Manitoba Junior Hockey League

Current season or competition: 2023-24 MJHL Season
Formerly	Winnipeg and District Junior Hockey League
Founded	1917
Commissioner	Kevin Saurette
No. of teams	13
Most recent champion(s)	Winkler Flyers
Related competitions	ANAVET Cup, Centennial Cup

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior A hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The MJHL is one of ten Junior A Hockey Leagues in Canada and are a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and Hockey Canada.

League champion is awarded the Turnbull Cup and represents Manitoba in the Anavet Cup against the winner of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Winner going to the National Championship for the Centennial Cup.

Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association started League as the Winnipeg and District Junior Hockey League (WJrHL) for the 1917-18 season, changing to current name in 1933.

Currently, the League consists of 13 teams in two divisions with the 13th being added for the 2022-23 season. Each team plays a 58-game schedule, 40 games within their division and 14 games outside of their division. The MJHL Player Showcase takes place in November, with each team playing two non-divisional games based on standings. The MJHL / SJHL Showcase is held in January, in front of scouts from all over North America. A total of 8 teams make the playoffs. Which are an elimination tournament consisting of three rounds of best-of-seven series. The winner becomes the MJHL, Manitoba, and Turnbull Cup Champions.

see List of MJHL Seasons

Teams

West Division

Team	Center	Arena
Dauphin Kings	Dauphin	Credit Union Place
Neepawa Titans	Neepawa	Yellowhead Centre
OCN Blizzard	The Pas	Gordon Lathlin Memorial Centre
Swan Valley Stampeders	Swan River	Swan River Centennial Arena
Virden Oil Capitals	Virden	Tundra Oil & Gas Place
Waywayseecappo Wolverines	Waywayseecappo	Waywayseecappo Arena Complex

East Division

Team	Center	Arena
Niverville Nighthawks	Niverville	Niverville Community Resource and Recreation Centre
Portage Terriers	Portage la Prairie	Stride Place
Selkirk Steelers	Selkirk	Selkirk Recreation Complex
Steinbach Pistons	Steinbach	T.G. Smith Centre
Winkler Flyers	Winkler	Winkler Centennial Arena
Winnipeg Blues	Winnipeg	Rink Training Centre
Winnipeg Freeze	Winnipeg	Bell MTS Iceplex

History

The Winnipeg and District Junior Hockey League became official on the evening of Wednesday, December 12, 1917 at the Industrial Bureau on Main Street. The League operated as Manitoba's only Junior hockey league until 1931. For the 1931-32 season the WJrHL had a rival, the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The two League champions would play-off for the Provincial crown. The rivalry was short lived, with all the MJHL Teams joining the WJrHL for the following season. The 1932-33 season proved to be a tough one for the WJrHL, dealing with the constant rumors of the league collapsing, somehow the Teams banded together to remain one. However, for the 1933-34 season the League made one change, it was renamed the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

Over the years, more than 270 MJHL players have gone on to play in the National Hockey League, and 14 of those MJHL graduates have been inducted into the players category of the Hockey Hall of Fame:

Andy Bathgate, Ed Belfour, Turk Broda, Art Coulter, Bobby Clarke, Charlie Gardiner,
Bryan Hextall, Tom Johnson, Bill Mosienko, Harry Oliver, Babe Pratt, Chuck Rayner,
Terry Sawchuk, and Jack Stewart. see MJHL History

