Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) won 5-4 over James Ballance (Okotoks, AB) in the Final of the Alberta U20 Junior Provincials, held February 23 - 27, 2022 in Cochrane, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Tao won 5-2 over Cortland Sonnenberg (Sexsmith, AB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Alberta U20 Junior Provincials in Cochrane, Alberta; and won 8-2 over Beau Cornelson (Camrose, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Alberta U20 Junior Provincials in Cochrane, Alberta;
 
Tao finished 2-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao defeated Kinley Burton (Edmonton, AB) 7-4 to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 8-6 against Sonnenberg to drop into a B-Qualifier game where they lost 9-8 to Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they where Tao responded with a 9-7 win over Ethan Chung (St. Albert, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
 
Tao ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.