The 2024–25 MHL season was the 57th season of the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL).
In November, the Edmundston Blizzard reached to the top of the CJHL Top 20 list, becoming the first MHL team to do so since 2011–12. The Blizzard went on to win the league championship Metalfab Cup and advanced to the national championship tournament in Calgary.
Goalie Rhyah Stewart of the West Kent Steamers became the second woman player in league history after 1995–96 Dartmouth Oland Exports goaltender Lisa Herritt. Stewart played 10 games for the Steamers with a .903 save percentage and 3.17 goals against average.
Regular season
Teams each play a 52-game regular season schedule, including 8 matches against each team in their division, and two against each team in the other division.
|+ style="background:#003277; border-top:#63ADE4 5px solid; border-bottom:#63ADE4 5px solid"| ! style=width:15em | Team ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Games Played">GP</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Wins">W</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Overtime Wins">OTW</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Shootout Wins">SOW</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Losses">L</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Overtime Losses">OTL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Shootout losses">SOL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> |- align=right | align=left|Edmundston Blizzard || 52 || 44 || 5 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 90 |- align=right | align=left|West Kent Steamers || 52 || 30 || 4 || 2 || 16 || 5 || 1 || 66 |- align=right | align=left|Campbellton Tigers || 52 || 27 || 1 || 1 || 19 || 4 || 2 || 60 |- align=right | align=left|Miramichi Timberwolves || 52 || 26 || 5 || 4 || 24 || 0 || 2 || 54 |- align=right | align=left|Grand Falls Rapids || 52 || 16 || 0 || 0 || 27 || 2 || 7 || 41 |- align=right | align=left|Fredericton Red Wings || 52 || 13 || 0 || 4 || 36 || 1 || 2 || 29
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|+ style="background:#003277; border-top:#63ADE4 5px solid; border-bottom:#63ADE4 5px solid"| ! style=width:15em | Team ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Games Played">GP</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Wins">W</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Overtime Wins">OTW</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Shootout Wins">SOW</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Losses">L</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Overtime Losses">OTL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Shootout losses">SOL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> |- align=right | align=left|Summerside Western Capitals || 52 || 38 || 2 || 1 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 80 |- align=right | align=left|Amherst Ramblers || 52 || 35 || 3 || 1 || 15 || 2 || 0 || 72 |- align=right | align=left|Truro Bearcats || 52 || 28 || 1 || 1 || 22 || 1 || 1 || 58 |- align=right | align=left|Pictou County Crushers || 52 || 25 || 0 || 2 || 21 || 5 || 1 || 56 |- align=right | align=left|Yarmouth Mariners || 52 || 21 || 3 || 2 || 30 || 0 || 1 || 43 |- align=right | align=left|Valley Wildcats || 52 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 41 || 1 || 1 || 20
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Post-season
The first seed Edmundston Blizzard swept the final round against the seventh seed Pictou County Crushers in four games to win the league championship Metalfab Cup and advanced to the national championship tournament in Calgary.
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Quarterfinal: Edmundston Blizzard vs Miramichi Timberwolves The first-place Edmundston Blizzard defeated the eighth-place Miramichi Timberwolves in four games to one. Miramichi's double-overtime victory in game two was Edmunston's only loss of the playoffs.
Quarterfinal: West Kent Steamers vs Campbellton Tigers The fifth-place Campbellton Tigers defeated the fourth-place West Kent Steamers in four games to two after winning game six in double-overtime.
Quarterfinal: Amherst Ramblers vs Truro Bearcats The sixth-place Truro Bearcats defeated the third-place Amherst Ramblers in four games to two.
Quarterfinal: Summerside Western Capitals vs Pictou County Crushers The seventh-place Pictou County Crushers defeated the second-place Summerside Western Capitals in four games to one.
Semifinal: Edmundston Blizzard vs Campbellton Tigers The Edmundston Blizzard swept the Campbellton Tigers in four games to advance to the final.
Semifinal: Truro Bearcats vs Pictou County Crushers The Pictou County Crushers swept the Truro Bearcats in four games to win the Nova Scotia Junior A championship and advance to the MHL championship final against the Edmundston Blizzard.
Final: Edmundston Blizzard vs Pictou County Crushers The Edmundston Blizzard swept the Pictou County Crushers in four games to win the league championship Metalfab Cup and advance to the national championship 2025 Centennial Cup tournament in Calgary.
National championship
The 54th annual Junior A national championship tournament took place at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary, hosted by the Calgary Canucks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). Representing the MHL, the Metalfab Cup championship Edmundston Blizzard were eliminated from competition after losing two out of four matches in the preliminary round.
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