Manitoba Bisons

"Bisons" is the name of the sports teams of the University of Manitoba, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their home arena is the Wayne Fleming Arena, inside the Max Bell Centre. They are members of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and U Sports (formerly known as CIS).

Overview[]

History[]

The Bisons started play in junior and senior leagues. In 1923 the Bisons defeated the Kitchener Colts 14-6 on aggregate to win the 1923 Memorial Cup. In 1928 they defeated the Montreal Victorias 2-games-to-1 to win the 1928 Allan Cup. That team, as the "U of M Grads", then won the 1931 IIHF World Championship.

Against university competition, the Bisons started play in the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WCIAU) in 1919-20, when they won the inaugural conference championship. They did not compete every season. In 1962-63 the WCIAU changed its name to the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WCIAA, or WIAA). The Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (as it then was) started the University Cup in 1963.

When the WCIAA split in two following the 1971-72 season, the University of Manitoba became a founding member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), along with the University of Winnipeg, Brandon University, and Lakehead University. The University of Regina subsequently joined. After Winnipeg and Lakehead departed, the GPAC merged with the CWUAA.

The Bisons have one national university title, having won the 1965 University Cup. In 1976, 1977, 1984, and 1985 they won the GPAC conference title. In 2005 and 2010 they qualified for the University Cup. As the reigning champion, the Bisons represented Canada at the 1966 World University Games where they finished fifth.

Senior/Junior Teams[]

The first recorded results for the Manitoba Bisons are in senior competition from the 1908-09 season, 11 years before they started with university competition. Thereafter they played senior and junior competition for several years, often intermingled with university competitions. The Bisons ceased competition as a senior team following the 1931 world title (at least, no records of it exist). They did continue in junior competitions until 1937.

The Bisons won provincial senior titles (Pattison Cup) in 1910 and 1928, and provincial junior titles (Turnbull Cup) in 1922, 1923, and 1925.

University Teams[]

The Bisons first played university hockey in the 1919-20 season of the WCIAU, joining the Saskatchewan Huskies and Alberta Golden Bears (who had unofficially started the conference the previous season). The Bisons won conference titles in 1920, 1922, and 1924. In those days, the Bisons also played in local leagues in addition to, or in place of, the WCIAU. In fact, for a period in the 1920s the university winner gained a berth in the western Allan Cup playdowns, as happened with the 1922 Bison team. In other years the university teams had to win a provincial title just like anybody else if they wanted to claim the Allan Cup.

In the 1946-47 season the Bisons hosted the Toronto Varsity Blues, who were on their western tour. It was the first ever series between eastern and western university teams. On December 28th the teams tied 2-2. The Bisons won the rematch on December 30th 8-4.

The WCIAU changed its name to the WCIAA for the 1962-63 season. In the 1972-73 season the WCIAA was split into two new conferences: the CWUAA (for the western teams) and the GPAC (for the eastern teams). The GPAC lasted until 1984-85. The Bisons took the GPAC title in 1976, 1977, 1984, and 1985. In each of those seasons the Bisons were eliminated in CIAU (the forerunner of the CIS) regional playoffs.

The GPAC hockey league folded after the 1985 season and the surviving teams (Brandon, Regina, and Manitoba) joined the CWUAA. The Bisons' current conference foes are Alberta, Calgary, MacEwan, Mount Royal, Regina, Saskatchewan, Trinity Western, and UBC.

Season Stats[]

2007-08 – this and prior seasons are not available
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24

SOURCE: Leaguestat Expanded Stats Link

Season-by-Season Records Chart[]

Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Placing
1909 Man. Senior	7	4	3	0	39	38	8	2nd
1910 Man. Senior	8	6	2	0	74	45	12	won Pattison Cup
1911 Man. Senior	5	2	3	0	32	30	4	2nd
1912 Man. Senior	7	4	3	0	50	43	8	2nd
1920 WCIAU	4	3	1	0	19	10	8	Champion
1921 WCIAU	2	1	1	0	5	9	2	2nd
1922 WCIAU	2	2	0	0	9	6	4	Champion
1922 Man. Senior	7	2	5	0	47	50	4	3rd
1922 Allan Cup	2	0	2	0	7	13	0	W q-finals
1922 WJHL	8	5	1	2	43	22	12	1st
1922 Playoffs	4	2	2	0	20	11	4	champion
1922 Junior Prov.	1	1	0	0	5	0	2	Turnbull Cup
1922 Abbott Cup	2	1	1	0	4	6	2	finalist
1923 WCIAU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	forfeit
1923 Man. Senior	12	6	6	0	?	?	12	3rd
1923 WJHL	9	7	1	1	36	14	15	1st
1923 Playoffs	2	2	0	0	10	0	4	champion
1923 Junior Prov.	2	2	0	0	25	2	4	Turnbull Cup
1923 Abbott Cup	4	3	0	1	19	11	7	champion
1923 Memorial Cup	2	2	0	0	14	6	4	champion
1924 WCIAU	1	1	0	0	8	1	2	champion
1924 Man. Senior	12	5	7	0	?	?	10	4th
1924 WJHL	8	3	4	1	?	?	7	3rd
1925 WJHL	9	9	0	0	?	?	18	div 1st
1925 Playoffs	2	1	0	1	5	2	3	champion
1925 Junior Prov.	2	2	0	0	11	3	4	Turnbull Cup
1925 Abbott Cup	3	1	2	0	11	13	2	quarter-final
1926 WDIHL	8	2	5	1	29	33	5	4th
1926 WJHL	7	2	4	1	19	24	5	2nd
1927 WJHL	8	2	5	1	?	?	5	3rd
1928 WCIAU	4	2	2	0	8	11	4	2nd
1928 Man-TB League	11	6	4	1	35	24	13	2nd
1928 Playoffs	2	2	0	0	3	0	4	champion
1928 Allan Cup	2	2	0	0	10	0	4	won west
1928 Allan Cup Final	3	2	1	0	8	5	4	champion
1928 WJHL	4	1	1	2	11	10	4	4th
1929 Man-TB League	11	8	1	2	?	?	18	1st
1929 Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	finalist
1929 WJHL	6	3	2	1	22	19	7	3rd
1930 WJHL	9	5	4	0	?	?	10	2nd
1930 Playoffs	2	0	2	0	4	8	0	finalist
1931 European Tour	36	33	2	1	?	?	67	n/a
1931 Worlds	6	5	0	1	24	0	11	gold
1931 WJHL	12	5	7	0	28	35	10	3rd
1932 WJHL	11	2	8	1	15	20	5	4th
1933 WJHL	11	2	9	0	21	34	4	4th
1934 MJHL	11	9	1	1	72	20	19	div 1st
1934 Playoffs	6	2	3	1	8	15	5	finalist
1935 MJHL	12	3	9	0	39	52	6	5th
1936 MJHL	15	6	8	1	46	58	13	4th
1937 MJHL	16	2	14	0	43	87	4	5th
1940 WCIAU	8	1	6	1	31	53	3	3rd
1947 WCIAU	4	2	2	0	33	32	4	2nd
1957 WCIAU	8	6	2	0	44	46	12	2nd
1958 WCIAU	12	3	9	0	46	70	6	3rd
1959 WCIAU	8	2	6	0	36	59	4	3rd
1960 WCIAU	8	4	4	0	31	38	8	2nd
1961 WCIAU	8	0	7	1	21	53	1	3rd
1963 WCIAA	10	0	10	0	23	67	0	4th
1964 WCIAA	12	6	6	0	38	58	12	3rd
1965 WCIAA	12	10	2	0	88	48	20	champion ∆
1965 U Cup	2	2	0	0	19	6	4	gold
1966 WCIAA	12	8	4	0	79	37	16	2nd
1966 Universiade	7	4	3	0	35	26	8	5th
1967 WCIAA	16	8	8	0	71	77	16	3rd
1967 Canada Games	6	3	2	1	35	36	7	fourth
1968 WCIAA	16	10	6	0	67	68	20	3rd
1969 WCIAA	20	10	10	0	81	99	20	5th
1970 WCIAA	14	9	5	0	95	46	18	3rd
1970 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	9	17	2	semi-finals
1971 WCIAA	20	16	4	0	114	59	32	1st
1971 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	14	16	4	finalist
1972 WCIAA	20	8	12	0	100	97	16	E 2nd
1972 Playoffs	3	2	1	-	14	13	4	semi-finals
1973 GPAC	12	4	8	0	51	62	8	3rd
1974 GPAC	18	9	9	0	79	83	18	3rd
1975 GPAC	22	13	8	1	122	94	30	2nd
1976 GPAC	18	11	7	0	97	67	22	champion ∆
1976 U Cup	1	0	1	0	4	6	0	regional
1977 GPAC	23	17	6	0	133	93	34	champion ∆
1977 U Cup	2	0	2	0	6	11	0	quarter-final
1978 GPAC	24	13	11	0	-	-	26	3rd
1979 GPAC	24	18	5	1	-	-	37	2nd
1979 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	5	12	0	finalist
1980 GPAC	20	12	7	1	101	76	25	2nd
1980 Playoffs	1	0	1	-	2	4	0	semi-finals
1981 GPAC	24	16	8	0	144	98	32	2nd
1981 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	12	16	2	finalist
1982 GPAC	24	8	13	3	125	124	19	3rd
1982 Playoffs	1	0	1	-	4	5	0	semi-finals
1983 GPAC	24	15	7	2	150	89	32	2nd
1983 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	13	17	4	finalist
1984 GPAC	24	19	4	1	161	74	39	1st
