Manitoba Bisons

Overview
"Bisons" is the name of the sports teams of the University of Manitoba, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their home arena is the Wayne Fleming Arena, inside the Max Bell Centre. They are members of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and U Sports (formerly known as CIS).

History
The Bisons started play in junior and senior leagues. In 1923 the Bisons defeated the Kitchener Colts 14-6 on aggregate to win the 1923 Memorial Cup. In 1928 they defeated the Montreal Victorias 2-games-to-1 to win the 1928 Allan Cup. That team, as the "U of M Grads", then won the 1931 IIHF World Championship.

Against university competition, the Bisons started play in the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WCIAU) in 1919-20, when they won the inaugural conference championship. They did not compete every season. In 1962-63 the WCIAU changed its name to the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WCIAA, or WIAA). The Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (as it then was) started the University Cup in 1963.

When the WCIAA split in two following the 1971-72 season, the University of Manitoba became a founding member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), along with the University of Winnipeg, Brandon University, and Lakehead University. The University of Regina subsequently joined. After Winnipeg and Lakehead departed, the GPAC merged with the CWUAA.

The Bisons have one national university title, having won the 1965 University Cup. In 1976, 1977, 1984, and 1985 they won the GPAC conference title. In 2005 and 2010 they qualified for the University Cup. As the reigning champion, the Bisons represented Canada at the 1966 World University Games where they finished fifth.


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Senior/Junior Teams
The first recorded results for the Manitoba Bisons are in senior competition from the 1908-09 season, 11 years before they started with university competition. Thereafter they played senior and junior competition for several years, often intermingled with university competitions. The Bisons ceased competition as a senior team following the 1931 world title (at least, no records of it exist). They did continue in junior competitions until 1937.

The Bisons won provincial senior titles (Pattison Cup) in 1910 and 1928, and provincial junior titles (Turnbull Cup) in 1922, 1923, and 1925.

University Teams
The Bisons first played university hockey in the 1919-20 season of the WCIAU, joining the Saskatchewan Huskies and Alberta Golden Bears (who had unofficially started the conference the previous season). The Bisons won conference titles in 1920, 1922, and 1924. In those days, the Bisons also played in local leagues in addition to, or in place of, the WCIAU. In fact, for a period in the 1920s the university winner gained a berth in the western Allan Cup playdowns, as happened with the 1922 Bison team. In other years the university teams had to win a provincial title just like anybody else if they wanted to claim the Allan Cup.

In the 1946-47 season the Bisons hosted the Toronto Varsity Blues, who were on their western tour. It was the first ever series between eastern and western university teams. On December 28th the teams tied 2-2. The Bisons won the rematch on December 30th 8-4.

The WCIAU changed its name to the WCIAA for the 1962-63 season. In the 1972-73 season the WCIAA was split into two new conferences: the CWUAA (for the western teams) and the GPAC (for the eastern teams). The GPAC lasted until 1984-85. The Bisons took the GPAC title in 1976, 1977, 1984, and 1985. In each of those seasons the Bisons were eliminated in CIAU (the forerunner of the CIS) regional playoffs.

The GPAC hockey league folded after the 1985 season and the surviving teams (Brandon, Regina, and Manitoba) joined the CWUAA. The Bisons' current conference foes are Alberta, Calgary, Lethbridge, Mount Royal, Regina, Saskatchewan, and UBC.

Season Stats

 * 2007-08 – this and prior seasons are not available
 * 2008-09
 * 2009-10
 * 2010-11
 * 2011-12
 * 2012-13
 * 2013-14
 * 2014-15
 * 2015-16
 * 2016-17
 * 2017-18
 * 2018-19
 * 2019-20

SOURCE: Leaguestat Expanded Stats Link

Season-by-Season Records Chart

 * ∆ Qualified for University Cup in 1965, 1976, 1977, 1984, and 1985 as conference champion, and in 2005 and 2010 as national rotating wild-card.

Notes:
 * The WCIAA played a two division format in 1971-72: West (W) and East (E).
 * The GPAC merged into the CWUAA in 1985-86.
 * The CWUAA played a two division format from 1996-97 to 2006-07: Mountain (M) and Great Plains (GP).

Junior Season-by-Season Record
Note: click on season for team rosters or on league for direct link to that season.

Championships
JUNIOR
 * WJHL – 1922, 1923, 1925
 * Turnbull Cup – 1922, 1923, 1925
 * Abbott Cup – 1923
 * Memorial Cup – 1923

SENIOR
 * Pattison Cup – 1910, 1928
 * Allan Cup - 1928
 * World Championship – 1931

UNIVERSITY
 * WCIAU – 1920, 1922, 1924
 * WCIAA - 1965
 * GPAC – 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985
 * University Cup – 1965

University Cups

 * 1965 University Cup
 * 1976 University Cup
 * 1977 University Cup
 * 1984 University Cup
 * 1985 University Cup
 * 2005 University Cup
 * 2010 University Cup

Winnipeg Jets (NHL)

 * September 1984: Winnipeg Jets Blue defeated the Bisons
 * September 1984: Winnipeg Jets White defeated the Bisons

Manitoba Moose (AHL)

 * September 2002: Moose 6 Bisons 3 : UofM Story
 * September 29, 2005: Bisons 3 Moose 1 : UofM Story
 * October 4, 2005: Moose 6 Bisons 4 : UofM Story
 * September 26, 2007: Moose 7 Bisons 1 : UofM Story
 * September 30, 2008: Bisons 6, Moose 2 : MooseHockey.com Story
 * September 29, 2010: Moose 2, Bisons 1 : MooseHockey.com Story

