2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Teams
As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2017–18 season. After the 2016–17 season, Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE and Kispest NKK were relegated to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, Kecskeméti NKSE and Vasas SC.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Teams, Personnel and kits
Following is the list of clubs competing in 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), League table, Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Season statistics, Attendances
Updated to games played on 23 May 2018. Source: Attendance numbers without playoff matches.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball)
The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (transl. National Championship I/A) is the 87th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Alba Fehérvár is the defending champion.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Teams
DEAC was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2016–17 NB I/B. Vasas SC left the league.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs
Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs, Quarter-finals
In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs, Semi-finals
In the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs, Finals
In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Playoffs, Third place
In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won two games before all three games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), Playout
Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball), All-star game
The all-star game was played on 2 December 2017 and was played at the Tüskecsarnok in Budapest.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (men's handball)
The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B is the 50th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, Hungary's second tier Handball league.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (men's handball), Team information
There are 14–14 clubs in the 2 group, with three-three promoted teams from Nemzeti Bajnokság II.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (men's handball), Team information, Stadia and locations, Western Group
The following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/B (Western) during the 2017–18 season:


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (men's handball), Team information, Stadia and locations, Eastern Group
The following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/B (Eastern) during the 2017–18 season:


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (men's handball), League table, Western Group, Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (men's handball), League table, Eastern Group, Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women's handball)
The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B is the 50th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B,  Hungary's second tier Handball league.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women's handball), Team information
There are 14–14 clubs in the 2 group, with three-three promoted teams from Nemzeti Bajnokság II.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women's handball), Team information, Stadia and locations, Western Group
The following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/B (Western) during the 2017–18 season:


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women's handball), Team information, Stadia and locations, Eastern Group
The following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/B (Eastern) during the 2017–18 season:


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women's handball), League table, Western Group, Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women's handball), League table, Eastern Group, Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as 2017–18 Merkantil Bank Liga) was Hungary's 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
On 19 June 2017, it was announced that the Hungarian Football Federation accepted all of the licenses of the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II clubs.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III is Hungary's third-level football competition.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
On 20 June 2017, the play-offs finished and the full tables were formed. On 26 June 2017, it was announced that the Hungarian Football Federation did not accept the of Szigetszentmiklósi TK. On 12 July 2017, the Hungarian Football Federation issued the three groups of the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
On 28 March 2018, the STC Salgótarján announced its withdrawal from the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
The results for STC Salgótarján were deleted for the entire season due to their withdrawal.


2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III, Promotion and relegation play-off
Promoted: Taksony, Méhkeréki SE and Sényő qualified on slots. The following champions did not assume the Nemzeti Bajnokság III, although they won their county championships: Tolna, Algyő and Pécsvárad


2017–18 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolf Pack, led by third-year head coach Eric Musselman, played their home games at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 29–8, 15–3 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season championship. They defeated UNLV in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament before losing in the semifinals to San Diego State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they beat Texas, Cincinnatiin a stunning 22-point comeback with 11:34 to go. This tied the second largest comeback in terms of deficit in NCAA Tournament history. They then lost to Loyola Loyola Chicago the Sweet Sixteen.


2017–18 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the season 28–7, 14–4 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season championship. They defeated Utah State, Fresno State, and Colorado State to win the Mountain West Tournament championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Iowa State.


2017–18 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team, Offseason, 2017 recruiting class
Nevada did not have any incoming players in the 2017 recruiting class.


2017–18 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team, Preseason
In a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Wolf Pack were picked to win the Mountain West, receiving 19 of 24 first place votes. Junior forward Jordan Caroline was named to the preseason All-Mountain West team. Junior forward Caleb Martin, a transfer from NC State, was named the preseason Newcomer of the Year.


2017–18 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team, Ranking movement
^Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll at the same time AP did. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings. Number in parenthesis indicates number of first place votes.


2017–18 Nevada Wolf Pack women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Nevada Wolf Pack women's basketball team will represent the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolf Pack, led by first year head coach Amanda Levens, play their home games at the Lawlor Events Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 19–17, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the championship of the Mountain West Women's Tournament where they lost to Boise State. They received an invite to the WBI where they defeated UC Irvine and Mountain West member Fresno State in the first round and quarterfinals before losing to Central Arkansas in the semifinals.


2017–18 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2017–18 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team  represented the University of New Hampshire during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 13th-year head coach Bill Herrion, played their home games at Lundholm Gym in Durham, New Hampshire as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 6–10 in America East play to finish in a tie for six place. They lost to Hartford in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament.


2017–18 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season
The Wildcats finished the season 20–12, 10–6 in America East play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the America East Tournament, they defeated UMBC in the quarterfinals before losing to Vermont in the semifinals.


2017–18 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team
The 2017–18 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of New Hampshire during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eighth-year head coach Maureen Magarity, play their home games in Lundholm Gym and are members of the America East Conference.


2017–18 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team, Media
All non-televised home games and conference road games stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games air on Fox College Sports, Live Well Network, or WBIN. Most road games stream on the opponent's website. All conference home games and select non-conference home games are broadcast on the radio on WPKX, WGIR and online on the .


2017–18 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season
The New Hampshire Wildcats represent the University of New Hampshire in Women's Hockey East Association play during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season
The 2017–18 New Jersey Devils season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 36th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. The Devils received the first overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft for the first time in franchise history by winning the draft lottery held on April 29, 2017. They used this pick to select Nico Hischier who was also the first Swiss player to be selected first overall.


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season
Taylor Hall set a Devils record for the longest point streak at 26 games, which is also the longest point streak in the 2017–18 season. The team also set their best start in franchise history, going 9–2–0 in their first 11 games of the season. This season also saw the team trade Adam Henrique in exchange for Sami Vatanen and also acquired Patrick Maroon and Michael Grabner. The season also saw the franchise successfully make it back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2012. The Devils would lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 in the First Round.


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season, Schedule and results, Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 11, 2017, which includes seven games (two at home and five as visitors).


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season, Schedule and results, Preseason
Notes:  Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season, Schedule and results, Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Devils. Stats reflect time with the Devils only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season, Transactions
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 New Jersey Devils season, Draft picks
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.


2017–18 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team
The 2017–18 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lobos were led by first-year head coach Paul Weir. They played their home games at Dreamstyle Arena, more commonly known as The Pit, in Albuquerque, New Mexico as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 12–6 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They defeated Wyoming and Utah State to advance to the championship game of the Mountain West Tournament where they lost to San Diego State.


2017–18 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, Previous season
The Lobos finished the season 17–14, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament to Fresno State. On March 31, head coach Craig Neal was fired from the program.


2017–18 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, Preseason
In a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Lobos were picked to finish in ninth place in the Mountain West.


2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team
The 2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team will represent the University of New Mexico during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by second year head coach Mike Bradbury. They play their home games at Dreamstyle Arena with 1 game in the WNIT at Johnson Gymnasium and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–11, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Wyoming. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas and Rice in the first and second rounds before losing to TCU in the third round.


2017–18 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team
The 2017–18 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by first-year head coach Chris Jans, played their home games at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 12–2 in WAC play to win the WAC regular season championship. In the WAC Tournament, they defeated Chicago State, Seattle, and Grand Canyon to become WAC Tournament champions. They received the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Clemson.


2017–18 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2016–17 season 28–6, 11–3 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Chicago State, UMKC, and Cal State Bakersfield to win the WAC Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Baylor.