1984 Playoffs	3	2	1	-	21	15	4	champion ∆
1984 U Cup	2	0	2	0	3	11	0	quarter-final
1985 GPAC	24	17	3	4	159	84	38	1st
1985 Playoffs	2	2	0	-	11	4	4	champion ∆
1985 U Cup	3	1	2	0	11	12	2	quarter-final
1986 CWUAA	28	18	10	0	159	129	36	3rd
1986 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	10	10	2	semi-final
1987 CWUAA	28	17	10	1	131	114	35	3rd
1987 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	7	10	2	semi-final
1988 CWUAA	28	14	14	0	140	141	28	4th
1988 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	9	10	2	semi-final
1989 CWUAA	28	16	9	3	134	91	35	4th
1989 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	5	16	0	semi-final
1990 CWUAA	28	14	14	0	127	113	28	5th
1991 CWUAA	28	11	15	2	127	124	24	5th
1992 CWUAA	28	14	13	1	121	111	29	4th
1992 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	7	15	0	semi-final
1993 CWUAA	28	13	13	2	112	126	28	5th
1994 CWUAA	28	11	12	5	108	115	27	5th
1995 CWUAA	28	15	11	2	125	108	32	3rd
1995 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	14	16	4	semi-final
1996 CWUAA	28	16	10	2	124	93	34	GP 1st
1996 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	11	10	2	GP final
1997 CWUAA	26	12	11	3	106	91	27	GP 2nd
1997 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	12	11	4	GP final
1998 CWUAA	28	14	7	7	116	94	35	GP 2nd
1998 Playoffs	5	3	2	-	23	20	6	GP final
1999 CWUAA	28	13	11	4	109	114	30	GP 2nd
1999 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	13	17	4	GP final
2000 CWUAA	28	11	15	2	105	109	24	GP 2nd
2000 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	4	10	0	GP semi-final
2001 CWUAA	28	17	8	3	117	87	37	GP 1st
2001 Playoffs	5	2	3	-	11	16	4	CW final
2002 CWUAA	28	14	12	2	100	93	30	GP 2nd
2002 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	14	17	4	GP semi-final
2003 CWUAA	28	12	13	3	98	102	27	GP 2nd
2003 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	13	12	4	GP final
2004 CWUAA	28	8	14	6	88	106	22	GP 3rd
2004 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	5	8	0	GP semi-final
2005 CWUAA	28	15	8	5	102	80	35	GP 2nd
2005 Playoffs	6	4	2	-	28	20	8	third ∆
2005 U Cup	2	1	1	-	5	6	2	pool 2nd
2006 CWUAA	28	12	13	3	84	92	27	GP 2nd
2006 Playoffs	5	2	3	-	25	18	4	GP final
Year/Comp.	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Placing
2007 CWUAA	28	10	16	2	77	99	22	GP 3rd
2008 CWUAA	28	13	13	2	82	91	28	4th
2008 Playoffs	4	2	2	-	15	10	4	semi-final
2009 CWUAA	28	13	9	6	81	82	32	3rd
2009 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	2	4	0	quarter-final
2010 CWUAA	28	16	10	2	80	77	34	3rd
2010 Playoffs	6	3	3	-	18	15	6	finalist ∆
2010 U Cup	2	1	1	-	5	9	2	pool 2nd
2011 CWUAA	28	13	9	6	89	81	32	4th
2011 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	1	6	0	semi-finals
2012 CWUAA	28	20	5	3	100	67	43	1st
2012 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	4	6	0	semi-finals
2013 CWUAA	28	17	7	4	105	71	38	3rd
2013 Playoffs	5	3	2	-	17	14	6	semi-finals
2014 CWUAA	28	12	12	4	90	93	28	4th
2014 Playoffs	6	3	3	-	13	14	6	semi-finals
2015 CWUAA	28	15	13	0	85	76	30	5th
2015 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	6	11	2	quarter-finals
2016 CWUAA	28	13	13	2	92	96	28	4th
2016 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	5	9	2	quarter-finals
2017 CWUAA	28	14	12	2	96	88	30	5th
2017 Playoffs	3	1	2	-	5	15	2	quarter-finals
2018 CWUAA	28	16	10	2	99	97	34	3rd
2018 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	5	8	0	quarter-finals
2019 CWUAA	28	6	20	2	66	117	14	7th
2020 CWUAA	28	9	15	4	76	106	22	6th
2020 Playoffs	2	0	2	-	3	8	0	quarter-finals
2021 CWUAA	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 CWUAA	20	7	12	1	58	77	15	7th
2023 CWUAA	28	8	19	1	77	137	17	8th
2024 CWUAA	28	5	22	1	47	123	11	8th