Champions

Year	Team	Year	Team	Year	Team
1918	Selkirk Fishermen	1919	Young Men's Lutheran Club	1920	Selkirk Fishermen
1921	Winnipeg Falcons	1922	University of Manitoba	1923	University of Manitoba
1924	Winnipeg Tammany Tigers	1925	University of Manitoba	1926	Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
1927	Elmwood Millionaires	1928	Elmwood Millionaires	1929	Elmwood Millionaires
1930	Elmwood Millionaires	1931	Elmwood Millionaires	1932	Winnipeg Monarchs
1933	Winnipegs	1934	Kenora Thistles	1935	Winnipeg Monarchs
1936	Elmwood Maple Leafs	1937	Winnipeg Monarchs	1938	St. Boniface Seals
1939	Brandon Elks	1940	Kenora Thistles	1941	Winnipeg Rangers
1942	Portage Terriers	1943	Winnipeg Rangers	1944	St. James Canadians
1945	Winnipeg Monarchs	1946	Winnipeg Monarchs	1947	Brandon Elks
1948	Winnipeg Monarchs	1949	Brandon Wheat Kings	1950	Brandon Wheat Kings
1951	Winnipeg Monarchs	1952	Winnipeg Monarchs	1953	St. Boniface Canadiens
1954	St. Boniface Canadiens	1955	Winnipeg Monarchs	1956	St. Boniface Canadiens
1957	Winnipeg Monarchs	1958	St. Boniface Canadiens	1959	Winnipeg Braves
1960	Brandon Wheat Kings	1961	Winnipeg Rangers	1962	Brandon Wheat Kings
1963	Brandon Wheat Kings	1964	Brandon Wheat Kings	1965	Winnipeg Braves
1966	Winnipeg Rangers	1967	Flin Flon Bombers	1968	St. James Canadians
1969	Dauphin Kings	1970	Dauphin Kings	1971	St. Boniface Saints
1972	Dauphin Kings	1973	Portage Terriers	1974	Selkirk Steelers
1975	Selkirk Steelers	1976	Selkirk Steelers	1977	Dauphin Kings
1978	Kildonan North Stars	1979	Selkirk Steelers	1980	Selkirk Steelers
1981	St. Boniface Saints	1982	Fort Garry Blues	1983	Dauphin Kings
1984	Selkirk Steelers	1985	Selkirk Steelers	1986	Winnipeg South Blues
1987	Selkirk Steelers	1988	Winnipeg South Blues	1989	Winnipeg South Blues
1990	Portage Terriers	1991	Winkler Flyers	1992	Winkler Flyers
1993	Dauphin Kings	1994	St. Boniface Saints	1995	Winnipeg South Blues
1996	St. James Canadians	1997	St. James Canadians	1998	Winkler Flyers
1999	OCN Blizzard	2000	OCN Blizzard	2001	OCN Blizzard
2002	OCN Blizzard	2003	OCN Blizzard	2004	Selkirk Steelers
2005	Portage Terriers	2006	Winnipeg South Blues	2007	Selkirk Steelers
2008	Portage Terriers	2009	Portage Terriers	2010	Dauphin Kings
2011	Portage Terriers	2012	Portage Terriers	2013	Steinbach Pistons
2014	Winnipeg Blues	2015	Portage Terriers	2016	Portage Terriers
2017	Portage Terriers	2018	Steinbach Pistons	2019	Portage Terriers
2020	playoffs cancelled	2021	season not completed	2022	Dauphin Kings
2023	Steinbach Pistons	2024	Winkler Flyers	2025

Manitoba Playoffs

Since 1993, the MHJL crowns a Manitoba Champion. Prior to that, 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. The Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League were the opposition in 1968. And in 1932 it was it's name sake the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, plus a few rural teams over the years. The MJHL and it’s predecessor the Winnipeg and District Junior Hockey League have won every Manitoba Championship except one, 1933, when Turk Broda led the Brandon Native Sons to victory.

see Turnbull Cup

Canada Playoffs

2022
Hockey Canada expanded the field for the 2022 Centennial Cup to include all 9 CJAHL league playoff champions.

Present
The MJHL champion plays the winner of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in a best of seven series for the Anavet Cup. With the winner going to the National Championship tournament for the Centennial Cup.

2013 to 2017
The MJHL champs join the champion from each of the other three western leagues plus a host team in a 13 game tournament to crown a Western Canada Champion. The winner is awarded the Western Canada Cup and along with the runner-up represent Western Canada at the National Championship tournament for the RBC Cup.

1971 to 2012
The Turnbull Cup Champs played the winner of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the Anavet Cup.

From 1971 to 1989, the Anavet Cup Champions advanced to the Abbott Cup for the Western Canada Junior A Championship. With the winner going on to the Centennial Cup for the Canada Junior A Championship.

After 1989 the Anavet Cup winner went directly to the RBC Cup (1990-95 Centennial Cup & Royal Bank Cup 1996-07) tournament for the National Junior A title. An Abbott Cup Champ was crowned from the results of the tournament until 1999, when the Cup was retired. The Abbott Cup is now on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

1919 to 1970
The Manitoba Champs competed in the Memorial Cup Playoffs for the Abbott Cup (Western Canada Junior Championship), and then the Memorial Cup for the National Junior Championship. Junior A starting in 1933.

