2022/2023 Season Structure (Upper Canada Minor Hockey League)

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2022/2023 UCMHL Regular Season Dates

Regular Season Start Date: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022
Christmas Break: Friday, December 23rd, 2022, to Sunday, January 1st, 2023
Exam Break (U15 and U18): Tuesday, January 24th to Tuesday, January 31st, 2023
March Break: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 to Sunday, March 19th, 2023

U7 Regular Season End Date: Friday, March 31st, 2023

U11 Playoff Structure

U11 will follow the U11 Pathways Program.
ALL U11 teams will make playoffs in a Tournament Style Double Elimination Bracket series, which will be dependent on your teams' ranking at the end of the regular season games.
The final day for regular season games to be played is Friday February 17, 2023.
The first official day of playoffs will be Tuesday February 21, 2023 and the last possible day for playoffs to end will be Friday March 31, 2023.
There will be a March Break shut down and that will happen from March 11-19, 2023 inclusive. Games will be scheduled on the Friday March 10th  and as early as Monday March 20th.

U13-U18 Playoff Structure

Regular Season End Date: Friday, February 17th, 2023 (February 18th and 19th may be used as make up days if needed)

Playoff Round Start Date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
Playoff Round End Date: Friday, March 31st, 2023*
*exception to any U11, U13, U15 Rep team that makes Branch Championships (held March 24th,25th,26th)


2022/2023 UCMHL Playoff Season Dates - divisions with 7 or fewer teams
Top four teams make playoffs which includes two rounds
Round 1: February 21st, 2023 to Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Round 2: Friday, March 3rd, 2023 to Friday, March 10th, 2023 and resuming March 20th-21st, 2023

2022/2023 UCMHL Playoff Season Dates - divisions with 8 or more teams
Top eight teams make playoffs which includes three rounds
Round 1: February 21st, 2023 to Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Round 2: Friday, March 3rd, 2023 to Friday, March 10th, 2023 and resuming March 20th-21st, 2023

Round 3: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 to Friday March 31st, 2023