This is the 2007-08 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season, the League's ninety first season.
Preceded by 2006-07 MJHL Season |
MJHL Seasons | Succeeded by 2008-09 MJHL Season |
League Notes[]
Commissioner Kim Davis
- Southeast Blades are sold, and relocated to Beausejour, retaining the Blades name.
- League scheduled Showcase Weekend for October 5th to 7th at Dakota Community Centre in Winnipeg.
- Royal Bank Cup renamed RBC Cup.
- Winkler to host Canadian Junior A Hockey League Prospects Game.
Regular Season[]
Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | PTS |
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Addison Division | ||||||||
Selkirk Steelers | 62 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 260 | 168 | 94 |
Winnipeg Saints | 62 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 345 | 191 | 93 |
Winnipeg South Blues | 62 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 260 | 228 | 83 |
Winkler Flyers | 62 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 235 | 224 | 72 |
Beausejour Blades | 62 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 165 | 400 | 19 |
Sher-Wood Division | ||||||||
Portage Terriers | 62 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 278 | 188 | 89 |
Waywayseecappo Wolverines | 62 | 37 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 302 | 210 | 76 |
Dauphin Kings | 62 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 241 | 239 | 66 |
Swan Valley Stampeders | 62 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 219 | 273 | 59 |
OCN Blizzard | 62 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 272 | 48 |
Neepawa Natives | 62 | 16 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 172 | 288 | 38 |
Playoffs[]
Division Semi-Finals | Division Finals | Turnbull Cup Championship | ||||||||||||
1 | Selkirk Steelers | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Winkler Flyers | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Winkler Flyers | 1 | ||||||||||||
Addison Division | ||||||||||||||
2 | Winnipeg Saints | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Winnipeg Saints | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Winnipeg South Blues | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Winnipeg Saints | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Portage Terriers | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Portage Terriers | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Swan Valley Stampeders | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | Portage Terriers | 4 | ||||||||||||
Sher-Wood Division | ||||||||||||||
3 | Dauphin Kings | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Wayway Wolverines | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Dauphin Kings | 4 |
Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff[]
- Anavet Cup Championship
CJAHL World Junior A Challenge[]
selected to Team Canada West | ||
---|---|---|
Player | Position | Team |
Wes Pawluk | Forward | Selkirk Steelers |
Derek Robinson | Defense | Beausejour Blades |
CJAHL Prospects Game[]
selected to Team West | ||
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Player | Position | Team |
Darren Bestland | Defense | Selkirk Steelers |
Sean Collins | Forward | Wayway Wolverines |
Andrew Hewett | Defense | Winnipeg South Blues |
Caleb Suderman | Defense | Winkler Flyers |
Stephan Vigier | Forward | Swan Valley Stampeders |
Dezsi Wiens | Goaltender | Wayway Wolverines |
selected to Coach | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Team West | Team East | |||
Ken Pearson | Winnipeg South Blues | Blake Spiller | Portage Terriers | |
Mark Thiessen | Winkler Flyers | Ernie Sutherland | Winkler Flyers |
World U-17 Hockey Challenge[]
selected to Team Canada West | ||
---|---|---|
Player | Position | Team |
Paul Bonar | Defense | Swan Valley Stampeders |
Brett Chartier | Forward | Winnipeg Saints |
Paul Sohor | Defense | Selkirk Steelers |
All-Star Challenge Weekend[]
Prospects Game
Goaltenders Jordan Dreger and Dezsi Wiens kept the game scoreless in the first. It was 2-2, middle of the second, when teams changed goalies. Then Sher-Wood scored four unanswered goals, including 2 by Myles Stevens, Sher-Wood Player of the Game, and Kent Henry shut the door as Sher-Wood cruised to a 6-2 victory.
All-Star Game
Sean Collins proved to be a driving force in Sher-Wood's 15-9 victory over Addison, scoring four goals and assisting on another. He was named Sher-Wood Player of the Game, and Adam Pleskach was named Addison.
