1964-65 MJHL Season

This is the 1964-65 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

League Notes

Brandon Wheat Kings transfer to the SJHL, and Fort Frances Royals to the TBJHL.
League divided into four territories within the Winnipeg area, Braves stay in their tradition west, Monarchs keep central and add south, Canadiens leave east for north, and Rangers moved to east.
St. Boniface Canadiens changed their name to the Winnipeg Warriors.
League scheduled 96 games, 48 per team.
League announced the cancellation of the Manitoba - Saskatchewan all-star game.

Regular Season

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Winnipeg Braves	45	27	13	5	184	140	59
Winnipeg Rangers	46	21	19	6	202	170	48
Winnipeg Monarchs	46	20	21	5	159	166	45
Winnipeg Warriors	45	13	28	4	153	222	30

Note: Balance of season cancelled.

Playoffs

Semi-Final

Monarchs defeated Rangers 3-games-to-2

Manitoba Championship (Turnbull Cup)

Braves defeated Monarchs 4-games-to-none

Memorial Cup Playoffs

Western Canada Semi-Final

Braves defeated Port Arthur North Stars (TBJHL) 4-games-to-1

Western Canada Championship (Abbott Cup)

Braves lost to Edmonton Oil Kings (AAHA) 4-games-to-2 see 1964-65 Western Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs

League Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Ken Sucharski	Winnipeg Warriors	72
Most Goals	Terry Jones	Winnipeg Rangers	39
Most Assists	Doug Overton	Winnipeg Warriors	38
Top Goals Against Average	Wayne Stephenson	Winnipeg Braves	2.97

League Record

Player	Team	Achievement	Amount
Doug Overton	Winnipeg Warriors	Most Assists--Left Wing	38

Scoring Leaders

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Ken Sucharski	Winnipeg Warriors	35	37	72
2	Doug Overton	Winnipeg Warriors	30	38	68
3	Terry Jones	Winnipeg Rangers	39	21	60
	Bill Heindl	Winnipeg Braves	27	33	60
5	Bill Cooper	Winnipeg Warriors	32	25	57
6	Ken Sutyla	Winnipeg Rangers	31	22	53
7	George Anderson	Winnipeg Braves	30	21	51
	Alton White	Winnipeg Rangers	22	29	51
9	Gerry Mazur	Winnipeg Braves	30	19	49
10	Dunc Rousseau	Winnipeg Braves	19	25	44

Awards

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Wayne Stephenson	Winnipeg Braves
Top Goaltender	Wayne Stephenson	Winnipeg Braves
Rookie of the Year	Bill Ramsay	Winnipeg Monarchs
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Bill Scott	Winnipeg Monarchs
Scoring Champion	Ken Sucharski	Winnipeg Warriors

All-Star Teams

First All-Star Team Doug Overton • Ken Sucharski • Bill Cooper Winnipeg Warriors • Winnipeg Warriors • Winnipeg Warriors Al Dyker • Jim Lane Winnipeg Monarchs • Winnipeg Rangers Wayne Stephenson Winnipeg Braves Second All-Star Team Dunc Rousseau • Bill Heindl • George Anderson Winnipeg Braves • Winnipeg Braves • Winnipeg Braves Brian Dyck • Mike Kolody Winnipeg Braves • Winnipeg Rangers Gary Thornton Winnipeg Warriors