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This is the 1972-73 Canadian Central Hockey League Season.

League Notes[]

  • Dryden Rockets withdraw.
  • League accepts East Kildonan Screaming Eagles and Thompson Hawks.
  • League schedules 115 games, 40 per team, except Warroad with 30.
  • The Thunder Bay and Manitoba Amateur Hockey Associations, along with the Canadian Central Hockey League combined their respective playoffs. Crowning a combined Northwest Ontario and Manitoba Intermediate champ. And Manitoba’s Senior champion.
    East Kildonan joined St. Boniface in Senior, the rest of the teams remained in Intermediate.

Regular Season[]

1972-73 Canadian Central Hockey League Standings
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
St. Boniface Mohawks 38 32 (1) 6 (1) 0 280 113 66
Warroad Lakers 30 23 (7) 7 (3) 0 172 84 60
Thompson Hawks 35 24 (4) 10 (1) 1 210 144 57
East Kildonan Screaming Eagles 37 10 (1) 26 (2) 1 134 248 23
Kenora Thistles 37 9 28 (2) 0 133 237 18
Fort Frances Canadians 35 7 28 (4) 0 149 252 14

Note: ( ) Number of four-point game wins and loses.

13 games were 4 pointers, as scheduled 10 games involved Warroad, 2 each against the other 5 teams, Lakers won 7, Thompson both, & St. Boniface. The other three were used to conclude the season earlier.
All involved Thompson, who collected 8 points against Fort Frances in a double header, before losing to
East Kildonan. 1 postponed game between Kenora and Fort Frances Canadians not played.

Playoffs[]

Intermediate
Semi-Finals
Warroad Lakers defeated Fort Frances Canadians 3-games-to-none
Thompson Hawks defeated Kenora Thistles 3-games-to-none
Final
Warroad Lakers defeated Thompson Hawks 3-games-to-none
Senior
Final
St. Boniface Mohawks defeated East Kildonan Screaming Eagles 4-games-to-none
Canadian Central Hockey League Championship
St. Boniface Mohawks vs. Warroad Lakers
Warroad pulled out because of conflicting schedule with Hardy Cup playoffs
see 1972-73 Canadian Central Hockey League Playoffs

Western Canadian Championships[]

Intermediate
Hardy Cup Playoffs
Western Canada Hardy Cup Semi-Final
Warroad Lakers lost to Rosetown Red Wings 3-games-to-none
see 1972-73 Western Canada Intermediate Playoffs
Senior
Allan Cup Playoffs
Western Canada Allan Cup Final (Patton Cup)
St. Boniface Mohawks defeated Spokane Jets (WIHL) 4-games-to-3
see 1972-73 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs

Canadian Senior Championship[]

Allan Cup Championship
St. Boniface Mohawks lost to Orillia Terriers (OHASr) 4-games-to-1
see 1972-73 Allan Cup Final


Scoring Leaders[]

Rank Player Team G A Pts
1 Dave Richardson St. Boniface Mohawks 33 55 88
2 Ron Ramsey Thompson Hawks 24 59 83
3 Willie McLeod Thompson Hawks 35 39 74
George Watson St. Boniface Mohawks 29 45 74
5 Ron Mymko Thompson Hawks 32 35 67
6 Bernie McLellan Thompson Hawks 26 40 66
7 Larry Bazylo St. Boniface Mohawks 31 29 60
8 Rod Lindquist St. Boniface Mohawks 24 34 58
9 Don Bamburak Warroad Lakers 29 27 56
10 Jim Robertson Kenora Thistles 30 25 55


All-Star Team
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