2021-22 NSRJHL season

This is the 2021-22 Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 22nd season. The league renamed itself from the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League during the early part of the 2016-17 season.
The league went on a province mandated shutdown after games of December 11th. The situation will be reviewed January 12th. The league would resume play on February 18th and each team would end up playing 20 games.
==Membership Changes==
*The Windsor Royals are sitting out the season.
*The South West Storm based out of Sandy Wickens Memorial Arena in Barrington, Nova Scotia are added to the league.
==The Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Notes
Chester Castaways 	Chester 	Eleanor Pew-Morris Memorial Arena Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre	2019-20 expansion team
East Hants Jr. C Penguins	Lantz 	East Hants Sportsplex 	2017-18 expansion team
Eastern Shore Thunder 	Musquodoboit Harbour (HRM)	Eastern Shore Community Centre 	2016-17 expansion team
Sackville Knights 	Sackville (HRM) 	Sackville Community Arena 	2018-19 expansion team
South West Storm 	Barrington, Nova Scotia 	Sandy Wickens Memorial Arena 	2021-22 expansion; first team in community since Barrington Ice Dogs fold after 2014-15 season
Spryfield Attack 	Spryfield (HRM) 	Spryfield Lions Rink 	formerly known as Spryfield Silver and Black Attack 2011-14
Windsor Royals 	Windsor, Nova Scotia 	Hants Exhibition Arena 	on leave for 3rd season
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
East Hants Jr. C Penguins	20	16	3 	0 	1 	107	86 	33
Chester Castaways 	20	13	7 	0 	0 	99 	81 	26
Eastern Shore Thunder 	20	11	6 	2 	1 	93 	80 	25
South West Storm 	20	10	9 	0 	1 	84 	85 	21
Spryfield Attack 	20	7 	11	2 	0 	78 	103	16
Sackville Knights 	20	3 	17	0 	0 	84 	110	6
==Playoffs==
===Planned Format===
The fourth and fifth place teams play a best-of-three series with the winner becoming the fourth seed. The remaining series are best-of-five. The league champion normally advances to the 2022 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.
===Revised Format===
All teams qualify. The third place team plays the sixth place team and the fourth place team plays the fifth place team in a best-of-three quarterfinal round with the semifinal series being best-of-five and the final best-of-seven with the league playoff champion advancing to the 2022 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.
===Quarterfinals===
*Sackville Knights defeated Eastern Shore Thunder 2 games to none
*South West Storm defeated Spryfield Attack 2 games to none
===Semifinals=== 
*East Hants Jr. C Penguins defeated Sackville Knights 3 games to none
*South West Storm defeated Chester Castaways 3 games to 1
===Final===
*South West Storm defeated East Hants Jr. C Penguins 4 games to 1
==References==
Category:2022 in hockey
Category:Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League