2022-23 NOJHL season

This is the 2022-23 Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 53rd season overall dating back to the founding of the NOHA Junior B Hockey League in 1970, and the league's 45th season under this name.

Membership changes

• In early August 2022 the Espanola Express announced that the would be renamed the Espanola Paper Kings.

• On May 8, 2023 the league announced that it had approved the relocation of the Cochrane Crunch to the Jus Jordan Arena in Iroquois Falls for the 2023-24 season. On May 12, 2023 the team would announce it would renamed the Iroquois Falls Storm. The team logo would be revealed on May 24, 2023.

• On July 19, 2023 the league approved the transfer of the Elliot Lake Red Wings to new owners and the change of the team's name to the Elliot Lake Vikings, which was the name of the previous NOJHL team in the community from the 1960's to the 1990's.

Division Alignment

Eastern Division Team Joined Centre Arena Cochrane Crunch 2012 Cochrane Tim Horton Events Centre French River Rapids 2015 Noelville Noelville Arena Hearst Lumberjacks 1988 Hearst Claude Larose Recreation Centre Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 2003 Kirkland Lake Joe Mavrinac Community Complex Powassan Voodoos 2014 Powassan Powassan Sportsplex Timmins Rock 1991 Timmins McIntyre Arena Western Division Blind River Beavers 1999 Blind River Blind River Memorial Community Centre Elliot Lake Red Wings 2014 Elliot Lake Elliot Lake Centennial Arena Espanola Paper Kings 2015 Espanola Espanola Regional Recreation Complex Greater Sudbury Cubs 2000 Sudbury Countryside Arena Soo Eagles 2015 Sault Ste. Marie, MI Pullar Stadium Soo Thunderbirds 1999 Sault Ste. Marie, ON John Rhodes Community Centre

Standings

Eastern Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Timmins Rock	58	45	8	3	2	273	111	95
Hearst Lumberjacks	58	43	13	2	0	277	155	88
Powassan Voodoos	58	37	20	1	0	225	171	75
French River Rapids	58	9	46	2	1	145	304	21
Kirkland Lake Gold Miners	57	7	48	1	1	104	295	16
Cochrane Crunch	58	7	49	1	1	99	327	16

Western Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Greater Sudbury Cubs	58	46	10	2	0	248	138	94
Blind River Beavers	58	42	11	3	2	244	125	89
Soo Thunderbirds	57	36	15	3	3	229	161	78
Espanola Paper Kings	58	29	24	2	3	223	218	63
Soo Eagles	58	26	27	4	1	206	212	57
Elliot Lake Red Wings	58	20	35	1	2	174	230	43

Playoffs

Format

The top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. All series are best-of-seven. The playoff champion advances to the 2023 Centennial Cup.

East Semifinals

• Timmins Rock defeated French River Rapids 4 games to 1
• Powassan Voodoos defeated Hearst Lumberjacks 4 games to 2

West Semifinals

• Greater Sudbury Cubs defeated Espanola Express 4 games to 1
• Soo Thunderbirds defeated Blind River Beavers 4 games to 1

East Final

• Timmins Rock defeated Powassan Voodoos 4 games to none

West Final

• Soo Thunderbirds defeated Greater Sudbury Cubs 4 games to 1

Final

• Timmins Rock defeated Soo Thunderbirds 4 games to 2

The Timmins Rock advance to the 2023 Centennial Cup.