This is the 1977-78 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

League Notes[]

Assiniboine Park changed name back to Winnipeg Monarchs.
Vince Leah Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year introduced.
Thompson withdrew from League on January 9.

Regular Season[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
North Division
Selkirk Steelers	52	36	15	1	317	234	73
Dauphin Kings	52	33	16	3	262	194	69
Brandon Travellers	52	34	17	1	297	231	69
Portage Terriers	52	18	33	1	244	335	37
Thompson King Miners (see note)	52	7	45	0	134	219	14
South Division
Kenora Thistles	52	32	18	2	312	233	66
St. Boniface Saints	52	31	21	0	289	260	62
Kildonan North Stars	52	27	25	0	246	273	54
St. James Canadians	52	25	27	0	265	258	50
Winnipeg Monarchs	52	12	38	2	194	323	26

Note: 19 games were counted as default losses.

Playoffs[]

Division Semi-Finals			Division Finals			Turnbull Cup Championship

1	Selkirk Steelers	4

4	Portage Terriers	0
			1	Selkirk Steelers	3
North Division
			2	Dauphin Kings	4
2	Dauphin Kings	4

3	Brandon Travellers	2
						2	Dauphin Kings	3

						3	Kildonan North Stars	4
1	Kenora Thistles	4

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

3	Kildonan North Stars	4

Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff[]

Anavet Cup Championship

Kildonan lost to Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) 4-games-to-none see 1978 Anavet Cup

League Leaders[]

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers	160
Most Goals	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers	68
Most Assists	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers	92
Top Goals Against Average	Terry Fishley	Dauphin Kings	3.80

League Record[]

Player	Team	Achievement	Amount
Terry Krulicki	Selkirk Steelers	Most Points--Left Wing	106

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers	68	92	160
2	Larry Beck	Kenora Thistles	52	75	127
3	Murray Thomson	Brandon Travellers	30	83	113
4	Terry Krulicki	Selkirk Steelers	51	55	106
5	Rick Loeb	St. Boniface Saints	47	53	100
6	Myles Forget	Kenora Thistles	48	43	91
7	Brett Vincent	Selkirk Steelers	21	64	85
8	Jim Malazdrewicz	St. Boniface Saints	36	48	84
	Kim Koswin	Kildonan North Stars	28	56	84
	Allen Aime	Selkirk Steelers	25	59	84

Awards[]

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers
Top Goaltender	Terry Fishley	Dauphin Kings
Top Defenseman	Dan Bryck	Kenora Thistles
Rookie of the Year	Larry Beck	Kenora Thistles
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Brian Miller	Portage Terriers
Scoring Champion	Ken Krentz	Selkirk Steelers

All-Star Team[]

Jim Malazdrewicz • Ken Krentz • Steve Patrick St. Boniface Saints • Selkirk Steelers • St. James Canadians Dan Bryck • Brad Harding Kenora Thistles • Dauphin Kings Randy Sherman Kenora Thistles Coach Bob Woytowich Selkirk Steelers

in the News[]

February

Rick St. Croix made his NHL debut on February 16 with the Philadelphia Flyers.

1978

Rick St. Croix and the Maine Mariners won the American Hockey League Championship.

National Hockey League[]

World Hockey Association[]

Paul Baxter	Ron Chipperfield	Brian Coates	Cam Connor
Mike Ford	Ted Green	Don Larway	Barry Legge
John Mazur	Dave Semenko	Glen Sonmor	Blaine Stoughton
Ted Taylor	Frank Turnbull	Ernie Wakely	Juha Widing

1977-78 MJHL Season

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