This is the 2008-09 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season, the League's ninety second season.

Preceded by 2007-08 MJHL Season	MJHL Seasons	Succeeded by 2009-10 MJHL Season

League Notes[]

Commissioner Kim Davis

Canadian Junior A Hockey League renamed Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL).
League scheduled Showcase Weekend for October 9th to 11th at Dakota Community Centre in Winnipeg.
Winkler selected to host 2009 Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Games.
Dauphin selected to host 2010 RBC Cup.

Regular Season[]

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PTS
Addison Division
Winnipeg Saints	62	48	11	0	3	381	192	99
Selkirk Steelers	62	45	17	0	0	315	186	90
Winkler Flyers	62	33	25	2	2	285	227	70
Winnipeg South Blues	62	20	42	0	0	195	313	40
Beausejour Blades	62	6	52	2	2	147	424	16
Sher-Wood Division
Portage Terriers	62	46	13	3	0	287	175	95
Dauphin Kings	62	42	16	2	2	253	191	88
OCN Blizzard	62	32	22	5	3	214	211	72
Waywayseecappo Wolverines	62	26	27	3	6	192	200	61
Neepawa Natives	61	24	29	3	5	182	237	56
Swan Valley Stampeders	61	18	39	3	1	165	260	40

Playoffs[]

Division Semi-Finals			Division Finals			Turnbull Cup Championship

1	Winnipeg Saints	4

4	Neepawa Natives	0
			1	Winnipeg Saints	2
Addison Division
			2	Selkirk Steelers	4
2	Selkirk Steelers	4

3	Winkler Flyers	2
						2	Selkirk Steelers	1

						1	Portage Terriers	4
1	Portage Terriers	4

4	Wayway Wolverines	0
			1	Portage Terriers	4
Sher-Wood Division
			2	Dauphin Kings	0
2	Dauphin Kings	4

3	OCN Blizzard	2

Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff[]

Anavet Cup Championship

Portage lost to Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) 4-games-to-3 see 2009 Anavet Cup

CJHL World Junior A Challenge[]

selected to Team Canada West
Player	Position	Team
Tim Hayduk	Forward	Winnipeg Saints
Scott Macaulay	Defense	Winnipeg Saints

see 2008 World Junior A Challenge

CJHL Prospects Game[]

selected to Team West
Player	Position	Team
Dallas Drysdale	Defense	Dauphin Kings
Scott Macaulay	Defense	Winnipeg Saints
Ryan Marshall	Forward	Swan Valley Stampeders
Drew Scurfield	Defense	Winkler Flyers

see 2008 CJHL Prospects Game

World U-17 Hockey Challenge[]

selected to Team Canada West
Player	Position	Team
Jordan DePape	Forward	Winnipeg Saints
Kyle Krzyzaniak	Defense	Neepawa Natives
Peter Stoykewych	Defense	Winnipeg South Blues

see 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

All-Star Challenge Weekend[]

Prospects Game
All-Star Weekend kicked off in Selkirk on Saturday, January 24, when the Sher-Wood young guns edged out the Addison squad 6-5 in the MJHL Prospects Game. Kajon McKay led the way with 2 goals and 2 assists.

see 2009 MJHL Prospects Game

All-Star Game
On Sunday, the MJHL held it's All-Star Game. The game was a free-wheeling affair and a nightmare for goaltenders, but a goalscorers dream. When the dust settled, the Sher-Wood Division had won 14-13.

see 2009 MJHL All-Star Game

In Season Awards[]

Player of the Week

Players of the Month

League Leaders[]

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Dan Watt	Winnipeg Saints	136
Most Goals	Dan Watt	Winnipeg Saints	62
Most Assists	Dan Watt	Winnipeg Saints	74
Top Goals Against Average	Brett Willows	Dauphin Kings	2.34

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Dan Watt	Winnipeg Saints	62	74	136
2	Adam Pleskach	Selkirk Steelers	57	55	112
3	Blake Chartier	Winnipeg Saints	45	62	107
3	Russ Payne	Selkirk Steelers	40	67	107
5	Nick Lazorko	Winkler Flyers	54	49	103
5	Riley Nixdorf	Portage Terriers	37	66	103
7	Eric Delong	Portage Terriers	46	47	93
8	Cam McGeough	Dauphin Kings	33	59	92
9	Colan Jackson	Selkirk Steelers	38	51	89
10	Rejean Carriere	Winnipeg Saints	34	54	88

