2024–25 BCHL season

2024–25 BCHL season
League	BCHL
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of games	54
Number of teams	21

The 2024–25 BCHL season is the 63rd season of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) and its second season as an independent league.

League changes

The Merritt Centennials left the BCHL to join the KIJHL.

The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) announced that it would withdraw from the Hockey Canada framework and operate as an independent farm league for the BCHL.

The league introduced "universal affiliate" players. Teams will be allowed to supplement their rosters with affiliate players from the VIJHL and the Junior Prospects Hockey League (JPHL).

The league's 21 teams will be organized into two conferences — Coastal and Interior — with each conference divided into West and East divisions. The five Alberta-based teams, which left the AJHL part-way through the 2023–24 season, will play in the East division of the Interior conference, as will the Cranbrook Bucks. The Prince George Spruce Kings, who had been in the Interior Conference, has been moved into the Coastal Conference's East division.

The teams will play a 54-game regular season with top 8 teams from each conference advancing to the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, the first seed in each conference will play the eighth seed, the second seed will play the seventh seed, the third seed will play the sixth seed, and the fourth seed will play the fifth seed. Each round will be a best-of-seven series with the winner advancing to the next round.

Conference	Division	Team	Home	Arena
Coastal	West	Alberni Valley Bulldogs	Port Alberni	Weyerhaeuser Arena
		Cowichan Valley Capitals	North Cowichan	Cowichan Community Centre
		Nanaimo Clippers	Nanaimo	Frank Crane Arena
		Powell River Kings	Powell River	Hap Parker Arena
		Victoria Grizzlies	Victoria	The Q Centre
	East	Chilliwack Chiefs	Chilliwack	Chilliwack Coliseum
		Coquitlam Express	Coquitlam	Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex
		Langley Rivermen	Langley	George Preston Recreation Centre
		Prince George Spruce Kings	Prince George	Kopar Memorial Arena
		Surrey Eagles	Surrey	South Surrey Arena
Interior	West	Penticton Vees	Penticton	South Okanagan Events Centre
		Salmon Arm Silverbacks	Salmon Arm	Shaw Centre
		Trail Smoke Eaters	Trail	Cominco Arena
		Vernon Vipers	Vernon	Kal Tire Place
		West Kelowna Warriors	West Kelowna	Royal LePage Place
	East	Blackfalds Bulldogs	Blackfalds	Eagle Builders Centre
		Brooks Bandits	Brooks	Centennial Regional Arena
		Cranbrook Bucks	Cranbrook	Western Financial Place
		Okotoks Oilers	Okotoks	Okotoks Centennial Arena
		Sherwood Park Crusaders	Sherwood Park	Sherwood Park Arena
		Spruce Grove Saints	Spruce Grove	Grant Fuhr Arena

Map of BCHL teams

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Coastal West Coastal East Interior West Interior East

2024 BCHL showcase

The annual showcase event will take place from 13 - 17 October 2024 in the Fraser Valley cities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack, co-hosted by the Vancouver Canucks. The event is an opportunity for NCAA coaches and NHL scouts to observe all 21 teams playing two regular season games each. The games will played in the Abbotsford Centre and the Chilliwack Coliseum. The 2024 event will also include a JPHL under-18 showcase.

During the event, the league will also pilot an initiative allowing coaches to lodge a challenge when they believe that a double-minor, major or match penalty should have been assessed. If the challenge is unsuccessful, the challenging team will be assessed a minor penalty for delay of game and will not be permitted another challenge for the rest of the match.

Post-season

The first seed in each conference will play the eighth seed in the first round, the second seed will play the seventh seed and so on. The two last-place teams from the Coastal Conference, and the three last-place teams from the Interior Conference are excluded from the post-season.

See also

• 2024 in ice hockey
• 2025 NHL entry draft
• List of BCHL seasons

External links

• Official Website of the British Columbia Hockey League