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PJHL playoffs underway across the province

February 27, 2026   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

After a successful 42-game regular season, the Provincial Junior Hockey League has moved into the playoffs to see which teams will be division champions for this year.

Division champions will move on to the Schmalz Cup playoff to see which team will be crowned provincial champions for 2026.

The League regular season wrapped up with the final games on Feb. 17.

It will be a long season for teams that go the distance. After the division playoffs and Schmalz playoffs, the final series won’t get underway until May.

There are eight divisions in the PJHL with 61 teams that will battle it out through division playoffs.

Playoffs are held as best-of-seven series.

In the North Carruthers Division, playoffs got underway with the first games on Friday, Feb. 20

The division champion Stayner Siskins will be up against the Innisfil Spartans.

The Spartans finished last in the division this season and lost every game against Stayner, so they aren’t expected to have much success in the first round.

The Alliston Hornets finished in second place in the division, one point behind the Siskins. They will face the Huntsville Otters in the first round. Huntsville finished in seventh place with 26 points.

The third-place Orillia Terriers will meet the Muskoka Bears in their quarter-final series.

The fourth-place Penetang Kings will face the fifth-place Midland Flyers in their quarter-final.

This series should be a real battle between the two neighbouring towns.

If the Alliston/Huntsville series goes the distance, which is unlikely, the final game of the quarter-final series will be played on March 4. 

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