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

Teams

North-West Conference North Division Team Centre Arena Joined Aurora Tigers Aurora, Ontario Aurora Community Centre 1997 Collingwood Blues Collingwood, Ontario Eddie Bush Memorial Arena 2019 Markham Royals Markham, Ontario Markham Centennial Centre 1993 Pickering Panthers Pickering, Ontario Pickering Recreation Complex 1998 Stouffville Spirit Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville Arena 1995 West Division Team Centre Arena Joined Brantford 99ers Brantford, Ontario Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre 1971 Buffalo Jr. Sabres (On Hiatus) Buffalo, New York HarborCenter 1998 Burlington Cougars Burlington, Ontario Burlington Central Arena 1971 Georgetown Raiders Georgetown, Ontario Gordon Alcott Arena 1975 Milton Menace Milton, Ontario Milton Memorial Arena 1987 Oakville Blades Oakville, Ontario Sixteen Mile Sports Complex 1971 South-East Conference South Division Team Centre Arena Joined Caledon Admirals Caledon, Ontario Mayfield Recreation Complex 1998 Mississauga Chargers Mississauga, Ontario Port Credit Memorial Arena 1995 North York Rangers North York, Ontario Carnegie Centennial Centre 1998 St. Michael's Buzzers Toronto, Ontario St. Michael's College School Arena 1995 Toronto Jr. Canadiens Downsview, Ontario Buckingham Arena 1998 Toronto Patriots Rexdale, Ontario Westwood Arena 1998 East Division Team Centre Arena Joined Cobourg Cougars Cobourg, Ontario Cobourg Community Centre 1992 Haliburton County Huskies Minden, Ontario S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena 1998 Lindsay Muskies Lindsay, Ontario Lindsay Recreation Centre 1989 Trenton Golden Hawks Trenton, Ontario Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Gardens 1998 Wellington Dukes Wellington, Ontario Wellington & District Community Centre 1998

Standings

North/West Conference

North Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Pickering Panthers	54	39	11	0	4	199	135	82
Collingwood Colts	54	29	20	1	4	170	139	63
Aurora Tigers	54	25	23	2	4	174	162	56
Stouffville Spirit	54	14	35	3	2	126	217	33
Markham Royals	54	8	40	2	4	121	241	22

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Burlington Cougars	54	39	12	2	1	228	139	81
Milton Menace	54	36	11	1	6	214	134	79
Georgetown Raiders	54	27	21	2	4	166	161	60
Oakville Blades	54	24	27	1	2	167	195	51
Brantford 99ers	54	22	29	0	3	159	201	47

South/East Conference

South Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Jr. Canadiens	54	41	12	1	0	235	118	83
North York Rangers	54	38	13	2	1	200	115	79
St. Michael's Buzzers	54	31	20	1	2	179	168	65
Toronto Patriots	54	19	30	0	5	179	200	43
Mississauga Chargers	54	7	45	0	2	119	263	16
Caledon Admirals	54	7	76	0	1	112	302	15

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Wellington Dukes	54	34	13	0	7	203	145	75
Trenton Golden Hawks	54	36	16	0	2	219	156	74
Haliburton County Huskies	54	33	16	1	4	172	136	71
Cobourg Cougars	54	28	19	1	6	200	182	63
Lindsay Muskies	54	20	28	0	6	153	186	46

Buckland Cup Playoffs

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.

The Buckland Cup champions were to advance to the 2022 Dudley Hewitt Cup held May 10-14 and hosted by a member of the Superior International Junior Hockey League and the winner of that tournament was to advance to the 2022 Centennial Cup being held May 20-29 in Estevan, Saskatchewan. However, Hockey Canada revised the format to have all nine league champions in the Canadian Junior Hockey League advance to the 2022 Centennial Cup.

Division Semifinals

North Division

• Pickering Panthers defeated Stouffville Spirit 2 games to none
• Collingwood Colts defeated Aurora Tigers 2 games to none

West Division

• Burlington Cougars defeated Oakville Blades 2 games to none
• Milton Menace defeated Georgetown Raiders 2 games to none

South Division

• Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated Toronto Patriots 2 games to none
• North York Rangers defeated St. Michael's Buzzers 2 games to 1

East Division

• Cobourg Cougars defeated Wellington Dukes 2 games to none
• Haliburton County Huskies defeated Trenton Golden Hawks 2 games to 1

Division Finals

North Division

• Pickering Panthers defeated Collingwood Colts 2 games to none

West Division

• Milton Menace defeated Burlington Cougars 2 games to none

East Division

• Cobourg Cougars defeated Haliburton County Huskies 2 games to 1

South Division

• Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated North York Rangers 2 games to none

Conference Finals

North-West Conference

• Pickering Panthers defeated Milton Menace 3 games to none

South-East Conference

• Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated Cobourg Cougars 3 games to 1

Buckland Cup OJHL Final

• Pickering Panthers defeated Toronto Jr. Canadiens 4 games to 3