2021-22 OJHL season

This is the 2021-22 Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 12th season as a re-established league after the league members played in 2 separate leagues for the 2009-10 season.

After having to cancel the 2020-21 season the league would announce on June 13, 2021 its plans to return to play for the 2021-22 season. The league begins play on October 1st with each team playing 54 games. The regular season is due to end March 5th.

The annual Governors' Showcase will be held October 25-27 at the Cobourg Community Centre

The OJHL All-Star Celebration will be held January 14-15 in Collingwood.

The league will be the host of the 2021 World Junior A Challenge when it is held in Cornwall December 12-18

Membership changes

 * At the end of July, 2020 the Buffalo Jr. Sabres and the league announced that they were taking a leave of absence for the 2020-21 season due to the closure of the Canada-US border. Being the only US-based team in the league, the team's players were to be dispersed to the other teams in the league for the 2020-21 season. They were hopeful to return to play for the 2021-22 season but would be announced on August 13, 2021 as sitting out the 2021-22 season as well citing the pandemic and cross-border travel.


 * On May 5, 2021 the league announced that the Whitby Fury would be relocating to the S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena in Minden, Ontario where they will be known as the Haliburton County Huskies.


 * On July 5, 2021 the league announced that the Brampton Admirals were relocating to the Mayfield Recreation Complex in Caledon for the 2021-22 season and would be renamed the Caledon Admirals.


 * The Burlington Cougars relocated to the Burlington Central Arena from the Wave Twin Rinks

Standings
To be added after the regular season

Format
For the 2021-22 season the playoff format was slightly modified to a division based format from a conference based one.

The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs with the division winners are seeded 1-2 and the first place team plays the fourth place team 2 vs 3 in the division semifinals. All series are best-of-seven.

The Buckland Cup champions will advance to the 2022 Dudley Hewitt Cup held May 10-14 and hosted by a member of the Superior International Junior Hockey League. The winner of that tournament will advance to the 2022 Centennial Cup being held May 20-29 in Estevan, Saskatchewan.