1944-45 MJHL Season

MAHA Notes

Convener of North Division: Ken Yost
Convener of South Division: George Jones
Winnipeg Esquires are renamed Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings.
The Winnipeg Air Cadets are returned to the GWJHL.

North Division

Regular Season

1944-45 MJHL North Division Season
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	11	8	3	0	73	30	16
St. Boniface Athletics	10	2	8	0	37	90	4
CUAC Blues	12	2	10	0	47	98	4

Playoffs

Division Semi Final

CUAC defeated St. Boniface 2-games-to-none

Division Final (Jack Brown Memorial Trophy)

Esquires-Red Wings defeated CUAC 2-games-to-none

Division Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Stan Craig	Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	27
Most Goals	Stan Craig	Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	17
Most Assists	Ed Young	Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	13
Top Goals Against Average	Ralph Tattam	Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	3.14

Scoring Leaders

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Stan Craig	Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	17	10	27
2	Ed Young	Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	6	13	19
3	Chick Zamick	St. Boniface Athletics	9	9	18
4	Nick Mickoski	CUAC Blues	12	4	16
	George Robinson	Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	11	5	16

South Division

Regular Season

1944-45 MJHL South Division Season
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Winnipeg Monarchs	8	8	0	0	72	13	16
Winnipeg Rangers	10	7	3	0	65	49	14
St. James Canadians	9	3	6	0	56	70	6

Playoffs

Division Final

Monarchs defeated Rangers 3-games-to-1

All-Star Games

The North Division All-Stars shocked the undefeated University of Minnesota, etching out a 4 to 3 victory at the Amphitheatre on Friday, February 9th. The Golden Gophers did not fair any better Saturday as All-Stars took game two 9 to 6. In game 1 the All-Stars came back from a 3-0 deficient and in game 2 were trailing 5 to 3 late in the third.

see All-Star Games

Division Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Wally Hergesheimer	Winnipeg Rangers	30
Most Goals	Wally Hergesheimer	Winnipeg Rangers	20
Most Assists	Wally Hergesheimer	Winnipeg Rangers	10
Top Goals Against Average	Ted Chitty	Winnipeg Monarchs	1.50

Scoring Leaders

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Wally Hergesheimer	Winnipeg Rangers	20	10	30
2	Clare Parker	St. James Canadians	18	9	27
3	Don Raleigh	Winnipeg Monarchs	15	9	24
4	Vern Smith	Winnipeg Rangers	11	8	19
5	Arni Coleman	Winnipeg Rangers	11	6	17

Charlie Gardiner Memorial Series

The Charlie Gardiner Memorial Series for 1944-45 was a mid season two game total goal series between the top team from each division. The winner received the Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy. The series had been dormant for eight years. Charlie Gardiner, raised in Winnipeg, was considered the greatest goalie of his era. In 1934 after leading the Chicago Black Hawks to their first Stanley Cup, he died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of only 29.

#1	Monday, December 25	Monarchs	8	Esquires-Red Wings	4	@ Olympic Rink
#2	Monday, January 1	Monarchs	7	Esquires-Red Wings	2	@ Amphitheatre
Winnipeg Monarchs defeated Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings 15-goals-to-6

League Final

#1	Monday, March 5	Monarchs	8	Esquires-Red Wings	3	@ Olympic Rink
#2	Wednesday, March 7	Monarchs	6	Esquires-Red Wings	4	@ Amphitheatre
#3	Friday, March 9	Monarchs	7	Esquires-Red Wings	3	@ Olympic Rink
#4	Monday, March 12	Monarchs	9	Esquires-Red Wings	2	@ Amphitheatre
Winnipeg Monarchs capture Turnbull Cup, defeated Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings

Memorial Cup Playoffs

Western Memorial Cup Semi-Final

Monarchs defeated Port Arthur West End Bruins (TBJHL) 4-games-to-1

Western Memorial Cup Final (Abbott Cup)

Monarchs lost to Moose Jaw Canucks (WCJHL) 4-games-to-1

see 1944-45 Western Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs

Team Photos

Winnipeg Monarchs

Game Ads

All-Star Game @ Winnipeg

South Final @ Winnipeg

League Final @ Winnipeg