2021-22 SUTHERLAND CUP PLAYOFFS FORMAT ANNOUNCED

MARCH 11th, 2022 – The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) today unveiled the format for the 2021-22 Sutherland Cup Playoffs.

The top eight clubs from each conference will qualify for the 2021-22 GOJHL postseason and will battle through three rounds of best-of-7 series to determine the conference winner.  Returning for the first time since the 2012-13 season, the champions of the Western, Mid-Western and Golden Horseshoe conferences will then face off in a home-and-home round robin.  The top two teams from the round robin will advance to a best-of-3 series to decide the Sutherland Cup champion.

In the event of a three-way tie during the round robin, a team cannot be eliminated by a tie and a tie-breaker game would be scheduled for May 26th between the 2nd and 3rd place teams.  A tie between the 1st and 2nd teams would be broken using the GOJHL’s Regular Season Final Standings Policy.

The five round postseason slate will get underway Wednesday, April 6th.   A breakdown of the format is outlined below:

Conference Quarter-Finals              April 6th, 2022 – April 17th, 2022               Best-of-7 Series

Conference Semi-Finals                   April 18th, 2022 – May 1st, 2022                  Best-of-7 Series

Conference Finals                             May 2nd, 2022 – May 15th, 2022                  Best-of-7 Series

Sutherland Cup Playoffs                  May 16th, 2022 – May 25th, 2022                Home & Home Round Robin

Tie-Breaker                                        May 26th, 2022                                              *If necessary

Sutherland Cup                                 May 27th, 2022 – May 31st, 2022                Best-of-3 Series

 

For more information, visit https://www.gojhl.ca/.

 

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