2011

 * August 26 Manitoba Bisons 5 Rosenheim Starbulls 4 (shoot-out)
 * Game Sheet Game Live Pointstreak Summary
 * August 27 Manitoba Bisons 6 Ritten Sport 3 (tournament semi-final)
 * August 28 Manitoba Bisons 7 Fischtown Pinguins 4 (tournament final) 
 * Sportnews.bz Story
 * September 1 Manitoba Bisons 0 Graz 99ers 7
 * EBL Story
 * September 3 Manitoba Bisons 3 Landshut Cannibals 4
 * Game Live Pointsreak Summary Game Sheet Line Sheet

2013

 * August 27 Manitoba Bisons 1 Rosenheim Starbulls 7
 * Hockey Web StoryPointstreak Summary Eurohockey Report Starbulls Report


 * August 29 Manitoba Bisons 5 EHC Klostersee Grafing 2


 * August 31 Manitoba Bisons 5 Fischtown Pinguins 6 (shoot-out) (tournament semi-final)
 * Sportnews.bz Story Eurohockey Report
 * September 1 Manitoba Bisons 6 Neumarkt/Egna Wild Geese 2 (tournament 3rd place game)
 * Hockeytime.net Story Neumarkt Story

2017

 * Sat Aug 26 Manitoba Bisons 6 Belfast Giants 4
 * Belfast Story
 * Sun Aug 27 Manitoba Bisons 6 Belfast Giants 7 (ot)
 * Telegraph Story
 * Tue Aug 29 Manitoba Bisons 2 Edinburgh Capitals 1
 * Student Newspaper Story
 * Thu Aug 31 Manitoba Bisons 7 Braehead Clan 1
 * Braehead Story

2018

 * Tue Aug 21 Manitoba Bisons 3 Manchester Storm 4
 * Team Site
 * Thur Aug 23 Manitoba Bisons 2 Fife Flyers 1
 * Team Site
 * Sat Aug 25 Manitoba Bisons 1 Belfast Giants 6
 * You Tube and EIHL Game Story
 * Sun Aug 26 Manitoba Bisons 4 Belfast Giants 5
 * Twitter Video and EIHL Game Story

International Exhibition Games

 * November 18, 1965:  Canada Nats 13 Manitoba Bisons 2
 * December 16, 1998: '''Team Canada Juniors``` 3, Manitoba Bisons 2
 * December 14, 2004: Manitoba Bisons 4 Team Canada Juniors 2
 * December 15, 2004: Team Canada Juniors 6 Manitoba Bisons 3

Bisons who played in the NHL

 * Clint Albright
 * Andy Blair
 * Art Chapman
 * Tom Cook
 * Jimmy Creighton
 * Stu Grimson
 * George Maneluk
 * Morris Mott
 * Murray Murdoch
 * Don Raleigh
 * Mike Ridley
 * Gus Rivers
 * Jack Ruttan
 * Wilfie Starr
 * Ron Talakoski

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Current CW Teams

 * Alberta Golden Bears ¶ Official Site
 * Calgary Dinosaurs ¶ Official Site
 * MacEwan Griffins ¶ Official Site
 * Manitoba Bisons ¶ Official Site
 * Mount Royal Cougars ¶ Official Site
 * Regina Cougars ¶ Official Site
 * Saskatchewan Huskies ¶ Official Site
 * Trinity Western Spartans ¶ Official Site
 * UBC Thunderbirds ¶ Official Site

Former CW Teams

 * Brandon Bobcats ¶ Official Site
 * Lakehead Norwesters (in OUA) ¶ Official Site
 * Lethbridge Pronghorns ¶ Official Site
 * Victoria Vikings (in BCIHL) ¶ Official Site
 * Winnipeg Wesmen ¶ Official Site

Also see
National links:
 * U Sports (formerly known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport)
 * List of University Cup Playoffs (from 1962-63 to present)

Western links:
 * Canada West Universities Athletic Association
 * Great Plains Athletic Conference
 * List of CWUAA Seasons (from 1972-73 to present)
 * List of GPAC Seasons (from 1972-73 to 1984-85)
 * List of WCIAA Seasons (from 1962-63 to 1971-72)
 * List of WCIAU Seasons (from 1918-19 to 1961-62)

Atlantic links:
 * Atlantic University Sport
 * List of AUS Seasons (from 1919-20 to present)

Ontario-Quebec links:
 * Ontario University Athletics
 * RSEQ (formerly Quebec Student Sports Federation)
 * Quebec-Ontario Athletic Association (with seasons from 1954 to 1971)
 * List of OUA Seasons (includes CIAU, QOAA & OUAA)
 * List of QOAA Seasons (from 1954 to 1971)
 * Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association (with seasons from 1965 to 1971)
 * Ottawa St. Lawrence Conference (with seasons from 1951 to 1971)
 * List of QUAA Seasons (from 1971-72 to 1986-87)
 * List of Intermediate Intercollegiate Seasons (from 1902-03 to 1938-39)
 * Ontario-Quebec Intermediate Intercollegiate series (from 1902-03 to 1934-35)
 * Senior Intercollegiate League (1945-46)
 * International Intercollegiate League (from 1936-37 to 1939-40)
 * West Point Weekend

College links:
 * Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
 * British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
 * Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference
 * Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
 * List of OCAA Seasons

Senior Links
 * List of Manitoba Senior Champions
 * List of Manitoba Senior Playoffs
 * 1931 European Tour
 * 1931 World Championship