2021-22 QJHL season

This is the 2021-22 Quebec Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 34th season overall and 8th season under this name. The league was previously known as the Quebec Provincial Junior Hockey League from 1988-1998 and as the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League from 1998-2014.
==Season Layout==
*Each team plays 48 games
*Teams were listed in three groups of four as follows: Group 1 (North) (Gatineau, Joliette, Saint-Jérôme, Terrebonne), Group 2 (West) (Longueuil, Montreal East, Valleyfield, West Island) and Group 3 (East) (Beauce-Appalaches, Côte-du-Sud, Granby, Princeville). This was a change from the two-six team division format for 2020-21.
*The top ten teams qualify for the playoffs.
==League shutdown==
The Ligue de Hockey Junior AAA Quebec announced on December 21st that the league would be shutting down until January 12th. https://www.lhjaaaq.com/fr/publication/nouvelle/la_saison_de_hockey_de_la_lhjaaaaq_est_sur_pause_jusquau_9_janvier.html This was as a result of the provincial government issuing new restrictions that would shut down hockey in the province. This would shut down all leagues in the province. The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League had already been forced to play a home game with no fans in attendance prior to the league shutting down operations for an extended Christmas break due to the surge in cases across the league.
==Membership changes==
*During the Board of Governors meeting held in May of 2019 the addition of the Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Condors, based in Saint-Georges, Quebec which run by the college (vocational school) and will be based out of the Centre Sportif Lacroix-Dutil.https://www.lhjaaaq.com/fr/publication/nouvelle/vague_de_mouvements_dans_la_lhjaaaq.html joining the league for the 2020-21 season. But the team would not actually play until 2021 due to the league not playing its' 2020-21 season.
*On June 11, 2021 it was announced that the Chambly Forts team would be dissolved as new ownership could not be found.https://www.lhjaaaq.com/fr/publication/nouvelle/la_ville_de_chambly_quitte_la_ligue_de_hockey_junior_aaa.html
==The Teams==
===North Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Gatineau Flames 	Gatineau 	Aréna de Buckingham
Joliette Predateurs	Joliette 	Centre récréatif Marcel-Bonin
St-Jérôme Panthers 	Saint-Jérôme	Aréna Melançon
Terrebonne Cobras 	Terrebonne 	Aréna Marcel Bédard
===West Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Longueuil Collège Français	Longueuil 	Colisée Jean Béliveau
Montreal-Est Rangers 	Montréal-Est 	Centre récréatif Édouard Rivet
Valleyfield Braves 	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Arena Salaberry
West Island Shamrocks 	Pierrefonds 	Sportsplexe Pierrefonds
===East Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Condors	Saint-Georges	Centre Sportif Lacroix-Dutil
Cote-du-Sud Everest 	Montmagny 	Montmagny Arena
Granby Inouk 	Granby 	
Centre sportif Léonard-Grondin
Princeville Titans 	Princeville 	Center Paul-de-la-Sablonnière
==Standings==
===Division Nord===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
St-Jerome Panthers 	42	31	9 	1 	1 	267	160	64
Joliette Predateurs	42	28	14	0 	0 	213	163	56
Terrebonne Cobras 	42	25	12	4 	1 	210	163	55
Gatineau Flames 	42	11	29	2 	0 	149	277	24
===Division Ouest===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Longueuil College-Francais	41	34	4 	3 	0 	265	105	71
Montreal-Est Rangers 	42	25	16	1 	0 	217	178	51
Valleyfield Braves 	42	13	25	1 	3 	170	215	30
West Island Shamrocks 	42	0 	41	1 	0 	102	371	1
===Division Est===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Condors	42	29	12	0 	1 	254	165	59
Cote-du-Sud Everest 	42	22	16	3 	1 	197	173	48
Granby Inouk 	42	19	19	3 	1 	173	184	42
Princeville Titans 	41	14	24	3 	0 	159	222	31
==NAPA Cup Playoffs==
The NAPA Cup playoffs will be held after the completion of the regular season with the playoff champion win the league playoffs) will advance to the 2022 Fred Page Cup in Summerside, Prince Edward Island hosted by the Summerside Western Capitals of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League held May 10-15, 2022. The winner of that tournament advances to the 2022 Centennial Cup being held in Estevan, Saskatchewan hosted by the Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League May 20-29, 2022. On March 22, 2022 it was announced that the 2022 Centennial Cup would be expanded to include all 9 CJHL league playoff champions as well as the host team so the league playoff champion advances to the 2022 Centennial Cup.
===Format===
The top ten teams qualify. The seventh seed plays the tenth seed and the eighth seed plays the ninth seed in a single elimination first round. Teams are re-seeded after each round The balance of the playoffs are best-of-seven.
===First Round===
*Valleyfield Braves defeated Cote-du-Sud Everest 1 game to none
*Granby Inouk defeated Princeville Titans 1 game to none 
===Quarterfinals===
*Longueuil College-Francais defeated Granby Inouk 4 games to 2
*St-Jerome Panthers defeated Valleyfield Braves 4 games to 3
*Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Condors defeated Montreal-Est Rangers 4 games to 1 
*Terrebonne Cobras defeated Joliette Predateurs 4 games to 2
===Semifinals=== 
*Longueuil College-Francais defeated Terrebonne Cobras 4 games to 1
*Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Condors defeated St-Jerome Panthers 4 games to none
===Final===
*Longueuil College-Francais defeated Cégep Beauce-Appalaches Condors 4 games to 1
==References==
Category:2022 in ice hockey
Category:Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League