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2022–23 KIJHL season

The 2022-23 KIJHL season was the 56th in league history. The season began on September 23, 2022, and finished on February 11, 2023,[1] with the playoffs beginning the following week and running until April 10 when the Kimberley Dynamiters defeated the Princeton Posse 3–2 in Princeton to win the Teck Cup Finals 4–3, for the fourth time in franchise history.[2] The season was originally scheduled to feature all 20 teams in the league but the league's sole U.S. franchise, the Spokane Braves withdrew on August 3 resulting with the season continuing with just 19 teams.[3]

2022–23 KIJHL season
LeagueKIJHL
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember – February
Number of games44
Number of teams19
Streaming partner(s)flohockey.tv
League championsKimberley Dyanimters
  Runners-upPrinceton Posse
Seasons

Regular season

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Teams played 44 games throughout the course of the regular season: six games against each team in the division, two games against each team in the other division within the same conference and one game against each team in the other conference. To make up for the absence of the Spokane Braves, teams in the Doug Birks hosted a sixth game against a Bill Ohlhausen team, the Eddie Mountain division played one extra home and away game within the Division, and the Neil Murdoch would play two extra games against each of the other three teams within the division.[4][3]

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Legend

Standings

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The final standings were as follows.[5]

Eddie Mountain division
Team W L OTL Pts GF GA
Columbia Valley Rockies 31 9 4 66 218 126
Kimberley Dynamiters 29 13 2 60 171 113
Golden Rockets 25 16 5 53 175 168
Fernie Ghostriders 23 14 7 53 163 138
Creston Valley Thunder Cats 19 23 2 40 147 189
Neil Murdoch division
Team W L OTL Pts GF GA
Grand Forks Border Bruins 25 16 3 53 146 133
Nelson Leafs 24 15 5 53 150 137
Beaver Valley Nitehawks 24 17 3 51 192 136
Castlegar Rebels 11 28 5 27 103 169
Bill Ohlhausen division
Team W L OTL Pts GF GA
Princeton Posse 31 7 6 68 181 110
Osoyoos Coyotes 27 13 4 58 188 140
North Okanagan Knights 22 16 4 50 143 144
Summerland Steam 14 24 6 34 104 165
Kelowna Chiefs 6 34 4 16 95 205
Doug Birks division
Team W L OTL Pts GF GA
Revelstoke Grizzlies 30 7 7 67 153 95
Kamloops Storm 26 13 5 57 145 105
Sicamous Eagles 26 15 3 55 158 111
100 Mile House Wranglers 16 24 4 36 111 167
Chase Heat 10 30 4 24 93 194

2022 BCHC prospects game

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The BCHC held its first annual prospects game in Chilliwack on November 22, 2022, with team KIJHL defeating the PJHL team 4–3 with Jonathan Ward of the Princeton Posse scoring the game-winning goal 2:09 into the third period.[6]

Leafs-Nitehawks line brawl

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On December 31, 2022, all ten players dropped the gloves in a line brawl instigated by the Leafs at the start of the second period of the New Year's Eve Classic between the Neil Murdoch Division Rivals. The brawl was possibly instagted by an open-ice hit on the Leafs' goaltender late in the first[7] or a cross-check to the head of a Leafs player at the buzzer that left his jersey covered in blood, as neither incidents earned a call the referee in charge of the game. A total of 172 penalty minutes were handed out (75 to Beaver Valley, 97 to Nelson).[8] After the game, Leafs' head coach Adam Dibella resigned for his role in the fight and faced harsh criticism from Leafs fans and a harsher suspension from the league.[9] In addition, the league suspended the nine Leafs' players involved for a total of 35 games and the five Nitehawks' players for 9 games. The Leafs would go on to win 3–1.

