2016–17 CPJHL season

The 2016–17 CPJHL season is the inaugural season of the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League (CPJHL). The eight teams of the CPJHL play a 48-game schedule.

2016–17 CPJHL season
LeagueCanadian Premier Junior Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration48 games
Number of teams8
Season championsMuskoka Wild
Finals championsAlmonte Jr. Sharpshooters

League formation

The CPJHL was announced in the spring of 2016. Originally, eleven teams were divided into two divisions[1] and scheduled to begin play in September. The league plans to feature a 48-game schedule concluding in March and include an all-star game, college showcase event, and a league playoff. The league gained sanctioning by the United Hockey Union (UHU), the junior hockey branch of the Amateur Athletic Union, in June 2016.

Before the league's first season would start, several of the announced teams had some further organizational changes:

  • Burk's Falls was initially introduced as the Warriors, but an ownership change saw the team renamed the Bruins.
  • The Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters were initially announced as the Ottawa Sharpshooters before making Almonte Community Center the home for the junior club. The Sharpshooters also included a U-18 team that compete in the National College Prospects Hockey League, another UHU league.
  • On September 16, the day the first games were set to take place, the league announced that the Akwesasne Chiefs and Coldwater Falcons would not play in the first season due to lack of players on each team.[2][3]

Both the Burk's Falls Bruins and Norwood Nemesis were granted delayed starts to their seasons due to a coaching change for the Bruins and lack of players for both teams.[4][5] However, after the second week of the season, the Bruins still had trouble with recruiting enough players to fill their roster and the CPJHL decided to suspend the team for the season.[6]

Standings

Final standings[7]
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; Pts = Points; Pct = Points Percentage; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title.

East Division
Team Centre W L T OTL GF GA Pts Pct
Almonte Jr. SharpshootersAlmonte, Ontario3481220694710.789
Glengarry HighlandersMaxville, Ontario231915192177520.542
O-Town RebelsOttawa, Ontario231902170153480.545
Norwood NemesisNorwood, Ontario7372189247170.181
West Division
Team Centre W L T OTL GF GA Pts Pct
Muskoka WildPort Carling, Ontario35733197110760.792
Essa StallionsAngus, Ontario291315204138640.667
Grey Highlands HawksMarkdale, Ontario291810216149590.615
Seaforth GeneralsSeaforth, Ontario344109629870.073

Playoffs

All teams qualify for the playoffs and seeded one through eight, with the highest seed facing the lowest remaining seed in the first round. The first round is a two-game series with a total goal aggregate. After the first round, the four remaining teams play a round robin with the top two teams meeting in a championship game.

First Round
(1) Muskoka Wild vs.
(8) Seaforth Generals
TeamMarch 10March 12Total Goals
Wild8614
Generals055
(2) Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters
vs. (7) Norwood Nemesis
TeamMarch 11March 12Total Goals
Jr. Sharpshooters3912
Nemesis112
(3) Essa Stallions vs.
(6) O-Town Rebels
TeamMarch 8March 11Total Goals
Stallions7—7
Rebels3Forfeit[8]3
(4) Grey Highlands Hawks vs.
(5) Glengarry Highlanders
TeamMarch 10March 12Total Goals
Hawks9413
Highlanders369

Round Robin
TeamWLOTLGFGAGD
Muskoka Wild300164+12
Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters210990
Essa Stallions111912-3
Grey Highlands Hawks021817-9

President's Cup Championship game
Team Period Final
1st2nd3rdOT
Jr. Sharpshooters21014
Wild00303

References
  1. "CPJHL Add Akwesasne Chiefs To East Division". Junior Hockey News. Junior Hockey News. 10 May 2016.
  2. "League Update". CPJHL. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. "THE DEATH POOL – SPECIAL REPORT – CPJHL KILLS OFF TWO". The Junior Hockey News. 16 September 2016.
  4. "Burk's Falls Bruins hire new coach, focused on icing a team". Almaguin-North Bay Nipissing News. 22 September 2016.
  5. "Norwood Nemesis delay Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League debut to Sept. 26 over lack of players". Peterborough Examiner. 15 September 2016.
  6. "Burk's Falls team hangs up skates before first game". Almaguin-North Bay Nipissing News. 28 September 2016.
  7. "CPJHL Standings". CPJHL. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  8. "Twitter post by Essa Stallions: March 11, 2017". March 11, 2017.
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