2022-23 Canadian Junior season

This is the 2022-22 Canadian Junior hockey season.
==Leagues==
===Major Junior===
*2022-23 OHL season 
*2022-23 QMJHL season 
*2022-23 WHL season 
===Junior A===
As a response to the British Columbia Hockey League withdrawing from Hockey Canada effective June 1, 2023; on June 17, 2023 the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced that it had applied with BC Hockey to be classified as Junior A for the 2023-24 season along with all of its' membership.https://www.kijhl.ca/2023-kijhl-agm-concludes-in-sicamous Followed by the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League announcing on July 11, 2023 that it had applied with BC Hockey to be classified as Junior A for the 2023-24 season along with all of its' membership, https://www.vijhl.com/vijhl-applying-for-junior-a-status-for-2023-24-season with the Pacific Junior Hockey League expected to do the same shortly there after.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/an-advisers-life-vijhl-also-applies-for-junior-a-status/
On July 25, 2023 BC Hockey announced that all of the Junior B teams in the province's three Junior B leagues will now be classified as Junior A Tier II (a designation which previously did not exist). The plan would eventually elevate some of the 45 teams that were previously playing at the Junior B level would make the jump to Junior A Tier I.https://www.bchockey.net/news-listing/bc-hockey-announces-new-junior-a-pathway
*2022-23 AJHL season 
*2022-23 CCHL season 
*2022-23 MJAHL season 
*2022-23 MJHL season 
*2022-23 NOJHL season 
*2022-23 OJHL season 
*2022-23 QJHL season 
*2022-23 SIJHL season 
*2022-23 SJHL season 
===Junior B===
The Laurentides-Lanaurdière Junior A Hockey League begins play.
*2022-23 CalJHL season 
*2022-23 CAJAAHL season 
*2022-23 CJAAHL season 
*2022-23 CapJHL season 
*2022-23 CRJHL season 
*2022-23 EOJHL season 
*2022-23 GOJHL season 
*2022-23 HJBHL season 
*2022-23 IJHL season 
*2022-23 KJHL season 
*2022-23 KIJHL season 
*2022-23 LJHL season 
*2022-23 MJAAHL season 
*2022-23 NBJHL season 
*2022-23 NEAJBHL season 
*2022-23 NWJHL season 
*2022-23 NSJHL season 
*2022-23 PacJHL season 
*2022-23 PJHL season 
*2022-23 SJJHL season 
*2022-23 SLSJJAAHL season 
*2022-23 VIJHL season 
===Junior C===
The Laurentides-Lanaurdière Junior B Hockey League begins play.
*2022-23 BFJAHL season 
*2022-23 CalJCHL season 
*2022-23 HTJHL season 
*2022-23 LLJAHL season 
*2022-23 LJAHL season 
*2022-23 MaurJAHL season 
*2022-23 MontJAHL season 
*2022-23 NCJHL season 
*2022-23 NJHL season 
*2022-23 NSRJHL season 
*2022-23 OSFJAHL season 
*2022-23 PEIJHL season 
*2022-23 ProvJHL season 
*2022-23 QVJCHL season 
===Junior D===
*2022-23 LJBHL season 
*2022-23 LLJBHL season 
*2022-23 MaurJBHL season 
*2022-23 MontJBHL season 
*2022-23 OSFJBHL season 
===Independent/Other Junior===
The Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League appears to have folded.
As a result of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League removing the West Divsion from its' membership on May 27, 2023https://gmhl.net/news/presidents-message/57954 the National Junior Hockey League (Canada) is announced on May 29, 2023 with eight of the former 10 members of the GMJHL's West Division with a fall 2023 start date.https://www.njhlhockey.com/news/a-message-from-the-njhl
On June 29, 2023 the North American Hockey Association was announced with 8 teams based in the greater Ottawa and Montreal areas. The owner of the Brockville Braves (and Brockville Tikis of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League) as well as the owner of the Cornwall Colts , both of which are current members of the Central Canada Hockey League) involved in the new league.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/the-death-pool-another-new-unsanctioned-league/ The league will operate outside of the Hockey Canada's jurisdiciton. The NAHA’s eight founding franchises will include the Brockville Junior Braves, the Cornwall Junior Colts, and teams in Kingston, Smiths Falls, Ottawa East, Ottawa West, and Montreal’s South Shore and West.
*2022-23 BCHL season 
*2022-23 GMJHL season 
*2022-23 MMJHL season 
*2022-23 CAJHL season
==Championships==
===National===
*2023 Memorial Cup - National Major Junior 
*2023 Centennial Cup - National Junior A 
===Regional===
*On December 16, 2022, as part of announcing the selection of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba as the host of the 2023 Centennial Cup it was announced that the tournament will be a ten team tournament for the second straight year with the nine league champions of the Canadian Junior Hockey League members plus the host Portage Terriers. This announcement negates the need for the 2023 Fred Page Cup, 2023 Anavet Cup, and the 2023 Dudley Hewitt Cup.
*The Keystone Cup is renamed the Central Canada Cup.
*2023 Central Canada Cup - Western Junior B 
*2023 Don Johnson Memorial Cup - Maritime Junior B 
*2023 Atlantic Junior C Championships - Atlantic Junior C 
===Provincial===
The Quebec Junior B level championship along with the rest of the provincial championships are renamed Coupe Chevrolet from the Coupe Dodge as part of a partnership running through at least 2025.
*2023 Coupe Chevrolet -Quebec Junior B 
*2023 Cyclone Taylor Cup - British Columbia Junior B 
*2023 Russ Barnes Trophy - Alberta Junior B 
*2023 Alberta Junior C Playoffs 
==See Also==
*2008-09 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2009-10 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2010-11 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2011-12 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2012-13 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2013-14 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2014-15 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2015-16 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2016-17 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2017-18 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2018-19 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2019-20 Canadian Junior Season
*2020-21 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2021-22 Canadian Junior season
*2022-23 American Collegiate season
*2022-23 American Junior Hockey Season
*2022-23 Canadian University Season
*2022-23 Canadian Senior season
*2022-23 North American Professional Season
*2022-23 Canadian U-18 AAA season
*2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
*2022 World Junior A Challenge 
*2022 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
*2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
*2023 IIHF World U18 Championships
*2022-23 North American Women's Season
*2022-23 American Senior Hockey Season
==References==
Category:2023 in hockey
Category:Canadian Junior seasons