2013–14 SIJHL season

2013–14 SIJHL season
LeagueSuperior International Junior Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
2013-09-20 – 2014-03-12
Playoffs
2014-03-14 – 2014-04-23
Number of teams6
Finals championsFort Frances Lakers
SIJHL seasons

The 2013–14 SIJHL season was the 13th season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). The seven teams of the SIJHL played 56-game schedules.

Come February, the top teams of the league will play down for the Bill Salonen Cup, the SIJHL championship. The winner of the Bill Salonen Cup will compete in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2014 Royal Bank Cup.

Changes

Current Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Standings
Team Centre W–L–OTL GF–GA Points
Fort Frances Lakers Fort Frances, Ontario 46-6-4 295-150 96
Thunder Bay North Stars Thunder Bay, Ontario 40-10-5 253-180 85
Minnesota Iron Rangers Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota 36-14-6 237-168 76
English River Miners Ear Falls, Ontario 21-30-5 185-228 47
Dryden Ice Dogs Dryden, Ontario 21-30-5 210-273 47
Wisconsin Wilderness Spooner, Wisconsin 5-51-0 146-327 10

Teams listed on the official league website.[1]

Standings listed on official league website.[2]

2014 Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bill Salonen Cup Finals
         
1 Fort Frances 4
4 English River 0
4 English River 4
5 Dryden 2
1 Fort Frances 4
3 Minnesota 3
2 Thunder Bay 2
3 Minnesota 4
3 Minnesota 4
6 Wisconsin 0

Super Series

Winner gets choice of opponent in semi-finals. Two-game goal total series. If a draw after two games, the series goes to sudden death shootout.

Super Series
   
1 Fort Frances (1-1) 6
2 Thunder Bay (1-1) 4

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.[3]

Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship

Hosted by the Wellington Dukes in Wellington, Ontario. Fort Frances Lakers represented the SIJHL and lost in the semi-final.

Round Robin

Toronto Lakeshore Patriots (OJHL) 4 - Fort Frances Lakers 1
Wellington Dukes (OJHL) 3 - Fort Frances Lakers 0
Fort Frances Lakers 6 - Kirkland Lake Gold Miners (NOJHL) 3

Semi-final

Toronto Lakeshore Patriots (OJHL) 6 - Fort Frances Lakers 0

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Lucas Debenedet Fort Frances 56 48 64 112 18
Daniel Del Paggio Thunder Bay 51 36 69 105 42
Lyndon Lipinski Fort Frances 56 39 52 91 36
Mason Meyer Fort Frances 55 40 50 90 37
Zach Grzelewski Thunder Bay 53 43 36 79 26
Matthias Gardiman Thunder Bay 52 31 46 77 4
Dane Feeney Dryden 55 30 36 66 51
John Morales English River 55 30 32 62 75
Trevor Hoth Minnesota 54 35 23 58 47
Vincent Currao English River 53 22 34 56 84

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Mins W L SOL GA SO Sv% GAA
Devin Tappenden Fort Frances 14 823:53 11 3 0 31 0 0.922 2.26
Jordan Cartney Fort Frances 31 1718:15 24 4 1 71 3 0.911 2.48
Eric Mann Thunder Bay 35 1816:30 21 5 4 89 1 0.909 2.94
Greg Harney English River 28 1525:57 9 16 1 88 3 0.904 3.46
Alex Reichle Minnesota 32 1752:55 18 8 4 85 1 0.902 2.91

Players selected in 2014 NHL Entry Draft

To be decided after season concludes.

Awards

  • Player of the Year - Daniel Del Paggio (Thunder Bay)
  • Goalie of the Year - Eric Mann (Thunder Bay)
  • Defenceman of the Year - Austin Frank (Minnesota)
  • Rookie of the Year - Lucas Debenedet (Fort Frances)
  • Most Improved Player - Mason Meyer (Fort Frances)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player - Matthias Gardiman (Thunder Bay)
  • Best Defensive Forward - Jonathon Losurdo (Minnesota)
  • Coach of the Year - Wayne Strachan (Fort Frances)
  • First All-Star Team - Lucas Debenedet (Fort Frances), Mason Meyer (Fort Frances), Daniel Del Paggio (Thunder Bay), Cody Wickstrom (Fort Frances), Austin Frank (Minnesota), Eric Mann (Fort Frances)
  • Second All-Star Team - Lyndon Lipinski (Fort Frances), Matthias Gardiman (Thunder Bay), Zach Grzelewski (Thunder Bay), Tim Kavanaugh (Dryden), Tim Cavar (Thunder Bay), Jordan Cartney (Fort Frances)

See also

References

  1. ^ "SIJHL | Teams". Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  2. ^ "WebPages | Pointstreak Sites".
  3. ^ "SIJHL.com - Home". Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
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