This is the 2000-01 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season, the League's eighty fourth season.

Preceded by 1999-00 MJHL Season	MJHL Seasons	Succeeded by 2001-02 MJHL Season

League Notes[]

St. Boniface Saints are sold and renamed Winnipeg Saints.
Murray "Muzz" MacPherson Memorial Award for Coach of the Year introduced.

Regular Season[]

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PTS
Addison Division
Winkler Flyers	64	45	16	2	1	279	172	93
Winnipeg Saints	64	33	28	1	2	281	263	69
Winnipeg South Blues	64	29	27	5	3	221	252	66
Selkirk Steelers	64	30	30	2	2	295	278	64
St. James Canadians	64	26	31	3	4	224	240	59
Southeast Blades	64	7	55	1	1	160	405	16
Allard Division
OCN Blizzard	64	50	10	0	4	334	192	104
Neepawa Natives	64	41	20	2	1	286	246	85
Portage Terriers	64	36	23	3	2	226	210	77
Swan Valley Stampeders	64	32	26	2	4	237	233	70
Waywayseecappo Wolverines	64	29	31	3	1	237	252	62
Dauphin Kings	64	26	31	6	1	212	249	59

Playoffs[]

Division Semi-Finals			Division Finals			Turnbull Cup Championship

1	Winkler Flyers	4

4	Selkirk Steelers	1
			1	Winkler Flyers	4
Addison Division
			3	Winnipeg South Blues	0
2	Winnipeg Saints	3

3	Winnipeg South Blues	4
						1	Winkler Flyers	0

						1	OCN Blizzard	4
1	OCN Blizzard	4

4	Swan Valley Stampeders	1
			1	OCN Blizzard	4
Allard Division
			2	Neepawa Natives	1
2	Neepawa Natives	4

3	Portage Terriers	3

Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff[]

Anavet Cup Championship

OCN lost to Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) 4-games-to-2 see 2001 Anavet Cup

World U-17 Hockey Challenge[]

selected to Team Canada West
Player	Position	Team
Cody McLeod	Forward	Waywayseecappo Wolverines

see 2001 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

All-Star Game[]

A classic game between Allard and Addison Divisions came down to the wire, and a hometown hero sealed the deal in the end. Mark Agnew scored in overtime as Allard edge Addison 10-9 in Swan River on January 28.

see 2001 MJHL All-Star Game

In Season Awards[]

Player of the Week

Players of the Month

League Leaders[]

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Lee Stubbs	Winnipeg Saints	110
Most Goals	Jamie Muswagon	OCN Blizzard	47
Most Goals	Bryan White	Neepawa Natives	47
Most Assists	Lee Stubbs	Winnipeg Saints	67
Top Goals Against Average	Ian Vigier	Winkler Flyers	???

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Lee Stubbs	Winnipeg Saints	43	67	110
2	Jamie Muswagon	OCN Blizzard	47	62	109
3	Bryan White	Neepawa Natives	47	55	102
3	Andrew Murray	Selkirk Steelers	46	56	102
5	Dirk Southern	Winnipeg Saints	34	61	95
6	Mark Agnew	Swan Valley Stampeders	26	64	90
7	Justin Williams	OCN Blizzard	34	54	88
8	Brendan Cook	Winkler Flyers	43	43	86
	Steve Lajoie	Selkirk Steelers	36	50	86
	Dom Lacasse	Swan Valley Stampeders	39	47	86

Awards[]

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Lee Stubbs	Winnipeg Saints
Top Goaltender	Marc Andre Leclerc	OCN Blizzard
Top Defenseman	Derek Miller	Neepawa Natives
Rookie of the Year	Mark Agnew	Swan Valley Stampeders
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Lee Stubbs	Winnipeg Saints
Coach of the Year	Kerry Clark	OCN Blizzard
Scoring Champion	Lee Stubbs	Winnipeg Saints
Playoff MVP	Marc Andre Leclerc	OCN Blizzard

CJAHL Award[]

Player	Team	Category
?????		MJHL Player of the Year

Scholarships[]

Scholarship	Player	Team
Ken "Friar" Nicolson Award	Andrew Murray	Selkirk Steelers
RBC Financial Group	Nevin Giesbrecht	Selkirk Steelers
Ed Belfour High Performance Award	Andrew Murray	Selkirk Steelers

All-Star Teams[]

First All-Star Team Andrew Murray • Lee Stubbs • Bryan White Selkirk Steelers • Winnipeg Saints • Neepawa Natives Derek Miller • Neil Gidney Neepawa Natives • Winnipeg South Blues Marc Andre Leclerc OCN Blizzard Second All-Star Team Mark Agnew • Brendan Cook • Jamie Muswagon Swan Valley Stampeders • Winkler Flyers • OCN Blizzard Mike Gabriel • Dave Splawinski Swan Valley Stampeders • OCN Blizzard Reg Lagace Winkler Flyers Third All-Star Team Adam Aleshka • Dom Lacasse • Dirk Southern Winnipeg South Blues • Swan Valley Stampeders • Winnipeg Saints Jamie Dowhayko • Steve Mullin Winnipeg Saints • Winkler Flyers Ian Vigier Winkler Flyers First Rookie All-Star Team Mark Agnew • Cody McLeod • Justin Tetrault Swan Valley Stampeders • Wayway Wolverines • OCN Blizzard Steve Mullin • Travis Wight Winkler Flyers • Portage Terriers Ian Vigier Winkler Flyers Second Rookie All-Star Team Jordan Gmiterek • Jordan Hack • Mark Shefchyk Selkirk Steelers • Selkirk Steelers • Winnipeg Saints Steve Later • Lloyd Stansell Winnipeg South Blues • Winkler Flyers Tim Boron Winnipeg South Blues

Alumni News[]

see 2000-01 MJHL Alumni News

in the News[]

NHL Entry Draft

Shane Hnidy traded to the Ottawa Senators by the Detroit Red Wings.

July

Shane Hnidy signed a one year contract with the Ottawa Senators.

August

Jordin Tootoo and Team Canada won gold at the Four Nations Cup.

October

Shane Hnidy made the Ottawa Senators opening night roster and his NHL debut on October 5.

January

Jordin Tootoo nominated for Manitoba's Sportsman of the Year.
Barry Trotz was inducted into the University of Manitoba Bisons Hockey Hall of Fame.
Darcy Hordichuk made his NHL debut on January 12 with the Atlanta Thrashers.
Shane Hnidy scored his first NHL goal against the Los Angeles Kings on January 16.

February

Jordin Tootoo played in Canadian Hockey League Top Prospects Game.
Shane Hnidy signed a two year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators.

May

Darcy Hordichuk and the Orlando Solar Bears won the IHL Championship.

2000-01 MJHL Season

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