With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to change the makeup of the regular season, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced that it has changed the format of the 2022 playoffs.
As anticipated with the shorter playoff time, the first three rounds of the President Cup playoffs will be played in a best-of-five series while the Championship series will be the normal best-of-seven format.
The changes are due to the fact that the league wants to play a full regular season which is scheduled to end on May 1 and the Memorial Cup needing to be completed before the end of June.
From the league's news release:
The round of 16 will oppose the eight teams from each conference, based on their position in the final regular season standings (1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5). This round will be played from May 5 to 12.In the second round, the four winning teams of each conference will compete against each other to clinch a berth in the semifinals. Once again, their seeding will be determined by their position in the final standings. The second round will be held from May 15 to 22.The semifinals will feature the four remaining winning teams. They will be reseeded according to their position in the overall standings, but this time they will not automatically play within their conference. The two best-of-five series will occur between May 25 and June 1.Finally, the President Cup Final series will be played from June 4 to 15. It will feature both winners from the semifinals.
Our Halifax Mooseheads are currently 5th in the Eastern conference with 52 points. The second half has been rough for the Herd but they have been in most games.
If the season ended today, Halifax would play the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the opening round.
Photo - QMJHL website
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