2022-23 BCIHL Season

This is the 2022-23 season for the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League. This is the first season with the Logan Lake Miners. Here are the navigation shortcuts to other seasons and conferences:
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===League expansion===
The league had announced two new independent College Transfer Teams for Kamloops (Thompson Okanagan Pioneers) and Chilliwack/Abbotsford (Fraser Valley Brigade).http://www.bcihl.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?page=110752&clientID=3692&leagueID=11139 Neither team materialized. 
On February 8, 2022 the BCIHL announced that it would add the College Transfer Team of the Logan Lake Miners, made up of players from Thompson Rivers University and Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, for the 2022-23 season. The team was based out of the Logan Lake Recreation Centre in Logan Lake, British Columbia.https://www.bcihl.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3692&leagueID=11139&page=111761
After competing for 2 years without a nickname after dropping the Clan nickname, Simon Fraser University announced on September 6, 2022 that the teams will use the Simon Fraser Red Leafs moniker going forward.https://www.cbc.ca/sports/simon-fraser-teams-red-leafs-name-1.6574067
==Teams==
NOTE: In this table the team links are to external pages.
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Logan Lake Miners 	Logan Lake	Logan Lake Recreation Centre
Okanagan Lakers 	Kelowna 	Capital News Centre
Simon Fraser Red Leafs 	Burnaby 	Bill Copeland Sports Centre
Victoria Vikings 	Victoria 	Ian H. Stewart Complex
Vancouver Island Mariners	Nanaimo 	Nanaimo Ice Centre
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Simon Fraser Red Leafs 	20	19	1 	0 	128	33 	38
Vancouver Island Mariners	20	13	6 	1 	110	66 	27
Victoria Vikings 	20	11	8 	1 	88 	77 	23
Okanagan Lakers 	20	7 	9 	4 	60 	77 	18
Logan Lake Miners 	20	0 	20	0 	20 	153	0
==Playoffs==
The top four teams qualify for the playoffs. Both rounds are best-of-three.
===Semi-Finals===
*Simon Fraser Red Leafs defeated Okanagan Lakers 4-0
*Simon Fraser Red Leafs defeated Okanagan Lakers 5-0
Simon Fraser Red Leafs beat Okanagan Lakers 2-games-to-none.
*Vancouver Island Mariners defeated Victoria Vikings 5-1
*Vancouver Island Mariners defeated Victoria Vikings 5-4 (ot)
Vancouver Island Mariners beat Victoria Vikings 2-games-to-none.
===Final===
*Simon Fraser Red Leafs defeated Vancouver Island Mariners 7-1
*Simon Fraser Red Leafs defeated Vancouver Island Mariners 5-2
Simon Fraser Red Leafs beat Vancouver Island Mariners 2-games-to-none.
==Also see==
College links:
*British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (from 2005-06 to present)
*Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
*Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (from 1975 to 2001)
*List of OCAA Seasons (from 1967-68 to 2003-04)
*RSEQ College League
University links:
*USports (CIS)
*Canada West Universities Athletic Association * includes past champions and external links
*Atlantic University Sport
*Ontario University Athletics
==External Links==
*BCIHL League Site
*ACAC Hockey Site
*U Sports Men's Hockey Site
*Canada West Men's Hockey Site
==References==
Category:2023 in ice hockey
Category:British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League