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During this 53 year era (1919-1970), MJHL Teams won 18 Abbott Cups, and 11 Memorial Cups

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Man/Sask Junior A Championships

Man/Sask Championship (1971 to 1973)
Anavet Cup (1974 to 2012 and 2018 to present)

Year	Team	Year	Team	Year	Team
pre Anavet Cup		1971	St. Boniface Saints	1973	Portage Terriers
Anavet Cup		1974	Selkirk Steelers	1975	Selkirk Steelers
1983	Dauphin Kings	1986	Winnipeg South Blues	1992	Winkler Flyers
1995	Winnipeg South Blues	2002	OCN Blizzard	2005	Portage Terriers
2007	Selkirk Steelers	2010	Dauphin Kings	2011	Portage Terriers
2018	Steinbach Pistons	2019	Portage Terriers

Western Canada Junior Hockey Championships

Abbott Cup (1919 to 1932) Western Canada Junior Championships

Year	Team	Year	Team	Year	Team
1920	Selkirk Fishermen	1921	Winnipeg Falcons	1923	University of Manitoba
1929	Elmwood Millionaires	1931	Elmwood Millionaires	1932	Winnipeg Monarchs

Abbott Cup (1933 to 1999) Western Canada Junior A Championships

Year	Team	Year	Team	Year	Team
1935	Winnipeg Monarchs	1937	Winnipeg Monarchs	1938	St. Boniface Seals
1940	Kenora Thistles	1941	Winnipeg Rangers	1942	Portage Terriers
1943	Winnipeg Rangers	1946	Winnipeg Monarchs	1949	Brandon Wheat Kings
1951	Winnipeg Monarchs	1953	St. Boniface Canadiens	1959	Winnipeg Braves
1973	Portage Terriers	1974	Selkirk Steelers	1995	Winnipeg South Blues

Canada Junior Hockey Championships

Memorial Cup (1919-1932) Canada Junior Championships

Year	Team	Year	Team	Year	Team
1921	Winnipeg Falcons	1923	University of Manitoba	1931	Elmwood Millionaires

Memorial Cup (1933-1970) Canada Junior A Championships

Year	Team	Year	Team	Year	Team
1935	Winnipeg Monarchs	1937	Winnipeg Monarchs	1938	St. Boniface Seals
1941	Winnipeg Rangers	1942	Portage Terriers	1943	Winnipeg Rangers
1946	Winnipeg Monarchs	1959	Winnipeg Braves	-	-

Centennial Cup (1971 to Present) Canada Junior A Championships
Centennial Cup (1971 to 1995), Royal Bank Cup (1995 to 2007), RBC Cup (2008 to 2018), & National (2019)

Year	Team	Year	Team	Year	Team
1973	Portage Terriers	1974	Selkirk Steelers	2015	Portage Terriers

Awards

• Stars of the Week
• Players of the Month
• Peak Performer of the Month
• Mike Ridley Trophy Scoring Champion
• Steve "Boomer" Hawrysh Memorial Award Most Valuable Player
• Ed Belfour Top Goaltender Trophy Top Goaltender
• Brian Kozak Memorial Award Top Defenseman
• Kim Davis Trophy Rookie of the Year
• Frank McKinnon Memorial Trophy Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship
• Murray "Muzz" MacPherson Memorial Award Coach of the Year
• RBC - MJHL Community Ambassador Team and Community Award
• MJHL Playoff MVP Award

Former Awards

• Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy
• Jack Brown Memorial Trophy
• Winkler Cup

Regular Season Leaders

Goals

Assists

Points

GAA

All-Stars

All-Star Teams

Rookie All-Star Teams

All-Star Games

Prospects Games

CJHL Awards & Achievements

CJHL World Junior A Challenge selections	CJHL Prospects Game selections
CJHL Player of the Year Award	CJHL Award Winners
Academic Player of the Year

Hockey Canada Awards & Achievements

World U-17 Hockey Challenge selections

CAHA Junior A Player of the Year

Scholarships

Farmery Scholarship Award	MJHL Scholarship Fund	Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba
Ken "Friar" Nicolson Award	Frank McKinnon Award	Ed Belfour High Performance Award

