The Worcester Railers took the North Division spot vacated by the folded Elmira Jackals.
[7] The annual ECHL Board of Governors meeting were held at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 12 and 13, 2017.
[11] The ECHL Board of Governors re-elected Cincinnati Cyclones' president Ray Harris as chairman for a third season.
The Board also approved of the transfer of the Alaska Aces franchise to Portland, Maine, for the 2018–19 season as well as the 2017–18 alignment.
There were four teams, one for each division, playing a 3-on-3 player tournament with the winners of each conference match facing each other for a final game.