| 2021–22 AJHL season | |
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| League: | Alberta Junior Hockey League |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Brooks Bandits |
| Playoffs: | Post-season |
| Conf1: | North division |
| Conf1 Champ: | Spruce Grove Saints |
| Conf2: | South division |
| Conf2 Champ: | Brooks Bandits |
| Finals: | Inter Pipeline Cup |
| Finals Champ: | Brooks Bandits |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Spruce Grove Saints |
| No Of Games: | 60 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
| Seasonslistnames: | AJHL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2020–21 AJHL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2022–23 AJHL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2022–23 |
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.[1]
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.[2]
The former Calgary Mustangs moved to Blackfalds after a two-year leave of absence and were named the Blackfalds Bulldogs.[3] [4]
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[5]
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points
| Team | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | ||||||
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| 60 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 97 | |||||||
| 59 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 79 | |||||||
| 59 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 76 | |||||||
| 60 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 75 | |||||||
| 59 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 63 | |||||||
| 57 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 57 | |||||||
| 60 | 25 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 55 | |||||||
| 59 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 52 | |||||||
| Team | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | style=width:2.2em | ||||||
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| 60 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 106 | |||||||
| 60 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 76 | |||||||
| 59 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 68 | |||||||
| 58 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 60 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 57 | |||||||
| 59 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 49 | |||||||
| 59 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 36 | |||||||
| 60 | 9 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 24 | |||||||
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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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.
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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.[2]