2022 CEBL season

The 2022 CEBL season was the fourth season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). It began on May 25, 2022, and ended on August 1, 2022. There will be play-in games on August 4 where the 5th to 8th seed will compete to play in the playoffs. The playoffs will start on August 6.^[1] The Championship weekend will be from August 12 to the 14; the Ottawa Blackjacks will be hosting the event.^[2] It is also the inaugural season for the Montreal Alliance, Newfoundland Growlers, and the Scarborough Shooting Stars. The Hamilton Honey Badgers defeated the Scarborough Shooting Stars 90–88, for their first CEBL championship in franchise history. They will represent Canada in the 2022-23 BCL Americas season.

2022 CEBL season
League	Canadian Elite Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	Season: May 25 – August 1 Play in games: August 4 Playoffs: August 6–14
Number of games	20 per team
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	CBC Sports
Draft
Top draft pick	David Muenkat
Picked by	Scarborough Shooting Stars
Regular season
Top seed	Hamilton Honey Badgers
Season MVP	Khalil Ahmad (Niagara)
Top scorer	Khalil Ahmad (Niagara)
Championship weekend
Venue	TD Place Arena Ottawa, Ontario
Champions	Hamilton Honey Badgers
Runners-up	Scarborough Shooting Stars
Finals MVP	Christian Vital

Teams

2022 Canadian Elite Basketball League
Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Edmonton Stingers	Edmonton, Alberta	Edmonton Expo Centre	4,000
Fraser Valley Bandits	Langley, British Columbia	Langley Events Centre	5,276
Guelph Nighthawks	Guelph, Ontario	Sleeman Centre	4,715
Hamilton Honey Badgers	Hamilton, Ontario	FirstOntario Centre	17,383
Montreal Alliance	Montreal, Quebec	Verdun Auditorium	4,100
Newfoundland Growlers	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	Field House at Memorial University	2,500
Niagara River Lions	St. Catharines, Ontario	Meridian Centre	4,030
Ottawa Blackjacks	Ottawa, Ontario	TD Place Arena	9,500
Saskatchewan Rattlers	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	SaskTel Centre	15,100
Scarborough Shooting Stars	Toronto, Ontario	Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre	2,000

Map of teams

Stingers

Bandits

Nighthawks

Badgers

Alliance

Growlers

Lions

Blackjacks

Rattlers

Stars

CEBL Teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Hamilton Honey Badgers (C)	20	14	6	1697	1570	+127	.700	Advance to championship weekend
2	Niagara River Lions	20	13	7	1763	1643	+120	.650	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Scarborough Shooting Stars	20	12	8	1716	1656	+60	.600
4	Fraser Valley Bandits	20	12	8	1718	1736	−18	.600	Advance to play in games
5	Saskatchewan Rattlers	20	11	9	1665	1749	−84	.550
6	Edmonton Stingers	20	10	10	1701	1691	+10	.500
7	Guelph Nighthawks	20	10	10	1753	1760	−7	.500
8	Ottawa Blackjacks (H)	20	8	12	1740	1721	+19	.400	Advance to championship weekend[a]
9	Newfoundland Growlers	20	6	14	1699	1775	−76	.300
10	Montreal Alliance	20	4	16	1523	1668	−145	.200

Source: CEBL
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

Results

Teams	EDM	FRA	GUE	HAM	MON	NEW	NIA	OTT	SSK	SSS	EDM	FRA	GUE	HAM	MON	NEW	NIA	OTT	SSK	SSS
Edmonton Stingers	—	81–84	101–100	81–87	85–72	120–69	74–86	96–88	84–71	69–78	—							91–100
Fraser Valley Bandits	86–80	—	79–87	68–80	97–81	94–92	99–102	95–88	90–78	92–89		—								86–93
Guelph Nighthawks	95–101	85–90	—	89–83	86–84	89–82	84–95	86–79	104–82	89–80			—		96–80
Hamilton Honey Badgers	81–88	70–71	103–85	—	80–72	95–91	79–83	86–75	107–86	84–70			95–76	—
Montreal Alliance	60–64	89–72	94–74	72–79	—	71–94	64–76	86–80	72–82	80–70					—	85–105
Newfoundland Growlers	74–89	81–88	80–87	68–86	84–83	—	87–95	85–86	83–60	88–95						—			93–91
Niagara River Lions	77–79	86–95	101–88	73–76	87–62	98–97	—	89–78	81–86	75–86	97–69						—
Ottawa Blackjacks	92–84	87–90	73–83	104–95	81–62	80–94	86–90	—	101–50	81–98		100–79						—
Saskatchewan Rattlers	97–85	86–77	84–81	74–81	98–86	90–71	92–89	92–90	—	83–99							92–90		—
Scarborough Shooting Stars	97–74	101–86	94–89	69–84	78–68	99–81	70–93	90–91	85–91	—				75–72						—