2017–18 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season
On April 11, 2017, head coach Paul Weir resigned to become the head coach at New Mexico. On April 17, the school hired Chris Jans as head coach.


2017–18 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest Region. All times are in Mountain Time


2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season
The 2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season was the 16th season of the New Orleans Pelicans franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pelicans were coached by Alvin Gentry in his third year as head coach. They played their home games at the Smoothie King Center as members of the Western Conference's Southwest Division.


2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season
The team's second-leading scorer, DeMarcus Cousins, suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury during his subsequent final game as a Pelican on January 26, 2018, and missed the remainder of the season. Despite losing Cousins, the Pelicans clinched their first playoff berth since 2015 with a win over the Los Angeles Clippers on April 9, 2018. They finished the season 48–34 to finish in second place in the Southwest Division.


2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season
In the Playoffs, the Pelicans faced off against the third-seeded Portland Trail Blazers in the First Round. On April 14, 2018, the Pelicans won the first game in the First Round playoff series which marked the franchise's first playoff game win since the 2011 playoffs' First Round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. On April 21, the Pelicans completed the playoff series sweep over the Trail Blazers, marking the franchise's first series win since 2008.


2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season
It also marked the first playoff series sweep in franchise history, and the first time that a team seeded sixth or lower had swept a First Round series since the NBA had expanded the First Round to a best-of-seven series. They advanced to the Conference Semifinals to face the second-seeded and defending champion and eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors, the team that swept them in the First Round of the 2015 playoffs and were also champions that year. The Pelicans lost the series in five games and were eliminated from the playoffs.


2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season
As of 2021, this marked the last time that the Pelicans made the playoffs.


2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season, Draft
Prior to the NBA draft, the Pelicans had only one second round pick, having traded their first round pick, rookie Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, and the Philadelphia 76ers' original second round pick to the Sacramento Kings in a blockbuster trade for star center DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi. On June 21, 2017, however, the Pelicans acquired the Washington Wizards' second round pick (No. 52 overall) in exchange for guard Tim Frazier. As a result, the Pelicans entered draft night with two second round and no first round picks.


2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season, Draft
On the night of the draft, the Pelicans traded away their second round pick (No. 40 overall) and cash considerations to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the Hornets' second round pick (No. 31 overall). With that pick, the Pelicans selected Duke point guard Frank Jackson. With the No. 52 overall pick, the Pelicans selected Xavier point guard Edmond Sumner and traded him to the Indiana Pacers for cash considerations.


2017–18 New Orleans Pelicans season, Player statistics, Regular season
After all games. ‡Waived during the season†Traded during the season≠Acquired during the season


2017–18 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team
The 2017–18 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Privateers were led by seventh-year head coach Mark Slessinger and played their home games at Lakefront Arena as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 16–17, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Southland Tournament, they defeated Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the first round before losing to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Texas–Rio Grande Valley in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Campbell.


2017–18 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Privateers finished the 2016–17 season 20–12, 13–5 in Southland play to win the regular season Southland championship. They defeated Sam Houston State and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi to win the Southland Conference Tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Four to Mount St. Mary's.


2017–18 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team
The 2017–18 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Privateers were led by seventh year head coach Keeshawn Davenport and played their home games at the Lakefront Arena. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland Women's Tournament to Abilene Christian.


2017–18 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team, Previous season
The Privateers finished the season 14–15 overall and 9–9 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. Their season ended when they lost in the first round of the Southland Women's Tournament.


2017–18 New York Islanders season
The 2017–18 New York Islanders season was the 46th season in the franchise's history. It was their third season in the Barclays Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which they moved into after leaving Nassau Coliseum in Nassau County on Long Island at the conclusion of the 2014–15 season. The Islanders missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.


2017–18 New York Islanders season, Schedule and results, Preseason
The Islanders released their preseason schedule on June 15, 2017.


2017–18 New York Islanders season, Schedule and results, Preseason
Notes:  Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.


2017–18 New York Islanders season, Schedule and results, Regular season
The Islanders published their regular season schedule on June 22, 2017.


2017–18 New York Islanders season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2017–18 New York Islanders season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Islanders. Statistics reflect time with the Islanders only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Islanders only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.


2017–18 New York Islanders season, Transactions
The Islanders have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 New York Islanders season, Draft picks
Below are the List of New York Islanders draft picks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.


2017–18 New York Knicks season
The 2017–18 New York Knicks season was the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


2017–18 New York Knicks season
On June 28, 2017, the Knicks' president of basketball operations Phil Jackson has mutually agreed to leave the team. On July 14, 2017, the Knicks named Scott Perry to become the team's general manager after promoting Steve Mills to become the team's president of basketball operations. However, the Knicks would have to give up a 2019 second round pick and cash considerations to acquire him.


2017–18 New York Knicks season
For the first time since 2011, Carmelo Anthony was not on the roster, as he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the offseason, before training camp began, in exchange for Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott, and a 2018 second round draft pick.


2017–18 New York Knicks season
On February 6, 2018 Kristaps Porzingis suffered a torn ACL, ending his season for the Knicks.


2017–18 New York Knicks season
On April 12, 2018, the Knicks fired Jeff Hornacek and Kurt Rambis.


2017–18 New York Knicks season, Draft
As one of the last things former team president Phil Jackson would do for the Knicks, he looked to oversee the prospects the team had for the New York Knicks. One of the more dramatic points of the team's draft prowess came nights before the draft began, where Jackson said he was looking to offer star player Kristaps Porziņģis (who was feeling very discouraged about the direction the team was taking around this time) to either the Phoenix Suns or Boston Celtics in exchange for the opportunity to also draft coveted small forward Josh Jackson.


2017–18 New York Knicks season, Draft
Rumors of Jackson also trying to obtain point guard Lonzo Ball from the Los Angeles Lakers would also crop up months after the draft concluded. However, after the Knicks ultimately failed to gain another draft pick to join their own first round selection, they would stick around with Kristaps and the three selections they still had back when their previous season concluded.


2017–18 New York Knicks season, Draft
For their only first round pick, the Knicks would select the French/Belgian point guard Frank Ntilikina, who last played for the SIG Strasbourg in France's LNB Pro A. As for their two-second round draft picks (the first being acquired from Chicago and the second from Houston), New York would use them on senior shooting guard Damyean Dotson from the University of Houston and Serbian point guard Ognjen Jaramaz from the Mega Leks. After the failed attempt to trade their star center, Jackson would ultimately be terminated from his position on June 28, 2017.


2017–18 New York Rangers season
The 2017–18 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 91st season of play and their 92nd season overall. This season saw the Rangers struggle with inconsistency for much of the season, with the team going 4–7–2 in October. Despite going 9–3–0 in November, the team's struggles would be amplified in later months with injuries to Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider and Kevin Shattenkirk, the latter of whom had season-ending knee surgery. After winning the 2018 Winter Classic over the Buffalo Sabres, the team would go 6–16–2 up to the trade deadline.


2017–18 New York Rangers season
On February 8, the Rangers announced their intention to rebuild, and then weeks later traded away many key players such as Ryan McDonagh, Rick Nash, J. T. Miller, Nick Holden, and Michael Grabner. They also acquired Rob O'Gara, Vladislav Namestnikov and Ryan Spooner. The Rangers ultimately missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2009–10 season, placed last in the Metropolitan Division and finished under .500 for the first time since the 2003–04 season. At the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, head coach Alain Vigneault was fired by the team.


