2022-23 Canadian Senior season

This is the 2022-23 Canadian Senior Hockey season.
Please note: Due to teams re-emerging from restrictions involving the COVID-19 pandemic, issues within Hockey Canada, and the passing of longtime Senior AAA supporter Doug Mathieson in late 2020; information has not been readily available as in past years.
==2023 Allan Cup Qualifying==
The format itself and the host for the 2023 Allan Cup has not been announced. The 2020 Allan Cup was scheduled to take place in Hamilton and Dundas, Ontario. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic the event was cancelled along with the rest of activity under the sanctioning of Hockey Canada on March 12, 2020. By the time the 2021 Allan Cup was cancelled Dundas, Ontario had been named host, as that community was listed as one of the four host cities affected by the cancellation of the Centennial Cup, Allan Cup, Telus Cup and Esso Cup. Dundas and Hamilton were tentatively scheduled to host the 2022 Allan Cup.https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2021-news-national-events-cancelled
Please note: Due to teams re-emerging from restrictions involving the COVID-19 pandemic, issues within Hockey Canada, and the passing of longtime Senior AAA supporter Doug Mathieson in late 2000 information has not been readily available as in past years.
===Atlantic Region===
Each of the four provinces would hold its' own provincial tournament or have a qualifying method determined for the year. Newfoundland and Labrador as well as New Brunswick would have one representative based upon playoffs the previous playing season such as the defending Herder Memorial Trophy champion representing the province the following year in Allan Cup qualifying and New Brunswick had the defending champion of the best league in the province represent the province in Allan Cup qualifying.
====New Brunswick====
No teams have announced that they will be attempting to qualify for the 2023 Allan Cup. 
====Newfoundland and Labrador====
No teams have announced that they will be attempting to qualify for the 2023 Allan Cup. 
The Clarenville Caribous were announced as a late replacement for the Stony Plain Eagles who had opted out of participating in the tournament.
====Nova Scotia====
No teams have announced that they will be attempting to qualify for the 2023 Allan Cup. 
====Prince Edward Island====
No teams have announced that they will be attempting to qualify for the 2023 Allan Cup. 
===Quebec (East) Region===
The Quebec region has not had any teams commit to the Senior AAA level and attempt to compete for the Allan Cup since 2008. The Outaouais Senior A Hockey League began play with the 2018-19 season. The league has stated it would like to compete for the Allan Cup within the first couple of years and eventually host the tournament sometime in the not to distant future. The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey is a semi-professional league and its teams are ineligible for Allan Cup play. No teams have announced that they would participate in Allan Cup qualifying.
===Ontario (Central Region)===
If teams were registered in each of the 3 governing regions in the province; Ontario would have the two Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) associations (Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO) and Ontario Hockey Association (OHA)) meet for the OHF championship then the winner would play the Hockey Northwestern Ontario representative for the Renwick Cup and the region's berth in the Allan Cup tournament.
====Ontario Hockey Federation====
=====Hockey Eastern Ontario=====
No teams have yet announced that they will be attempting to qualify for the 2023 Allan Cup.
=====Ontario Hockey Association=====
The members of Allan Cup Hockey are all eligible to compete for the 2023 Allan Cup. 
The Hamilton Steelers won the league playoffs and advanced at the Central Region representative at the Allan Cup.
The Dundas Real McCoys qualified for the tournament as the host team.
=====Hockey Northwestern Ontario=====
No teams have yet announced that they would be attempting to qualify for the 2023 Allan Cup.
===Western Region===
====Manitoba====
No teams have yet announced that they would be attempting to qualify for the 2023 Allan Cup.
====Saskatchewan====
No teams have yet announced that they would be attempting to qualify for the 2023 Allan Cup.
===Pacific Region===
====Alberta====
Alberta usually has a August 1st deadline to register as Senior AAA but pushed that deadline back in light of teams rebuilding after the COVID-19 pandemic and issues with a dispute involving the Ranchland Senior Hockey League and Hockey Alberta.
The Innisfail Eagles and Stony Plain Eagles have both indicated that they are playing at the Senior AAA level as part of the re-establishment of the Chinook Hockey League for the 2022-23 season. Apparently, despite being a first year team the Cremona Coyotes are also playing at the Senior AAA level.
The Innisfail Eagles won the league playoffs which doubled as the 2023 Alberta Senior AAA playoffs and advanced to the 2023 Allan Cup. The Stony Plain Eagles were announced as being selected to participate in the Allan Cup but would eventually opt out of participating. The Clarenville Caribous were selected as their replacement in the tournament.
