2022-23 IJHL season

This is the 2022-23 Island Junior Hockey League season This is the league's 23th season.
For the past few seasons the league is played a limited cross over schedule with the Junior B teams in the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League. The teams play a home and a road game against each team during the course of the season. These games count in the standings for both leagues.
==Membership changes==
*On October 19, 2022 the Western Red Wings applied for and were granted a one year leave of absence citing low player numbers and injuries to some of the returning players.https://ijhl.ca/news.php?news_id=11398
*The league adds the Kings County Rivermen. The team's announcement was made as part of the announcement of the Western Red Wings taking the season off. The team was announced as being based out of the Cavendish Farms Wellness Centre in Montague but they also play games out of the Eastern Kings Sportsplex in Souris.
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Kensington Vipers 	Kensington 	Kensington Credit Union Centre
Kings County Rivermen	Montague & Souris	Cavendish Farms Wellness Centre & Eastern Kings Sportsplex
Sherwood Metros 	Sherwood 	Cody Banks Arena
Western Red Wings 	Tyne Valley 	Tyne Valley Community Sports Centre
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Kensington Vipers 	24	18	5 	1 	155	90 	37
Sherwood Metros 	24	16	6 	2 	141	73 	34
Kings County Rivermen	24	0 	23	1 	48 	181	1
==Playoffs==
===Format===
All teams make the playoffs. Semifinal round robin played until one team is eliminated. The final series is best-of-seven. The playoff champion advances to the 2023 Don Johnson Memorial Cup.
===Semifinal Round Robin===
*Kings County Rivermen 2-9 Sherwood Metros 
*Kings County Rivermen 1-5 Kensington Vipers
*Sherwood Metros 6-2 Kings County Rivermen
Round Robin ended with Kings County Rivermen being eliminated
===Final===
*Kensington Vipers defeated Sherwood Metros 4 games to 1
The Kensington Vipers advance to the 2023 Don Johnson Memorial Cup.
==References==
Category:2023 in hockey
Category:IJHL Seasons