2022-23 NSJHL season

This is the 2022-23 Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League season. This is the leagues 17th season under this name and its' 43rd season overall. The league was previously known as the Mainland Junior B Hockey League from 1980 to 1992 and the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League from 1992 to 2006.
==Membership Changes==
*None, but the Valley Maple Leafs relocated to the newly opened West Hants Sports Complex in Windsor.
*On July 7, 2023 the league announced the relocation of the Liverpool Privateers to the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia for the 2023-24 season replacing the South Shore Lumberjacks of the Maritime Junior Hockey League who had relocated to Grand-Bouctouche, New Brunswick for the 2023-24 season.https://nsjhl.ca/news/6140/Privateers-move-to-Bridgewater/ On July 13th the team announced they would assume the tradition Bridgewater Junior South Shore Lumberjacks moniker.https://www.facebook.com/southshorelumberjacks/posts/pfbid0T1bUpMc9YRXqKDsWCPyAz4SPKn4id6jRSHkFHMuRAcETZE6zqTb2DJzoVrVGVFGtl
==Teams==
Fred Fox Division 	Fred Fox Division 	Fred Fox Division 	Fred Fox Division	Fred Fox Division	Fred Fox Division	Fred Fox Division	Fred Fox Division	Fred Fox Division	Fred Fox Division	Fred Fox Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brookfield Elks 	Brookfield 	Don Henderson Memorial Sportsplex 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cole Harbour Colts 	Cole Harbour 	Cole Harbour Place 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
East Hants Penguins 	Elmsdale 	East Hants Sportsplex 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Liverpool Privateers 	Liverpool 	Queens Place Emera Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sackville Blazers 	Sackville 	Sackville Community Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Valley Maple Leafs 	Windsor 	West Hants Sports Complex 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sid Rowe Division 	Sid Rowe Division 	Sid Rowe Division 	Sid Rowe Division	Sid Rowe Division	Sid Rowe Division	Sid Rowe Division	Sid Rowe Division	Sid Rowe Division	Sid Rowe Division	Sid Rowe Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Antigonish Bulldogs 	Antigonish 	Antigonish Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cumberland County Blues	Springhill 	Dr. Carson & Marion Murray Community Centre(Richard Calder Arena)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eskasoni Eagles 	Eskasoni First Nation 	Dan K. Stevens Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Membertou Jr. Miners 	Membertou, Nova Scotia	Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pictou County Scotians 	Trenton 	Trenton Community Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Strait Pirates 	Port Hawkesbury 	Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Standings==
===Fred Fox Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Cole Harbour Colts 	30	24	5 	0 	1 	127	69 	49
East Hants Penguins 	30	20	7 	2 	1 	146	109	43
Liverpool Privateers	30	14	12	3 	1 	98 	94 	32
Sackville Blazers 	30	14	13	2 	1 	103	113	31
Brookfield Elks 	30	14	13	1 	2 	83 	109	31
Valley Maple Leafs 	30	4 	24	1 	1 	79 	142	10
===Sid Rowe Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Antigonish Bulldogs 	30	26	3 	1 	0 	154	67 	53
Eskasoni Eagles 	30	21	8 	0 	1 	152	125	43
Pictou County Scotians 	30	15	13	0 	2 	129	112	32
Strait Pirates 	30	14	14	1 	1 	123	132	30
Membertou Jr. Miners 	30	12	14	3 	1 	135	114	28
Cumberland County Blues	30	2 	27	0 	1 	79 	222	5
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top four teams in each division qualify. The first place team in each division plays the 4th place team and the 2nd place team plays the 3rd place team in the division semifinal round. The Division Semifinals winners meet in the division final and the division winners meet for the league championship. All series are best-of-seven. The playoff champion advances to the 2023 Don Johnson Memorial Cup hosted by the Liverpool Privateers at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. 
===Fred Fox Division Semifinals===
*Cole Harbour Colts defeated Sackville Blazers 4 games to 1
*Liverpool Privateers defeated East Hants Penguins 4 games to 3
===Sid Rowe Division Semifinals=== 
*Antigonish Bulldogs defeated Strait Pirates 4 games to none
*Eskasoni Eagles defeated Pictou County Scotians 4 games to 1
===Fred Fox Division Final=== 
*Cole Harbour Colts defeated East Hants Penguins 4 games to 3
===Sid Rowe Division Final===
*Antigonish Bulldogs defeated Eskasoni Eagles 4 games to none
===League Final===
*Antigonish Bulldogs defeated Cole Harbour Colts 4 games to 3
The Antigonish Bulldogs advanced to the 2023 Don Johnson Memorial Cup.
==References ==
Category:2022-23 in ice hockey
Category:NSJHL seasons