2022-23 WOSHL season

This is the 2022-23 Western Ontario Super Hockey League season This is the league's second season.
==Membership Changes==
*On August 31, 2021 the Langton Sr. Royals announced that they would not be able to participate in the league's first season due to restrictions in place for facilities in Norfolk County.http://woshl.hockeyshift.com/news/norfolk-county The team would not be in the league for the 2022-23 season.
*On April 18, 2022 the league announced the approval of two expansion teams for the 2022-23 season, the Delhi Flames and the Plattsville Lakers.http://woshl.hockeyshift.com/news/woshl-votes-in-2-new-teams-for-2023
*On June 8, 2022 the league announced the addition of the Tilbury Sr. Bluebirds to begin play with the 2022-23 season.https://www.woshl.com/news/birds-fly-again-tilbury-bluebirds-are-our-8th-teamhttps://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2022/06/11/tilbury-bluebirds-fly/ The team will be based out of the Tilbury and District Memorial Community Centre.
*On June 10, 2022 the league announced the addition of the Erin Blitz for the 2022-23 season. https://www.woshl.com/news/and-now-we-are-9-welcome-the-erin-blitzhttps://guelphsportsjournal.com/erin-blitz-one-of-four-new-teams-for-woshl/ The team will be based out of the Erin Community Centre.
*On March 27, 2023 the league announced the relocation of the Erin Blitz to Orangeville for the 2023-24 season, where they will be renamed the Orangeville Blitz. They will be based out of the Alder Street Recreation Facility.
*On April 22, 2023 the Plattsville Sr. Lakers announced they would be moving to Woodstock, Ontario for the 2023-24 season and will be renamed the Woodstock Lakers. The team will be based out of the Southwood Arena.
*On May 7, 2023 the league announced that addition of the Dunnville Aeros for the 2023-24 playing season. The team will be based out of the Dunnville Memorial Arena in Dunnville, Ontario.
*On June 2nd, the Western Ontario Super Hockey League announced that the Petrolia Squires would be joining their league for the 2022-23 season. They were previously members of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey Leaguehttps://www.woshl.com/news/presenting-the-petrolia-squires
==Teams==
Team 	Town 	Arena
Alvinston Killer Bees 	Alvinston 	Brooke – Alvinston – Inwood Community Centre
Delhi Sr. Flames 	Delhi 	Delhi Community Arena
Elora Rocks 	Elora 	Elora & District Community Centre
Erin Blitz 	Erin 	Erin Community Centre
Plattsville Sr. Lakers 	Plattsville	Plattsville Arena
Stratford Fighting Irish	Stratford 	William Allman Memorial Arena
Strathroy Jets 	Strathroy 	West Middlesex Memorial Arena
Tillsonburg Thunder 	Tilsonburg 	Colin Campbell Community Arena
Tilbury Sr. Bluebirds 	Tilbury 	Tilbury and District Memorial Community Centre
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Tilbury Sr. Bluebirds 	24	19	4 	1 	147	65 	39
Elora Rocks 	24	18	4 	2 	147	75 	38
Stratford Fighting Irish	24	18	6 	0 	137	82 	36
Tillsonburg Thunder 	24	17	7 	0 	154	99 	34
Strathroy Jets 	24	13	11	0 	97 	95 	26
Erin Blitz 	24	9 	13	2 	112	137	20
Alvinston Killer Bees 	24	6 	17	1 	72 	142	13
Plattsville Sr. Lakers 	24	6 	17	1 	88 	157	13
Delhi Sr. Flames 	24	2 	21	1 	71 	174	5
==Sleeman Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
The top 8 teams qualify. The quarterfinal round is best-of-five. The semifinal and final rounds are best-of-seven.
===Quarterfinals===
*Tilbury Sr. Bluebirds defeated Plattsville Sr. Lakers 3 games to none
*Elora Rocks defeated Alvinston Killer Bees 3 games to none
*Stratford Fighting Irish defeated Erin Blitz 3 games to 1
*Tillsonburg Thunder defeated Strathroy Jets 3 games to 1
===Semifinals===
*Tillsonburg Thunder defeated Tilbury Sr. Bluebirds 4 games to 3
*Stratford Fighting Irish defeated Elora Rocks 4 games to none 
===Final===
*Stratford Fighting Irish defeated Tillsonburg Thunder 4 games to none
==References==
==Links==
League website
league facebook page
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