PUCKS DROPPING: 2021-22 OJHL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE BEGINS TONIGHT
October 1, 2021, Mississauga, ON – The puck drops on the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s (OJHL) 2021-22 regular season tonight.
Opening-night games are scheduled for Collingwood, Aurora, Burlington, Milton, Lindsay, St. Michael’s (Toronto), Wellington and Trenton. Sixteen of the OJHL’s 22 teams will be in action.
Seven games are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 2, and six more on Sunday, Oct. 3.
Due to the pandemic and restrictions on cross-border travel, the Buffalo Jr. Sabres' leave of absence from the OJHL has been extended by an additional year. The Jr. Sabres are the lone U.S. team in the league.
Three teams have changed locations. The Haliburton County Huskies have moved from Whitby where they were the Fury. The Caledon (formerly Brampton) Admirals are now based out of the Mayfield Recreation Centre in Caledon and the Burlington Cougars have moved to Burlington Central Arena.
The OJHL schedule consists of 567 games, featuring intra-conference play.
Each club will once again play a 54-game (26 home, 26 away) regular schedule and two games at the Governors’ Showcase.
The regular season ends March 5. The top four teams in each division will make the playoffs.
CLICK HERE for the full 2021-22 OJHL regular season schedule.
Highlights of the 2021-22 schedule include:
• The Haliburton County Huskies host Lindsay in the franchise’s first home game Oct. 2 at 4:30 p.m. in Minden. The two teams also play in Lindsay on opening night.
• Annual Governors' Showcase to be held from Oct. 25-27, 2021 at the Cobourg Community Centre. The event attracts hundreds of NHL, NCAA, U SPORTS and OHL scouts.
• The OJHL All-Star Celebration weekend will be held January 14 and 15 in Collingwood, Ont.
• 2022 Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Central Canadian Junior 'A' Championship hosted by the Superior International Junior Hockey League, from May 10-14.
• 2022 Centennial Cup, National Junior 'A' Championship hosted by Estevan, Sask from May 20-29.
The OJHL’s 2020-21 regular season and all but the first round of the 2020 league’s Buckland Cup playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
About the OJHL – “League of Choice”
The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with 22 member clubs. A proud member of the CJHL and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94. With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U SPORTS, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 115 commitments in 2019-20 – including more than 60 NCAA Division I scholarships.