2017–18 New York Rangers season, Schedule and results, Pre-season
The team's pre-season schedule was revealed on June 13, 2017.


2017–18 New York Rangers season, Schedule and results, Regular season
The regular season schedule was made public on June 22, 2017.


2017–18 New York Rangers season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Win (2 Points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2017–18 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Rangers. Statistics reflect time with the Rangers only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Rangers only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.


2017–18 New York Rangers season, Transactions
The Rangers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 New York Rangers season, Draft picks
Below are the New York Rangers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.


2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship
The 2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ISPS Handa Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams competed in the competition with Team Wellington and Auckland City representing the ISPS Handa Premiership in the 2018 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Premiers respectively in the 2016–17 competition.


2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship, Regular season, Fixtures and results
The 2017–18 season sees every team play the other both home and away. The Round 7 and round 8 matches between Team Wellington and Eastern Suburbs vs Auckland City have been moved due to Auckland City playing at 2017 FIFA Club World Cup at the start of December. The match between Wellington Phoenix Reserves and Canterbury United was postponed till February 2018 due to New Zealand playing their intercontinental playoff against Peru that same day in Wellington.


2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship, Regular season, Fixtures and results, Round 9
* Auckland City beat Tasman United 3–1 however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had played an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3–0 result to Tasman United.


2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship, Statistics, Top scorers
1 Transferred to Maccabi Hakoah in Australia, 5 March 2018. 2 Transferred to FC Gifu in Japan, 17 January 2018.


2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition
The 2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition was the eleventh season of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand. It ran from November 2017 to February 2018, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Wellington Blaze topped the group with 7 wins to win their 4th Twenty20 title.


2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition, Competition format
Teams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The team that topped the group were named the Champions.


2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition, Competition format
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition, Competition format
Win: 4 pointsTie: 2 pointsLoss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.


2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC season
The 2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.


2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Newcastle Jets W-League season
The 2017–18 Newcastle Jets W-League season was their tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for Association football women's football in Australia. The team played home games at McDonald Jones Stadium and the club was managed by Craig Deans.


2017–18 Newcastle Jets W-League season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Newcastle Jets W-League season, Managerial staff
As of July 2015, the managerial staff for the Newcastle Jets FC consists of:


2017–18 Newcastle United F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Newcastle United's first season back in the Premier League following their promotion from the EFL Championship last season. It was their 23rd year in the Premier League since it was formed at the start of the 1992-93 Season, and it was their 86th season overall in the top division of English football. This season Newcastle United participated in the Premier League, EFL Cup and FA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Newcastle United F.C. season, Club, Coaching staff
The Newcastle United first team coaching staff for the 2017–18 season consists of the following:


2017–18 Newcastle United F.C. season, Friendlies
As of 28 June 2017, Newcastle United have announced six pre-season friendlies against Heart of Midlothian, Preston North End, Bradford City, FSV Mainz, VfL Wolfsburg and Hellas Verona.


2017–18 Newcastle United F.C. season, Friendlies
On 12 March 2018, Newcastle United announced they would be playing Belgian side Royal Antwerp on 18 March 2018 at the Pinatar Arena in Murcia, Spain.


2017–18 Newcastle United F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches
On 14 June 2017, the 2017–18 Premier League fixtures were announced.


2017–18 Newcastle United F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
Newcastle United entered the EFL Cup in the second round and were drawn at home against Nottingham Forest.


2017–18 Newcastle United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
Newcastle United entered the FA Cup in the third round and were drawn at home to Luton Town. Newcastle United then progressed into the fourth round and were drawn away to Chelsea.


2017–18 Newell's Old Boys season
The 2017–18 season is Newell's Old Boys' 56th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Newell's Old Boys season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Newell's Old Boys season, Current squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in Football League Two, 65th season in the Football League and 97th season of league football overall. They finished the season in 11th position in the league, and reached the fourth round of the FA Cup.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, League
The season began with three away matches in succession, as the Rodney Parade pitch was being relaid. Following two draws with Stevenage and Crewe Alexandra County found themselves in 16th place in the embryonic league table, the lowest they would ever be. The first visit to Coventry City since August 1961 resulted in a 1–0 win. In the homecoming game against Chesterfield Newport won 4–1 thanks to a 13-minute Frank Nouble hat-trick and County were now in 2nd place. Over the next 11 games, Newport remained in and around the play-off positions, recording five wins and two draws.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, League
However, County failed to record a win in the next four games, falling out of the play-off zone and extending the run to six games without a win in total. After this slump, form improved following the away win at Swindon Town, with only one loss in the next nine games. This included a run of three consecutive wins in January, culminating with a 2–1 win over Crawley Town that put County back in the play-offs in 5th place.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, League
This was not to last, as Newport then went winless for the next seven league games before recording their second 2–0 win of the season over Yeovil Town. The last ten games of the season saw only three more County victories, resulting in an 11th-place finish, with doubles over Cambridge United and Swindon Town, and victory over promoted Accrington Stanley along the way. During the season Newport managed the double against Grimsby Town, Crawley Town, Yeovil Town, Swindon Town and Cambridge United.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup
In the EFL Cup, County were drawn at home to League One Southend United in the first round. However, the fixture was switched to Roots Hall as the Rodney Parade pitch was still being relaid. County came away with a 2–0 victory as a result of a second-half brace from Shawn McCoulsky and were rewarded with a home draw against Championship side Leeds United. This too had to be switched to the away ground as Rodney Parade was still not ready. Despite taking the lead at Elland Road, County eventually lost 5–1 and were eliminated.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup
Newport were placed in Southern Group E for the EFL Trophy, alongside Forest Green Rovers, Swansea City U21s and Cheltenham Town. Losing 2–0, 2–1 and 2–1 respectively, County finished bottom of the group and failed to qualify for the knockout stage.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup
In the FA Cup, County were drawn at home to League One Walsall in the first round. Despite a late Walsall goal, goals from Frank Nouble and Shawn McCoulsky were enough to see Newport into the hat for the second round. County were again drawn at home, this time to fellow League Two side Cambridge United. Goals from captain Joss Labadie in the 2nd and 82nd minute gave Newport a 2–0 victory and passage to the third round.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup
County were drawn at home to Leeds United for the second time this season, and this time the game was played at Rodney Parade. Gaetano Berardi scored in the 9th minute for Leeds, but in the 76th minute, Conor Shaughnessy put the ball into his own net to level the scores. With the clock ticking down to one minute remaining, Shawn McCoulsky leapt highest from a corner to head the winner, putting County into the fourth round for the first time since the 1978–79 season.


2017–18 Newport County A.F.C. season, Season Review, Cup
In the fourth round, County were again drawn at home, this time to Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. In front of a Rodney Parade record crowd, Newport took the lead in the 38th minute courtesy of a Padraig Amond goal. Into the last 10 minutes, County were looking like recording a famous victory, only for Harry Kane to poke home an equaliser from an 82nd-minute corner. In the resulting replay at Wembley, Dan Butler conceded an own goal in the 26th minute, with Spurs' Erik Lamela adding a second on 34 minutes. That was the final score, with the 7,200 County fans in the crowd of 38,947 left to applaud the County players back to the dressing room.


