2022-23 North Central Hockey League (Alberta) season

This is the 2022-23 North Central Hockey League (Alberta) season.
==Membership changes==
In September 2021, the Blackfalds Wranglers announced that they would be taking a one year leave of absence due to issues surrounding the Covid-19 regulations. On April 29, 2022 the team notified the league that they would not be returning to the league for the 2022-23 season and indicating that the team will cease operations due to a lack of executive for the organization.http://www.northcentralhockeyleague.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?clientid=4841&leagueid=17388&page=112648
In late October the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs would end up having to withdraw for the season due to only having about 11 players for their first game and then having to cancel their home opener due to the flu bug going through the team and then having 11 players for their 3rd game. The balance of the team's games will be recorded as 1-0 forfeit losses with the stats from the games played will count in league statistics. The two games played were 13-2 and 16-1 losses to the Morinville Kings and the Red Deer Rustlers respectivelyhttp://www.northcentralhockeyleague.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?clientid=4841&leagueid=17388&page=113218 
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
 	 	
Bonnyville Sr. Pontiacs 	Bonnyville 	Bonnyville Centennial Centre
Camrose Crush 	Camrose 	Camrose Recreation Centre
Devon Barons 	Devon 	Dale Fisher Arena
Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs	Fort Saskatchewan	Jubilee Recreation Centre
Lacombe Generals 	Lacombe 	Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex
Morinville Kings 	Morinville 	Morinville Leisure Centre
Red Deer Rustlers 	Red Deer 	Penhold Multiplex
Westlock Warriors 	Westlock 	Rotary Sprint Centre
==Standings==
TEAM 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	Playoffs
Lacombe 	14	11	2 	0	1 	77	41	23 	Won Championship
Camrose 	14	10	3 	0	1 	78	69	21 	Lost Semifinals
Morinville	14	9 	5 	0	0 	84	59	18 	Lost Quarterfinals
Westlock 	14	8 	5 	0	1 	52	55	17 	Lost Quarterfinals
Red Deer 	14	7 	7 	0	0 	81	66	14 	Lost Final
Devon 	14	6 	6 	0	2 	50	52	14 	Lost Semifinals
Bonnyville	14	5 	9 	0	0 	50	93	10 	Did not qualify
Ft Sask 	14	0 	14	0	0 	3 	41	0 	Withdrew
==Vanberg Cup Playoffs==
Quarterfinals are best-of-five, Semifinal and Final series are best-of-seven. 
===Quarter finals===
*Red Deer defeated Westlock in 3 games
*Devon defeated Morinville in 5 games
===Semi finals===
*Lacombe defeated Devon in 4 games
*Red Deer defeated Camrose in 6 games 
===== Finals =====
*Lacombe defeated Red Deer in 5 games
The Vanberg Cup champion and runners up will not advance to the 2023 Alberta Senior AA playoffs as the league voted not to participate in the provincial championships for this year.http://www.northcentralhockeyleague.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=4841&leagueid=17388&pageid=16183
==References==
Category:North Central Hockey League (Alberta) Seasons
Category:2023 in hockey