Source: https://www.cebl.ca/result2fiba
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Attendance

As of August 3, 2022^[A]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Montreal Alliance	29,290	3,500	2,214	2,929	n/a†
2	Niagara River Lions	22,737	3,247	1,549	2,274	n/a†
3	Ottawa Blackjacks	18,159	3,538	1,408	1,816	n/a†
4	Edmonton Stingers	17,300	3,000	800	1,922	n/a†
5	Scarborough Shooting Stars	14,682	2,280	1,317	1,631	n/a†
6	Hamilton Honey Badgers	18,109	2,904	1,260	1,811	n/a†
7	Guelph Nighthawks	13,341	2,992	780	1,482	n/a†
8	Newfoundland Growlers	1,892	1,084	808	946	n/a†
9	Fraser Valley Bandits					n/a†
10	Saskatchewan Rattlers					n/a†
	League total	91,192	3,538	780	1,824	n/a†

Source:

Play in round

Play in games

CBC

August 4 7:00pm

recap

Saskatchewan Rattlers 94, Edmonton Stingers 91
Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 22–23, 17–25, 26–31
Pts: Devonte Bandoo 22 Rebs: Jordy Tshimanga 11 Asts: Devonte Bandoo 9		Pts: Adika Peter—Mcneilly 19 Rebs: Jordan Baker 11 Asts: Trahson Burrell 5

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Attendance: N/A Referees: Vernon Bovell, Mitch Strom, Chris Buccella

CBC

August 4 7:30pm

recap

Fraser Valley Bandits 85, Guelph Nighthawks 90
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 11–25, 26–19, 23–21
Pts: Brandon Gilbeck 21 Rebs: Alex Campbell, Shane Gibson, Brandon Gilbeck 6 Asts: Marek Klassen 10		Pts: Ahmed Hill 27 Rebs: Giorgi Bezhanishvili 10 Asts: Stefan Smith 5

Langley Events Centre, Langley, B.C. Attendance: N/A Referees: Tanner Cervo, Reed Scott, Tony Turnbull

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarter-finals August 6 & 7					Semi-finals August 12					Final August 14
						1	Hamilton	76
						8	Ottawa	72
											1	Hamilton	90
											3	Scarborough	88
	2	Niagara	99
	7	Guelph	78
						2	Niagara	81
						3	Scarborough	93
	3	Scarborough	108
	5	Saskatchewan	96

Quarter-finals

CBC

August 6 7:00pm

recap

Guelph Nighthawks 78, Niagara River Lions 99
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 12–36, 28–21, 16–25
Pts: Ahmed Hill 17 Rebs: Sean Miller-Moore 6 Asts: Cat Barber 6		Pts: EJ Onu 28 Rebs: Daniel Walden-Mullings 11 Asts: Elijah Mitrou-Long 6

Sleeman Centre Guelph, Ontario Attendance: 1408 Referees: Tony Turnbull, Christine Vuong, Chris Buccella

CBC

August 7 3:00pm

recap

Scarborough Shooting Stars 108, Saskatchewan Rattlers 96
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 20–22, 36–25, 29—32
Pts: Jalen Harris, Kassius Robertson 24 Rebs: Teddy Allen 7 Asts: Kalif Young 4		Pts: Tony Carr 21 Rebs: Tony Carr 13 Asts: Tony Carr 15

Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Scarborough, Ontario Attendance: 1612 Referees: Jayson Stiell, Frank Rizzuti Robb, Caporicci

Championship Weekend

Semi-finals

CBC

August 12 4:00pm

recap

Niagara River Lions 81, Scarborough Shooting Stars 93
Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 9–19, 21–27, 25–33
Pts: EJ Onu 26 Rebs: Antonio Davis Jr 8 Asts: Khalil Ahmad, Antonio Davis Jr 6		Pts: Jalen Harris, Kameron Chatman 22 Rebs: Jalen Harris, Isiaha Mike 8 Asts: Jalen Harris 6

