2022–23 AJHL season
Alberta Junior Hockey League season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2022–23 AJHL season was the 59th season of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). The Brooks Bandits finished the regular season in first place overall and went on to win league championship Inter Pipeline Cup and the 2023 Centennial Cup national championship.
| 2022–23 AJHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Alberta Junior Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Number of games | 60 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Brooks Bandits |
| Post-season | |
| Finals champions | Brooks Bandits |
| Runners-up | Spruce Grove Saints |
The Brooks Bandits finished the regular season in first place overall after winning 53 of their 60 regular season games; the 2nd most wins in a season in league history. The record for most wins in a season was set by the Brooks Bandits in the 2018–19 season.[1] The Brooks Bandits went on to win league championship Inter Pipeline Cup after defeating the Spruce Grove Saints in the finals 4 games to 1.[2] The Brooks Bandits then went undefeated at the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to win its 4th national championship.
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[3][4]
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Grove Saints | 60 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 102 |
| Whitecourt Wolverines | 60 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 77 |
| Bonnyville Pontiacs | 60 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 75 |
| Sherwood Park Crusaders | 60 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 73 |
| Fort McMurray Oil Barons | 60 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 58 |
| Lloydminster Bobcats | 60 | 23 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 49 |
| Grande Prairie Storm | 60 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 46 |
| Drayton Valley Thunder | 60 | 15 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Bandits | 60 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 108 |
| Blackfalds Bulldogs | 60 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 81 |
| Drumheller Dragons | 60 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 72 |
| Okotoks Oilers | 60 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 71 |
| Camrose Kodiaks | 60 | 27 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| Canmore Eagles | 60 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 52 |
| Calgary Canucks | 60 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 47 |
| Olds Grizzlys | 60 | 16 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 37 |
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GA = Goals Against, Sv% = Save Percentage, GAA = Goals Against Average, SO = Shutouts, Mins = Minutes played.
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The top 7 teams in each division advanced to the post-season consisting of four best-of-7 rounds. The first place teams in each division, namely the Spruce Grove Saints in the North Division and the Brooks Bandits in the South Division, received a bye in the first round.[5]
| 1st round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Brooks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Okotoks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Okotoks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Camrose | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brooks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Blackfalds | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Blackfalds | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Calgary | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Blackfalds | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Drumheller | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Drumheller | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Canmore | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Brooks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Spruce Grove | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Spruce Grove | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Sherwood Park | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sherwood Park | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Fort McMurray | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Spruce Grove | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bonnyville | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Whitecourt | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Grande Prairie | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Whitecourt | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bonnyville | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bonnyville | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lloydminster | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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