Hockey Manitoba awards the Provincial Junior A Champions the Turnbull Cup. The Champions represent Manitoba at the Western Canadian Junior A Championship for the Western Canada Cup. The winner and the runner-up of the WC Cup tournament both represent Western Canada at the RBC Cup for the National Championship.
History[]
The history of Junior A hockey in Manitoba is told thru Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The MJHL and it’s predecessor the Winnipeg and District Junior Hockey League dated back to 1917. National play, the Memorial Cup, did not start until the following season.
Since the creation of the Canadian Junior Hockey League in 1993, the MHJL crowns a Manitoba Champion.
Prior to then, the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association could instruct the MJHL Champs to enter provincial playoffs. Such happened from 1980 thru 1985, when MJHL Champs met the winner of the NorMan Junior Hockey League. In 1968 it was the Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League, in 1932 it was it's name sake the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and a few independent teams during the years. The MJHL and it’s predecessor the WJrHL have won every Turnbull Cup, except one (1918 to present), symbolic of Manitoba Junior A Hockey Champions.
It should also be noted, the Flin Flon Bombers currently play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Bombers have a long history in the SJHL. A couple of other teams also played in the SJHL, the Brandon Wheat Kings for two seasons, 1964-66, and the Prince Albert Mintos, who relocated to Dauphin after fire destroyed part of their arena on December 12, 1961. The Mintos finished the season based out of Dauphin.
Championships[]
- Manitoba Junior A (Turnbull Cup)
- Western Canada Junior A (Western Canada Cup)
- Canada Junior A (RBC Cup)
Prior
- Manitoba / Saskatchewan Junior A (Anavet Cup) (1971-12)
- Western Canada Junior A (Abbott Cup) (1934-99)
- Western Canada Junior (Abbott Cup) (1919-33)
- Canada Junior A (Royal Bank Cup) (1996-07)
- Canada Junior A (Centennial Cup) (1971-95)
- Canada Junior A (Memorial Cup) (1934-70)
- Canada Junior (Memorial Cup) (1919-33)
Leagues[]
Championship Leagues[]
- Manitoba Junior Hockey League (1934-Present)
enter provincial playoffs 10 times, 1934-36, 1968, and 1980-85. - Winnipeg and District Junior Hockey League (1917-33)
Other Leagues[]
- NorMan Junior Hockey League (1980-85)
- Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League (1968)
- Manitoba Junior Hockey League (1932)
Note: (XXXX-XX) reflect years involved in Provincial Championship