Awards

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Award League Winner Eddie Mountain Winner Neil Murdoch Winner Doug Birks Winner Bill Ohlhausen Winner
MVP Luke Chakrabarti, Creston Valley Luke Chakrabarti, Creston Valley Nathan Dominici, Beaver Valley Carter Bettenson, Revesltoke Jack Henderson, Osoyoos
Top Scorer Luke Chakrabarti, Creston Valley Luke Chakrabarti, Creston Valley Spencer Horning, Grand Forks Ryan Larsen, Kamloops Jack Henderson, Osoyoos
Top Defenceman Cameron Reid, Kimberley Cameron Reid, Kimberley Tyson Lautard, Nelson Nicholas Hughes, Sicamous Curtis Gould, Princeton
Top Goaltender Jozef Kuchaslo, Revelstoke Trystan Self, Kimberley Connor Stojan, Beaver Valley Jozef Kuchaslo, Revelstoke Peyton Trzaska, Princeton
Rookie of the Year Keenan Ingram, Columbia Valley Keenan Ingram, Columbia Valley Russell Kosec, Grand Forks Owen Aura, Kamloops Austin Seibel, North Okanagan
Most Sportsmanlike Matthew Johnston, North Okanagan Nick Morin, Golden Chad Bates, Grand Forks Jack Mulder, 100 Mile House Matthew Johnston, North Okanagan
Coach of the Year Mark Readman, Princeton Chuck Wright, Golden Dave Hnatiuk, Grand Forks Nick Deschenes, Sicamous Mark Readman, Princeton

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Playoffs

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The 2023 playoff format was as follows: the top four teams in the Doug Birks, Bill Ohlhausen, and Eddie Mountain Division would make the playoffs as would the top three teams in the Neil Murdoch and the best ranked Kootenay Conference team not already in the playoffs which would be referred to as the "crossover team". In each of the Okanagan Divisions and the Eddie Mountain division the 1st Seed would play 4th and 2nd would play 3rd. In the Neil Murdoch division, if the crossover team was 4th in the Neil Murdoch the format would be the same as the other three divisions. However, if the crossover team was the 5th ranked team in the Eddie Mountain, the 1st seed in the Neil Murdoch would have the choice of Neil Murdoch #3 or Eddie Mountain #5 in the first round.[11] As it happened the Creston Thundercats earned this crossover spot and the Neil Murdoch champion, Grand Forks chose to play them over the Beaver Valley Nitehawks.

Division Semi Finals Division Finals Conference Finals 2023 Teck Cup Championship
        
Columbia Valley 2
Fernie 4
Kimberley 4
Fernie 3
Kimberley 4
Golden 1
Kimberley 4
Beaver Valley 0
Grand Forks 1
Creston 4
Creston 3
Beaver Valley 4
Nelson 2
Beaver Valley 4
Kimberley 4
Princeton 3
Princeton 4
Summerland 0
Princeton 4
North Okanagan 1
Osoyoos 1
North Okanagan 4
Princeton 4
Revelstoke 2
Revelstoke 4
100 Mile House 0
Revelstoke 4
Sicamous 0
Kamloops 3
Sicamous 4

References

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  1. ^ "KIJHL - Kootenay International Junior Hockey League". www.kijhl.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  2. ^ "KIJHL - Kootenay International Junior Hockey League". www.kijhl.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  3. ^ a b jdubois (2022-08-03). "Spokane Braves withdraw from 2022/23 KIJHL season". www.kijhl.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  4. ^ jdubois (2022-07-18). "KIJHL releases 2022/23 regular season schedule". www.kijhl.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  5. ^ "KIJHL - Kootenay International Junior Hockey League". www.kijhl.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  6. ^ "PJHL - Pacific Junior Hockey League". www.pjhl.net. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  7. ^ "VIDEO: Nelson Leafs coach suspended indefinitely, several players also penalized for line brawl". Nelson Star. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  8. ^ "KIJHL - Kootenay International Junior Hockey League". www.kijhl.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  9. ^ "Update: Nelson Leafs head coach resigns after league suspension for line brawl". Nelson Star. 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  10. ^ "2022/23 KIJHL Individual Awards". www.kijhl.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  11. ^ jdubois (2022-09-02). "2023 Kootenay Conference playoff format announced". www.kijhl.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
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