2021-22 MJAHL season



This is the 2021-22 Maritime Hockey League season. This is the league's 55th season dating back the league's founding in 1967 as the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League.

League Season outline

 * Each team plays 52 games single home and home with the opposite division and 8 games (4 home and 4 away against the teams within their own division.
 * Regular season starts September 30th.
 * Top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs

Shutdown due to Omicron variant of Coronavirus
The province of Nova Scotia issued orders on December 21st that shut down ice hockey game in the province at the Junior B, Junior C, U-18 and minor levels in the province. On December 21st the QMJHL pushed back the restart of the season after the Christmas break, which began after games of Decebmer 18, from December 28th to January 7th as a result in the surging COVID-19 infection rates across Eastern Canada. The Maritime Junior A Hockey League had already issued a statement on December 15th saying that games in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia would be postponed until from December 18th to January 2nd (later extended to January 5th and then to January 20th . Two games were scheduled in PEI with the December 18th games being played and a December 30th game being reviewed (later cancelled).

On December 30th the league announced all games January 5th through January 16th would be cancelled with a tentative return date of January 20th with a revised schedule being developed.

The league would issue a statement on January 6th stating that all games for the month of January were cancelled and that the schedule would be reduced by ten games (from 52 to 42) eliminating one home and one road game against each of the divisional opponents in order to get the season completed in a timely manner to allow for playoffs to be completed in time for the 2022 Fred Page Cup.

Membership Changes
None, but all teams that were forced out due to local restrictions return to play and the Summerside Western Capitals return to the Eastlink North Division.

Standings
To be added upon completion of the regular season

Format
The top four teams in each division qualified for the Kent Cup Playoffs. All three rounds will be best-of-seven. The playoff champion will advance to the 2022 Fred Page Cup in Summerside, Prince Edward Island from May 10-15, 2022 with the tournament winner advancing to the 2022 Centennial Cup at Affinity Place in Estevan, Saskatchewan May 20-29, 2022 hosted by the Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.