Editing VHL Playoffs

The '''VHL Playoffs''' are the annual playoffs tournament, held after the VHL season, to determine that year's champion.

== List of teams by Playoff qualifications ==
Note that from the 1978 to 2023 seasons, only the top four teams qualified. Since the 2024 season, the top eight teams qualify.
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Team
!Qualifications (Championships)
!Years qualified
|-
|1
|Boston Spirits
|38 (17)
|1978, 1979, '''1980''', '''1981''', 1982, 1983, '''1984''', '''1985''', 1986, 1987, '''1988''', '''1989''', '''1990''', '''1991''', '''1992''', '''1993''', 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, '''2004''', 2005, '''2006''', 2007, '''2008''', '''2009''', '''2010''', 2011, 2012, '''2013''', 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, '''2023'''
|-
|2
|Newfoundland Sailors
|33 (11)
|1978, '''1979''', 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, '''1995''', 1996, '''1997''', '''1998''', '''1999''', 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, '''2011''', 2012, 2013, '''2014''', '''2015''', '''2016''', 2017, '''2018''', 2019, '''2021''', 2022, 2023
|-
|3
|Salem Loggers
|24 (6)
|'''1978''', 1980, 1981, '''1982''', '''1983''', 1985, '''1986''', 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2006, '''2007''', 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, '''2017''', 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
|-
|4
|Providence Doves
|23 (7)
|'''1996''', 1997, 1998, 1999, '''2000''', '''2001''', '''2002''', '''2003''', 2004, '''2005''', 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, '''2012''', 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
|-
|5
|Acadia Rage
|11
|1978, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009
|-
|
|Halifax Hockey Club
|11 (1)
|1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2011, '''2019'''
|-
|6
|Connecticut Bandits
|7
|1979, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
|-
|
|Concord Venom
|7 (1)
|1981, 1988, 1989, '''1994''', 1995, 2017, 2021
|-
|7
|Vermont
|6
|1979, 1988, 1997, 2000, 2010, 2013
|-
|
|EH Bas-Canada
|6 (1)
|1982, 1985, 1986, '''1987''', 2016, 2021
|-
|
|Mainers
|6 (1)
|1983, 1984, 1999, 2014, '''2022''', 2023
|-
|8
|Charlottetown Hockey
|4
|1983, 1984, 2017, 2018
|-
|
|Plymouth Fishermen
|4
|1990, 1991, 1998, 2009
|}
Three VHL teams have never qualified for the playoffs: the Fredericton Stars, the Springfield Bullets, and Hartford Hockey. A first-time qualifier has not occurred since the Providence Doves in 1996.