The 2021–22 AJHL season was the 58th season of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). The Brooks Bandits finished the regular season in 1st place overall having won 52 of 60 games played. They were then undefeated in the post-season Inter Pipeline Cup playoffs, defeating the Spruce Grove Saints in the final round. They then went on to defeat the Ontario Junior Hockey League championship Pickering Panthers to win the 2022 Centennial Cup national championship.
The Drayton Valley Thunder set a league record for the fewest penalty minutes for a team in a single season with 713. The Brooks Bandits set a league record for the longest unbeaten steak in a single season with 36 wins and 1 overtime loss. Rookie Zach Bookman of the Brooks Bandits set league records for the most points in a season, with 102, and the most assists in a single season, with 81. The Okotoks Oilers tied the league record held by 6 other teams for most consecutive shutouts in a season with 3.
The former Calgary Mustangs moved to Blackfalds after a two-year leave of absence and were named the Blackfalds Bulldogs.
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points Team Spruce Grove Saints 60 46 9 3 2 97 Fort McMurray Oil Barons 59 39 19 0 1 79 Bonnyville Pontiacs 59 34 16 6 2 76 Drayton Valley Thunder 60 33 17 7 2 75 Lloydminster Bobcats 59 29 25 2 3 63 Whitecourt Wolverines 57 26 26 4 1 57 Sherwood Park Crusaders 60 25 30 1 4 55 Grande Prairie Storm 59 22 29 5 3 52
Team Brooks Bandits 60 52 6 1 1 106 Drumheller Dragons 60 34 18 4 4 76 Camrose Kodiaks 59 33 24 2 0 68 Okotoks Oilers 58 28 26 4 0 60 Blackfalds Bulldogs 60 28 31 1 0 57 Canmore Eagles 59 20 30 6 3 49 Calgary Canucks 59 15 38 5 1 36 Olds Grizzlys 60 9 45 4 2 24
Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes Player Team Ryan McAllister Brooks Bandits 60 57 82 139 38 TJ Hughes Brooks Bandits 60 66 61 127 14 Zach Bookman Brooks Bandits 55 21 81 102 30 Devin Phillips Brooks Bandits 45 23 68 91 20 Rieger Lorenz Okotoks Oilers 60 38 47 85 54 Brett Pfoh Spruce Grove Saints 55 27 47 74 66 Caiden Gault Spruce Grove Saints 58 46 27 73 38 Tyler Mahan Whitecourt Wolverines 60 29 42 71 28 Noah Hackett Brooks Bandits 59 34 36 70 60 Luigi Benincasa Spruce Grove Saints 56 36 32 68 1
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GA = Goals Against, Sv% = Save Percentage, GAA = Goals Against Average, SO = Shutouts, Mins = Minutes played.
Player Team Ethan Barwick Brooks Bandits 39 33 4 0 1 89 0.897 2.31 4 2,307 Eric Ward Drumheller Dragons 41 24 9 4 3 91 0.910 2.41 2 2,269 Gabe Gratton Fort McMurray Oil Barons 28 19 7 0 0 65 0.914 2.42 1 1,609 Jack McNaughton Okotoks Oilers 27 14 9 3 0 63 0.907 2.43 4 1,553 Jackson Berry Drayton Valley Thunder 36 21 9 3 1 91 0.925 2.57 1 2,121 Zac Onyskiw Spruce Grove Saints 27 20 4 2 1 65 0.902 2.60 2 1,501 Maxwell Beckford Brooks Bandits 28 20 2 1 1 69 0.895 2.63 4 1,573 Matthew Hennessey Bonnyville Pontiacs 39 24 7 5 1 106 0.910 2.72 4 2,335 Carson Ironside Whitecourt Wolverines 32 16 8 3 1 86 0.918 2.77 1 1,866 Logan Willcott Camrose Kodiaks 30 15 12 0 0 76 0.888 2.99 2 1,524
Post-season
The 2021–22 post-season was first full playoff in three years after they were in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
See also 2021 in ice hockey 2022 in ice hockey Centennial Cup
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