2017–18 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Eagles, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Casey, played their home games at the Gallagher Center in Lewiston, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 12–6 in MAAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament to Fairfield. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Eastern Michigan.


2017–18 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season
The Purple Eagles finished the 2016–17 season 10–23, 6–14 in MAAC play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Quinnipiac in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Monmouth.


2017–18 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time


2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonels, led by second-year head coach Richie Riley, played their home games at Stopher Gym in Thibodaux, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 15–3 in Southland play to earn a share of the regular season championship. As the No. 2 seed in the Southland Tournament, they lost in the semifinals to Stephen F. Austin.


2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team
On March 15, 2018, head coach Richie Riley left Nicholls to take the head coaching job at South Alabama. Two weeks later, the school promoted assistant coach Austin Claunch to head coach.


2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team, Previous season
The Colonels finished the 2016–17 season 14–17, 7–11 in Southland play to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament. Senior forward Liam Thomas led Division I in blocks per game with a 4.19 average.


2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonels, led by tenth year head coach DoBee Plaisance, played their home games at Stopher Gym and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They won their first Southland Women's Tournament and earns an automatic trip to their first NCAA Women's Tournament in school history where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.


2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team, Previous season
The Colonels finished the season 10–20 overall and 7–11 in Southland play a three-way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland Women's Tournament to McNeese State.


2017–18 Niger Premier League
The 2017–18 Niger Premier League season is the 48th edition (since independence) of the top level of football competition in Niger. It began on 22 December 2017 and ended on 12 August 2018.


2017–18 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team represented Norfolk State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by fifth-year coach Robert Jones, played their home games at the Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–19, 11–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Maryland Eastern Shore before losing to North Carolina A&T in the quarterfinals.


2017–18 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2016–17 season 17–17, 12–4 in MEAC play to finish in second place. They defeated South Carolina State and Howard to advance to the Championship game of the MEAC Tournament where they lost to North Carolina Central. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Liberty.


2017–18 North American winter
The 2017–18 North American winter saw weather patterns across North America that were very active, erratic, and protracted, especially near the end of the season, resulting in widespread snow and cold across the continent during the winter. Significant events included rare snowfall in the South, an outbreak of frigid temperatures that affected the United States during the final week of 2017 and early weeks of January, and a series of strong nor'easters that affected the Northeastern U.S during the month of March. In addition, flooding also took place during the month of February in the Central United States.


2017–18 North American winter
Finally the winter came to a conclusion with a powerful storm system that caused a tornado outbreak and blizzard in mid-April. The most intense event, however, was an extremely powerful cyclonic blizzard that impacted the northeastern United States in the first week of 2018. Similar to the previous winter, a La Niña was expected to influence the winter weather across North America.


2017–18 North American winter
While there is no well-agreed-upon date used to indicate the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, there are two definitions of winter which may be used. Based on the astronomical definition, winter began at the winter solstice, which in 2017 occurred on December 21, and ends at the March equinox, which in 2018 occurred on March 20. Based on the meteorological definition, the first day of winter is December 1 and the last day February 28. Each definition involves a period of approximately three months, with some variability with both definitions containing two months and a week. Winter is often defined by meteorologists to be the three calendar months with the lowest average temperatures. Since both definitions span the calendar year, it is possible to have a winter storm in two different years.


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal forecasts
On October 19, 2017, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center released its U.S. Winter Outlook. The outlook noted a 55–65% chance that a La Niña would develop. According to CPC Deputy Director Mike Halpert, any such La Niña was expected to be "weak and potentially short-lived", but it could still affect the season. He also noted that La Niña years normally result in colder-than-average, wetter winters in the northern tier of the United States and the inverse conditions across the south.


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal forecasts
In terms of precipitation, wetter-than-average conditions were favored across the majority of the northern United States, including a region spanning from the northern Rocky Mountains to the eastern Great Lakes in addition to the Ohio Valley, Hawaii, and western and northern Alaska. Drier conditions were anticipated across the entire southern United States. Above-average temperatures were favored across the southern two-thirds of the contiguous United States and along the east coast, as well as in Hawaii and the northern and western parts of Alaska.


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal forecasts
The outlook favored below-average temperatures in the northern tier, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest region as well as southeastern Alaska. The remainder of the country was assigned equal chances of either above or below-normal temperatures or precipitation. The drought outlook noted that drought was likely to remain in parts of the northern Plains, with recovery likely to the west. The development of limited regions of drought was possible in regions that did not receive rainfall associated with tropical systems during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal summary
The North American winter of 2017–18 began in the month of November with the highest snow extent in at least one and a half decades, with snow covering over a quarter of the contiguous United States, 22% more than the same date in 2011, the next-most-recent year with comparable snow coverage at that date. However, this trend did not last through all of the month, with the last week having the least snowfall of that time of year for the same time period.


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal summary
This extensive snowpack was due in part to cold temperatures on an extent not seen since at least 2014 in the early part of the month caused by an Arctic front advancing southward into the northern United States, breaking several record low temperatures in major cities from the Upper Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic. In Minnesota, at least several places recorded temperatures below 0 °F (−18 °C) on November 10, breaking several record lows – some places reached as low as −10 °F (−23 °C).


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal summary
In early December, following another outbreak of cold temperatures, a major winter storm impacted the far southern reaches of the United States – areas as far as the southern portions of the Gulf Coast up to the Mid-Atlantic states and New England received a wide swath of accumulating snowfall, significantly hampering travel and knocking power out to tens of thousands. The rest of the month was generally warmer then average nationwide, primarily in the southwestern United States, and ranked as the third-warmest in historical records. However, towards the end of the month, an outbreak of below-average temperatures impacted much of the continental United States over the holiday, with New York City recording its second-coldest New Year's Eve on record with a temperature of 9 °F (−13 °C).


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal summary
January and the new year opened with cold temperatures remaining in place across the eastern part of the country, which would continue until the middle of the month. In the first week of 2018, an extremely powerful cyclonic blizzard developed off the Southeastern United States, explosively deepening as it traveled parallel to the East Coast. The blizzard delivered snow as far south as Florida which rarely sees snowfall at all, and left a wide swath of snowfall totals up to 1–2 feet (12–24 in) in the Mid-Atlantic and New England.


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal summary
In addition, major coastal flooding occurred with the system as well and killed at least 11 people. The following week around January 12–13, a major winter storm affected much of the Appalachian Mountains and interior New England, and a few days later on January 16, a separate system dumped as much as 12 inches (30 cm) in areas of North Carolina, and for the second time in a month brought snowfall to areas of the Florida Panhandle.


