2021-22 WSHL Season

This is the 2021-22 Western States Hockey League season. This is the league's 28th season.
==Membership Changes==
The league assumed operations of the Oklahoma City Blazers on January 1, 2020.http://www.wshl.org/news/blazers-announce-coaching-ownership-changes-for-20 The team would be dissolved once the season was cancelled. The previous owner would establish a team in the North American 3 Hockey League for the 2020-21 season also using the Oklahoma City Blazers moniker and then change to the Oklahoma City Ice Hawks for the 2021-22 season.
On April 17, 2020 the Anaheim Avalanche, Fresno Monsters, Las Vegas Thunderbirds, Northern Colorado Eagles, Pueblo Bulls, San Diego Sabers, Southern Oregon Spartans, and Utah Outliers were announced as joining the United States Premier Hockey League's Premier League for the 2020-21 season.https://www.usphl.com/news_article/show/1101391 On April 21st the Ogden Mustangs were announced as joining them.https://www.usphl.com/news_article/show/1101884
At the end of the 2019–20 regular season, the Valencia Flyers' home rink was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ice Station Valencia, which was also owned by the Flyers' owner Roger Perez. The closure was made permanent due to the financial losses incurred by the shutdown, leaving the future of the team undetermined.
On June 16, 2020 the El Paso Rhinos were added to the North American 3 Hockey League from the Western States Hockey League. They will also join the North American Hockey League for the 2021-22 season.https://www.aberdeennews.com/sports/professional/wings/nahl-approves-el-paso-texas-team-for-2021-22/article_2b1ce9be-b00a-11ea-8401-6bcd813acc2e.html
On January 22, 2021 the league announced the addition of the Vancouver Devils who are due to be based out of Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley in suburban Vancouver, British Columbia who will begin play with the 2021-22 season. The team appears to have been quietly removed from the league for the 2021-22 season.https://tendthefarm.net/2021/09/18/wshls-vancouver-devils-appear-to-have-gone-dormant-for-2021-22/ The move is likely due to the team being the only Canadian team in an otherwise all-US based division. The move to the Provincial Division would have been economically unfeasible for the other teams as well.
On July 28, 2021 the league announced the approval of the relocation of the Edson Aeros to Cold Lake where they will be known as the Cold Lake Aeros and will be located out of the Cold Lake Energy Centre.http://www.wshl.org/news/aeros-find-new-home
The Barrhead Bombers relocated to Medford, Oregon after former WSHL member the Southern Oregon Spartans who withdrew from the WSHL to join the United States Premier Hockey League for the 2020-21 season and then withdrew after a few games and were planning on sitting out the 2021-22 season lost their lease at The RRRink. The team intended to keep the Bombers nickname but no prefix to the teams name was announced. The team would later be announced as the Rogue Valley Royals. A second team taking the name of the franchise when it was in Barrhead is started when the rights were sold to local interests in Barrhead. 
On August 1, 2021 the league announced the addition of the Vernal Oilers. The team will be based out of the Western Park Ice Rink in Vernal, Utah.http://www.wshl.org/news/vernal-oilers
On August 5, 2021 the league announced the addition of the Utah Altitude. The team will be based out of the Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah in suburban Salt Lake City.http://www.wshl.org/news/utah-altitude
As part of the same announcement that introduced the Utah Altitude the addition of the Edmonton Eagles was also announced for the 2021-22 season.
The Cold Lake Hornets, Dallas Snipers, Meadow Lake Mustangs, and Wichita Jr. Thunder all fold during the league's dormancy
On November 1, 2021 the Utah Altitude would announce they were ceasing operations effective immediately citing the best interest of their players and the league.https://twitter.com/utahaltitude/status/1455228214473895939 The team cancelled its' second game earlier in the day.
On November 5, 2021 the the league announced that the Northwest Division would be going dormant . https://www.wshl.org/news/northwest-division-announcement
On November 6, 2021 it was announced that the Bellingham Blazers and Vernal Oilers would continue to play an be added to the Provincial Division.https://tendthefarm.net/2021/11/06/wshl-provincial-division-lineup-official-bellingham-and-vernal-to-continue-play/?fbclid=IwAR2LE1z5TgaY58XRso8CM0PbKk2m5sy-gFLyHlTII0NqHWPjp_J7UGftCcw Bellingham would appear to play its' last game on November 20th.
The league held the 2021 Western States Shootout at the Las Vegas Ice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from December 19 to 21. The Edmonton Eagles did not attend the event which apparently automatically terminated their membership in the league and the AAU/UHU.
On January 5, 2022 the six teams that were still playing decided after meetings held at the Western States Shootout in Las Vegas to withdraw from the AAU and the league to form the Can-Am Junior Hockey League which would continue play for the balance of the 2021-22 season.https://juniorhockey.com/teams-leave-wshl-to-form-new-can-am-league/
After the 2021-22 season the Seattle Totems, Bellingham Blazers, Rogue Valley Royals, and Vernal Oilers (from the CAJHL) would join the United States Premier Hockey League
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Joined 	 	
Northwest 	Northwest 	Northwest 	Northwest 	Northwest	Northwest
Bellingham Blazers 	Bellingham, Washington 	Bellingham Sportsplex 	2016 	 	
Rogue Valley Royals	Medford, Oregon 	The RRRink 	2019 	 	
Seattle Totems 	Mountlake Terrace, Washington	Olympic View Arena 	2012 	 	
Utah Altitude 	Kearns, Utah 	Olympic Oval 	2021 	 	
Vernal Oilers 	Vernal, Utah 	Western Park Ice Rink 	2021 	 	
Provincial Division	Provincial Division 	Provincial Division 	Provincial Division	 	
Barrhead Bombers 	Barrhead, Alberta 	Barrhead Agrena 	2019 	 	
Cold Lake Aeros 	Cold Lake, Alberta 	Imperial Oil Place at Cold Lake Energy Centre	2018 	 	
Edmonton Eagles 	Enoch, Alberta 	Enoch Recreation Centre 	2021 	 	
Hinton Timberwolves	Hinton, Alberta 	Dr. Duncan Murray Recreation Centre 	2018 	 	
Vegreville Vipers 	Vegreville, Alberta 	Wally Fedun Arena 	2021 	 	
==Standings==
To be added upon completion of the regular season.
===Northwest Division===
(As of suspending of division play on November 5th)
Team 	GP	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Utah Altitude 	1 	1	0	0 	0 	5 	2 	3
Seattle Totems 	0 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bellingham Blazers 	0 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Rogue Valley Royals	0 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Vernal Oilers 	1 	0	1	0 	0 	2 	5 	0
===Provincial Division===
(As of teams withdrawing on January 5th)
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OW	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Cold Lake Aeros 	18	12	2 	3 	0 	118	44 	45
Vernal Oilers 	16	13	1 	2 	0 	120	49 	43
Vegreville Vipers 	18	5 	8 	3 	2 	73 	81 	23
Hinton Timberwolves	16	4 	6 	1 	5 	80 	81 	19
Barrhead Bombers 	19	3 	10	2 	4 	84 	143	17
Edmonton Eagles 	13	2 	9 	1 	1 	48 	85 	9
==References==
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