1966-67 MJHL Season

This is the 1966-67 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

League Notes

Brandon Wheat Kings and Flin Flon Bombers transfer from the SJHL, after league folds.
League expands to Selkirk, admitting the Selkirk Steelers.
Winnipeg Braves change their name to the St. James Braves.
Gordon Petrie Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year introduced.
League scheduled 198 games, 58 per team except Flin Flon. Flin Flon played 48, including 12 four pointers.

Regular Season

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Flin Flon Bombers	48	42	6	0	407	125	104
Brandon Wheat Kings	57	47	9	1	416	178	95
Winnipeg Rangers	57	34	19	4	263	201	74
Winnipeg Monarchs	57	21	34	2	235	316	46
St. James Braves	56	21	34	1	254	361	43
Selkirk Steelers	57	14	42	1	216	382	29
Winnipeg Warriors	58	10	45	3	163	391	23

Flin Flon played 12 four point games (2 per team), winning 10. Monarchs & Rangers each won 1.
Warriors defaulted two games to Flin Flon. Three postponed games not played.

Playoffs

Quarter-Finals

Flin Flon defeated Monarchs 3-games-to-none Brandon defeated St. James 3-games-to-none Rangers defeated Selkirk 3-games-to-none

Semi-Finals

Top racked team (Flin Flon) received bye Brandon defeated Rangers 4-games-to-1

Manitoba Championship (Turnbull Cup)

Flin Flon defeated Brandon 3-games-to-2

Memorial Cup Playoffs

Western Canada Semi-Final

Flin Flon lost to Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL) 4-games-to-2 see 1966-67 Western Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs

All-Star Game

On February 24, in St. James, the Canadian National Team easily handled the MJHL All-Stars, 6-1.

see 1967 MJHL All-Star Game

League Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Bobby Clarke	Flin Flon Bombers	183
Most Goals	Bobby Clarke	Flin Flon Bombers	71
Most Assists	Bobby Clarke	Flin Flon Bombers	112
Top Goals Against Average	Chris Worthy	Flin Flon Bombers	2.73

League Records

Player	Team	Achievement	Amount
Bobby Clarke	Flin Flon Bombers	Most Points	183
		Most Goals	71
		Most Assists	112
Juha Widing	Brandon Wheat Kings	Most Points	144
		Most Goals	70
		Most Assists	74
Bill Fairbairn	Brandon Wheat Kings	Most Points--Right Wing	142
		Most Assists--Right Wing	82
Cal Swenson	Brandon Wheat Kings	Most Points--Left Wing	98
		Most Assists--Left Wing	55
Reggie Leach	Flin Flon Bombers	Most Goals--Right Wing	67
Ray Brownlee	Brandon Wheat Kings	Most Goals--Left Wing	47

Scoring Leaders

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Bobby Clarke	Flin Flon Bombers	71	112	183
2	Juha Widing	Brandon Wheat Kings	70	74	144
3	Bill Fairbairn	Brandon Wheat Kings	60	82	142
4	Reggie Leach	Flin Flon Bombers	67	46	113
5	Cal Swenson	Brandon Wheat Kings	43	55	98
6	Ray Brownlee	Brandon Wheat Kings	47	38	85
	Dezi Desrochers	Selkirk Steelers	34	51	85
	Ken Hicks	Brandon Wheat Kings	31	54	85
9	Gerry Beggs	Flin Flon Bombers	48	36	84
10	Jack Wells	Brandon Wheat Kings	28	55	83

Leading Goaltenders

Rank	Player	Team	GAA
1	Chris Worthy	Flin Flon Bombers	2.73
2	Al Johnstone	Brandon Wheat Kings	3.17
3	George Surmay	Winnipeg Rangers	3.37

Awards

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	?????
Top Goaltender	Chris Worthy	Flin Flon Bombers
Rookie of the Year	Bobby Clarke	Flin Flon Bombers
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Butch Goring	Winnipeg Rangers
Scoring Champion	Bobby Clarke	Flin Flon Bombers

All-Star Teams

First All-Star Team Cal Swenson • Bobby Clarke • Reggie Leach Brandon Wheat Kings • Flin Flon Bombers • Flin Flon Bombers Gerry Hart • Jim Pritchard Flin Flon Bombers • Winnipeg Monarchs Chris Worthy Flin Flon Bombers Second All-Star Team Murray Klein • Juha Widing • Bill Fairbairn Winnipeg Rangers • Brandon Wheat Kings • Brandon Wheat Kings Larry Brown • Jack Criel Brandon Wheat Kings • Flin Flon Bombers George Surmay Winnipeg Rangers All-Star Team Coach Ed Dorohoy Brandon Wheat Kings