∆ Qualified for University Cup in 1965, 1976, 1977, 1984, and 1985 as conference champion, and in 2005 and 2010 as national rotating wild-card.

Notes:

The WCIAA played a two division format in 1971-72: West (W) and East (E).
The GPAC merged into the CWUAA in 1985-86.
The CWUAA played a two division format from 1996-97 to 2006-07: Mountain (M) and Great Plains (GP).

Junior Season-by-Season Record[]

Note: click on season for team rosters or on league for direct link to that season.

1921-22	WJrHL								B Div	Won League
Season	League	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1921-22	MAHA	1	1	0	0	5	0	-	-	Won Turnbull Cup
1921-22	Memorial Cup	2	1	1	0	6	4	-	-	Lost Abbott Cup
1922-23	WJrHL								1st A Div	Won League
1922-23	MAHA	1	1	0	0	8	1	-	-	Won Turnbull Cup
1922-23	Memorial Cup	4	3	0	1	19	11	-	-	Won Abbott Cup
1922-23	Memorial Cup	2	2	0	0	14	6	-	-	Won Memorial Cup
1923-24	WJrHL	8	3	4	1			7	3rd	DNQ
1924-25	WJrHL	9	9	0	0			18	1st B Div	Won League
1924-25	MAHA	2	2	0	0	11	3	-	-	Won Turnbull Cup
1924-25	Memorial Cup	3	1	2	0	11	13	-	-	Lost West Qtr Final
1925-26	WJrHL	7	2	4	1			5	2nd A Div	DNQ
1926-27	WJrHL	8	2	5	1			5	3rd A Div	DNQ
1927-28	WJrHL	4	1	1	2	11	10	4	4th	DNQ
1928-29	WJrHL	6	3	2	1	22	19	7	3rd	DNQ
1929-30	WJrHL	9	5	4	0			10	2nd	Lost Final
1930-31	WJrHL	12	5	7	0	28	35	10	3rd A Div	DNQ
1931-32	WJrHL	11	2	8	1	15	20	5	4th	DNQ
1932-33	WJrHL	11	2	9	0	21	34	4	4th A Div	DNQ
1933-34	MJHL	11	9	1	1	72	20	19	1st B Div	Lost Final
1934-35	MJHL	12	3	9	0	39	52	10	5th A Div	DNQ
1935-36	MJHL	15	6	8	1	46	58	13	3rd A Div	DNQ
1936-37	MJHL	16	2	14	0	43	87	4	5th A Div	DNQ