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games in December were cancelled due to the

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, and a

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game at the end of the season was cancelled due to a Southwest Airlines outage preventing the visiting Blast from arriving.

Changes from 2021

;Promoted to MASL from M2 *

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;Returning *

* Harrisburg Heat *

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;Relegated to M2 from MASL *

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;On Hiatus * Mesquite Outlaws *

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* Rochester Lancers ;Folded *

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;Change in season format *On October 5, 2021, the MASL announced that teams will be divided into three divisions (Central, East, and West). *On October 15, 2021, the MASL announced the following changes for the 2021–22 season: **Standings will be based on a points system similar to the EISL's variant of the

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system, where a regulation win receives 3 points, a regulation loss receives no points, an

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or shoot-out win receives 2 points, and an overtime or shoot-out loss receives 1 point. **Division champions and the top five teams remaining advance to the playoffs, with the division champions seeded on top of the 5

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. Similar to last season, every playoff series will be a 2 game home and home series; if tied after 2 games, a 15 minute overtime period then, if necessary, a

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overtime period will follow the end of regulation of Game 2.

Standings

(Bold) Division Winner

Central Division

East Division

West Division

2022 Ron Newman Cup

References

External links

MASL official website
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