2017–18 North American winter, Seasonal summary
Another winter storm brought blizzard-like conditions and up to a foot of snow in the Upper Midwest the following week, with the Twin Cities in Minnesota receiving their largest one-day snowfall since December 2010 with 12.4 inches (31 cm) falling on January 22. The long-term pattern that brought below-average temperatures to the eastern half of the United States largely abated by the latter part of January, but not before causing drought conditions to expand within the West to its largest coverage since May 2014, due to above-average temperatures across much of the region.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-November cold wave
After an exceptionally warm September and October for many places in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, a strong Arctic airmass entered the Midwest on November 9, resulting in some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded this early in the season. Lake-effect snow fell in places like the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where the Mackinac Bridge had to be closed due to low visibility. Chicago on November 10 also reported Lake-effect snow. The timeframe of November 10–11 broke record lows from northern Minnesota to the New York City tri-state area. On November 10, record lows were recorded in the Midwest.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-November cold wave
Among these November 10 records were five locations in the Upper Midwest that plunged below zero. In addition to the International Falls, Minnesota, the coldest, and even earliest, record lows mentioned above were set in Hibbing, Minnesota −12 °F (−24 °C), Duluth, Minnesota and Pellston, Michigan −5 °F (−21 °C), and Merrill, Wisconsin −1 °F (−18 °C). The Arctic intrusion on November 10 came as a shock to people that had yet to seen temperatures cold enough for frost, especially in New England.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-November cold wave
Before then, not only it was one of the warmest Fall seasons to that date, places like Philadelphia and Washington D.C. had yet to see a day/night that was below 40 °F (4 °C) since the previous Spring earlier that year. The low temperature in Philadelphia early in the morning of November 11 was 23 °F (−5 °C). This came two degrees within reaching the record set for that day in 1961. Washington D.C. tied their record of 26 °F (−3 °C) that same morning set back in 1973. Many cities in the Great Lakes and Northeast set record lows that morning, which record lows were recorded as far south as Charlotte, North Carolina. Forecasters even called for an earlier start to winter ahead of this cold wave.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early December winter storm
A strong winter storm affected areas from northeastern Mexico to the Northeastern United States in early December. The origins of the storm were complex, with the initial disturbance forming over the extreme southern United States as a stationary front left behind from a departing extratropical cyclone on December 7. At the same time, a cold air mass was establishing itself into the Deep South.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early December winter storm
A large plume of moisture encompassed the entire Gulf Coast, and snow broke out early on December 8 in places that rarely even see snow, including Mexico, southeastern Texas and Louisiana – even in the Florida Panhandle. The storm dropped up to 25 inches (64 cm) of snow in some parts of the Southeast as it slowly moved eastwards, breaking several snowfall records; meanwhile, a gulf low formed in the Gulf of Mexico the same day – this would ultimately become the dominant low of the system.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early December winter storm
Transitioning into a nor'easter off the East Coast of the United States, the system began moving parallel to the shoreline, with a large swath of snowfall accompanying it. The low slowly deepened throughout the day of December 9, bringing the first snow of the season to many parts of the Northeast and New England.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early December winter storm
Up to 400,000 people were left without power across the affected regions, several schools and roads shut down, and 3 were have confirmed to have been killed by the storm as of December 9.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Post-Christmas–mid-January cold wave
In late December, a strong Arctic air mass, due to the weakening of the Northern Polar vortex, came and established from Canada into the Midwestern and Northeastern United States with the core of the cold centered in the Upper Midwest, Interior Northeast, and Eastern Canada. Temperatures were 10 to 20 °F (6 to 11 °C) below average for that time of year. International Falls, Minnesota recorded a record low temperature on December 27 of −32 °F (−36 °C). In Indianapolis, Indiana, the temperature reached a new low of −12 °F (−24 °C). In 2017, Watertown, New York and Buffalo, New York each had it coldest final week on record for the year.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Post-Christmas–mid-January cold wave
In St. Louis, Missouri temperatures dropped to −6 °F (−21 °C) on New Year's Day. On January 2, a daily record low in Sioux City, Iowa was set at −28 °F (−33 °C). Other daily record low temperatures included Cedar Rapids, Iowa −23 °F (−31 °C), Pierre, South Dakota −21 °F (−29 °C), South Bend, Indiana −15 °F (−26 °C), Quincy, Illinois −12 °F (−24 °C) and Lynchburg, Virginia 3 °F (−16 °C).


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Post-Christmas–mid-January cold wave
In their first few days of 2018, the cold front was stretched as far south into the Caribbean.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early January blizzard
A severe blizzard caused disruption along the Eastern United States in the first few days of the new year. It provided snow in municipalities that do not often receive and therefore are not accustomed to handling winter precipitation, such as Georgia and Florida, and accumulated over 2 feet (61 cm) of snow in New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, and Eastern Canada. The storm started on January 3, 2018, moving rapidly to the northeast, after which time the system moved east, causing great snowfall. The storm was also dubbed as a "historic bomb cyclone".


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early January blizzard
The blizzard produced snowfall and other forms of frozen precipitation across much of the United States Eastern Seaboard. As of the WPC's fifth winter storm summary, the highest official snowfall amount recorded is 17.0 in (43 cm) in Cape May Court House, New Jersey; however, a snowfall total of 52 centimetres (20 in) was reported in Bathurst, New Brunswick. Freezing rain totals peaked at 0.5 in (1.3 cm) in Brunswick, Georgia and near Folkston, Georgia. At least twenty-two fatalities were attributed to the storm, including at least eight car accident-related deaths. At least 4,020 flights were cancelled across the United States, with a majority of cancellations caused by the extensive winter storm. Insurers estimate that claims relating to coastal flooding from the storm will be more than those from snow-related damage.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms
In mid-January, two winter storms caused widespread disruption across the eastern half of the United States. The first one spread a swath of snow and ice across the northern parts of the Ohio Valley and New England, as a strong cold front pushed through the regions with a developing low. Several locations received up to a quarter inch of ice while others observed over 1 foot (12 in) of snow.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms
The second one, although much less widespread than the first one, crossed Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States and brought snow to places that rarely see it. This storm hit Texas and the Midwest on January 16, 2018. Then, the storm impacted New England and Mid-Atlantic states on January 17. Up to 2 inches (5.1 cm) fell in Shreveport, Louisiana, marking the first time more than an inch of snow fell in Shreveport since 2015. Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas saw many vehicle accidents because of sleet and freezing rain on the morning of January 16.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms
This led to an overwhelming number of vehicular accidents, such as several accidents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex near Canton. In Galveston, hundreds of pipes froze and burst, depleting the city's water reserves to drought levels and forcing Galveston County and Chambers County to implement mandatory water conservation measures until the pipes could be fixed. Florida observed snow for the third time during the winter, with snow and freezing rain observed in portions of the Florida Panhandle. Snow fell in Crestview and DeFuniak Springs while freezing rain fell in Fort Walton Beach.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms
Pensacola saw sleet which accumulated on grass and vehicles. The Bob Sikes Bridge to Pensacola Beach was closed due to ice. In North Carolina on January 17, Winston-Salem received 6 inches (15 cm) of snow, Greensboro had 6 inches (15 cm) to 8 inches (20 cm), Burlington had 8 inches (20 cm) to 9 inches (23 cm), and part of Durham had 9.5 inches (24 cm), while areas to the north of Durham had 10 inches (25 cm) to 12 inches (30 cm). Snow fell on portions of the East Coast and Northeast.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-January winter storms
East Machias, Maine got 11 inches (28 cm), Stockbridge, Massachusetts got 11 inches (28 cm), Rosendale, New York got 10 inches (25 cm), Loyseville, Pennsylvania got 9.5 inches (24 cm), Dover, New Hampshire got 8 inches (20 cm), Canaan, Connecticut got 7 inches (18 cm), and Wantage, New Jersey got 6.4 inches (16 cm).


