2016–17 CCHL season

The 2016–17 CCHL season was the 56th season of the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL). The twelve teams of the CCHL play a 62-game schedule.

Season highlights

The Carleton Place Canadians won the league championship Bogart Cup for the 4th year in a row. They went on to compete for the 2017 Fred Page Cup and lost in the final match to the Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL) championship Terrebonne Cobras.

Cameron Crotty of the Brockville Braves was drafted 82nd overall in the third round of the 2017 NHL entry draft by the Arizona Coyotes.

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Grant Hebert (Cumberland Grads)

Top Rookie: Merrick Rippon (Ottawa Jr. Senators)

Outstanding Defenceman: Owen Grant (Carleton Place Canadians)

Sportsmanship/ability award: Charles Levesque (Hawkesbury Hawks)

Top Prospect: Cameron Crotty (Brockville Braves)

Outstanding graduating player: Grant Cooper (Cornwall Colts)

Arthur K. Nielsen scholarship award: Owen Grant (Carleton Place Canadians)

Scoring champion: Grant Hebert (Cumberland Grads)

Top Goaltender: Henry Johnson (Brockville Braves)

Top Coach: Ian MacInnis (Cornwall Colts)

Top General Manager: Jason Clarke (Carleton Place Canadians)

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Regular season

Teams played 62 regular season games. The top 8 teams overall advanced to the post-season.

Carleton Place Canadians Carleton Place, Ontario 62 50 12 0 0 252 135 100 Cornwall Colts Cornwall, Ontario 62 41 14 4 3 232 171 89 Hawkesbury Hawks Hawkesbury, Ontario 62 36 24 0 2 205 185 74 Kemptville 73's Kemptville, Ontario 62 33 25 2 2 216 188 70 Brockville Braves Brockville, Ontario 62 33 26 1 2 179 162 69 Smiths Falls Bears Smiths Falls, Ontario 62 24 31 5 2 177 209 55

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Ottawa Jr. Senators Ottawa, Ontario 62 41 18 1 2 203 159 85 Nepean Raiders Nepean, Ontario 62 24 33 5 0 171 222 53 Cumberland Grads Cumberland, Ontario 62 24 34 2 2 194 216 52 Gloucester Rangers Gloucester, Ontario 62 22 34 3 3 141 204 50 Kanata Lasers Kanata, Ontario 62 22 34 3 3 185 249 50 Pembroke Lumber Kings Pembroke, Ontario 62 22 38 2 0 165 220 46

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Post-season

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Eastern Canada championship

The league championship Carleton Place Canadians advanced to the 2017 Fred Page Cup tournament hosted by the Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL) championship Terrebonne Cobras in Terrebonne, Quebec. The other competitors were the QJHL runners-up, the Longueuil Collège Français; and the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) championship Truro Bearcats. The Carleton Place Canadians made it to the championship round and lost to the Terrebonne Cobras.

National championship

The Cobourg Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) hosted the 2017 Royal Bank Cup national championship tournament in Coburg, Ontario. The hosting Cobourg Cougars won the tournament after an overtime win against the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) in the final match.

2016–17 CCHL season

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