2021-22 Ligue de Hockey Senior AAA du Quebec season

This is the 2021-22 Ligue de Hockey Senior AAA du Quebec season. This is the league's fifth season.
The league would cease play with its' holiday break after a December 19th game with a planned return on Janaury 7th.https://lhsaaaq.com/nouvelles/confirmation-du-dernier-match-du-metal-pless-avant-les-fetes-43430M But due to restrictions in the province the league schedule is on hold.
==Membership Changes==
*The Becancour Formule Fitness announced on September 18th that the team would not be playing for the 2020-21 season with plans on returning for 2021-22. The decision was made in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.https://lhsaaaq.com/nouvelles/becancour-relocalisation-temporaire-resultats-du-repechage-special-37358 The team would not be on the league schedule for 2021-22 indicating an end to the franchise citing the pandemic's financial impact a the primary reason. The teamhttps://lhsaaaq.com/nouvelles/c-est-la-fin-pour-le-formule-fitness-42613 The team was facing only allowing 200 spectators for home games during the season and the management felt that it would not be practical to play under those conditions.
*The Joliette Sportifs are not on the schedule for the 2021-22 season due to several issues in the Lanaudière region of Quebec and within the organization which would make it be unable to play in the league for the 2021-22 season. The team was given a year's leave of absence on September 10th to hopefully ensure the survival of the team long-term.https://lhsaaaq.com/nouvelles/retour-de-la-ligue-de-hockey-senior-aaa-du-quebec-en-septembre-42521
*The Nicolet Condor appear to have relocated to the Stade L.P. Gaucher in St. Hyacinthe and are renamed the St-Hyacinthe Condor.
*The Cap-de-la-Madeleine Climatisation Cloutier are renamed the Trois-Rivières Climatisation Cloutier.
On April 28, 2022 the league announced that the St-Hyacinthe Condor had been purchased by local ownership and would return to the Aréna Pierre-Provencher in Nicolet, Quebec for the 2022-23 season.https://lhsaaaq.com/nouvelles/la-lhsaaaq-est-de-retour-a-nicolet-44357
==Participating teams==
Team 	Ville 	Arena
Trois-Rivières Climatisation Cloutier	Trois-Rivieres	Arena Jean-Guy Talbot
Donnacona Metal Perreault 	Donnacona 	Aréna Donnacona
Granby Bisons 	Granby 	Arena Leonard Grondin
La Tuque Loups 	La Tuque 	Colisée Denis-Morel
Louiseville Bellemare 	Louiseville 	Centre sportif Louiseville
Plessisville Metal Pless 	Plessisville 	Amphithéâtre Léo-Paul-Boutin
St-Hyacinthe Condor 	St. Hyacinthe 	Stade L.P. Gaucher
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Louiseville Bellemare 	20	17	2 	1 	101	50 	35
La Tuque Loups 	20	13	6 	1 	99 	60 	27
Granby Bisons 	20	11	9 	0 	99 	100	22
St-Hyacinthe Condor 	20	9 	8 	3 	80 	92 	21
Donnacona Metal Perreault 	20	7 	9 	4 	65 	97 	18
Trois-Rivières Climatisation Cloutier	20	8 	11	1 	84 	96 	17
Plessisville Metal Pless 	20	5 	13	2 	72 	105	12
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top six teams qualify for the playoffs. The quarterfinals are best-of-five. The two better quarterfinal losers meet in a best-of-three second chance round to determine the fourth semifinalist. The semifinal round is best-of-five and the final is best-of-seven.
===Quarterfinals===
*Louiseville Bellemare defeated Trois-Rivières Climatisation Cloutier 3 games to none
*Granby Bisons defeated St-Hyacinthe Condor 3 games to none
*La Tuque Loups defeated Donnacona Metal Perreault 3 games to 1
===Second Chance===
*Donnacona Metal Perreault defeated St-Hyacinthe Condor 2 games to none
===Semifinals===
*Louiseville Bellemare defeated Donnacona Metal Perreault 3 games to 1
*Granby Bisons defeated La Tuque Loups 3 games to 2
===Final===
*Louiseville Bellemare defeated Granby Bisons 4 games to 1
==References==
Category:2022 in hockey
Category:Ligue de Hockey Senior AAA du Quebec seasons