2021-22 OJHL season

This is the 2021-22 Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 12th season as a re-established league after the league members played in 2 separate leagues for the 2009-10 season.
After having to cancel the 2020-21 season the league would announce on June 13, 2021 its plans to return to play for the 2021-22 season. The league begins play on October 1st with each team playing 54 games.http://ojhl.pointstreaksites.com/view/ojhl/news-21/news_535286 The regular season is due to end March 5th.
The annual Governors' Showcase will be held October 25-27 at the Cobourg Community Centre 
The OJHL All-Star Celebration will be held January 14-15 in Collingwood.
The league will be the host of the 2021 World Junior A Challenge when it is held in Cornwall December 12-18
==Membership changes==
*At the end of July, 2020 the Buffalo Jr. Sabres and the league announced that they were taking a leave of absence for the 2020-21 season due to the closure of the Canada-US border. Being the only US-based team in the league, the team's players were to be dispersed to the other teams in the league for the 2020-21 season.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/ojhls-buffalo-junior-sabres-the-first-to-take-leave-of-absence-more-to-come/ They were hopeful to return to play for the 2021-22 season but would be announced on August 13, 2021 as sitting out the 2021-22 season as well citing the pandemic and cross-border travel.http://ojhl.pointstreaksites.com/view/ojhl/news-21/news_537193
*On May 5, 2021 the league announced that the Whitby Fury would be relocating to the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena in Minden, Ontario where they will be known as the Haliburton County Huskies.http://pointstreaksites.com/view/ojhl/news-21/news_534583
*On July 5, 2021 the league announced that the Brampton Admirals were relocating to the Mayfield Recreation Complex in Caledon for the 2021-22 season and would be renamed the Caledon Admirals.http://www.ohahockey.ca/view/oha/news/news_536056
*The Burlington Cougars relocated to the Burlington Central Arena from the Wave Twin Rinks
==Teams==
 	
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North-West Conference 	North-West Conference	North-West Conference 	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference
North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Joined 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Aurora Tigers 	Aurora, Ontario 	Aurora Community Centre 	1997 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Collingwood Blues 	Collingwood, Ontario 	Eddie Bush Memorial Arena 	2019 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Markham Royals 	Markham, Ontario 	Markham Centennial Centre 	1993 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pickering Panthers 	Pickering, Ontario 	Pickering Recreation Complex 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stouffville Spirit 	Stouffville, Ontario 	Stouffville Arena 	1995 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Joined 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brantford 99ers 	Brantford, Ontario 	Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre 	1971 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Buffalo Jr. Sabres (On Hiatus)	Buffalo, New York 	HarborCenter 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Burlington Cougars 	Burlington, Ontario 	Burlington Central Arena 	1971 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Georgetown Raiders 	Georgetown, Ontario 	Gordon Alcott Arena 	1975 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Milton Menace 	Milton, Ontario 	Milton Memorial Arena 	1987 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Oakville Blades 	Oakville, Ontario 	Sixteen Mile Sports Complex 	1971 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
South-East Conference 	South-East Conference	South-East Conference 	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference
South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Joined 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Caledon Admirals 	Caledon, Ontario 	Mayfield Recreation Complex 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mississauga Chargers 	Mississauga, Ontario 	Port Credit Memorial Arena 	1995 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
North York Rangers 	North York, Ontario 	Carnegie Centennial Centre 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
St. Michael's Buzzers 	Toronto, Ontario 	St. Michael's College School Arena 	1995 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Toronto Jr. Canadiens 	Downsview, Ontario 	Buckingham Arena 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Toronto Patriots 	Rexdale, Ontario 	Westwood Arena 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Joined 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cobourg Cougars 	Cobourg, Ontario 	Cobourg Community Centre 	1992 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Haliburton County Huskies 	Minden, Ontario 	S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Lindsay Muskies 	Lindsay, Ontario 	Lindsay Recreation Centre 	1989 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Trenton Golden Hawks 	Trenton, Ontario 	Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Gardens	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wellington Dukes 	Wellington, Ontario 	Wellington & District Community Centre 	1998 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Standings==
===North/West Conference===
====North Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Pickering Panthers	54	39	11	0	4 	199	135	82
Collingwood Colts 	54	29	20	1	4 	170	139	63
Aurora Tigers 	54	25	23	2	4 	174	162	56
Stouffville Spirit	54	14	35	3	2 	126	217	33
Markham Royals 	54	8 	40	2	4 	121	241	22
====West Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Burlington Cougars	54	39	12	2	1 	228	139	81
Milton Menace 	54	36	11	1	6 	214	134	79
Georgetown Raiders	54	27	21	2	4 	166	161	60
Oakville Blades 	54	24	27	1	2 	167	195	51
Brantford 99ers 	54	22	29	0	3 	159	201	47
===South/East Conference===
====South Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Toronto Jr. Canadiens	54	41	12	1	0 	235	118	83
North York Rangers 	54	38	13	2	1 	200	115	79
St. Michael's Buzzers	54	31	20	1	2 	179	168	65
Toronto Patriots 	54	19	30	0	5 	179	200	43
Mississauga Chargers 	54	7 	45	0	2 	119	263	16
Caledon Admirals 	54	7 	76	0	1 	112	302	15
====East Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Wellington Dukes 	54	34	13	0	7 	203	145	75
Trenton Golden Hawks 	54	36	16	0	2 	219	156	74
Haliburton County Huskies	54	33	16	1	4 	172	136	71
Cobourg Cougars 	54	28	19	1	6 	200	182	63
Lindsay Muskies 	54	20	28	0	6 	153	186	46
==Buckland Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
For the 2021-22 season the playoff format was slightly modified to a division based format from a conference based one.
The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs with the division winners are seeded 1-2 and the first place team plays the fourth place team 2 vs 3 in the division semifinals.
The Buckland Cup champions were to advance to the 2022 Dudley Hewitt Cup held May 10-14 and hosted by a member of the Superior International Junior Hockey League and the winner of that tournament was to advance to the 2022 Centennial Cup being held May 20-29 in Estevan, Saskatchewan. However, Hockey Canada revised the format to have all nine league champions in the Canadian Junior Hockey League advance to the 2022 Centennial Cup.
===Division Semifinals===
====North Division====
*Pickering Panthers defeated Stouffville Spirit 2 games to none
*Collingwood Colts defeated Aurora Tigers 2 games to none
====West Division====
*Burlington Cougars defeated Oakville Blades 2 games to none
*Milton Menace defeated Georgetown Raiders 2 games to none
====South Division====
*Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated Toronto Patriots 2 games to none
*North York Rangers defeated St. Michael's Buzzers 2 games to 1
====East Division====
*Cobourg Cougars defeated Wellington Dukes 2 games to none
*Haliburton County Huskies defeated Trenton Golden Hawks 2 games to 1
===Division Finals===
====North Division====
*Pickering Panthers defeated Collingwood Colts 2 games to none
====West Division====
*Milton Menace defeated Burlington Cougars 2 games to none
====East Division====
*Cobourg Cougars defeated Haliburton County Huskies 2 games to 1
====South Division====
*Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated North York Rangers 2 games to none
===Conference Finals===
====North-West Conference====
*Pickering Panthers defeated Milton Menace 3 games to none
====South-East Conference====
*Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated Cobourg Cougars 3 games to 1
===Buckland Cup OJHL Final===
*Pickering Panthers defeated Toronto Jr. Canadiens 4 games to 3
==References==
Category:2022 in ice hockey
Category:Ontario Junior Hockey League