TD Place Arena, Ottawa, Ontario Attendance: N/A Referees: Michael Weiland, Tony Turnbull, MP Malo

CBC

August 12 7:00pm

recap

Hamilton Honey Badgers 76, Ottawa Blackjacks 72
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 22–17, 23–18, 19–17
Pts: Christian Vital 16 Rebs: Koby Mcewen 9 Asts: Celeb Agada, Jeremiah Tilman 5		Pts: Zena Edosomwan 14 Rebs: Zena Edosomwan 10 Asts: Walt Lemon Jr 6

TD Place Arena, Ottawa, Ontario Attendance: 2827 Referees: Jayson Stiell, Robb Caporicci, Tanner Cervo

Final

CBC

August 14 3:30pm

recap

Hamilton Honey Badgers 90, Scarborough Shooting Stars 88
Scoring by quarter: 26—25, 25–19, 18—15, 21—29
Pts: Christian Vital 17 Rebs: Caleb Agada 7 Asts: Caleb Agada 5		Pts: Kassius Robertson 23 Rebs: Kyle Alexander 7 Asts: Kassius Robertson 5

TD Place Arena, Ottawa, Ontario Attendance: 2788 Referees: Jayson Stiell, Tony Turnbull, MP Malo

The winning free-throw for Hamilton

Awards

Source:^[3]

• Player of the Year: Khalil Ahmad, Niagara River Lions
• Canadian Player of the Year: Caleb Agada, Hamilton Honey Badgers
• U Sports Developmental Player of the Year: Thomas Kennedy, Fraser Valley Bandits
• Defensive Player of the Year: EJ Onu, Niagara River Lions
• Referee of the Year: Jayson Stiell
• Clutch Player of the Year: Khalil Ahmad, Niagara River Lions
• Coach of the Year: Ryan Schmidt, Hamilton Honey Badgers
• 6th man of the year: Koby McEwen, Hamilton Honey Badgers
• CEBL Final MVP: Christian Vital, Hamilton Honey Badgers

All-CEBL teams

First Team[4]		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team		Player	Team
Isiaha Mike	Scarborough Shooting Stars	F	Jordan Baker	Edmonton Stingers
Caleb Agada	Hamilton Honey Badgers	G	Christian Vital	Hamilton Honey Badgers
Jalen Harris	Scarborough Shooting Stars	G	Brandon Sampson	Newfoundland Growlers
Khalil Ahmad	Niagara River Lions	G	Cat Barber	Guelph Nighthawks
Tony Carr	Saskatchewan Rattlers	G	Shane Gibson	Fraser Valley Bandits

All-Canadian team

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Thomas Kennedy	Fraser Valley Bandits
F	Jordan Baker	Edmonton Stingers
F	Isiaha Mike	Scarbororough Shooting Stars
G	Caleb Agada	Hamilton Honey Badgers
G	AJ Lawson	Guelph Nighthawks

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team(s)	Statistic
Points per game	Khalil Ahmad	Niagara River Lions	21.1
Rebounds per game	Jordan Baker	Edmonton Stingers	9.4
Assists per game	Tony Carr	Saskatchewan Rattlers	6.5
Steals per game	Christian Vital	Hamilton Honey Badgers	2.2
Blocks per game	EJ Onu	Niagara River Lions	3.3
FG%	Jeremiah Tilman	Hamilton Honey Badgers	63.9%
3P%	Isiaha Mike	Scarborough Shooting Stars	47.4%

Notes

1. The attendances for Fraser Valley, Saskatchewan, Ottawa (June 21), Guelph (June 25), Scarborough (June 26) and Edmonton (June 30) home games hasn't been announced. Newfoundland have only announced attendance for games on June 5 and June 12.

References

1. "CEBL 2022 Season to Feature Record Number of Games". CEBL. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
2. "City of Ottawa and Ottawa BlackJacks to host 2022 Championship Weekend". CEBL. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
3. "Canadian Elite Basketball League Announces 2020 Cebl Awards Categories And Winner Reveal Dates". cebl.ca. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
4. "All-CEBL First And Second Teams Revealed As Part of CEBL Awards". cebl.ca. August 28, 2020.

External links

• Official website