Records

• MJHL Single Game Records
• MJHL Single Season Records
• MJHL Coaching Records
• MJHL Top 10 Regular Season Point Scorers
• MJHL Top 10 Regular Season Goal Scorers
• MJHL Top 10 Regular Season Assists Scorers
• MJHL Career Leaders

Draft

Bantam Drafts (U-16)

			2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020

Tyler Teasdale 2018 Zack Davis U-17 Draft

2022

2023

2024

Alumni

• Team Canada Members
• NHL Players
• NHL Coaches
• NHL General Managers
• NHL Officials
• NHL Draft Picks
• WHA Players
• WHA Coaches
• WHA Draft Picks

Timeline of Teams

Team	Years	Entry	Exited
Assiniboia	1919-20	Admitted	Withdrew
Assiniboine Park Monarchs	1975-77	Winnipeg Monarchs	Winnipeg Monarchs
Beausejour Blades	2007-09	Southeast Blades	Steinbach Pistons
Brandon Elks	1945-47	leave of absence (WW II)	Brandon Wheat Kings
Brandon Elks	1938-40	Brandon Wheat Kings	leave of absence (WW II)
Brandon Rangers	1957	Winnipeg Rangers	Transcona Rangers
Brandon Travellers	1973-80	Expansion	Folded
Brandon Wheat Kings	1966-67	transfer SJHL	transfer WCJHL
Brandon Wheat Kings	1958-64	leave of absence	transfer SJHL
Brandon Wheat Kings	1947-54	Brandon Elks	leave of absence
Brandon Wheat Kings	1936-38	Admitted	Brandon Elks
Crescentwood	1920-21	Admitted	Withdrew
CUAC Blues	1939-45	Admitted	Withdrew
Dauphin Kings	1968	CMJHL Merger	Active
East Kildonan Bisons	1940-42	Admitted	Withdrew
Elmwood	1917-20	Admitted	Withdrew
Elmwood Maple Leafs	1933-40	Admitted	Withdrew
Elmwood Millionaires	1924-31	Admitted	Withdrew
Flin Flon Bombers	1966-67	transfer SJHL	transfer WCJHL
Fort Frances Royals	1963-64	Admitted	transfer TBJHL
Fort Garry Blues	1978-84	Winnipeg Monarchs	Winnipeg South Blues
Fort Rouge Wanderers	1917-18	Admitted	Withdrew
Kenora Muskies	1968-75	CMJHL Merger	Kenora Thistles
Kenora Thistles	1975-82	Kenora Muskies	Folded
Kenora Thistles	1930-40	transfer TBJHL	Withdrew
Kildonan North Stars	1976-90	West Kildonan North Stars	Folded
Kildonan Stars	1933-36	Admitted	Winnipegs
Neepawa Natives	1989	Expansion	Active
Niverville Nighthawks	2022	Expansion	Active
Norwood	1917-18	Admitted	Withdrew
OCN Blizzard	1996	Expansion	Active
Portage la Prairie	1920-22	Admitted	Withdrew
Portage Terriers	1968	CMJHL Merger	Active
Portage Terriers	1945-47	leave of absence (WW II)	Withdrew
Portage Terriers	1932-43	Admitted	leave of absence (WW II)
Selkirk Fishermen	1932-35	Admitted	Withdrew
Selkirk Fishermen	1924-26	Admitted	Withdrew
Selkirk Fishermen	1917-23	Admitted	Withdrew
Selkirk Steelers	1968	CMJHL Merger	Active
Selkirk Steelers	1966-67	Admitted	transfer CMJHL
Southeast Blades	1992-07	Southeast T-Birds	Beausejour Blades
Southeast T-Birds	1991-92	Southeast Thunderbirds	Southeast Blades
Southeast Thunderbirds	1988-91	Expansion	Southeast T-Birds
St. Boniface Athletics	1939-45	Admitted	Withdrew
St. Boniface Canadiens	1951-64	Winnipeg Canadiens	Winnipeg Warriors
St. Boniface Canadiens	1929-31	Admitted	Withdrew
St. Boniface Canadiens	1920-23	Admitted	Withdrew
St. Boniface Saints	1967-00	Winnipeg Rangers	Winnipeg Saints
St. Boniface Seals	1934-39	Admitted	Withdrew
St. James Braves	1966-67	Winnipeg Braves	St. James Canadians
St. James Canadians	1967-03	St. James Braves	Folded
St. James Canadians	1936-45	Woodhaven Leafs	St. James Orioles
St. James Canadiens	1946	St. James Orioles	Winnipeg Canadiens
St. James Orioles	1945-46	St. James Canadians	St. James Canadiens
St. John's Senators	1933-34	Admitted	Winnipeg Rangers
St. Paul's College	1930-31	Admitted	Withdrew
St. Vital Greyhounds	1930-31	Admitted	Withdrew
St. Vital Greyhounds	1924-29	Admitted	Withdrew
Steinbach Hawks	1985-88	Expansion	Folded