====British Columbia====
Some sources indicated that the Powell River Regals may be declared as Senior AAA and would represent the province in Allan Cup qualifying.
note: traditionally, teams from the Yukon have played under the sanctioning of BC Hockey and there are no teams are registered for this year.
==Allan Cup Qualifiers==
===Regional===
Due to the lack of teams playing across Canada all of these qualifiers were not needed.
*2023 McKenzie Cup (Pacific Region Qualifier: Alberta-British Columbia))
*2023 Rathgaber Cup (Western Region Qualifier: (Manitoba-Saskatchewan))
*2023 Renwick Cup (Central Region Qualifier: (Ontario)) (ACH champ vs Hockey Eastern Ontario (OHF representative)) vs Hockey Northwestern Ontario representative)
*2023 Quebec Allan Cup Qualifier
*2023 Atlantic Region Allan Cup Qualifier
===Provincial===
*2022-23 Allan Cup Hockey season (de facto Ontario Hockey Federation qualifier)
*2023 Alberta Senior AAA Playoffs 
*2023 Herder Memorial Trophy (Newfoundland and Labrador Senior provincial championship) 
*2023 Manitoba Senior AAA Playoffs
*2023 Saskatchewan Senior AAA Playoffs
*2023 Savage Cup (BC Senior AAA playoffs) 
==Senior AAA Leagues==
The only league in Canada where all of the members are registered at the Senior AAA level for 2022-23 is the Ontario based Allan Cup Hockey. The Alberta based Chinook Hockey League which has announced its' intent to return after being dormant for a few years has two out of its' three members registered as Senior AAA with a new team playing as Senior AA as a team has to have at least one season under its' belt before being able to register as Senior AAA.
*2022-23 Allan Cup Hockey Season
*2022-23 Chinook Hockey League season
==Senior AA/Senior A==
Many leagues play with a mix of teams from both levels.
===Newfoundland and Labrador===
The 2023 Herder Memorial Trophy returns to an East-West format for the first time since 2008.
*2022-23 Avalon East Senior Hockey League season
*2022-23 Central Newfoundland Hockey League Season (Intermediate)
*2022-23 Newfoundland West Coast Senior Hockey League season
===Nova Scotia===
*A team from Springhill joined the New Brunswick based Beausejour Senior Hockey League for 2022-23.
===New Brunswick===
On November 4, 2022 the Beausejour Senior Hockey League announced the addition of three teams from the Ligue de Hockey Senior Acadie-Chaleur for the 2022-23 season indicating that that league in not operating for the 2022-23 season. 
On June 4, 2023 the Ligue de Hockey Senior Acadie-Chaleur issued a release stating that it was terminating all activities.https://www.facebook.com/lhsacadiechaleur/posts/pfbid02kJHGTpRgZgQH6ugmhFrEqi5nbEYYnw83612eyvhqQ6zVZtDoBeCR7mKoKby86RCbl
*2022-23 Beausejour Senior Hockey League season
*2022-23 Circuit de Hockey Senior Roger-Lizotte season
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*2022-23 Southern Senior Hockey League season
===Prince Edward Island===
*2022-23 West Prince Senior Hockey League season
===Quebec===
Hockey Mauricie is looking to form a Senior A league with players aged 21-25. As of a posting on August 16, 2018 it appears seven communities have expressed an interest in joining this proposed league; however, no league has taken to the ice as of the 2021-22 season. The region's league became the Ligue de Hockey Senior AAA du Quebec for 2017-18.http://www.hockeymauricie.ca/fr/publication/nouvelle/division_senior_a_21-25_ans.html
The Quebec Senior AA Hockey League appears to have collapsed after cancelling the 2021-22 season as the three remaining teams facebook pages have not be updated and the league website has been deleted.
The Laval Senior A Hockey League appears not to be operating this year as the league has not been included on the Hockey Laval website this year.
Hockey Lac St-Louis added a men's senior A league for the 2022-23 season.
The Ligue de Hockey Senior AA de la Cote-Nord returns after last playing in 2014-15.
*2022-23 Circuit Senior KRTB season
*2022-23 Ligue de Hockey Senior A du Lac St-Louis season
*2022-23 Ligue de Hockey Cote-Sud season
*2022-23 Ligue de Hockey Senior AAA du Quebec season
*2022-23 Ligue de Hockey Senior AA de la Cote-Nord season
*2022-23 Ligue de Hockey Senior Desjardins de la Gaspésie season
*2022-23 Ligue de Hockey Senior Élite season
*2022-23 Ligue de Hockey Senior du Lac-au-Fleuve season
*2022-23 Ligue Regionale de Hockey season
===Ontario===
*2022-23 EOSAHL season
*2022-23 WOAA Senior season
*2022-23 WOSHL season
===Manitoba===
The league champions advance to the 2023 Manitoba Cup, which is the provincial Senior A Playoffs, which due to they only being two leagues playing in the province this season is a two team series.
