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| High School Hockey Opens 2017-2018 Season PDF (Press Release) |
| The Sioux City Metros became the first Iowa/Midwest High School Hockey League team to earn a national title winning the 2018 USA Hockey High School National Championships-Division II in Plymouth, Minnesota. After falling behind 2-0 in the championship game to Monarch, Colorado, the Metros rallied for a 3-2 victory. |
| Policy Changes: 1. Addition: A maximum of two foreign exchange students per team per year are allowed to participate in the League if sponsored by a certified Foreign Exchange Placement Program. 2. Addition: A running clock will be stopped when an injured played is being attended to on the ice, and restarted when play resumes. A running clock will be stopped to enter a goal or penalty on the clock, and restarted as soon as the goal or penalty has been entered. A running clock will be stopped during a stoppage of play to repair player or rink equipment failures. |
 The Championship Tournment Weekend will remain in Ames for the next five years. The City of Ames offered a five-year contract that guaranteed an hourly ice cost at the current rate for the next five years.For the first time, Fine Designs Custom Apparel provided on-site, customized imprinted wearables during the weedend tournament. There was a total of 17 overtime periods during the MHSHL Championship Tournament Weekend, nine in Varsity games, eight in Jr. Varsity games.  |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Sioux City Metros (25W-2L-1OTL-0SOL)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 2-4, 2018 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena
Championship Game: Sioux City Metros 4, Mason City Mohawks 2
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Blake Beller - Sioux City Metros
High School Hockey Kicks Off Year-End Tournaments PDF (Press Release)
Metros get their title PDF
(Sioux City Journal - Monday, March 5, 2018)
VARSITY COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
Dave LeGree - Sioux City Metros
VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Des Moines Oak Leafs
| VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - March 2-4, 2018 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena | |
| Quarterfinal Games | #4 Cedar Rapids 1, #5 Des Moines Capitals 3 #3 Mason City 3, #6 Omaha 2 #2 Kansas City 4, #7 Des Moines Oak Leafs 5, 2OT #1 Sioux City 2, #8 Waterloo 1, 2OT |
| Semifinal Games | Mason City 2, Des Moines Oak Leafs 1, 3OT Sioux City 1, Des Moines Capitals 0, 2OT |
| Third-Place Game | Des Moines Capitals 0, Des Moines Oak Leafs 1 |
| Championship Game | Sioux City 4, Mason City 2 |
| VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | |||||||||
| Team Name | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM |
| East | |||||||||
| 4-Cedar Rapids | 28 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 83 | 62 | 281 |
| 8-Waterloo | 28 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 96 | 84 | 412 |
| Quad City | 28 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 65 | 83 | 317 |
| Dubuque | 28 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 89 | 126 | 702 |
| Central | |||||||||
| 3-Mason City | 28 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 96 | 67 | 493 |
| 5-Des Moines Capitals | 28 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 109 | 76 | 365 |
| 7-Des Moines Oak Leafs | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 84 | 80 | 190 |
| Ames | 28 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 170 | 421 |
| West | |||||||||
| 1-Sioux City | 28 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 120 | 42 | 350 |
| 2-Kansas City | 28 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 111 | 62 | 440 |
| 6-Omaha | 28 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 99 | 47 | 536 |
| Lincoln | 28 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 145 | 529 |
| VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS | |||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PP | SH | GWG |
| 1 | Drake Beller, Sioux City | 28 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | James Page, Sioux City | 28 | 31 | 26 | 57 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Noah Watkins, Kansas City | 26 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ethan Topliff, DM Capitals | 28 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Luke Millius, Dubuque | 25 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| T6 | Zach Jimenez, Mason City | 27 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| T6 | Dawson Zeutenhorst, DM Oak Leafs | 28 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Tyler LeConte, Dubuque | 28 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kole Latusick, Waterloo | 28 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| T10 | Ian Jones, Kansas City | 28 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| T10 | Seth Mitchell, DM Capitals | 25 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | MIN | W | L | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% |
| 1 | Ryan Raff, Kansas City | 25 | 1,262 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 1.86 | 798 | 0.945 |
| 2 | Luke Weberg, Omaha | 14 | 692 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 1.40 | 312 | 0.943 |
| 3 | Jack Lawlor, Omaha | 15 | 740 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 1.65 | 309 | 0.928 |
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JUNIOR VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Omaha Jr. Lancers (23W-3L-2SOL)
JUNIOR VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 1-3, 2018 - Ames/ISU Arena
Championship Game: Kansas City Jets 2, Omaha Jr. Lancers 1
JUNIOR VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Des Moines Oak Leafs
| JR. VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - March 1-3, 2018 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena | |
| Quarterfinal Games | #4 Lincoln 4, #5 Cedar Rapids 5 #3 Kansas City 6, #6 Des Moines Capitals 1 #2 Mason City 5, #7 Waterloo 1 #1 Omaha 3, #8 Quad City 2, 4OT |
| Semifinal Games | Mason City 0, Kansas City 2 Omaha 2, Cedar Rapids 1, 4OT |
| Third-Place Game | Mason City 1, Cedar Rapids 3 |
| Championship Game | Omaha 1, Kansas City 2 |
| JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | ||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | SOL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM |
| East | ||||||||
| 5-Cedar Rapids | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 64 | 56 | 269 |
| 7-Waterloo | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 65 | 72 | 233 |
| 8-Quad City | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 75 | 74 | 303 |
| Dubuque | 28 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 114 | 610 |
| Central | ||||||||
| 2-Mason City | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 87 | 55 | 287 |
| 6-DM Capitals | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 82 | 58 | 280 |
| DM Oak Leafs | 28 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 62 | 80 | 230 |
| Ames | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 146 | 472 |
| West | ||||||||
| 1-Omaha | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 105 | 41 | 326 |
| 3-Kansas City | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 95 | 44 | 323 |
| 4-Lincoln | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 89 | 56 | 373 |
| Sioux City | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 60 | 65 | 295 |
| JR. VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS | |||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PP | SH | GWG |
| 1 | Max Arnold, Kansas City | 26 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Jacob Eshelman, Omaha | 26 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Ethan Kochanny, Cedar Rapids | 25 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Zachary Galvin, Cedar Rapids | 22 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 86 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Ben Blaha, Mason City | 18 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| T6 | Andrew Kramer, Quad City | 24 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| T6 | Peyton Roy, Kansas City | 21 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T6 | Nikolas Svetlak, Kansas City | 25 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Taylor Frerichs, Sioux City | 24 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| T10 | Carter Stephenson, Quad City | 28 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| T10 | Brock James, Omaha | 28 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| T10 | Cobie Morrissey, Waterloo | 24 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| JR. VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | MIN | W | L | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% |
| 1 | Ethan Snee, Cedar Rapids | 17 | 687 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 1.65 | 333 | 0.925 |
| 2 | Will Stokes, Sioux City | 14 | 587 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 2.15 | 365 | 0.924 |
| 3 | Payton West, Lincoln | 28 | 1,172 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 1.86 | 619 | 0.923 |
MIDWEST HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Todd Scebold - Ames
Secretary: Dave Fox - Hampton
Treasurer: Wayne Kettwick - DeWitt
Vice President-All-Star Selection: Dave Fox - Hampton
Vice President-Communications/Pointstreak League Administrator: Roger Kelly - Sioux City
Vice President-Tournaments: Russ Moore
- Nevada
Vice President-Scheduler: Andy Wade - Windsor Heights
Commissioner/Referee-in-Chief: Del Donaldson - Cedar Falls
Statistics: Pointstreak Scoring Network