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The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) announced Thursday, February 13th the timeline for its upcoming playoffs in the quest for the Copeland Cup – McNamara Trophy.
At the conclusion of the regular season, which is scheduled to end on March 16, the Top 8 teams, in terms of points, in the NOJHL standings will qualify for the postseason.
Beginning with four best-of-seven quarter-final series, they will be held between March 20 and April 1.
There, the No. 1 seed will meet the eighth place side; No. 2 will take on No. 7; No. 3 meets No. 6 and No. 4 will square off against No. 5.
Next will see the quarter-final winners moving on to semifinal play with the highest remaining seed meeting the lowest, while the two others still in contention will face-off, in a pair of best-of-seven match-ups that are slated to be held from April 3-15.
The two finalists will then vie for the league championship in a best-of-seven affair, that will be contested between April 17-29.
Awaiting the NOJHL title holder will be a trip to Calgary, Alta., to represent the league and compete in the Centennial Cup, presented by Tim Hortons, Canadian Junior A Championship, which goes May 8-18 at the Max Bell Centre.
There they will be joined by the host Calgary Canucks (AJHL) as well as the other Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) champions at the 10-team event.
Should Calgary capture the AJHL crown, then their league finalist will also take part.
All four upcoming NOJHL quarter-final series schedules will be released once they are determined and finalized.
All league playoff games will be streamed live and on demand via FLOHockey.tv, the official online broadcast partner of the NOJHL.
NOJHL PLAYOFF TIMELINE
Quarter-finals
March 20-April 1
Best-of-seven series
Series A: No. 1 vs. No. 8
Series B: No. 2 vs. No. 7
Series C: No. 3 vs. No. 6
Series D: No. 4 vs. No. 5
Semi Finals
April 3-15
Best-of-seven series
Series E: Highest remaining seed vs. lowest remaining seed
Series F: 2nd highest remaining seed vs. 3rd highest remaining seed
Finals
April 17-29
Best-of-seven series
Series G: Semifinal winners
Centennial Cup
May 8-18 (Max Bell Centre, Calgary, Alta.)
Copeland Cup-McNamara Trophy champion round robin schedule
Friday, May 9
NOJHL vs. AJHL 9:30 p.m. ET
Saturday, May 10
MJHL vs. NOJHL 9:30 p.m. ET
Monday, May 12
NOJHL vs. OJHL 6 p.m. ET
Wednesday, May 14
SIJHL vs. NOJHL 2 p.m. ET
Friday, May 16
Quarter-final No. 1: T.B.A. vs. T.B.A. 6 p.m. ET
Quarter-final No. 2: T.B.A. vs. T.B.A. 9:30 p.m. ET
Saturday, May 17
Semifinal No. 1: T.B.A. vs. T.B.A. 6 p.m. ET
Semifinal No. 2: T.B.A. vs. T.B.A. 9:30 p.m. ET
Sunday, May 18
Final: T.B.A. vs. T.B.A. 6 p.m. ET
Source: NOJHL
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