2021-22 NOJHL season

This is the 2021-22 Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 52nd season overall dating back to the founding of the NOHA Junior B Hockey League in 1970, and the league's 44th season under this name.

Season overview

 * Season starts September 16th and ends March 13th.
 * Each team plays a 56 game schedule with 27 home and away games plus two games are played by each team at the NOJHL showcase.
 * Due to restrictions that were in place as of the early summer all games will be inter-divisional until at least the Christmas break.
 * Top five teams in each division qualify for the playoffs (for more detail see playoff section below)

Membership changes

 * The Elliot Lake Wildcats (now known as the Red Wings), Soo Eagles, Powassan Voodoos, Kirkland Lake Gold Miners, Hearst Lumberjacks, Espanola Express, French River Rapids, and Rayside-Balfour Canadians all return to play after having to either sit out all or part of the 2020-21 season


 * The Elliot Lake Wildcats organization announced on April 17, 2021 that they would be returning to the league for the 2021-22 season rebranded as the Elliot Lake Red Wings.

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 * On September 9, 2021 the ownership of the Rayside-Balfour Canadians announced they were renaming the team the Greater Sudbury Cubs as part of the move to the Countryside Arena in Sudbury.

Standings
To be added upon completion of the regular season. >

Format
The top five teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The fourth seed plays the fifth seed in each division in a best-of-three series. The winners of those series assume the fourth seed in each division. the balance of the playoffs are best-of-seven. The playoff champion advances to the 2021 Dudley Hewitt Cup.