The NWJHL regular season is done, now it’s time for the playoffs.
All eight teams will be competing for the championship with the winner representing the league at the Junior B Provincials happening in April in Lloydminster.
The first round has 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 in each division in a best-of-five.
The La Crete Lumber Barons had the best record in the regular season at 36-3-1 for 73 points.
As for the rest of the North-South division, Beaverlodge and Grande Prairie finished tied for second with 45 points (Beaverlodge gets the tiebreaker with more regulation wins) while Sexsmith was at the bottom with 29 points.
In the East-West division, Fort St. John finished on top with 59 points, the North Peace Navigators had 45, Dawson Creek with 27 and Fairview had the leagues worst record at 5-33-2 for 12 points. The Flyer also ended the season with an ugly losing streak dropping 16 in a row.
North Peace Navigators vs Dawson Creek Kodiaks
Series Schedule
Game 1 – Friday in Peace River
Game 2 – Saturday in Dawson Creek
Game 3 – February 11 in Peace River
Game 4 – February 14 in Dawson Creek (if necessary)
Game 5 – February 15 in Peace River (if necessary)
Head to Head – Kodiaks won season series 5-3
Navs leading scorers
Tyson Tokarz – 37G, 40A, 77 points
Seth Roy – 20G, 34A, 54 points
Jacob Bevington – 23G, 24A, 47 points
Jack Pettipas – 11G, 32A, 43 points
Deklan Lafferty – 11G, 31A, 42 points
Kodiaks leading scorers
Maddox Pierce – 18G, 30A, 48 points
Teigan Kelley – 14G, 16A, 30 points
Jarret Rogalsky – 14G, 15A, 29 points
Taven Wudrich – 14G, 12A, 26 points
Josh Tymchuk – 8G, 12A, 20 points
Special Teams
Navs Power Play – 26% 3rd
Navs Penalty Kill – 77.4% 5th
Kodiaks Power Play – 22.9% 5th
Kodiaks Penalty Kill – 75.7% 6th
Fort St. John Huskies vs Fairview Flyers
Series Schedule
Game 1 – Friday in FSJ
Game 2 – Saturday in Fairview
Game 3 – February 10 in FSJ
Game 4 – February 13 in Fairview (if necessary)
Game 5 – February 14 in FSJ (if necessary)
Head to Head – Huskies won season series 8-0
Huskies leading scorers
Ryan Ungstad – 28G, 41A, 69 points
Xavier Burgher – 34G, 29A, 63 points
Grayden Alexander – 13G, 45A, 58 points
MacCoy Wilms – 24G, 28A, 52 points
Carver Lequiere – 13G, 28A, 41 points
Flyers leading scorers
Dawsyn Pittman – 28G, 18A, 46 points
Lucas Dallyn – 19G, 18A, 37 points
Marcus Pickup – 14G, 12A, 26 points
Braden Kamphuis – 8G, 18A, 26 points
Hunter Burns – 7G, 18A, 25 points
Special Teams
Huskies Power Play – 30.6% 1st
Huskies Penalty Kill – 78.8% 4th
Flyers Power Play – 17.9% 6th
Flyers Penalty Kill – 68.7% 8th
La Crete Lumber Barons vs Sexsmith Vipers
Series Schedule
Game 1 – Saturday in La Crete
Game 2 – Sunday in La Crete
Game 3 – February 13 in Sexsmith
Game 4 – February 14 in Sexsmith (if necessary)
Game 5 – February 16 in La Crete (if necessary)
Head to Head – Lumber Barons won season series 7-1
Lumber Barons leading scorers
Nolan Cardinal – 41G, 50A, 91 points
Drew Friesen – 16G, 53A, 69 points
Jonah Cardinal – 22G, 43A, 65 points
Carter Fehr – 30G, 27A, 57 points
Jackson Friesen – 25G, 28A, 53 points
Vipers leading scorers
Lucas Schuett – 29G, 39A, 68 points
Rhys Doyle – 21G, 33A, 54 points
KC McKinney – 17G, 15A, 32 points
Toby Simpkins – 9G, 10A, 19 points
Ryder Nellis – 10G, 5A, 15 points
Special Teams
Barons Power Play – 26.1% 2nd
Barons Penalty Kill – 85.4% 1st
Vipers Power Play – 16.1% 8th
Vipers Penalty Kill – 74.4% 7th
Beaverlodge Blades vs Grande Prairie Wheat Kings
Series Schedule
Game 1 – Wednesday in Beaverlodge
Game 2 – Saturday in Grande Prairie
Game 3 – Sunday in Beaverlodge
Game 4 – February 14 in Grande Prairie (if necessary)
Game 5 – February 15 in Beaverlodge (if necessary)
Head to Head – Blades won season series 5-3
Blades leading scorers
Adam Morrow – 30G, 59A, 89 points
Kyler Watson – 31G, 34A, 65 points
Brody West – 28G, 29A, 57 points
Ethan Taylor – 14G, 29A, 43 points
Aiden Clarke – 9G, 12A, 21 points
Wheat Kings leading scorers
Jake Hildebrand-Hobbs – 14G, 37A, 51 points
Connor Beson – 19G, 23A, 42 points
Kade Budgell – 16G, 21A, 37 points
Wyatt Lefley – 10G, 14A, 24 points
Talin McLeod – 8G, 16A, 24 points
Special Teams
Blades Power Play – 23.7% 4th
Blades Penalty Kill – 80.1% 3rd
Kings Power Play – 17.3% 7th
Kings Penalty Kill – 82.7% 2nd
NWJHL Championship history
Fort St. John – 10 (2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025)
Navs – 6 (2004, 2005, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Whitecourt – 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Slave Lake – 3 (1995, 1996, 1997)
Dawson Creek – 2 (1999, 2002)
La Crete – 1 (2024)
Fairview – 1 (2017)
Grande Prairie – 1 (2013)
Sexsmith – 1 (1998)
– Kyle Moore, Trending 55 Newsroom
