1946-47 MJHL Season

This is the 1946-47 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

League Notes[]

St. James Orioles change name to St. James Canadiens.
Winnipeg Wellingtons withdrew.
League schedules 40 games, 16 per team.
St. James Canadiens change name to Winnipeg Canadiens.

Regular Season[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Brandon Elks	16	13	2	1	122	50	27
Winnipeg Monarchs	15	12	3	0	94	54	24
Winnipeg Rangers	16	6	9	1	90	85	13
Winnipeg Canadiens	16	6	10	0	59	95	12
Portage Terriers	15	1	14	0	52	133	2

Playoffs[]

::Semi-Finals

Date	Winner	Loser	Location
February 14	Brandon 7	Rangers 2	Winnipeg
February 19	Brandon 8	Rangers 5	Brandon

Brandon defeated Rangers 2-games-to-none

Date	Winner	Loser	Location
February 15	Monarchs 7	Canadiens 1	Winnipeg
February 22	Monarchs 4	Canadiens 0	Winnipeg

Monarchs defeated Canadiens 2-games-to-none

::Manitoba Championship (Turnbull Cup)

Date	Winner	Loser	Location
February 25	Brandon 3	Monarchs 1	Brandon
March 4	Brandon 4	Monarchs 1	Winnipeg
March 6	Brandon 2	Monarchs 0	Brandon
March 8	Monarchs 5	Brandon 2	Winnipeg
March 10	Brandon 6	Monarchs 4	Brandon

Brandon defeated Monarchs 4-games-to-1

Memorial Cup Playoffs[]

Western Canada Semi-Final

Brandon defeated Fort William Columbus Club (TBJHL) 4-games-to-none

Western Canada Championship (Abbott Cup)

Brandon lost to Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL) 4-games-to-3 with 1 game tied see 1946-47 Western Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs

League Leaders[]

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Ray Manson	Brandon Elks	41
Most Goals	Wally Hergesheimer	Brandon Elks	25
Most Assists	Ray Manson	Brandon Elks	19
Top Goals Against Average	Ray McDermid	Brandon Elks	3.09

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Ray Manson	Brandon Elks	22	19	41
2	Wally Hergesheimer	Brandon Elks	25	14	39
3	Geoff Burman	Brandon Elks	14	12	26
4	Al Buchanan	Winnipeg Monarchs	16	9	25
4	Gord Pennell	Winnipeg Canadiens	16	9	25
6	Ed Leier	Winnipeg Rangers	16	8	24
7	Fred Dunsmore	Brandon Elks	11	12	23
8	Bud Evans	Brandon Elks	18	4	22
9	Dick Tougher	Winnipeg Monarchs	7	12	19
10	Bill Johnson	Brandon Elks	10	8	18

Leading Goaltenders[]

Rank	Player	Team	GAA
1	Ray McDermid	Brandon Elks	3.09
2	Roy McMeekin	Winnipeg Monarchs	3.55

Exhibition Series[]

The Winnipeg Monarchs went on a tour of British Columbia, playing six games against local junior teams. It was done to spur interest in junior hockey in that province, which had rarely been successful there.