The Governors of the SJHL recently held their semi-annual Governors Meeting, and made some changes to the way playoffs will work in the league.
There will be three Divisions with four teams in each division.
LaRonge Ice Wolves; Flin Flon Bombers; Melfort Mustangs and Nipawin Hawks will be in one division.
Battleford NorthStars; Kindersley Klippers; Humboldt Broncos and Notre Dame Hounds will be in the second division.
Estevan Bruins; Weyburn Redwings; Melville Millionaires and Yorkton Terriers in the third division.
Playoffs will see the teams with the most points at the conclusion of the regular season be deemed the Division Winners, and will be seeded based on most points in positions 1, 2 and 3.
The teams that finished second in each division will then be seeded based on the most points in positions 4, 5 and 6 for playoffs.
The four teams which haven't already been seeded which have the most points will be seeded 7, 8, 9 and 10 and part of a wild card playoff, with the 7 and 10 seeds facing off, as well as the 8 and 9 seeds. The winner of these two series, which will be a best of five, will then go on to be 7 and 8 seeds in the playoff series.
The goal of the new seeding system is to make each game more important to the teams, whether it's against a division rival or not. The Governors believe this new playoff system will create more interest in regular season play and will create some interesting series battles during the playoffs.