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Late February flooding
Heavy rains led to intense flooding in the central U.S. from Texas to Michigan in the second half of February, including along the portion of the Ohio River running past Cincinnati and Louisville.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters
After a period of record warmth in late February, weather patterns across the continent abruptly became much more active in March. Four powerful nor'easters affected the United States and eastern Canada in that month alone, each dropping more than a foot of snow in the areas affected.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 1–3 nor'easter
The first nor'easter began to take shape over the Mid-Atlantic states at the transition of February and March. As an area of low pressure moved into the interior Northeast late on March 1, snowfall fell in areas close to the Canada–United States border, while precipitation in coastal areas was rain due to slightly warmer air. Overnight into the early morning hours of March 2, a new area of low pressure formed and rapidly strengthened off the coast of New Jersey, while snow began to slowly increase in coverage near Pennsylvania and southern New York. Wet bulbing helped bring snow to areas closer on the coast, such as New York City.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 1–3 nor'easter
Although the most severe damage was caused by flooding as well as snow, unusually high tides and storm surges along the coast, wind and downed trees caused massive inland power outages, with the number of outages as high as 1.6 million at one point. As of March 2, at least 15 people are known to have been killed as a result of the storm, five from falling trees or branches.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 6–8 nor'easter
As the first nor'easter occurred, a smaller, but significant blizzard struck the Sierra Nevada mountains and then tracked across the continent as a large weather front, dropping snow across the Midwestern United States and interior Canada. As it reached the Great Lakes on March 6, another low pressure area formed off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 6–8 nor'easter
By mid-afternoon the next day, the two systems had merged into a second nor'easter, which rapidly intensified off the New Jersey coastline and dropped up to over 3 feet (36 in) or more of wet snow across much of the Northeast, which hampered the recovery efforts from the first nor'easter. The storm caused up to 1 million people to lose power, and at least 1 person has been confirmed dead due to the storm as of March 7.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 6–8 nor'easter
Hundreds of flights were cancelled across the region, and many schools closed due to the nor'easter, although some opted to remain open. Many freeways were also closed in the regions, and several states were put under state of emergencies. In Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf declared a state of emergency for several counties in the eastern part of the state. A snow emergency went into effect for the city of Philadelphia on the morning of March 7. Several municipalities in the Philadelphia area declared snow emergencies and many schools and government offices were closed on March 7. Many attractions in the Philadelphia area either closed early or were closed for the entire day on March 7. The nor'easter had moved off by the morning of March 9, but its remnants stalled over Maritime Canada and persisted throughout the weekend.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 12–14 nor'easter
On the night of March 11, several areas of low pressure developed over the American Southeast and merged into a third nor'easter within 24 hours. On March 13, the storm produced blizzard conditions and a swath of 1–3 feet of snow in New England as it moved northeast into the Gulf of Maine. The storm brought heavy snow blizzard conditions to Rhode Island on March 13. Blizzard conditions were reported in Newport. Most of the state received at least one foot of snow, peaking at 25.1 inches (64 cm) in Foster. The storm brought heavy snow and blizzard conditions to Massachusetts on March 13. Blizzard conditions were reported in several locations including Boston, Hyannis, Falmouth, Plymouth, Marshfield, and Martha's Vineyard. Over two feet of snow were reported in portions of the state, peaking at 28.3 inches (72 cm) in Methuen.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 12–14 nor'easter
Wind gusts of 47 mph (76 km/h) were reported at Logan International Airport in Boston while gusts reached 77 mph (124 km/h) on Nantucket Island, 79 mph (127 km/h) in Hyannis, and 81 mph (130 km/h) in East Falmouth. A storm surge of 3 feet (0.91 m) was reported on Nantucket while a 2.8 feet (0.85 m) storm surge was recorded in Boston. Over a foot of snow was reported in portions of New Hampshire, with Deefield receiving almost 29 inches and Middleton reported 28 inches. No widespread power outages were reported.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 12–14 nor'easter
The storm brought heavy snow and blizzard conditions to Maine on March 13. Blizzard conditions were reported in Portland. Over a foot of snow was reported in portions of the state. Of the four nor'easters, the third storm was the strongest in terms of minimum pressure, at 966 millibars (28.5 inHg).


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Early–late March nor'easters, March 20–22 nor'easter
The fourth nor'easter began to take shape on March 19, and lasted until March 23. This nor'easter tracked further south than the previous three, due to an area of high pressure over Quebec and New England.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, April cold wave
A period of colder-then-average temperatures impacted a large swath of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains from late March to the middle of April, resulting in one of the coldest Aprils for many areas in years, especially the Upper Midwest. This occurred as a result of a persistent pattern throughout much of April favoring high pressure within the Western United States, and troughs within the eastern half of the country, allowing cold air to funnel down.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, April cold wave
In the states of Iowa and Wisconsin, the month was the coldest April ever experienced within the states' 124-year record, surpassing April 1907 by 1.5 °F (−16.9 °C). Many states experienced one of their top-ten coldest Aprils on record. The snow cover for most of April was the fifth-largest on record for the U.S.


2017–18 North American winter, Events, Mid-April blizzard
In mid-April, a powerful weather system created heavy snow and blizzard conditions over much of the upper Midwest, as well as severe weather in the South. Green Bay, Wisconsin reported 24.2 inches (61 cm), its second-heaviest snowstorm of all time and largest ever for the month of April. Further east, a severe ice storm took place. Up to 1 inch (25 mm) was reported in Lowville, New York, in the foothills of the Tug Hill Plateau. In Ontario, a mix of snow, freezing rain, ice pellets and rain battered Toronto and the surrounding area, causing hundreds of vehicle collisions, flight cancellations, power outages and transportation delays. Freezing rain also caused problems in Ottawa, Montreal, and parts of New Brunswick.


2017–18 North Caledonian Football League
The 2017–18 North Caledonian Football League was the 109th season of the North Caledonian Football League. The season began on 2 September 2017 and ended on 21 April 2018. Invergordon were the defending champions.


2017–18 North Caledonian Football League
Bunillidh Thistle returned to the league following an eight-year absence, increasing the league membership to nine teams.


2017–18 North Caledonian Football League
Orkney won their first league title, becoming the first Scottish Islands club to win a Scottish FA affiliated senior league.


2017–18 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team represented North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by second-year head coach Jay Joyner, played their home games at the Corbett Sports Center in Greensboro, North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 20–15, 11–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Delaware State and Norfolk State to advance to the semifinals of the MEAC Tournament where they lost to Hampton. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Liberty.


2017–18 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2015–16 season  3–29, 1–15 in MEAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC Tournament to Maryland Eastern Shore.


2017–18 North Carolina A&T Aggies women's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Carolina A&T Aggies women's basketball team represents North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by sixth year head coach Tarrell Robinson, play their home games at the Corbett Sports Center in Greensboro, North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23–9, 15–1 in MEAC play win the MEAC regular season title with Bethune–Cookman. They won the MEAC Women's Tournament and earn an received automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the first round.


2017–18 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team represented North Carolina Central University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by ninth-year head coach LeVelle Moton, played their home games at McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–16, 9–7 in MEAC play to finish sixth place. In the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Coppin State, Savannah State, and Morgan State to advance to the championship game against Hampton. There they defeated the Pirates to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. As a No. 16 seed, they lost in the First Four to Texas Southern.


2017–18 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team, Previous season
The Eagles finished the 2016–17 season 25–9, 13–2 in MEAC play to win the MEAC regular season championship. In the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Bethune–Cookman, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Norfolk State to win the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 16 seed, they lost in the First Four to fellow No. 16 seed UC Davis.


