This is the 1976-77 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

League Notes[]

West Kildonan name shorted to Kildonan North Stars.
Brian Kozak Memorial Award for Top Defenseman introduced.

Regular Season[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
North Division
Dauphin Kings	52	35	14	3	305	196	73
Brandon Travellers	52	30	21	1	276	249	61
Selkirk Steelers	51	22	27	2	249	263	48
Thompson King Miners	49	19	28	2	201	252	40
Portage Terriers	52	17	35	0	214	287	34
South Division
Kildonan North Stars	52	36	16	0	277	204	72
Kenora Thistles	52	28	24	0	258	244	56
St. Boniface Saints	52	23	27	2	225	262	48
St. James Canadians	51	21	30	0	239	249	44
Assiniboine Park Monarchs	51	21	30	0	204	242	44

Thompson played 3 four-point games, against St. James, Assiniboine Park, and Selkirk. Thompson lost all 3.

Playoffs[]

Division Semi-Finals			Division Finals			Turnbull Cup Championship

1	Dauphin Kings	4

4	Thompson King Miners	0
			1	Dauphin Kings	4
North Division
			2	Brandon Travellers	0
2	Brandon Travellers	4

3	Selkirk Steelers	3
						1	Dauphin Kings	2

						1	Kildonan North Stars	1
1	Kildonan North Stars	4

4	St. James Canadians	1
			1	Kildonan North Stars	4
South Division
			2	Kenora Thistles	3
2	Kenora Thistles	4

3	St. Boniface Saints	2

On April 5, MJHL commissioner Bill Addison called off the Turnbull Cup Finals between the Dauphin Kings and Kildonan North Stars, saying "No, I am not going to allow these characters an opportunity to beat on each other any longer. I am calling the series (a best-of-seven) and awarding it to Dauphin on the basis they won two of the three games completed." The decision came just hours after the two clubs had engaged in a pre-game brawl, in which two Kings players were taken to hospital and two North Stars were criminally charged.

Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff[]

Anavet Cup Championship

Dauphin lost to Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) 4-games-to-1 see 1977 Anavet Cup

League Leaders[]

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers	128
Most Goals	Dale Maksymyk	Selkirk Steelers	66
Most Assists	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers	93
Top Goals Against Average	Jim Tkachuk	Dauphin Kings	3.74

League Records[]

Player	Team	Achievement	Amount
Dale Maksymyk	Selkirk Steelers	Most Points--Left Wing	103
Dale Maksymyk	Selkirk Steelers	Most Goals--Left Wing	66

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers	35	93	128
2	Jim Misener	Dauphin Kings	59	62	121
3	Dale Maksymyk	Selkirk Steelers	66	37	103
4	Bob Genoway	Dauphin Kings	47	55	102
5	Lyle Stokotelny	Dauphin Kings	33	68	101
6	Greg Whyte	Assiniboine Park Monarchs	49	43	92
7	Rick Loeb	St. Boniface Saints	50	41	91
8	Anthony Gurniak	Kildonan North Stars	31	54	85
9	Chris Jette	Thompson King Miners	32	46	78
9	Wayne McLellan	Thompson King Miners	26	52	78

Awards[]

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Jim Misener	Dauphin Kings
Top Goaltender	Jim Tkachuk	Dauphin Kings
Top Defenseman	Mark Johnston	Portage Terriers
Rookie of the Year	Bruno Rogger	Brandon Travellers
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers
Scoring Champion	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers

All-Star Team[]

Dale Maksymyk • Ken Krentz • Jim Misener Selkirk Steelers • Selkirk Steelers • Dauphin Kings Dan Bryck • Mark Johnston Kenora Thistles • Portage Terriers Jim Tkachuk Dauphin Kings Coach Phil Fafard Kenora Thistles

in the News[]

October

Phoenix Roadrunners of the WHA traded forward Cam Connor to the Houston Aeros.

National Hockey League[]

World Hockey Association[]

Terry Ball	Paul Baxter	Ron Chipperfield
Ray Clearwater	Brian Coates	Cam Connor
Joe Crozier	Mike Ford	Ted Green
Ron Huston	Don Larway	Barry Legge
Barry Merrell	Perry Miller	Mike Sleep
Glen Sonmor	John Stewart	Blaine Stoughton
Ted Taylor	Ernie Wakely	Bob Winograd

Professional Players[]

Major Junior Players[]

University & College Players[]

Russ Hall

1976-77 MJHL Season

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