2010–11 SIJHL season

The 2010–11 SIJHL season was the 10th season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). The six teams of the SIJHL played 56-game schedules.

2010–11 SIJHL season
League	Superior International Junior Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season 2010-09-16 – 2011-02-26 Playoffs 2011-03-03 – 2011-04-08
Number of teams	6
Finals champions	Wisconsin Wilderness

Come February, the top teams of the league played down for the Bill Salonen Cup, the SIJHL championship. The winner of the Bill Salonen Cup will compete in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2011 Royal Bank Cup.

Changes

• Thunder Bay Wolverines leave league.
• Duluth Clydesdales join the league.
• Wisconsin Wilderness join league from Minnesota Junior Hockey League.
• Fort William North Stars change ownership in October, renamed Thunder Bay North Stars.

Current Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Standings Team Centre W-L-OTL GF–GA Points Wisconsin Wilderness Spooner, Wisconsin 45-6-5 264-122 95 Fort Frances Lakers Fort Frances, Ontario 34-19-3 208-174 71 Dryden Ice Dogs Dryden, Ontario 34-20-2 184-152 70 Thunder Bay North Stars Thunder Bay, Ontario 32-21-3 191-163 67 Sioux Lookout Flyers Sioux Lookout, Ontario 12-38-6 136-238 30 Duluth Clydesdales Duluth, Minnesota 11-41-4 127-261 26

Teams listed on the official league website.

Standings listed on official league website.

2010-11 Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Bill Salonen Cup Finals
						1	Wisconsin	4
						4	Thunder Bay	0
	4	Thunder Bay	4
	5	Sioux Lookout	1
											1	Wisconsin	4
											3	Dryden	0
						2	Fort Frances	2
						3	Dryden	4
	3	Dryden	4
	6	Duluth	0

Super Series

Winner gets choice of opponent in semi-finals. A team gets a point for winning the first two-game-aggregate in games one and two, and another point for games three and four. If tied 1-1 after four games, the series goes to sudden death shootout.

	Super Series
	1	Wisconsin (2-1 SO)	1
	2	Fort Frances	1

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.

Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship

Hosted by the Huntsville Otters in Huntsville, Ontario. The Wisconsin Wilderness finished in fourth place.

Round Robin

Wellington Dukes (OJHL) 7 - Wisconsin Wilderness 2

Huntsville Otters (OJHL) 4 - Wisconsin Wilderness 3

Soo Eagles (NOJHL) 2 - Wisconsin Wilderness 1 in quadruple overtime

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Austin Adduono Wisconsin Wilderness 54 32 40 72 30 Keith Tessin Wisconsin Wilderness 55 38 32 70 45 Tyler Stevenson Fort Frances Lakers 54 39 24 63 19 Tom Paine Wisconsin Wilderness 54 30 33 63 68 Ben McClellan Dryden Ice Dogs 56 27 32 59 40 Wilson Housley Wisconsin Wilderness 51 23 35 58 26 Byron Katapaytuk Fort Frances Lakers 54 20 36 56 53 Jace Baldwin Fort Frances Lakers 54 22 33 55 96 Mitch Forbes Thunder Bay North Stars 55 20 32 52 30 Bryce Anderson Wisconsin Wilderness 55 9 43 52 16

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SOL GA SO Sv% GAA Jake Hebda Wisconsin Wilderness 25 1469:48 21 2 0 1 46 4 .935 1.88 John McLean Wisconsin Wilderness 32 1928:31 24 4 1 3 70 2 .926 2.18 Ian Perrier Dryden Ice Dogs 43 2534:47 26 13 2 0 102 3 .913 2.41 Tyler Ampe Fort Frances Lakers 38 2191:04 23 12 1 0 113 2 .907 3.09 Jesse Wilkins Sioux Lookout Flyers 41 2387:52 10 26 3 1 156 0 .906 3.92

Awards

• Top Defenceman: Jon Mitchell (Dryden Ice Dogs)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Tyler Stevenson (Fort Frances Lakers)
• Most Improved Player: Same Dubinsky (Thunder Bay North Stars)
• Rookie of the Year: Austin Adduono (Wisconsin Wilderness)
• Best Defensive Forward: Blake Boaz (Fort Frances Lakers)
• Top Goaltender: John McLean (Wisconsin Wilderness)
• Coach of the Year: Wayne Strachan (Fort Frances Lakers)
• Player of the Year: Jon Mitchell (Dryden Ice Dogs)
• Top Scorer: Austin Adduono (Wisconsin Wilderness)
• Scholastic Award: Morgan McNeill (Fort Frances Lakers)
• Executive of the Year: Rod Aldoff (Wisconsin Wilderness)
• Playoffs Most Valuable Player: John McLean (Wisconsin Wilderness)

See also

• 2011 Royal Bank Cup
• Dudley Hewitt Cup

External links

• Official website of the Superior International Junior Hockey League
• Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League