2017–18 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Roy Williams, who was in his 15th season as UNC's head men's basketball coach. The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 26–11, 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.


2017–18 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
As the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Syracuse, Miami, and Duke before losing to Virginia in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the West region where they defeated Lipscomb before losing to Texas A&M in the Second Round.


2017–18 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, Previous season
The Tar Heels finished the 2016–17 season with a record of 33–7, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in first place, winning their 31st ACC regular season title. After beating Miami in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Duke in the semifinals. Despite the loss to Duke, the Tar Heels received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed in the South region. There they defeated No. 16 Texas Southern, No. 8 Arkansas, No. 4 Butler, and No. 2 Kentucky to earn a trip to their 20th Final Four. In a matchup against the Midwest Region's No. 3 seed Oregon in the Final Four, the Tar Heels won 77–76 to advance to the National Championship. In the championship against the West Region's No. 1 seed Gonzaga, the Tar Heels won 71–65, winning the school's sixth national championship.


2017–18 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, led by thirty-second year head coach Sylvia Hatchell, play their games at Carmichael Arena and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 4–12 in ACC play in twelfth place. They defeated Boston College in the first round before losing in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to NC State.


2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks, led by 12th-year head coach Brian Jones, played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 12–20, 6–12 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They defeated Montana State in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Montana.


2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team
This season was the last for North Dakota as a full Big Sky member. On July 1, 2018, the school will join the Summit League in all sports except for football, in which it will remain a Big Sky member before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.


2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Fighting Hawks finished the 2016–17 season 22–10, 14–4 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. In the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Portland State, Idaho, and Weber State to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and the school's first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 15 seed in the West region, they lost to No. 2-seeded and No. 4-ranked Arizona in the First Round.


2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time


2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey season
The 2017-18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey season was the 76th season of play for the program and the 5th in the NCHC conference. The Fighting Hawks represented the University of North Dakota and were coached by Brad Berry, in his 3rd season.


2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team represents the University of North Dakota during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks were led by sixth year head coach Travis Brewster and play their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 5–13 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Montana State.


2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team
This season was the last for North Dakota as a full Big Sky member. On July 1, 2018, the school will join the Summit League in all sports except for football, in which it will remain a Big Sky member before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.


2017–18 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team represented North Dakota State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by fourth-year head coach David Richman, played their home games at the Scheels Center in Fargo, North Dakota as members of the Summit League. They finished the season 15–17, 5–9 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Fort Wayne in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament before losing in the semifinals to South Dakota State.


2017–18 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bison finished the season 19–11, 11–5 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were upset by IUPUI in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament.


2017–18 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team, Preseason
In a poll of league coaches, media, and sports information directors, the Bison were picked to finish in third place. Senior guard Paul Miller was named to the preseason All-Summit First Team.


2017–18 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team represented the University of North Florida during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by ninth–year head coach Matthew Driscoll and played their home games at UNF Arena on the university's campus in Jacksonville, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). The Ospreys finished the season 14–19, 7–7 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. In the ASUN Tournament, they defeated NJIT before losing in the semifinals to Florida Gulf Coast.


2017–18 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team, Previous season
The Ospreys finished the 2015–16 season 15–19, 8–6 in ASUN play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the ASUN Tournament, they defeated Jacksonville and Lipscomb before losing to Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game.


2017–18 North Florida Ospreys women's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Florida Ospreys women's basketball team represents the University of North Florida in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ospreys, led by third year head coach Darrick Gibbs, play their games at UNF Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 13–18, 5–9 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of A-Sun Tournament where they lost to Jacksonville.


2017–18 North Florida Ospreys women's basketball team, Media
All home games and conference road games are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV.


2017–18 North Superleague
The 2017–18 North Superleague is the seventeenth staging of the North Superleague, the highest tier of league competition in the North Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The winners of this competition are eligible to enter the 2018–19 Scottish Cup.


2017–18 North Superleague, Member clubs for the 2017–18 season
North First Division (East) champions Ellon United were promoted to the Superleague, however the West champions Spey Valley United declined promotion. An extra play-off spot would decide promotion/relegation. This spots would between North Superleague Clubs Dufftown and Buckie Rovers and in the North First Division (West) and (East) runners up Sunnybank and Montrose Roselea respectively. Dufftown defeated Sunnybank 3–2 to retain their Superleague place while Montrose Roselea were promoted after a 5–0 win over Buckie Rovers played at Colony Park.


2017–18 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mean Green, led by first-year head coach Grant McCasland, played their home games at UNT Coliseum, nicknamed The Super Pit, in Denton, Texas, as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 20–18, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to Louisiana Tech.


2017–18 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team
They were invited to participate in the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated South Dakota, Mercer, and Jacksonville State to advance to the best-of-three finals series against San Francisco. After losing in game 1, they won games 2 and 3 to become CBI champions. They also had the biggest crowd since 2010 at 6,291.


2017–18 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team, Previous season
The Mean Green finished the 2016–17 season 8–22, 2–16 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA Tournament.


2017–18 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 5, 2017, the school fired head coach Tony Benford after five years without a winning season. On March 13, the school hired Arkansas State head coach Grant McCasland as head coach.


2017–18 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team
The 2017–18 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team represents the University of North Texas during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mean Green, led by third year head coach Jalie Mitchell, play their home games UNT Coliseum, also known as The Super Pit, and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 17–14, 6–10 in C-USA play to finish in a 3-way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Western Kentucky.


2017–18 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 12–19, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a 3-way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to WKU.


2017–18 North West Counties Football League
The 2017–18 North West Counties Football League season (known as the Hallmark Security League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. It was also the last season to have a single Division One. Teams were divided into two divisions: Premier Division and Division One.


2017–18 North West Counties Football League
The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced by the FA on 26 May 2017, and ratified by the league at its AGM on 17 June.


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, Premier Division
At the end of season 2016–17, the following four teams left the division:


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, Premier Division
The remaining 18 teams, together with the following, formed the Premier Division for season 2017–18:


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, Division One
At the end of season 2016–17, the following four teams left the division:


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, Division One
The remaining 18 teams, together with the following, formed Division One for the 2017–18 season:


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, League Challenge Cup
Also called the Macron Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons. Source for this section:


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, League Challenge Cup, Second Round
* Played at Padiham, following two postponements** Played at Ashton, following two postponements*** Played at Crosby, following two postponements**** Played at Prestwich, following two postponements† Padiham and Nelson eliminated, having fielded ineligible players


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, League Challenge Cup, Second Round
* Played at Abbey Hulton, following two postponements** Played at Birkenhead, following two postponements


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, Division One Trophy
Also called the  First Division Cup for sponsorship reasons. Source for this section:


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, Division One Trophy, First Round
All the remaining First Division teams received a bye to the second round.


