# 2022–23 AJHL season

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.

## Season highlights

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. 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. The Brooks Bandits then went undefeated at the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to win its 4th national championship.

## Regular season

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points
North Division :
| 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 |
South Division :
| 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 |

## Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Aiden Fink | Brooks Bandits | 54 | 41 | 56 | 97 | 32 |
| Brett Meerman | Blackfalds Bulldogs | 60 | 30 | 64 | 94 | 36 |
| Matteo Giampa | Bonnyville Pontiacs | 54 | 27 | 65 | 92 | 45 |
| Dario Beljo | Brooks Bandits | 60 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 30 |
| Tyler Wallace | Blackfalds Bulldogs | 54 | 42 | 42 | 84 | 42 |
| Luigi Benincasa | Spruce Grove Saints | 60 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 36 |
| Daniel Kernaghan | Drayton Valley Thunder | 57 | 32 | 43 | 75 | 41 |
| Jason Siedem | Blackfalds Bulldogs | 58 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 26 |
| Nicolas Beaudoin | Bonnyville Pontiacs | 55 | 40 | 34 | 74 | 53 |
| Sam Court | Brooks Bandits | 52 | 13 | 59 | 72 | 63 |

## Leading goaltenders

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.
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO | Mins |
| Ethan Barwick | Brooks Bandits | 51 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 0.929 | 1.88 | 7 | 3,039 |
| Zac Onyskiw | Spruce Grove Saints | 23 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0.924 | 2.06 | 4 | 1,282 |
| Matthew Hennessey | Blackfalds Bulldogs | 42 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 0.909 | 2.72 | 4 | 2,473 |
| Parker Sawka | Spruce Grove Saints | 41 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 0.894 | 2.72 | 2 | 2,360 |
| Jameson Kaine | Spruce Grove Saints | 35 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 0.892 | 2.72 | 1 | 2,049 |
| Erick Roest | Sherwood Park Crusaders | 36 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 100 | 0.911 | 2.79 | 2 | 2,150 |
| Connor Mackenzie | Grande Prairie Storm | 35 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 0.929 | 2.86 | 2 | 2,076 |
| Freddie Halyk | Camrose Kodiaks | 45 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 0.910 | 3.05 | 3 | 2,600 |
| Garrett Fuller | Drumheller Dragons | 42 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 0.892 | 3.08 | 2 | 2,300 |
| Gabe Gratton | Fort McMurray Oil Barons | 42 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 133 | 0.906 | 3.20 | 0 | 2,495 |

## Post-season

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.
| 1st round | 1st round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| | | Brooks | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Okotoks | 2 | | | | | |
| Okotoks | 4 | Okotoks | 2 | | | | | |
| Camrose | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Camrose | 0 | | | Brooks | 4 | | | |
| | | | | Blackfalds | 0 | | | |
| Blackfalds | 4 | | | | | Blackfalds | 0 | |
| Calgary | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Calgary | 1 | Blackfalds | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Drumheller | 3 | | | | | |
| Drumheller | 4 | Drumheller | 3 | | | | | |
| Canmore | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Canmore | 2 | | | | | | Brooks | 4 |
| | | | | | | | Spruce Grove | 1 |
| | | Spruce Grove | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Sherwood Park | 1 | | | | | |
| Sherwood Park | 4 | Sherwood Park | 1 | | | | | |
| Fort McMurray | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Fort McMurray | 3 | | | Spruce Grove | 4 | | | |
| | | | | Bonnyville | 1 | | | |
| Whitecourt | 4 | | | | | Bonnyville | 1 | |
| Grande Prairie | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Grande Prairie | 0 | Whitecourt | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Bonnyville | 4 | | | | | |
| Bonnyville | 4 | Bonnyville | 4 | | | | | |
| Lloydminster | 2 | | | | | | | |