The 2007–08 SIJHL season is the 7th season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). The seven teams of the SIJHL will play 50-game schedules.
Come February, the top teams of the league will play 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 2008 Royal Bank Cup.
Changes Fort Frances Jr. Sabres join league. Marathon Renegades fold mid-season (February).
Final 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
Team Centre W–L–T-OTL GF GA Points Dryden Ice Dogs Dryden 36-11-1-2 240 149 75 Fort William North Stars Thunder Bay 35-11-1-3 218 134 74 Thunder Bay Bearcats Thunder Bay 33-16-1-0 213 147 67 Schreiber Diesels Schreiber 25-22-3-0 184 181 53 Fort Frances Jr. Sabres Fort Frances 22-21-4-3 173 183 51 Thunder Bay Bulldogs Thunder Bay 9-38-3-0 111 212 21 Marathon Renegades Marathon 7-26-3-1 128 248 18
Teams listed on the official league website.
Standings listed on official league website.
2007-08 Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs
Playoff results are listed on the official league website.
Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship Hosted by the Newmarket Hurricanes in Newmarket, Ontario. Dryden finished in third place.
Round Robin Oakville Blades (OPJHL) 5 - Dryden Ice Dogs 1 Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJHL) 7 - Dryden Ice Dogs 1 Dryden Ice Dogs 4 - Sudbury Jr. Wolves (NOJHL) 0
Semi-final Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJHL) 2 - Dryden Ice Dogs 1
Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
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
Awards Most Valuable Player - Quinn Amiel (Fort Frances Jr. Sabres) Most Improved Player - Rookie of the Year - Mitch Cain (Fort Frances Jr. Sabres) Top Defenceman - Brad Pawlowski (Thunder Bay Bearcats) Top Defensive Forward - Most Gentlemanly Player - Top Goaltender - Drew Strandberg (Thunder Bay Bearcats) Coach of the Year - Wayne Strachan (Fort Frances Jr. Sabres) Top Scorer Award - Top Executive - Carolyn Kellaway, Nancy Gradiman (Fort Frances Jr. Sabres)
See also 2008 Royal Bank Cup Dudley Hewitt Cup
References
External links Official website of the Superior International Junior Hockey League Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League