2023-24 PacJHL season

This is the 2023-24 Pacific Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 58th season. The league was known as the Pacific International Junior Hockey League prior to 2011.
The league schedule features the The Pacific Junior Hockey League Winter Classic Showcase, which runs December 28th through 31st, 2023 at Minoru Arena in Richmond, British Columbia. The event will have each team playing two games at the same venue over the four days and is intended as a scouting event for players to be exposed to scouts at higher levels of play.
==Membership changes==
*On January 26, 2023 the league announced the addition of a new team in Port Coquitlam to be based out of the Jon Baillie Arena which is located inside the Port Coquitlam Community Centre. The team is scheduled to begin play with the 2023-24 playing season. The team would later be announced as being named the Port Coquitlam Trailblazers.
==Elevation to Junior A Tier-II==
As a response to the British Columbia Hockey League withdrawing from Hockey Canada effective June 1, 2023; on June 17, 2023 the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced that it had applied with BC Hockey to be classified as Junior A for the 2023-24 season along with all of its' membership.https://www.kijhl.ca/2023-kijhl-agm-concludes-in-sicamous Followed by the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League announcing on July 11, 2023 that it had applied with BC Hockey to be classified as Junior A for the 2023-24 season along with all of its' membership, https://www.vijhl.com/vijhl-applying-for-junior-a-status-for-2023-24-season with the Pacific Junior Hockey League expected to do the same shortly there after.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/an-advisers-life-vijhl-also-applies-for-junior-a-status/ On July 25, 2023 BC Hockey would elevate all three leagues to Junior A Tier-II (a name which previously didn't exist in Hockey Canada's pyramid of levels for junior hockey). The teams would have to meet certain standards to have the possibility of being elevated to Junior A Tier-I in the future.https://www.bchockey.net/news-listing/bc-hockey-announces-new-junior-a-pathway
*The league will add an expansion team to be based out of the Gibsons Area Community Centre in Gibsons, British Columbia for the 2024-25 season. A name for the team is expected to be revealed December 2nd.https://www.pjhl.net/wingfield-named-new-head-coach-gm The team name was announced as the Coastal Tsunami.https://www.facebook.com/thepjhl/posts/pfbid02HMycdMCievSaH4gnJE4hCvYj2BkonELNSx3meXeLCKwEZfZY4wnVNiQWvUBbsWp2l
==Teams==
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Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	
Abbotsford Pilots 	Abbotsford, British Columbia 	MSA Arena 	 	 	 	 	
Aldergrove Kodiaks 	Aldergrove, British Columbia 	Aldergrove Community Arena 	 	 	 	 	
Chilliwack Jets 	Chilliwack, British Columbia 	Sardis Sports Complex 	 	 	 	 	
Langley Trappers 	Langley, British Columbia 	George Preston Arena 	 	 	 	 	
Mission City Outlaws 	Mission, British Columbia 	Mission Leisure Centre 	 	 	 	 	
Ridge Meadows Flames 	Maple Ridge, British Columbia 	Cam Neely Arena at Planet Ice 	 	 	 	 	
Surrey Knights 	Surrey, British Columbia 	North Surrey Sport and Ice Complex	 	 	 	 	
Tom Shaw Conference 	Tom Shaw Conference 	Tom Shaw Conference 	Tom Shaw Conference 	Tom Shaw Conference 	Tom Shaw Conference 	Tom Shaw Conference 	Tom Shaw Conference
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	
Delta Ice Hawks 	Delta, British Columbia 	Ladner Leisure Centre 	 	 	 	 	
Grandview Steelers 	Burnaby, British Columbia 	Burnaby Winter Club 	 	 	 	 	
North Vancouver Wolf Pack 	North Vancouver, British Columbia	Harry Jerome Arena 	 	 	 	 	
Port Coquitlam Trailblazers	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia 	Jon Baillie Arena 	 	 	 	 	
Port Moody Panthers 	Port Moody, British Columbia 	Port Moody Arena 	 	 	 	 	
Richmond Sockeyes 	Richmond, British Columbia 	Minoru Arena 	 	 	 	 	
White Rock Whalers 	White Rock, British Columbia 	White Rock Centennial Arena 	 	 	 	 	
==Standings==
===Harold Brittain Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Ridge Meadows Flames	48	41	4 	0 	3 	226	82 	85
Chilliwack Jets 	48	28	16	2 	2 	184	130	60
Langley Trappers 	48	25	17	3 	3 	141	122	56
Mission City Outlaws	48	24	23	1 	0 	122	141	49
Surrey Knights 	48	15	28	3 	2 	147	207	35
Abbotsford Pilots 	48	15	30	2 	1 	132	207	33
Aldergrove Kodiaks 	48	6 	39	3 	0 	87 	258	15
===Tom Shaw Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Richmond Sockeyes 	48	45	1 	0 	2 	279	106	92
Delta Ice Hawks 	48	34	11	1 	2 	249	138	71
North Vancouver Wolf Pack 	48	29	16	2 	1 	200	164	61
White Rock Whalers 	48	27	17	4 	0 	186	158	58
Grandview Steelers 	48	24	22	0 	2 	171	184	50
Port Moody Panthers 	48	16	27	3 	2 	138	189	37
Port Coquitlam Trailblazers	48	7 	41	0 	0 	113	289	14
==Stonehouse Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
The top five teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The first round is best-of-three. The remaining rounds are best-of-seven format. The playoff champion advances to the 2024 B.C. Provincial Junior A Championship. The event will be hosted by the Kimberley Dynamiters of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League April 18-21, 2024.
===First Round===
*Mission City Outlaws defeated Surrey Knights 2 games to none (6-1, 3-1)
*White Rock Whalers defeated Grandview Steelers 2 games to 1 (0-1, 4-0, 5-4 (3ot))
===Quarterfinals=== 
*Ridge Meadows Flames defeated Mission City Outlaws 4 games to none(4-3, 4-3, 6-0, 5-3)
*Chilliwack Jets defeated Langley Trappers 4 games to 3 (2-1, 6-2, 2-3 (ot), 1-2, 4-1, 2-4, 3-2)
*Richmond Sockeyes defeated White Rock Whalers 4 games to none (7-0, 6-1, 10-6, 6-1
*Delta Ice Hawks defeated North Vancouver Wolf Pack 4 games to none (2-1 (2ot), 6-3, 9-3, 6-0)
===Semifinals=== 
*Richmond Sockeyes defeated Delta Ice Hawks 4 games to 1 (7-5, 1-5, 7-6 (ot), 3-2, 3-2)
*Ridge Meadows Flames defeated Chilliwack Jets 4 games to none (4-2, 5-1, 7-1, 7-3)
===Final===
*Ridge Meadows Flames defeated Richmond Sockeyes 4 games to 3 (3-2 (ot), 3-5, 3-2 (2ot), 0-7, 1-4, 6-2, 4-1)
The Ridge Meadows Flames advance to the 2024 B.C. Provincial Junior A Championship.
==References==
Category:2023-24 in ice hockey
Category:PIJHL seasons