1961-62 SJHL Season

This is the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the 1961-62 season.

The Prince Albert Mintos were forced to relocate to Dauphin, Manitoba after a fire severely damaged their arena on December 12, 1961.

Standings
Team                       GP    W    L    T  OTL   GF    GA     P  Estevan Bruins              56    34   10   12  -    233   126    80 Regina Pats                56    33   16   7   -    237   156    73 Flin Flon Bombers          56    29   22   5   -    244   199    63 Melville Millionaires      56    26   25   5   -    218   223    57 Moose Jaw Canucks          56    22   25   9   -    198   225    53 Saskatoon Quakers          56    22   26   8   -    185   223    52 Weyburn Red Wings          55    18   30   7   -    164   186    43 Prince Albert Mintos       55    11   41   3   -    146   287    25

The top six teams advanced to the semi final.

Semi Final
Round Robin - Top 2 Teams to the Final

Team                       GP    W    L    T  OTL   GF    GA     P  Regina Pats                 10     7    2   1   -     39    22    15 Moose Jaw Canucks          10     6    3   1   -     48    32    13 Estevan Bruins             10     6    3   1   -     34    25    13 Melville Millionaires      10     5    4   1   -     32    29    11 Flin Flon Bombers          10     2    8   0   -     34    51     4 Saskatoon Quakers          10     2    8   0   -     28    56     4 Moose Jaw beat out Estevan because of a better goals for-goals against record.

Final
Best of 7


 * Moose Jaw Canucks beat Regina Pats 4 wins to 2.
 * (4-3, 5-4, 1-4, 8-3, 3-11, 2-0)

Moose Jaw Canucks advanced to the 1961-62 Western Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs.

All-Star Game
The inaugural Manitoba - Saskatchewan all-star game was held in Winnipeg on January 21 before 7,044 fans. The MJHL scored a 6-2 triumph to win the Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy. Brandon stars Gerry Kell and Marc Dufour lead the attack with two goals each, Jim Johnson and Paul Allan added singles. Replying for the SJHL were Ron Willy and George Swarbrick.

League Leaders

 * Points: Garry Peters, Regina Pats 114
 * Goals: Norm Beaudin, Regina Pats 57
 * Assists: Garry Peters, Regina Pats 69
 * Goals Against Average: Jack Norris, Estevan Bruins 2.02
 * Goals Against Average: Jack Norris, Estevan Bruins 2.02

Awards

 * Most Valuable Player: Joe Daley, Weyburn Red Wings
 * Scoring Champion: Garry Peters, Regina Pats
 * Most Gentlemanly Player: Jim Kozie, Estevan Bruins
 * Top Rookie: Joe Daley, Weyburn Red Wings
 * Top Goaltender: Jack Norris, Estevan Bruins

First Team

 * Goaltender: Jack Norris, Estevan Bruins
 * Defenceman: Dave Padzerski, Estevan Bruins
 * Defenceman: Barry Trapp, Melville Millionaires
 * Center: Garry Peters, Regina Pats
 * Left Winger: Merv Henning, Saskatoon Quakers
 * Right Winger: Norm Beaudin, Regina Pats

Second Team

 * Goaltender: Joe Daley, Weyburn Red Wings
 * Defenceman: Brian Collison, Estevan Bruins
 * Defenceman: Wayne Smith, Saskatoon Quakers
 * Center: Jim Kozie, Estevan Bruins
 * Left Winger: Jack Koshey, Melville Millionaires
 * Right Winger: Ron Willy, Estevan Bruins