2012–13 SIJHL season

2012–13 SIJHL season
League	Superior International Junior Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season 2012-09-21 – 2013-03-13 Playoffs 2013-03-16 – 2013-04-22
Number of teams	7
Finals champions	Minnesota Wilderness

The 2012–13 SIJHL season was the 12th season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). The seven teams of the SIJHL were to play 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 2013 Royal Bank Cup.

Changes

• Iron Range Ironheads become Minnesota Iron Rangers and relocate to Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota.
• Wisconsin Wilderness become Minnesota Wilderness and relocate to Cloquet, Minnesota.
• Sioux Lookout Flyers announce withdrawal from 2012-13 season on October 3, 2012.
• Duluth Clydesdales removed from league on January 20, 2012 due to player loss.

Final 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 Minnesota Wilderness Cloquet, Minnesota 51-3-2 282-85 104 Fort Frances Lakers Fort Frances, Ontario 35-18-3 208-165 73 Dryden Ice Dogs Dryden, Ontario 28-25-3 189-197 59 Thunder Bay North Stars Thunder Bay, Ontario 28-27-1 165-206 57 Minnesota Iron Rangers Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota 26-28-2 161-194 54 Duluth Clydesdales Duluth, Minnesota 2-32-2 94-212 6 Sioux Lookout Flyers Sioux Lookout, Ontario 0-3-0 4-23 0

Sioux Lookout left the league after only 3 games, schedule was reorganized without them. Duluth's franchise was revoked by the league after 36 games, leaving 20 games unplayed, these are listed as 1-0 forfeit losses by the league.

Teams listed on the official league website.

Standings listed on official league website.

2012-13 Bill Salonen Cup Playoffs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Bill Salonen Cup Finals
						1	MN Wilderness	4
						5	MN Iron Rangers	0
	4	Thunder Bay	1
	5	MN Iron Rangers	2
											1	MN Wilderness	4
											2	Fort Frances	2
						2	Fort Frances	4
						3	Dryden	3

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.

Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship

Hosted by the North Bay Trappers in North Bay, Ontario. Minnesota Wilderness win the event.

Round Robin

North Bay Trappers (NOJHL) 4 - Minnesota Wilderness 1

Minnesota Wilderness 7 - Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) 0

Minnesota Wilderness 3 - St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL) 0

Final

Minnesota Wilderness 4 - St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL) 3 OT

2013 Royal Bank Cup Championship

Hosted by the Summerside Western Capitals in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Minnesota Wilderness lost semi-final.

Round Robin

Summerside Western Capitals (MHL) 5 - Minnesota Wilderness 1

Brooks Bandits (AJHL) 6 - Minnesota Wilderness 3

Minnesota Wilderness 5 - Truro Bearcats (MHL) 3

Surrey Eagles (BCHL) 5 - Minnesota Wilderness 2

Semi-final

Brooks Bandits (AJHL) 5 - Minnesota Wilderness 4 OT

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Mike Dietrich Minnesota Wilderness 46 28 49 77 68 Jake Larson Minnesota Wilderness 49 44 28 72 101 Jordan Christianson Fort Frances Lakers 52 22 49 71 33 Chris Belhumeur Dryden Ice Dogs 51 33 33 66 52 Jordan Shockley Minnesota Wilderness 52 20 39 59 58 Jeremy Johnson Minnesota Wilderness 52 28 30 58 82 Matt Kaarela Thunder Bay North Stars 38 35 21 56 62 Colton Spicer Fort Frances Lakers 45 34 22 56 51 Tyson Holder Dryden Ice Dogs 53 25 29 54 45 Michael MacKinnon Minnesota Wilderness 44 18 34 52 51

Leading goaltenders

Note: Minimum 1000 minutes; 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 Svs GA GAA Sv% SO Gordy Defiel Minnesota Wilderness 31 1732:36 25 1 2 688 40 1.39 0.945 8 JoJo Jeanetta Minnesota Wilderness 26 1404:06 22 2 0 620 42 1.79 0.937 5 Eric Szymczyk Dryden Ice Dogs 44 2488:34 19 20 1 1296 139 3.35 0.903 1 Tanner Hamilton Fort Frances Lakers 27 1267:26 12 7 2 566 66 3.12 0.896 1 Chase Hollander Minnesota Iron Rangers 38 1981:38 12 20 0 1004 122 3.69 0.892 0

Awards

• SIJHL Most Valuable Player - Mike Dietrich (Minnesota Wilderness)
• Top Goaltender - Gordy Defiel (Minnesota Wilderness)
• Best Defensive Forward - Jeremy Johnson (Minnesota Wilderness)
• Rookie of the Year - Jake Larson (Minnesota Wilderness)
• Top Defenceman - Len Pelletier (Dryden Ice Dogs)
• Most Improved Player - Colton Spicer (Fort Frances Lakers)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player - Jacob Nolan (Fort Frances Lakers)
• Top Scorer - Mike Dietrich (Minnesota Wilderness)
• Co-Coach of the Year - Rod Aldoff (Minnesota Wilderness)/Chris Walby (Minnesota Iron Rangers)
• Scholastic Award - Joel Bogacki (Fort Frances Lakers)
• Gary Cook Memorial Executive of the Year - Trevor Hosanna (Hockey Northwestern Ontario)
• Playoff Most Valuable Player - Mike Dietrich (Minnesota Wilderness)

See also

• 2013 Royal Bank Cup
• Dudley Hewitt Cup
• Ontario Junior Hockey League
• Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
• Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
• 2012 in ice hockey
• 2013 in ice hockey

External links

• Official website of the Superior International Junior Hockey League
• Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League