In Season Awards[]
Player of the Week | Players of the Month |
League Leaders[]
Category | Player | Team | Amount |
---|---|---|---|
Most Points | Bryan Kauk | Dauphin Kings | 128 |
Most Goals | Matt Gingera | Winnipeg Saints | 66 |
Most Assists | Bryan Kauk | Dauphin Kings | 78 |
Top Goals Against Average | Gavin McHale | Portage Terriers | 2.58 |
Scoring Leaders[]
Rank | Player | Team | G | A | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bryan Kauk | Dauphin Kings | 50 | 78 | 128 |
2 | Sean Collins | Wayway Wolverines | 51 | 64 | 115 |
3 | Matt Gingera | Winnipeg Saints | 66 | 45 | 111 |
Carter Davis | Wayway Wolverines | 44 | 67 | 111 | |
5 | Adam Pleskach | Selkirk Steelers | 52 | 56 | 108 |
6 | Jason Bowles | Wayway Wolverines | 35 | 66 | 101 |
7 | Jeremy Dawes | Portage Terriers | 49 | 49 | 98 |
8 | Russ Payne | Selkirk Steelers | 43 | 53 | 96 |
9 | Mike Audino | Portage Terriers | 32 | 62 | 94 |
10 | Dan Watt | Winnipeg Saints | 33 | 60 | 93 |
Awards[]
CJAHL Award[]
Player | Team | Category |
---|---|---|
Stephan Vigier | Swan Valley Stampeders | MJHL Player of the Year |
Scholarships[]
Scholarship | Player | Team |
---|---|---|
RBC Financial Group | Gavin McHale | Portage Terriers |
MJHL Scholarship Fund | Carey Findlay | Neepawa Natives |
Gavin McHale | Portage Terriers | |
Andrew Rewucki | Selkirk Steelers |
All-Star Teams[]
Alumni News[]
in the News[]
NHL Entry Draft
- Jason Gregoire selected by New York Islanders, Justin Falk and Carson McMillan by Minnesota Wild.
July
- Darcy Hordichuk signed a one year contract extension with the Nashville Predators.
- Shane Hnidy signed a two year contract with the Anaheim Ducks.
November
- Ron Hextall inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.
December
- Cody McLeod made his NHL debut on December 19 with the Colorado Avalanche.
- Erik Petersen coached for Denmark at the World Junior Championship.
- Andrew Murray made his NHL debut on December 27 with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Also on December 27, Cody McLeod scored his first NHL goal beating "The Dominator" Dominik Hašek.
January
- Andrew Murray scored his first NHL goal on January 2 against J.S. Giguère of the Anaheim Ducks.
- Shane Hnidy traded to the Boston Bruins by the Anaheim Ducks.
- Jordin Tootoo signed a two year contract extension with the Nashville Predators.
February
- Chay Genoway selected WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (2/19).
- Ron Hextall inducted into the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame.
- Manitoba Bisons head coach Don MacGillivray named Canada West Hockey Coach of the Year.
March
- Darren Helm made his NHL debut on March 13, with the Detroit Red Wings.
- Landon Kroeker and the SAIT Trojans won the ACAC Hockey Championship.
- Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed Andrew Murray to a three-year, one-way contract.
- Jeff Penner signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins.
April
- Jordin Tootoo scored his first NHL playoff goal against the Detroit Red Wings on April 10.
- Chay Genoway named to NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team.
- Travis Zajac scored his first NHL playoff goal against the Ottawa Senators.
- Travis Hamonic and Team Canada won gold at the IIHF World U-18 Junior Hockey Championship.
- Cody McLeod scored his first playoff goal against the Detroit Red Wings on April 29.
May
- Justin Falk and the Spokane Chiefs won the Western Hockey League Championship.
- Mike Sirant coached Denmark at the World Championship.
- Darren Helm scored his first NHL goal on May 10, during game two of the Western Conference finals.
- Justin Falk and the Spokane Chiefs won the Memorial Cup, Falk named a tournament All-Star.
June
- Darren Helm and the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup.
- Triston Grant traded to the Nashville Predators by the Philadelphia Flyers.
National Hockey League[]
Professional[]
- Corey Courchene
- Dane Crowley
- Brodie Dupont
- Triston Grant
- Tyler Harder
- Dustin Hughes
- Steve MacIntyre
- Ryan Menei
- Jeff Penner
- Ryan Smith
- Rick St. Croix
- Brock Trotter
- Jared Walker
Major Junior Players[]
- Matt Calvert
- Del Cowan
- Dane Crowley
- Tyler Dittmer
- Justin Falk
- Travis Hamonic
- Bryce Lamb
- Matt Lowry
- Blair Macaulay
- Carson McMillan
- Dale Weise
University & College[]
- Chris Benias
- Geric Brodt
- David Brown
- Jordan Cyr
- Riley Dudar
- Ryan Garbutt
- Chay Genoway
- Justin Harris
- Mike Hellyer
- Kyle Howarth
- Billy Keane
- Landon Kroeker
- Jonathon Lawrence
- Kyle Lopez
- Kyle Lundale
- Don MacGillivray
- Joel Malchuk
- Travis Mealy
- Sonny Mignacca
- Joey Moggach
- Jeff Penner
- Myles Rumsey
- Josh Schellenberg
- Rob Smith
- Devrin Stonehouse
- Stewart Thiessen
- Krister Toews
- Brock Trotter
- Jared Walker
- Calin Wild
- Kip Workman