| 2017–18 CCHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Central Canada Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | Regular season September–March |
| Games | 62 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Total attendance | 118,329 |
| League championship | |
| Bogart Cup | Ottawa Jr. Senators |
| Runners-up | Carleton Place Canadians |
| Regional championship | |
| Champions | Ottawa Jr. Senators |
| Runners-up | Longueuil Collège Français |
The 2017–18 CCHL season was the 57th season of the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL). Teams played a 62-game regular-season schedule. The league championship Ottawa Jr. Senators and runners-up Carleton Place Canadians both competed at the Eastern Canada championship 2018 Fred Page Cup, which was hosted by the Ottawa Jr. Senators. The Ottawa Jr. Senators won the Eastern Canada championship and went on to compete for the 2018 Royal Bank Cup at the national championship tournament in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Season highlights
The team formerly known as the Gloucester Rangers relocated and became the Rockland Nationals.
After winning the league championship Bogart Cup and the Eastern Canada championship 2018 Fred Page Cup, the Ottawa Jr. Senators went on to compete at the 2018 Royal Bank Cup national championship tournament in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The Senators were eliminated in the semi-final round by the Chilliwack Chiefs.
Awards
- Most Valuable Player: David Jankowski (Hawkesbury Hawks)
- Top Rookie: Jack Quinn (Kanata Lasers)
- Outstanding Defenceman: Tim Theocharidis (Carleton Place Canadians)
- Sportsmanship/ability award: David Jankowski (Hawkesbury Hawks)
- Top Prospect: Jack Quinn (Kanata Lasers)
- Outstanding graduating player: David Jankowski (Hawkesbury Hawks)
- Arthur K. Nielsen scholarship award: Geoff Kitt (Carleton Place Canadians)
- Scoring champion: David Jankowski (Hawkesbury Hawks)
- Top Goaltender: Liam Lascelle (Cornwall Colts)
- Top Coach: Jesse Winchester (Brockville Braves)
- Top General Manager: Jason Clarke (Carleton Place Canadians)
Source: "Season award archives". thecchl.ca. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
Regular season
Teams played 62 regular season games, including 6 games against teams in the same division, 6 games against two of the teams in the other division, and 5 games against the remaining 4 teams from the other division. The top 8 teams overall advanced to the post-season.[1]
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Source: "2017–18 Central CCHL standings". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
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Source: "2017–18 Central CCHL standings". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
Post-season
| Bogart Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 14 March – 21 April |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Carleton Place Canadians |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Ottawa Jr. Senators |
| Runners-up | Carleton Place Canadians |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 38 |
| Goals scored | 234 (6.16 per game) |
| Attendance | 22,988 (605 per game) |
The top 8 teams after the regular season advanced to the playoffs. In the final round, the 2nd place Ottawa Jr. Senators defeated the 1st place Carleton Place Canadians in 5 games. The Ottawa Jr. Senators and the Carleton Place Canadians both advanced to the 2018 Fred Page Cup Eastern Canada championship hosted by the Ottawa Jr. Senators.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Bogart Cup Finals | |||||||||
| Carleton Place | 4 | ||||||||||
| Rockland | 1 | ||||||||||
| Carleton Place | 4 | ||||||||||
| Hawkesbury | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hawkesbury | 4 | ||||||||||
| Cornwall | 3 | ||||||||||
| Carleton Place | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ottawa | 4 | ||||||||||
| Brockville | 4 | ||||||||||
| Kanata | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brockville | 3 | ||||||||||
| Ottawa | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ottawa | 4 | ||||||||||
| Pembroke | 2 | ||||||||||
Source: "2017–18 CCHL playoff results". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
Eastern Canada championship
| Fred Page Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Teams | 4 |
| Defending champions | Carleton Place Canadians |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Ottawa Jr. Senators |
| Runners-up | Longueuil Collège Français |
| Third place | Edmundston Blizzard |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 52 (6.5 per game) |
| Official website | |
| Hockey Canada | |
The Ottawa Jr. Senators hosted the 2018 Fred Page Cup Eastern Canada championship tournament. The other competitors were the Carleton Place Canadians of the CCHL; the Longueuil Collège Français of the QJHL; and the Edmundston Blizzard of the MHL. The Carleton Place Canadians were eliminated from competition after losing 3 straight games in the preliminary round-robin phase. The Ottawa Jr. Senators defeated the Longueuil Collège Français 10–1 in the championship match and advanced to the national championship 2018 Royal Bank Cup.
| Round-robin | OJS | LCF | EB | CPC | |
| 1 | Ottawa Jr. Senators | 3-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Longueuil Collège Français | 2-3 | 6-3 | 2-1 | |
| 3 | Edmundston Blizzard | 1-4 | 3-6 | 5-3 | |
| 4 | Carleton Place Canadians | 2-3 | 1-2 | 3-5 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||
| Edmundston Blizzard | 1 | ||||||
| Longueuil Collège | 5 | ||||||
| Longueuil Collège | 1 | ||||||
| Ottawa Jr. Senators | 10 | ||||||
National championship
The Ottawa Jr. Senators advanced to the 2018 Royal Bank Cup national championship tournament hosted by the Chilliwack Chiefs of the British Columbia Hockey League in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The Senators were eliminated from competition after losing to the Chilliwack Chiefs in the semi-final. The Chilliwack Chiefs went on to defeat the Wellington Dukes of the Ontario Junior Hockey League in the final match.
References
- "CCHL announces 2017–18 regular season schedule". thecchl.ca (Press release). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
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