Awards[]

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Eric Delong	Portage Terriers
Top Goaltender	Alan Armour	Selkirk Steelers
Top Defenseman	Scott Macaulay	Winnipeg Saints
Rookie of the Year	Jordan DePape	Winnipeg Saints
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Eric Delong	Portage Terriers
Coach of the Year	Doug Hedley	OCN Blizzard
Scoring Champion	Dan Watt	Winnipeg Saints
Playoff MVP	Drew Ellement	Portage Terriers

CJHL Awards[]

Player	Team	Category
Eric Delong	Portage Terriers	MJHL Player of the Year
Eric Delong	Portage Terriers	CJHL Player of the Year

Scholarships[]

Scholarship	Player	Team
RBC Financial Group	Eric Delong	Portage Terriers
Ed Belfour High Performance Award	Dan Campbell	Winnipeg South Blues
	Craig Cornelsen	Winkler Flyers
	Greg Reimer	Winkler Flyers
MJHL Scholarship Fund	Dan Campbell	Winnipeg South Blues
	Jordan Davies	Winnipeg Saints
	Cam McGeough	Dauphin Kings

All-Star Teams[]

First All-Star Team Eric Delong • Russ Payne • Dan Watt Portage Terriers • Selkirk Steelers • Winnipeg Saints Drew Ellement • Scott Macaulay Portage Terriers • Winnipeg Saints Alan Armour Selkirk Steelers Second All-Star Team Jason Bowles • Zeanan Buternowski • Adam Pleskach Wayway Wolverines • OCN Blizzard • Selkirk Steelers Kevin Falloon • Steven Shamanski Dauphin Kings • Dauphin Kings David Aime OCN Blizzard Rookie All-Star Team Jordan DePape • Derek Gingera • Brenden Walker Winnipeg Saints • Selkirk Steelers • Portage Terriers Dylan Heide • Peter Stoykewych Selkirk Steelers • Winnipeg South Blues Joey Rewucki Selkirk Steelers

Alumni News[]

see 2008-09 MJHL Alumni News

in the News[]

NHL Entry Draft

Travis Hamonic selected by the New York Islanders, Eric Mestery by the Washington Capitals, both in the second round, Matt Calvert in the fifth and Sean Collins in the seventh by the Columbus Blue Jackets.

July

Darcy Hordichuk signed a three year contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
Cody McLeod signed a one-year two-way contract with the Colorado Avalanche.
Steve MacIntyre signed a two year contract with the Florida Panthers.

August

Triston Grant signed a one-year two-way contract with the Nashville Predators.

September

Edmonton Oilers claimed Steve MacIntyre off waivers from the Florida Panthers.

October

Colton Orr and the New York Rangers won the Victoria Cup in Bern, Switzerland.
Steve MacIntyre played his first NHL game on October 3 with the Edmonton Oilers.
Justin Falk signed a three year entry level contract with the Minnesota Wild.
Jordan Cyr named Atlantic Hockey Association Player of the Week (11/10).

November

Barry Trotz became only the 10th person to coach in 750 NHL games.

January

Steve MacIntyre scored his first NHL goal on January 13 in a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals.

February

Mike Hellyer played for Canada at Universiade held in Harbin, China.

March

Landon Kroeker and the SAIT Trojans won the ACAC Hockey Championship.
Kevin Harris named SPHL Defenseman of the Year, Harris along with Andrew Gallant and Don Melnyk named to the First All-Star Team. Ian Vigier to the Second Team and Kyle Lundale the All-Rookie Team.

April

Erik Petersen coached for Denmark at the World U-18 Championship.
Chay Genoway named to AHCA All-America West Second Team.
Travis Zajac and Team Canada won silver at the World Hockey Championship.
Carson McMillan signed a three year entry level contract with the Minnesota Wild.

May

Darcy Hordichuk scored his first NHL playoff goal on May 7, beating Nikolai Khabibulin of Chicago.

June

Cody McLeod signed a three year contract extension with the Colorado Avalanche.
Triston Grant signed a one-year two-way contract extension with the Nashville Predators.

2008-09 MJHL Season

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