# 2012–13 MHL season

The 2012–13 Maritime Junior Hockey League season was the 46th season in league history. The season consisted of 52 games played by each MHL team.
Upon completion of the regular season, the top qualifying teams will play down for the Kent Cup, the league's playoff championship trophy. The Kent Cup champion will then meet the top teams of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League and Central Canada Hockey League in a host city to determine the Eastern Canadian Fred Page Cup champion.
The Summerside Western Capitals won the 2013 Kent Cup by losing only 1 game throughout the entire MHL playoffs.
The Fred Page Cup was hosted and won by the Truro Bearcats in 2013 with the Summerside Western Capitals the runners-up. The 2013 RBC cup Was hosted by the Summerside Western Capitals they finished 2nd while Truro finished 5th.

## Team Changes

The Metro Marauders were renamed the Metro Shipbuliders.

## Regular season standings

Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; X - Clinched Playoff spot; Y - Clinched Division; Z- Clinched first overall
| Eastlink Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | Pts. |
| y-Truro Bearcats | 52 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 226 | 124 | 81 |
| x-Yarmouth Jr. A Mariners | 52 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 215 | 139 | 79 |
| x-Amherst Ramblers | 52 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 216 | 153 | 70 |
| x-Pictou County Weeks Crushers | 52 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 299 | 185 | 61 |
| x-Bridgewater Lumberjacks | 52 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 255 | 23 |
| Metro Shipbuilders | 52 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 124 | 287 | 10 |
| Roger Meek Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SL | GF | GA | Pts. |
| z-Summerside Western Capitals | 52 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 222 | 119 | 88 |
| x-Woodstock Slammers | 52 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 207 | 181 | 64 |
| x-Dieppe Commandos | 52 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 212 | 201 | 59 |
| x-Miramichi Timberwolves | 52 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 214 | 54 |
| Campbellton Tigers | 52 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 137 | 224 | 28 |

## 2013 MHL Playoff bracket

| Eastlink Division Best 2 of 3 Mini Series Winner Plays Truro | Eastlink Division Best 2 of 3 Mini Series Winner Plays Truro | Eastlink Division Best 2 of 3 Mini Series Winner Plays Truro |
| 4 | Pictou County Crushers | 2 |
| 5 | Bridgewater Lumberjacks | 0 |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Kent Cup Finals | Kent Cup Finals | Kent Cup Finals |
| 1 | Truro Bearcats | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Pictou County Crushers | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Pictou County Crushers | 3 | 1 | Truro Bearcats | 4 | | | |
| Eastlink Division | Eastlink Division | Eastlink Division | 1 | Truro Bearcats | 4 | | | |
| Eastlink Division | Eastlink Division | Eastlink Division | 3 | Amherst Ramblers | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Yarmouth Mariners | 2 | 3 | Amherst Ramblers | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Amherst Ramblers | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Amherst Ramblers | 4 | | | | 2 | Truro Bearcats | 1 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Summerside Western Capitals | 4 |
| 1 | Summerside Western Capitals | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | Summerside Western Capitals | 4 |
| 4 | Miramichi Timberwolves | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Miramichi Timberwolves | 0 | 1 | Summerside Western Capitals | 4 | | | |
| Roger Meek Division | Roger Meek Division | Roger Meek Division | 1 | Summerside Western Capitals | 4 | | | |
| Roger Meek Division | Roger Meek Division | Roger Meek Division | 2 | Woodstock Slammers | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Woodstock Slammers | 4 | 2 | Woodstock Slammers | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Dieppe Commandos | 1 | | | | | | |

### Eastlink Division Mini series

* * = If Necessary

### (4) Pictou County Crushers Vs. (5) Bridgewater Lumberjacks

* Pictou County wins series 2 - 0

## Round one
### (1) Meek Semi-final 1 Summerside Western Capitals Vs. (4) Miramichi Timberwolves

* Summerside Wins Series 4 - 0

### Meek Semi-final 2 (2) Woodstock Slammers vs. (3) Dieppe Commandos

* Woodstock wins series 4 – 1

### Eastlink Semi-finals 1 (1)Truro Bearcats vs. (4) Pictou County Crushers

* Truro wins series 4 – 3

### Eastlink Semi-finals 2 (2) Yarmouth Mariners vs. (3) Amherst Ramblers

* Amherst wins series 4 – 2

## Round two
### Meek Final(1) Summerside Western Capitals Vs. (2) Woodstock Slammers

* Summerside wins series 4 - 0

### Eastlink Final (1) Truro Bearcats vs. (3) Amherst Ramblers

* Truro Wins series 4 - 2

## Kent Cup Finals
### Kent Cup final (1) Summerside Western Capitals vs. (2) Truro Bearcats

* Summerside wins series 4 - 1