2022-23 Avalon East Senior Hockey League season

This is the 2022-23 Avalon East Senior Hockey League season. This is the league's second season under this name since changing to the East Coast Senior Hockey League back in 2017 and then back in 2021.
==Membership changes==
*The league added the Outer Cove Marines.
==Teams==
 	
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Team 	Centre 	Arena
Clarenville Caribous 	Clarenville 	Eastlink Events Centre
Conception Bay South Blues 	Conception Bay South	Conception Bay South Arena & Monsignor Bartlett Memorial Arena
Harbour Grace Cee Bee Stars	Harbour Grace 	Danny Cleary Community Centre
Outer Cove Marines 	Torbay 	Jack Byrne Arena
St. John's Capitals 	St. John's 	Goulds Sports Arena
Southern Shore Breakers 	Witless Bay 	Southern Shore Arena
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF	GA 	Pts
Southern Shore Breakers 	20	14	4 	2 	83	61 	30
St. John's Capitals 	20	14	5 	1 	89	73 	29
Harbour Grace Cee Bee Stars	20	11	7 	2 	87	85 	24
Clarenville Caribous 	20	10	7 	3 	89	75 	21
Conception Bay South Blues 	20	8 	8 	4 	81	85 	20
Outer Cove Marines 	20	3 	15	2 	50	100	8
Note: Harbour Grace forfeited a January 28th 4-1 win over St. John's due to the use of an ineligible goaltender.
==Joe Maynard Trophy Playoffs==
===Format===
All teams qualify. The third place team plays the fifth place team in the fourth place team plays sixth place in a best-of-three series with the winner becoming the third and fourth seeds. The balance of the playoffs are best-of-seven. The playoff champion is awarded the Joe Maynard Trophy as league playoff champion and will meet the playoff champions of the Newfoundland West Coast Senior Hockey League for the Herder Memorial Trophy and the provincial senior championship. This year marks the first year since 2008 that the Herder will feature and East-West matchup.
===Quarterfinals===
(Best-of-three)
*Harbour Grace Cee Bee Stars defeated Outer Cove Marines 2 games to none 
*Conception Bay South Blues defeated Clarenville Caribous 2 games to 1
===Semifinals===
(best-of-seven)
*Southern Shore Breakers defeated Conception Bay South Blues 4 games to 2
*St. John's Capitals defeated Harbour Grace Cee Bee Stars 4 games to 2
===Final===
*Southern Shore Breakers defeated St. John's Capitals 4 games to 2
The Southern Shore Breakers advance to the 2023 Herder Memorial Trophy as the league representative.
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