National Ringette League playoffs

National Ringette League playoffs are the knockout match, round robin and tournament for determining the champion for National Ringette League.

The current format consists of three parts: Knockout match, Elite eight and tournament.

The playoffs was started from second season of the National Ringette League which was 2005-06 season.

In 2010-11 season, the playoffs held in just one city and from next season, the Elite eight and the tournament starts.

From the 2015-16 season, the number of teams in West conference became 4, the Knockout stage consisted five East conference team and three West conference Team.

In the 2016-17 season, the number of Western Conference teams became 5 the number of teams advanced to the Elite Eight are still the same.

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