2023-24 NOJHL season

This is the 2023-24 Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 54th season overall dating back to the founding of the NOHA Junior B Hockey League in 1970, and the league's 46th season under this name.

Membership changes

• 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. The team would be forced to play the whole season on the road (an not be able to practic) as the team's home rink was closed indefinitely in September of 2023 due to structural concerns of the 56 year old building.

Division Alignment

Eastern Division Team Joined Centre Arena French River Rapids 2015 Noelville Noelville Arena Hearst Lumberjacks 1988 Hearst Claude Larose Recreation Centre Iroquois Falls Storm 2012 Iroquois Falls Jus Jordan Arena 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 Vikings 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	41	15	2	0	272	177	84
Hearst Lumberjacks	58	36	16	4	2	244	184	78
Powassan Voodoos	58	36	19	1	2	253	182	75
Iroquois Falls Storm	58	16	39	0	3	157	273	35
Kirkland Lake Gold Miners	58	10	41	5	2	145	294	27
French River Rapids	58	10	46	1	1	164	334	22

Western Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Blind River Beavers	58	45	12	0	1	284	148	91
Greater Sudbury Cubs	58	43	12	1	2	285	167	89
Soo Thunderbirds	58	39	14	4	1	265	158	83
Espanola Paper Kings	58	34	23	1	0	271	219	69
Soo Eagles	58	33	22	1	2	231	202	69
Elliot Lake Vikings	58	5	48	1	4	133	366	15

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 2024 Centennial Cup.

East Semifinals

• Timmins Rock defeated Iroquois Falls Storm 4 games to none (5-1, 6-0, 6-3, 3-2 (ot))
• Powassan Voodoos defeated Hearst Lumberjacks 4 games to 1 (5-4 (ot), 5-6, 4-3 (ot), 4-3 (ot), 7-3)

West Semifinals

• Blind River Beavers defeated Espanola Paper Kings 4 games to 3 (6-3, 3-7, 1-8, 2-3, 6-1, 3-2, 5-1)
• Greater Sudbury Cubs defeated Soo Thunderbirds 4 games to 2 (2-1, 2-3 (ot), 2-4, 4-3, 4-0, 4-0)

East Final

• Powassan Voodoos defeated Timmins Rock 4 games to 3 (3-2 (ot), 3-2 (ot), 1-4, 1-7, 4-3 (2ot), 2-5, 4-3)

West Final

• Greater Sudbury Cubs defeated Blind River Beavers 4 games to 1 (2-1, 2-6, 5-1, 9-2, 3-1)

Final

• Greater Sudbury Cubs defeated Powassan Voodoos 4 games to 1 (2-5, 2-0, 5-0, 4-3 (ot), 5-3)

The Greater Sudbury Cubs advance to the 2024 Centennial Cup.