2022–23 AJHL season

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2022–23 AJHL season - Wikipedia

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2022–23 AJHL season
League	Alberta Junior Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of games	60
Number of teams	16
Regular season
Season champions	Brooks Bandits
Post-season
Finals champions	Brooks Bandits
Runners-up	Spruce Grove Saints
AJHL seasons
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 AJHL season was the 59th season of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). The Brooks Bandits finished the regular season in first place overall and went on to win league championship Inter Pipeline Cup and the 2023 Centennial Cup national championship.

Season highlights

The Brooks Bandits finished the regular season in first place overall after winning 53 of their 60 regular season games; the 2nd most wins in a season in league history. The record for most wins in a season was set by the Brooks Bandits in the 2018–19 season.^[1] The Brooks Bandits went on to win league championship Inter Pipeline Cup after defeating the Spruce Grove Saints in the finals 4 games to 1.^[2] The Brooks Bandits then went undefeated at the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to win its 4th national championship.

Regular season

Map of AJHL, 2021–22 to 2022–23

200km
125miles

Bobcats

Pontiacs

Oil Barons

Bandits

Dragons

Kodiaks

Crusaders

Bulldogs

Saints

Oilers

Canucks

Grizzlies

Thunder

Eagles

Wolverines

Storm

North Division

South Division

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:^[3]^[4]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points

North Division
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts
Spruce Grove Saints	60	49	7	2	2	102
Whitecourt Wolverines	60	36	19	3	2	77
Bonnyville Pontiacs	60	36	21	2	1	75
Sherwood Park Crusaders	60	33	20	3	4	73
Fort McMurray Oil Barons	60	24	26	6	4	58
Lloydminster Bobcats	60	23	34	1	2	49
Grande Prairie Storm	60	19	33	5	3	46
Drayton Valley Thunder	60	15	42	0	3	33

South Division
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts
Brooks Bandits	60	53	5	1	1	108
Blackfalds Bulldogs	60	39	18	1	2	81
Drumheller Dragons	60	33	21	4	2	72
Okotoks Oilers	60	34	23	1	2	71
Camrose Kodiaks	60	27	30	2	1	57
Canmore Eagles	60	24	32	2	2	52
Calgary Canucks	60	19	32	6	3	47
Olds Grizzlys	60	16	39	4	1	37

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aiden Fink	Brooks Bandits	54	41	56	97	32
Brett Meerman	Blackfalds Bulldogs	60	30	64	94	36
Matteo Giampa	Bonnyville Pontiacs	54	27	65	92	45
Dario Beljo	Brooks Bandits	60	34	55	89	30
Tyler Wallace	Blackfalds Bulldogs	54	42	42	84	42
Luigi Benincasa	Spruce Grove Saints	60	31	48	79	36
Daniel Kernaghan	Drayton Valley Thunder	57	32	43	75	41
Jason Siedem	Blackfalds Bulldogs	58	27	48	75	26
Nicolas Beaudoin	Bonnyville Pontiacs	55	40	34	74	53
Sam Court	Brooks Bandits	52	13	59	72	63

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GA = Goals Against, Sv% = Save Percentage, GAA = Goals Against Average, SO = Shutouts, Mins = Minutes played.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO	Mins
Ethan Barwick	Brooks Bandits	51	45	4	0	1	95	0.929	1.88	7	3,039
Zac Onyskiw	Spruce Grove Saints	23	18	2	0	1	44	0.924	2.06	4	1,282
Matthew Hennessey	Blackfalds Bulldogs	42	26	12	0	2	112	0.909	2.72	4	2,473
Parker Sawka	Spruce Grove Saints	41	23	16	0	1	107	0.894	2.72	2	2,360
Jameson Kaine	Spruce Grove Saints	35	27	4	2	1	93	0.892	2.72	1	2,049
Erick Roest	Sherwood Park Crusaders	36	19	12	2	3	100	0.911	2.79	2	2,150
Connor Mackenzie	Grande Prairie Storm	35	13	16	3	1	99	0.929	2.86	2	2,076
Freddie Halyk	Camrose Kodiaks	45	20	22	0	1	132	0.910	3.05	3	2,600
Garrett Fuller	Drumheller Dragons	42	22	14	3	0	118	0.892	3.08	2	2,300
Gabe Gratton	Fort McMurray Oil Barons	42	18	16	3	4	133	0.906	3.20	0	2,495

Post-season

The top 7 teams in each division advanced to the post-season consisting of four best-of-7 rounds. The first place teams in each division, namely the Spruce Grove Saints in the North Division and the Brooks Bandits in the South Division, received a bye in the first round.^[5]

1st round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

		Brooks	4

		Okotoks	2
Okotoks	4

Camrose	0
				Brooks	4

				Blackfalds	0
Blackfalds	4

Calgary	1
		Blackfalds	4

		Drumheller	3
Drumheller	4

Canmore	2
						Brooks	4

						Spruce Grove	1



		Spruce Grove	4

		Sherwood Park	1
Sherwood Park	4

Fort McMurray	3
				Spruce Grove	4

				Bonnyville	1
Whitecourt	4

Grande Prairie	0
		Whitecourt	1

		Bonnyville	4
Bonnyville	4

Lloydminster	2

References

^ "AJHL record book - March 2023" (PDF). ajhl.ca. Alberta Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "Bandits Capture 2023 Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL championship". ajhl.ca. Alberta Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "AJHL stats 2022–23 regular season". ajhl.ca. Alberta Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "2022-23 AJHL standings". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "AJHL 2022-23 playoffs". ajhl.ca. Alberta Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

External links

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South Division	Calgary Canucks Camrose Kodiaks Canmore Eagles Drayton Valley Thunder Drumheller Dragons Olds Grizzlys
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