2017–18 North West Counties Football League, Division One Trophy, Final
Played at the Millbank Linnets Stadium, home of Runcorn Linnets.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season
The 2017–18 NorthEast United FC season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Squad, Players
Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 March 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background
2016 was another disappointing season for NorthEast United. NorthEast United started their campaign on a high note with two consecutive wins over Kerala Blasters and Goa. By mid-season NorthEast United lost all the momentum and had longest winless run of 5 matches (shared with Pune City and Chennaiyin) and longest losing run of 4 matches. By the end of season NorthEast United came very close to qualifying for knockout phase.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background
In their final match of regular league phase NorthEast United needed a win against Kerala Blasters to proceed further, which they ended up losing 1–0 by conceding a goal at 66th minute. NorthEast United finished 5th on points table with 18 points from 14 matches. After the end of season, NorthEast United parted ways with coach Nelo Vingada on mutual consent.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers
At the end of 2016 Indian Super League season majority of domestic players from NorthEast United were loaned by or transferred to I-League clubs for 2016–17 season. After I-League season all loaned out players returned to club. However, due to the Indian Super League regulation each club was allowed to retain a maximum of two Indian players over the age of twenty-one (21) from previous squad.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers
NorthEast United announced on 17 July 2017 that João Carlos Pires de Deus will be taking over as head coach. Deus said:


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers
I am a very positive man and I am very positive about the challenge that I have with NorthEast United FC. The club is new with a vibrant fan base and owners who have the right vision to develop football in the region. I can assure the fans that we will play positive football and that all the players and the staff will work hard. We will leave no stone unturned so that we can achieve our objectives. I believe that young players are important in any campaign and will ensure that they fit seamlessly into our setup. This year, we will be focused on playing good football and winning as many games as we can...taking it one game at a time.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers
On 8 July, NorthEast United announced they are retaining Rehenesh TP and Rowllin Borges for two years. Remaining players from previous squad who had returned from loans namely Nirmal Chettri, Reagan Singh, Fanai Lalrempuia, Subrata Pal, Seityasen Singh, Robin Gurung and Sumeet Passi went straight into players draft.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers
In ISL draft held on 23 July 2017, NorthEast United retained defenders Nirmal Chettri and Reagan Singh and midfielder Fanai Lalrempuia. NorthEast United added eight new players from draft, goalkeepers Ravi Kumar and Gurpreet Singh Chabhal, defenders Robert Lalthlamuana, Gursimrat Singh Gill and Abdul Hakku, midfielders Lalrindika Ralte, Malemngamba Meitei and Sushil Meitei. Forward Seminlen Doungel made his come back to NorthEast United for a second stint along with forward Halicharan Narzary.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers
In ISL draft, goalkeeper Subrata Pal, defender Robin Gurung and forward Sumeet Passi drafted to new expansion franchise Jamshedpur FC. Midfielder Seityasen Singh was picked by Delhi Dynamos.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers
On 13 September, NorthEast United announced their eight foreign singing namely defenders Martín Díaz, Sambinha and José Gonçalves, midfielders Adilson and Marcinho and forwards Luis Páez, Odaïr Fortes and Wellington da Silva on their official Twitter account from series of Tweets.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Background, Transfers
Wellington da Silva was later replaced by forward Danilo for unknown reasons.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Pre-season and friendlies
NorthEast United began their pre-season training on 27 September. Squad gather in Imphal on 17 October for 10-day pre-season training camp where they played an exhibition match against NEROCA which ended as 2–0 in favor of NorthEast United.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Pre-season and friendlies
After training in Imphal, club went to Antalya, Turkey for the final leg of the pre-season. In Turkey, NorthEast United played friendly matches against Iraqi top division sides Al-Kahraba FC, Al-Naft SC, Naft Al-Janoob SC, Al-Najaf FC and Turkish top division side Alanyaspor.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Indian Super Cup
Announced on 15 March 2018, 2018 Indian Super Cup is a replacement for the Federation Cup. The qualifiers for the inaugural tournament are to begin on 15 March and conclude on 31 March 2018. The tournament proper will then commence on 5 April and conclude with the final on 25 April 2018.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Indian Super Cup
NorthEast, having finished the 2017–18 ISL at the bottom spot, had to play the qualifiers to enter the competition. They played their qualifier match against Gokulam Kerala on 15 Match 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar which they lost 0-2.


2017–18 NorthEast United FC season, Indian Super Cup, Foreign Players
Indian Super Cup, unlike Indian Super League, allows only 6 foreign players in squad for the tournament. Out of the 6 players 5 can be fielded by the teams.


2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season
The 2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Prior to the Governor's Cup, the team was known as the GlobalPort Batang Pier.


2017–18 Northampton Town F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Northampton Town's 121st season of existence and their second season back in League One after a seven-year absence. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.


2017–18 Northampton Town F.C. season
The season ran from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Northampton Town F.C. season, Competitions, Friendlies
As of 26 June 2017, Northampton Town have announced six pre-season friendlies, against Derby County, Frome Town, Northampton Sileby Rangers, Kettering Town, Birmingham City 'Dev' and Newport County.


2017–18 Northampton Town F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
On 16 October 2017, the first round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn at home against Scunthorpe United. A 0–0 draw meant a replay had to be played at Glanford Park.


2017–18 Northampton Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
On 16 June 2017, the first round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn away against QPR.


2017–18 Northampton Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy
On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was made with Northampton Town drawn in a group with Southampton U23s, Cambridge United and Peterborough United. After finished as runners-up in the group stages, Northampton were drawn away to Portsmouth in the second round.


2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
The 2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December and concluded in February 2018.


2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
The NEC Tournament will be held from March 1 through March 7 with the higher-seeded team hosting each game.


2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes
On April 18, 2017, LIU Brooklyn announced Derek Kellogg as the 14th head coach in program history. Kellogg replaced Jack Perri, whose contract was not renewed; Perri became an assistant at Boston University.


2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, NEC regular season, Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.


2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, NEC regular season, Player of the week
Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.


2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NEC Tournament
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed


2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, All-NEC honors and awards
Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.


2017–18 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented Northeastern University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by 12th-year head coach Bill Coen, played their home games at Matthews Arena in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 23–10, 14–4 in CAA play win a share of the regular season title with College of Charleston. They defeated Delaware and UNC Wilmington to advance to the championship game of the CAA Tournament where they lost to College of Charleston. Despite having 23 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.


2017–18 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team, Previous season
The Huskies finished the 2016–17 season 15–16, 8–10 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament to Towson.


2017–18 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time


2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team represents the Northeastern University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Kelly Cole, play their home games at the Cabot Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 16–15, 11–7 CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament to Delaware. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to Yale in the first round.


2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 12–19, 8–10 CAA play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament to Drexel.


2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey season
The Northeastern Huskies represent Northeastern University in the Women's Hockey East Association during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.


2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey season, Off-Season
Kendall Coyne ('16) was named to the US National Women's Team for 2017-18. She will relocate to the Tampa, FL area in September to train with the team for the 2018 Olympics.


2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Murphy and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Arizona as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–27, 2–16 in Big Sky play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to Northern Colorado.


2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Lumberjacks finished the 2016–17 season 9–23, 6–12 in Big Sky play to finish in 10th place. Due to Northern Colorado's self-imposed postseason ban, the Lumberjacks were the No. 9 seed in the Big Sky Tournament where the lost in the first round to Portland State.


2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represents Northern Arizona University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lumberjacks, led by first year head coach Loree Payne, play their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–23, 3–15 in Big Sky to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Portland State.


2017–18 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears were led by second-year head coach Jeff Linder and played their home games at Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley, Colorado as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 26–12, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Northern Arizona and Weber State to advance to the semifinals of the Big Sky Tournament to Montana. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Drake, San Diego, Sam Houston State and UIC to become CIT champions.


2017–18 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bears finished the 2016–17 season 11–18, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. On October 8, 2016, the school self-imposed a postseason ban amid an ongoing NCAA investigation.