The 2022–23 SIJHL season is the 21st season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). The league's 7 teams each played a 54-game regular season schedule from September 2022 – March 2023. The Kam River Fighting Walleye won the league championship Bill Salonen Cup after defeating the Thunder Bay North Stars in seven games in the final round of the playoffs.
League changes
The Sioux Lookout Bombers joined the league as an expansion team. The Thief River Falls Norskies ceased operations during the 2021–22 SIJHL season and did not return for the 2022–23 SIJHL season.
Regular season
Teams played a 54-game schedule. The Kam River Fighting Walleye finished the regular season in 1st place.
|+ style="background:#001B4F; border-top:#BE1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#BE1E2D 5px solid"| ! style=width:12em | Team ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Games Played">GP</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Wins">W</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Losses">L</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Overtime Losses">OTL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Shootout Losses">SOL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> |- align="right" | align="left"|Kam River Fighting Walleye || 54 || 40 || 11 || 1 || 1 || 83 |- align="right" | align="left"|Dryden Ice Dogs || 54 || 37 || 15 || 1 || 0 || 76 |- align="right" | align="left"|Sioux Lookout Bombers || 54 || 29 || 20 || 3 || 0 || 63 |- align="right" | align="left"|Thunder Bay North Stars || 54 || 27 || 20 || 3 || 1 || 61 |- align="right" | align="left"|Red Lake Miners || 54 || 22 || 25 || 3 || 2 || 51 |- align="right" | align="left"|Wisconsin Lumberjacks || 54 || 18 || 28 || 3 || 3 || 44 |- align="right" | align="left"|Fort Frances Lakers || 54 || 9 || 41 || 1 || 0 || 22
Post-season
The Kam River Fighting Walleye won the Bill Salonen Cup league championship after defeating the Thunder Bay North Stars in game 7 of the final round of the playoffs.
The Kam River Fighting Walleye went on to compete in the 2023 Centennial Cup national championship tournament in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
See also
2023 Centennial Cup
Canadian Junior Hockey League
Hockey Canada
Hockey Northwestern Ontario
Superior International Junior Hockey League
References
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