After advancing directly to the championship game, Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) lost 7-4 to Colton Goller (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Junior Men's Provincials, held January 4 - 8, 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta.
 
van Amsterdam finished 7-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, van Amsterdam defeated Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then won 5-3 against Lucas Bartz (Ellerslie, AB) and 8-4 against Cole Adams (Calgary, AB). van Amsterdam won 9-3 against Lane Knievel (Manning, AB), then won 9-3 against Kyler Kleibrink (Calgary, AB) and 4-3 against Goller. van Amsterdam won 11-1 against Kaleb Yost (Manning, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, van Amsterdam did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. van Amsterdam ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.