Steinbach Pistons	2009	Beausejour Blades	Active
Stonewall	1925-27	Admitted	Withdrew
Swan Valley Stampeders	1999	Expansion	Active
Thompson King Miners	1975-78	Expansion	Folded
Thunder Bay Hornets	1984-86	Expansion	Folded
Transcona Rangers	1958-59	Brandon Rangers	Winnipeg Rangers
University of Manitoba	1921-37	Admitted	Withdrew
Virden Oil Capitals	2012	Winnipeg Saints	Active
Waywayseecappo Wolverines	1999	Expansion	Active
Wellington Iron Dukes	1945-46	Admitted	Withdrew
West Kildonan North Stars	1967-76	Winnipeg Warriors	Kildonan North Stars
Weston	1917-21	Admitted	Withdrew
Winkler Flyers	1980	Expansion	Active
Winnipeg Air Cadets	1943-44	Admitted	returned to GWJHL
Winnipeg Argonauts	1922-27	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Argonauts	1917-19	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Barons	1952-57	Winnipeg Black Hawks	Folded
Winnipeg Black Hawks	1947-52	Winnipeg Rangers	Winnipeg Barons
Winnipeg Blues	2010	Winnipeg South Blues	Active
Winnipeg Braves	1957-66	Admitted	St. James Braves
Winnipeg Canadiens	1947-51	St. James Canadiens	St. Boniface Canadiens
Winnipeg Canoe Club	1921-23	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Catholic Club	1920-21	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Columbus Club	1926-33	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Columbus Club	1921-22	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Esquires	1942-44	Admitted	Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings
Winnipeg Esquires-Red Wings	1944-45	Winnipeg Esquires	Withdrew
Winnipeg Falcons	1940-42	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Falcons	1932-36	Admitted	Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers
Winnipeg Falcons	1920-25	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers	1936-39	Winnipeg Falcons/Winnipeg Rangers	Winnipeg Rangers
Winnipeg Grand Trunk Pacific	1918-19	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Monarchs	1977-78	Assiniboine Park Monarchs	Fort Garry Blues
Winnipeg Monarchs	1930-75	Admitted	Assiniboine Park Monarchs
Winnipeg Monarchs	1918-20	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Pilgrims	1925-29	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Pilgrims	1918-20	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Rangers	1959-67	Transcona Rangers	St. Boniface Saints
Winnipeg Rangers	1956-57	Admitted	Brandon Rangers
Winnipeg Rangers	1939-47	Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers	Winnipeg Black Hawks
Winnipeg Rangers	1934-36	St. John's Senators	Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers
Winnipeg Saints	2000-12	St. Boniface Saints	Virden Oil Capitals
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers	1917-27	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipegs	1936-38	Kildonan Stars	Withdrew
Winnipegs	1932-33	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipegs	1919-21	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg South Blues	1984-10	Fort Garry Blues	Winnipeg Blues
Winnipeg Union Canadienne	1917-18	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg United Grain Growers	1917-18	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Victoria Bisons	1925-28	Admitted	Elmwood Millionaires
Winnipeg Victoria Bisons	1922-24	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Victoria Bisons	1919-21	Admitted	Withdrew
Winnipeg Warriors	1964-67	St. Boniface Canadiens	West Kildonan North Stars
Wolseley Flyers	1942-43	Admitted	Dropped
Woodhaven Leafs	1935-36	Admitted	St. James Canadians
Young Mens Lutheran Club	1917-20	Admitted	Withdrew