This is the 2003-04 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season, the League's eighty seventh season.

Preceded by 2002-03 MJHL Season	MJHL Seasons	Succeeded by 2004-05 MJHL Season

League Notes[]

Commissioner Kim Davis

St. James Canadians granted a one year leave of absence.
20 year old players limited to nine per team per game.
Mike Ridley Trophy for Scoring Champion introduced.

Regular Season[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Addison Division
Selkirk Steelers	64	44	18	1	1	335	236	90
Winkler Flyers	64	32	21	7	4	263	238	75
Winnipeg Saints	64	33	29	1	1	267	238	68
Winnipeg South Blues	64	25	31	6	2	252	248	58
Southeast Blades	64	12	50	0	2	184	389	26
Sher-Wood Division
OCN Blizzard	64	46	10	4	4	355	177	100
Neepawa Natives	64	37	18	5	4	236	193	83
Swan Valley Stampeders	64	36	22	4	2	255	224	78
Portage Terriers	64	32	26	4	2	232	230	70
Dauphin Kings	64	19	36	4	5	208	284	47
Waywayseecappo Wolverines	64	17	45	2	0	201	331	36

Playoffs[]

Division Semi-Finals			Division Finals			Turnbull Cup Championship

1	Selkirk Steelers	4

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

3	Winnipeg Saints	4
						1	Selkirk Steelers	4

						4	Portage Terriers	0
1	OCN Blizzard	0

4	Portage Terriers	4
			4	Portage Terriers	4
Sher-Wood Division
			3	Swan Valley Stampeders	2
2	Neepawa Natives	2

3	Swan Valley Stampeders	4

Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff[]

Anavet Cup Championship

Selkirk lost to Kindersley Klippers (SJHL) 4-games-to-3 see 2004 Anavet Cup

World U-17 Hockey Challenge[]

selected to Team Canada West
Player	Position	Team
Dane Crowley	Defense	Winnipeg South Blues
Brodie Dupont	Forward	Swan Valley Stampeders
Rick Lecuyer	Defense	Winnipeg Saints
Beau Prokopetz	Defense	Winnipeg South Blues
Brock Trotter	Forward	Dauphin Kings
Jordan Wilson	Forward	Winnipeg Saints
Bill Brenton	Coach	Selkirk Steelers
Del Pedrick	Assistant Coach	Swan Valley Stampeders

see 2004 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

All-Star Challenge Weekend[]

Prospects Game
Brodie Dupont took a perfect pass from Ian Lowe and roofed it over the shoulder of Justin Harris to lift Sher-Wood Division over Addison Division 2-1 in the MJHL Prospects Game held at Selkirk on Friday, January 30.

see 2004 MJHL Prospects Game

All-Star Game
Mark Wallmann scored a pair of goals, including the game winner with 2:49 remaining, to lead the Sher-Wood Division to a 6-4 triumph over the Addison Division in the MJHL All-Star game on Saturday night at Selkirk .

see 2004 MJHL All-Star Game

In Season Awards[]

Player of the Week

Players of the Month

League Leaders[]

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Aaron Starr	OCN Blizzard	118
Most Goals	Aaron Starr	OCN Blizzard	59
Most Assists	Michael Young	OCN Blizzard	64
Top Goals Against Average	Pierre-Olivier Girouard	OCN Blizzard	2.24

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Aaron Starr	OCN Blizzard	59	59	118
2	Jordan Pietrus	Winnipeg Saints	46	49	95
3	Cliff Ketchen	Portage Terriers	29	62	91
4	Matt Johnson	Selkirk Steelers	30	57	87
4	Michael Young	OCN Blizzard	23	64	87
6	Trevor Derlago	Swan Valley Stampeders	29	48	77
7	Josh Froese	Winkler Flyers	31	45	76
7	Mark Wallmann	OCN Blizzard	30	46	76
9	Derek Hooper	Winnipeg South Blues	34	41	75
9	Travis Kornelsen	Selkirk Steelers	28	47	75

Awards[]

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Aaron Starr	OCN Blizzard
Top Goaltender	Greg Goodwin	Neepawa Natives
Top Defenseman	Riley Weselowski	Neepawa Natives
Rookie of the Year	Mark Magnowski	Winnipeg Saints
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Travis Kornelsen	Selkirk Steelers
Coach of the Year	Craig Atkinson	Neepawa Natives
Scoring Champion	Aaron Starr	OCN Blizzard
Playoff MVP	Dustin Hughes	Selkirk Steelers

CJAHL Awards[]

Player	Team	Category
Aaron Starr	OCN Blizzard	Most Points
		MJHL Player of the Year
		co-runner-up CJAHL Player of the Year

Scholarships[]

Scholarship	Player	Team
RBC Financial Group	Jordan Oakley	Swan Valley Stampeders
Ed Belfour High Performance Award	Curtis Budgell	Winnipeg South Blues
Ed Belfour High Performance Award	Ryan Garbutt	Winnipeg South Blues
Frank McKinnon Award	Matt Wheatley	Winnipeg South Blues

All-Star Teams[]

First All-Star Team Jordan Pietrus • Aaron Starr • Michael Young Winnipeg Saints • OCN Blizzard • OCN Blizzard Riley Weselowski • Dave Grimson Neepawa Natives • Swan Valley Stampeders Greg Goodwin Neepawa Natives Second All-Star Team Josh Froese • Matt Johnson • Cliff Ketchen Winkler Flyers • Selkirk Steelers • Portage Terriers Skyler Berman • Jared Lang Selkirk Steelers • OCN Blizzard Pierre-Olivier Girouard OCN Blizzard First Rookie All-Star Team Brodie Dupont • Mark Magnowski • Brock Trotter Swan Valley Stampeders • Winnipeg Saints • Dauphin Kings Chris Barth • Devrin Stonehouse Dauphin Kings • Neepawa Natives Stefan Drew Portage Terriers Second Rookie All-Star Team Kevin Clark • Ian Lowe • Chris Stelmack Winnipeg South Blues • Swan Valley Stampeders • Selkirk Steelers David Gordin • Beau Prokopetz Neepawa Natives • Winnipeg South Blues Jonathan Trout Wayway Wolverines

Alumni News[]

see 2003-04 MJHL Alumni News

in the News[]

NHL Entry Draft

Rick Kozak selected by Philadelphia, Dirk Southern by Anaheim, and Mark Olafson by Washington.

June

Travis Zajac selected by the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft.

July

Darcy Hordichuk signed a one year contract with the Florida Panthers.

October

Jordin Tootoo made the Nashville Predators opening night roster and his NHL debut on October 9.
Jordin Tootoo scored his first NHL goal against the Atlanta Thrashers on October 23.

December

Erik Petersen coached for Denmark at the World Championship.

January

Colton Orr made his NHL debut on January 8 with the Boston Bruins.
Jared Walker played in CHL Top Prospects Game.

March

Shane Hnidy traded to the Nashville Predators by the Ottawa Senators.
Steve Mullin and the Maine Black Bears won the Hockey East Championship.

April

Garnet Exelby was the inaugural recipient of the Dan Snyder Memorial Award.

2003-04 MJHL Season

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