The 2022–23 SJHL season was the 55th season of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Battlefords North Stars won the league championship Canterra Seeds Cup and went on to the 2023 Centennial Cup national championship in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Season highlights
Battlefords North Stars head coach Brayden Klimosko received the Canadian Junior Hockey League Coach of the Year award. The league reduced the number of regular season games from 58 to 56. The league debuted its new championship trophy, the Canterra Seeds Cup.
Regular season
Teams played a 56-game schedule. The top 8 teams at the end of the regular season advanced to the post-season.
Rank Team <abbr title="Games Played">GP</abbr title> <abbr title="Wins">W</abbr title> <abbr title="Losses">L</abbr title> <abbr title="Overtime Losses">OTL</abbr title> <abbr title="Shootout Losses">SOL</abbr title> <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> 1 Battlefords North Stars 56 48 5 2 1 99 2 Humboldt Broncos 56 40 15 1 0 81 3 Flin Flon Bombers 56 37 15 2 2 78 4 Melfort Mustangs 56 31 16 5 4 71 5 La Ronge Ice Wolves 56 32 19 3 2 69 6 Estevan Bruins 56 28 23 3 2 61 7 Nipawin Hawks 56 26 24 5 1 58 8 Weyburn Red Wings 56 26 27 2 1 55 9 Notre Dame Hounds 56 22 28 4 2 50 10 Yorkton Terriers 56 19 36 0 1 39 11 Kindersley Klippers 56 13 34 4 5 35 12 Melville Millionaires 56 14 36 5 1 34
Post-season
The 8 top-ranked teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the post-season. The winners of each round were determined by a best-of-7 series. In the final round, the Battlefords North Stars swept the Flin Flon Bombers in 4 games to win the Canterra Seeds Cup and advance to the 2023 Centennial Cup national championship tournament in Portage la Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The Battlefords North Stars went on to lose to the Brooks Bandits of the AJHL in the 2023 Centennial Cup final.
See also
Hockey Canada Hockey Saskatchewan
References
Further reading
External links SJHL official website