1973-74 MJHL Season

This is the 1973-74 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

League Notes

MJHL returns to Brandon, as Brandon Travellers join North Division.

Regular Season

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
North Division
Selkirk Steelers	48	32	15	1	245	182	65
Brandon Travellers	48	31	16	1	225	174	63
Portage Terriers	48	29	18	1	255	201	59
Dauphin Kings	48	15	32	1	206	278	31
Kenora Muskies	48	10	38	0	199	342	20
South Division
West Kildonan North Stars	48	33	14	1	274	188	67
St. Boniface Saints	48	28	18	2	228	188	58
St. James Canadians	48	19	27	2	216	223	40
Winnipeg Monarchs	48	14	33	1	179	251	29

Playoffs

	Division Semi-Finals					Divisional Finals					Turnbull Cup Championship
						1	Selkirk Steelers	4
	North Division
						3	Portage Terriers	3
	2	Brandon Travellers	2
	3	Portage Terriers	4
											1	Selkirk Steelers	4
											1	West Kildonan	1
	2	St. Boniface Saints	4
	3	St. James Canadians	2
						1	West Kildonan	4
	South Division
						2	St. Boniface Saints	0

Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff

Manitoba/Saskatchewan Junior A Playoff

Selkirk defeated Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) 4-games-to-2 The Anavet Cup was an afterthought, and presented to the Steelers the following season. see 1974 Manitoba/Saskatchewan Junior A Playoff

Western Canada Championship

Abbott Cup Championship

Selkirk defeated Kelowna Buckaroos (BCJHL) 4-games-to-3 see 1974 Abbott Cup

Canada Championship

Centennial Cup Championship

Selkirk defeated Smiths Falls Bears (CJHL) 4-games-to-3

Selkirk Steelers, Canada's National Junior A Champions

see 1974 Centennial Cup

League Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Steve Ford	Portage Terriers	91
Most Goals	Murray McCarthy	St. James Canadians	43
Most Assists	Steve Ford	Portage Terriers	58
Top Goals Against Average	Andy Stoesz	Selkirk Steelers	3.21

Scoring Leaders

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Steve Ford	Portage Terriers	33	58	91
2	Jim Gustafson	Kenora Muskies	36	54	90
3	Mark Izzard	West Kildonan North Stars	31	54	85
4	Dan Bonar	Portage Terriers	39	41	80
5	Carl Haney	Kenora Muskies	42	35	77
	Gord Homenick	West Kildonan North Stars	34	43	77
7	Bob Miller	Portage Terriers	26	47	73
8	Gary Kaluzniak	Selkirk Steelers	30	41	71
9	John Mazur	St. Boniface Saints	32	38	70
10	Murray McCarthy	St. James Canadians	43	26	69

Awards

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Mark Izzard	West Kildonan North Stars
Top Goaltender	Andy Stoesz	Selkirk Steelers
Rookie of the Year	?????
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Gord Lidstone	West Kildonan North Stars
Scoring Champion	Steve Ford	Portage Terriers

in the News

May

NHL Amateur Draft

• Garry Doerksen selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 6th round.

National Hockey League

• Chuck Arnason
• Gary Bergman
• Larry Brown
• Bobby Clarke
• Bill Fairbairn
• Butch Goring
• Ted Harris
• Gerry Hart
• Bryan Hextall
• Dennis Hextall
• Dave Hrechkosy
• Ron Huston
• Ted Irvine
• Mike Korney
• Reggie Leach
• Bryan Lefley
• Chuck Lefley
• Bob Leiter
• John Marks
• Lew Morrison
• Rick Newell
• Chris Oddleifson
• Tracy Pratt
• Al Simmons
• Pete Stemkowski
• Wayne Stephenson
• John Stewart
• Blaine Stoughton
• Juha Widing

World Hockey Association

Duke Asmundson	Bob Ash	Terry Ball	Andy Bathgate
Jim Benzelock	Ray Clearwater	Brian Coates	Ted Green
Jim Hargreaves	Bill Heindl	Dan Johnson	Jim Johnson
Gord Labossiere	Dunc McCallum	Ab McDonald	Craig Reichmouth
Dunc Rousseau	Glen Sonmor	Ken Stephanson	Bill Sutherland
Cal Swenson	Ted Taylor	Ernie Wakely	Alton White
Bob Winograd	Chris Worthy	Bob Woytowich

Professional Players

• Murray Anderson
• Garry Doerksen

Major Junior Players

• Russ Hall
• Cam Connor
• Rick St. Croix

University & College Players

• John Goran