2018-19 SJHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 51st season.

On July 11, 2018 the league announced the schedule for the 2018-19 season. The season starts on September 12, 2018 with a game between the Nipawin Hawks and the Humboldt Broncos at the Elgar Petersen Arena. The game will be the first game for the Broncos since the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018. The game will be televised in Canada live on TSN and CTV. The season will further feature the SJHL Showcase in Warman on September 23-26, 2018. The league will be part of a showcase along with the Manitoba Junior Hockey League on January 13-15, 2019 in Regina. The regular season is scheduled to end March 5, 2019.

Dispersal Draft
Due to the Humboldt Broncos losing most of their roster between the bus crash and aging out of junior hockey. The league had set up a process where the other teams in the league would transfer a player to the Broncos to help the Broncos rebuild a team on the ice. In early June, the Broncos chose players from the other teams with the following exceptions, the Melfort Mustangs game up two players, the Estevan Bruins would supply a player to be named, and the Flin Flon Bombers were exempt from the draft.

Membership Changes
None

Format
The top ten teams in the league standings qualify for the playoffs. The top 6 teams get a first round bye and the 7th seed plays the 10th seed and the 8th seed plays the 9th seed in best-of-three series. The first round winners are re-seeded 7th and 8th. The balance of the tournament is best-of-seven. The division winners are seeded 1-2-3 (based on points and tie-breakers) for the quarterfinal round only. The semifinal match up and home ice for the last two rounds are based on points.

The Canalta Cup winning team will advance to the 2019 Anavet Cup with the Manitoba Junior Hockey League champion for the Western Region spot in the 2019 National Junior A Championship which is being held in Brooks, Alberta.

Preliminary Round

 * Flin Flon Bombers defeated Weyburn Red Wings 2 games to none
 * Yorkton Terriers defeated Notre Dame Hounds 2 games to 1

Quarterfinals

 * Yorkton Terriers defeated Nipawin Hawks 4 games to 3
 * Battlefords North Stars defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4 games to 3
 * Estevan Bruins defeated Humboldt Broncos 4 games to 3
 * Melfort Mustangs defeated Kindersley Klippers 4 games to 1

Semifinals

 * Battlefords North Stars defeated Yorkton Terriers 4 games to none
 * Melfort Mustangs defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 2

Final

 * Battlefords North Stars defeated Melfort Mustangs 4 games to 1