20	22	2	3 	157	156	45
North Okanagan Knights	47	15	29	2	1 	118	164	33
Princeton Posse 	47	12	29	1	5 	99 	164	30
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top 4 teams in each division qualify for the playoffs.  The first two round series are best-of-seven.  The semifinal and final series are best of five  The playoff champion (or the runner up if the Creston Valley Thunder Cats win the championship) advances to the 2017 Cyclone Taylor Cup which is being hosted by the Creston Valley Thunder Cats.
===Eddie Mountain Division Semifinals===
*Creston Valley Thunder Cats defeated Columbia Valley Rockies 4 games to none
*Kimberley Dynamiters defeated Fernie Ghostriders 4 games to 2
===Neil Murdoch Division Semifinals===
*Beaver Valley Nitehawks defeated Grand Forks Border Bruins 4 games to none
*Nelson Leafs defeated Castlegar Rebels 4 games to 2
===Doug Birks Division Semifinals===
*Chase Heat defeated Revelstoke Grizzlies 4 games to 1
*Kamloops Storm defeated 100 Mile House Wranglers 4 games to 2
===Okanagan Division Semifinals===
*Osoyoos Coyotes defeated North Okanagan Knights 4 games to none
*Summerland Steam defeated Kelowna Chiefs 4 games to 3
===Eddie Mountain Division Final===
*Kimberley Dynamiters defeated Creston Valley Thunder Cats 4 games to 2
===Neil Murdoch Division Final===
*Beaver Valley Nitehawks defeated Nelson Leafs 4 games to none
===Doug Birks Division Final===
*Chase Heat defeated Kamloops Storm 4 games to 1
===Okanagan Division Final===
*Osoyoos Coyotes defeated Summerland Steam 4 games to none
===Kootenay Conference Final===
*Beaver Valley Nitehawks defeated Kimberley Dynamiters 3 games to 2
===Okanagan/Shuswap Conference Final===
*Chase Heat defeated Osoyoos Coyotes 3 games to 2
===League Championship===
*Beaver Valley Nitehawks defeated Chase Heat 3 games to none
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