2014-15 SIJHL Season

This is the 2014-15 Superior International Junior Hockey League season. This was the league's 14th season.

Membership changes[]

The Spooner, Wisconsin based Wisconsin Wilderness were forced to withdraw from the league when the Spooner Ice House closed leaving the team with no venue to play.

Standings[]

Team                       GP    W  L   OL   GF  GA     P
Fort Frances Lakers        56    43 11  2    254 197    88
Minnesota Iron Rangers     56    30 20  6    246 198    66
Dryden Ice Dogs            56    30 21  5    244 204    65
Thunder Bay North Stars    56    27 25  4    200 227    58
English River Miners       56    10 41  5    159 292    25

2015 Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs[]

Format[]

All teams qualify with the 4th and fifth place teams playing a best-of-five quarterfinal series and the winner becoming the number four seed. The semifinals was best-of-seven series with the semifinal winners meeting for the Bill Salonen Cup.

Quarterfinal[]

Thunder Bay defeated English River 3 games to none (3-1, 10-5, 5-3)

Semifinals[]

Fort Frances defeated Thunder Bay 4 games to one (6-2, 2-1, 5-4, 5-6, 8-3)
Dryden defeated Minnesota (4-1, 1-4, 6-1, 5-3, 1-3, 3-1)

Bill Salonn Cup Final[]

Fort Frances defeated Dryden 4 games to 2 (6-2, 4-5, 2-3 (ot), 3-2, 6-3, 3-1)

Both league finalist qualify for the 2015 Dudley Hewitt Cup as the tournament is being held in Fort Frances, Ontario and being hosted by the Fort Frances Lakers.