2021-22 AJHL season

This is the '''2021-22 Alberta Junior Hockey League season. '''This is the league's 58th season dating back to its founding in 1964.

Membership Changes

 * The Calgary Mustangs who opted to take a one year leave of absence from the league after a failed attempted to move the franchise to Strathmore for 2019-20. The team would be sold in October of 2019 and relocate to the Blackfalds Multiplex Arena in Blackfalds, Alberta for the 2021-22 season. The team name was announced on April 23, 2020 as being the Blackfalds Bulldogs.


 * The Canmore Eagles,Lloydminster Bobcats, Camrose Kodiaks, and the Fort McMurray Oil Barons all return to play after having to drop out during the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19 restrictions and other issues.

League calendar

 * AJHL Prospects Showcase July 23-25, 2021
 * Training camps start August 20th
 * Exhibition season starts August 27th
 * Regular season begins September 17th
 * League Showcase being held in Brooks September 30 to October 3rd (with each team playing two games)
 * Each team plays a 60 game schedule (2 games against each non-division opponent, and 2 games at league showcase plus 6 games against each division opponent)
 * Playoffs begin on March 4, 2022.

Standings
To be added upon completion of the regular season.

2022 Playoffs
The league announced on September 13, 2017 that the new title sponsor of the League championship will be Inter Pipeline Ltd. and that the playoffs will be renamed the Inter Pipeline AJHL Playoffs and the championship trophy would be renamed the Inter Pipeline Cup.

Planned Format
The top seven teams in each division qualify for the playoffs with the top team in the division receiving a first round bye. The 2nd place team play the 7th place team, the 3rd place play 6th, and 4th place play the 5th place team in best of seven series.

In the second round the first place team play the lowest seeded first round winner and the other two first round winners play each other in best of seven series. The division semifinal winners meet in the best of seven division final. The Viterra AJHL South Division and Viterra AJHL North Division playoff champions meet in the best-of-seven AJHL Inter Pipeline Cup Final.

The playoff winning team win the Inter Pipeline Cup will earn the Pacific region spot in the 2022 Centennial Cup; which is being held in Estevan, Saskatchewan. This is a change from what was the normal situation as the qualification for the Centennial Cup changed as a result of the British Columbia Hockey League withdrawing from the Canadian Junior Hockey League after the 2020-21 season.