1945-46 MJHL Season

This is the 1945-46 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

League Notes[]

Brandon Elks and Portage Terriers return to League.
St. James Canadians change name to St. James Orioles.
Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings, St. Boniface Athletics, and CUAC Blues withdraw after dispute with MAHA.
League admitted Winnipeg Wellingtons.

Schedule[]

League schedules 40 games, Portage and Brandon playing 16 games and the four city clubs playing 12.
A new point system was adopted. Every game the four Winnipeg clubs won, they will be credited with four points. Should Brandon or Portage triumph, they would only receive three points.

League suspends Brandon for use of unregistered players, takes win away.

League re-admits Brandon, revises schedule to 30 games, 10 per team.

Regular Season[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Winnipeg Monarchs	10	8	1	1	59	28	17
Brandon Elks	10	7	2	1	100	36	15
St. James Orioles	10	7	3	0	59	57	14
Winnipeg Rangers	9	4	5	0	44	54	8
Portage Terriers	9	2	7	0	44	57	4
Wellington Iron Dukes	10	0	10	0	20	94	0

Playoffs[]

Semi-Final

Monarchs defeated St. James 2-games-to-none Brandon defeated Rangers 2-games-to-none

Manitoba Championship (Turnbull Cup)

Monarchs defeated Brandon 4-games-to-1

Memorial Cup Playoffs[]

Western Canada Semi-Final

Monarchs defeated Port Arthur Flyers (TBJHL) 4-games-to-1

Western Canada Championship (Abbott Cup)

Monarchs defeated Edmonton Canadians (EdmJHL) 4-games-to-1 see 1945-46 Western Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs

Canada Championship (Memorial Cup)

Monarchs defeated St Michaels College Majors (OHA) 4-games-to-3 see 1945-46 Memorial Cup Final

League Leaders[]

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Don Raleigh	Brandon Elks	48
Most Goals	Don Raleigh	Brandon Elks	24
Most Assists	Don Raleigh	Brandon Elks	24
Top Goals Against Average	Jack Gibson	Winnipeg Monarchs	3.29

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Don Raleigh	Brandon Elks	24	24	48
2	Bing Juckes	Brandon Elks	23	16	39
3	Wally Hergesheimer	Brandon Elks	15	11	26
4	Neil Strain	Portage Terriers	12	10	22
5	John McIntyre	Brandon Elks	9	12	21
6	Ray Manson	Winnipeg Rangers	11	5	16
	Nick Mickoski	St. James Orioles	10	6	16
	Vern Smith	Brandon Elks	10	6	16
	Clare Parker	St. James Orioles	9	7	16
	Howie Spencer	St. James Orioles	9	7	16

Leading Goaltenders[]

Rank	Player	Team	GAA
1	Jack Gibson	Winnipeg Monarchs	2.29
2	Tony Tascona	Brandon Elks	3.63