On May 11, 2022 the South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League announced they would be adding the Ile des Chenes North Stars, Red River Wild and the Ste. Anne Aces to its league for the 2022-23 season. This would put the future of the Carillon Senior Hockey League in doubt as the league would be down to two teams.
On September 13, 2022 the Sask East Hockey League announced the addition of the Swan Valley Axemen and the Grandview Comets to their league for the 2022-23 season. In the same release they stated that the North Central Hockey League was not playing for the 2022-23 season.http://www.saskeasthockey.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=6833&leagueID=32581&page=113029 On September 18th the league posted that it would in fact be taking a one year pause citing a shortage of teams with three interested teams (Russell, Swan Valley and a potentially returning Grandview team) and all of them indicating shortages of players. A spring meeting was also indicated to determine a 2023-24 season.http://www.northcentralhockeyleague.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=5654&leagueid=22494&page=113048
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*2022-23 South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League season
*2022-23 Tiger Hills Hockey League season
===Saskatchewan===
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association holds provincial playoffs separate of the league playoffs. There are four class champions (A (Henderson Cup), B (Yorkton Terrier Trophy), C (Jack Abbott Memorial Trophy), and D (J.W. Hamilton Trophy). Classification is based on community population).
Due to local restrictions the Highway Hockey League and the Qu'Appelle Valley Hockey League merge for the 2021-22 playing season as the Qu'Appelle Valley Highway Hockey League. The merger was made permanent for 2022-23.
The Saskatchewan Treaty Hockey League appears to have collapsed with out having played any games after not being able to play the last two seasons.
*2022-23 Big Six Hockey League Season
*2022-23 Long Lake Hockey League Season
*2022-23 Notekeu Hockey League season
*2022-23 Qu'Appelle Valley Highway Hockey League season 
*2022-23 Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League Season
*2022-23 Sask East Hockey League Season 
*2022-23 Sask Valley Hockey League Season 
*2022-23 Sask West Hockey League Season 
*2022-23 Treaty Six Hockey League season
*2022-23 Twin Rivers Senior Hockey League Season
*2022-23 Wheatland Hockey League season
*2022-23 White Mud Hockey League Season
note: The Sask/Alta Senior Hockey League has teams that are based in Saskatchewan but the furthest advancing Alberta based team advances to the 2023 Alberta Senior AA playoffs.
===Alberta===
The league champions as well as a host team qualify for the 2023 Alberta Senior AA playoffs. The furthest advancing playoff Alberta based team in the North Peace Hockey League is also eligible as well but has not recently participated in the event. The East Central Senior Hockey League is a Senior A league and is not eligible to participate in the event.
*2022-23 East Central Senior Hockey League season
*2022-23 North Central Hockey League (Alberta) season
*2022-23 North Peace Hockey League Season
*2022-23 Ranchland Hockey League season
*2022-23 Sask/Alta Senior Hockey League season
===British Columbia===
BC only has one league that plays completely within its borders. However, the North Peace Hockey League has teams from BC and Alberta. The NPHL champion qualifies for the Alberta Senior AA/A Provincial tournament. But the two BC based teams are eligible for the 2023 Coy Cup.
*2022-23 Central Interior Hockey League Season
The British Columbia Men's senior "AA" championship for the province is called the Coy Cup. The 2023 Coy Cup should be held in late March, 2023. 
===Yukon===
No teams, they traditionally play under the authority of BC Hockey.
===Northwest Territories===
No leagues
===Nunavut===
*2022-23 Iqaluit Senior Hockey League season
*2022-23 Rankin Inlet Senior Hockey League season 
==See Also==
*2021-22 Canadian Senior season
*2020-21 Canadian Senior Season
*2019-20 Canadian Senior Season
*2018-19 Canadian Senior Season
*2017-18 Canadian Senior Season
*2016-17 Canadian Senior Season
*2015-16 Canadian Senior Season
*2014-15 Canadian Senior Season
*2013-14 Canadian Senior Season
*2012-13 Canadian Senior Season
*2011-12 Canadian Senior Season
*2010-11 Canadian Senior Season
*2009-10 Canadian Senior Season
*2022-23 Canadian Junior season
*2022-23 Canadian University Season
*2022-23 Canadian U-18 AAA season
*2022-23 American Senior Season
*2022-23 American Junior Hockey Season
*2022-23 American Collegiate season
*2022-23 North American Professional Season
*2022-23 North American Women's Season
==References==
Category:2023 in hockey
Category:Canadian Senior seasons