Changes: Winnipeg Falcons (junior)

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For other teams named Winnipeg Falcons, please see Winnipeg Falcons (disambiguation)

The Winnipeg Falcons were a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Winnipeg, Manitoba. They were members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) and it’s predecessor the Winnipeg and District Junior Hockey League (WJrHL). In 1936, the Falcons merge with the Winnipeg Rangers, becoming the Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers for 3 seasons.

Memorial Cup Championship
One year after the Senior Falcons had won the world's highest honour at the 1920 Olympics, the Winnipeg Junior Falcons had the honour of bringing the OHA Memorial Cup to the West in 1921 for the first time in history. This sterling band of players was composed chiefly of the former Pilgrim and YMLG players of the year previous.

The Falcons were provincial champions of a 10-team Manitoba League, defeating Portage la Prairie, "B" Division winners, 10-0, in the final for the Turnbull Cup. Their hardest fight came in their own league, however, when they were forced to be at their best to defeat Selkirk 2-1, and 5-4.

They went on to defeat Regina Vics 5-4, and 3-1, at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre in the Western semi-final and overwhelmed Fort William YMCA 9-3, and 11-4, in the Western final for the Abbott Cup. They qualified for the Canadian championship in Toronto against the Stratford Midgets, who were led by one of hockey's immortals, Howie Morenz.

The Falcons walloped Stratford 9-2, in the first game of the total-goal series, but Stratford won the second 7-2. Falcons were Canadian champs on the strength of the aggregate score of 11-9. After the first game, the Toronto Globe and Mail wrote: "Falcons, like the great team that won the World honours at Antwerp last spring, are speed merchants and are great back-checkers." The World said: "They are fast and tricky and have no weak spot. Comfort in the nets is the finished article. His defence works in fine co-operation with him."

Season-by-Season Record

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

1920-21	Memorial Cup	4	4	0	0	28	11	-	-	Won Abbott Cup
Season	League	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1920-21	WJrHL	8	8	0	0			16	1st A Div	Won League
1920-21	Memorial Cup	2	1	1	0	11	9	-	-	Won Memorial Cup
1921-22	WJrHL								A Div	DNQ
1922-23	WJrHL								A Div	DNQ
1923-24	WJrHL	8	5	2	1			11	2nd	DNQ
1924-25	WJrHL	5	2	3	0			4	2nd A Div	DNQ
1932-33	WJrHL	11	2	8	1	30	48	5	3rd B Div	DNQ
1933-34	MJHL	14	4	10	0	40	67	8	4th A Div	Lost Div Qualifier
1934-35	MJHL	13	6	7	0	51	53	20	3rd A Div	DNQ
1935-36	MJHL	16	9	7	0	58	61	18	2nd A Div	Lost Div Final
Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers
1936-37	MJHL	16	6	10	0	65	70	12	3rd A Div	Lost Div Semi
1937-38	MJHL	23	14	6	3	83	61	31	1st South	Lost Div Final
1938-39	MJHL	21	3	17	1	57	109	7	4th South	DNQ
Winnipeg Falcons
1940-41	MJHL	15	4	11	0	39	63	8	4th North	DNQ
1941-42	MJHL	18	10	7	1	na	na	21	1st North	Lost Div Final

NHL Alumni

Doug Baldwin

Red Carr

Phil Hergesheimer

Art Somers

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 <center>For other teams named '''Winnipeg Falcons''', please see [[Winnipeg Falcons (disambiguation)]]</center>
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-The '''Winnipeg Falcons''' were a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. They were members of the [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] (MJHL).<br>
+The '''Winnipeg Falcons''' were a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. They were members of the [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] (MJHL) and it’s predecessor the [[Winnipeg and District Junior Hockey League]] (WJrHL). In 1936, the Falcons merge with the [[Winnipeg Rangers]], becoming the Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers for 3 seasons.
+'''Memorial Cup Championship'''<br />
+One year after the Senior Falcons had won the world's highest honour at the 1920 Olympics, the Winnipeg Junior Falcons had the honour of bringing the OHA Memorial Cup to the West in 1921 for the first time in history. This sterling band of players was composed chiefly of the former Pilgrim and YMLG players of the year previous.
+The Falcons were provincial champions of a 10-team Manitoba League, defeating Portage la Prairie, "B" Division winners, 10-0, in the final for the Turnbull Cup. Their hardest fight came in their own league, however, when they were forced to be at their best to defeat Selkirk 2-1, and 5-4.
+They went on to defeat Regina Vics 5-4, and 3-1, at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre in the Western semi-final and overwhelmed Fort William YMCA 9-3, and 11-4, in the Western final for the Abbott Cup. They qualified for the Canadian championship in Toronto against the Stratford Midgets, who were led by one of hockey's immortals, Howie Morenz.
+The Falcons walloped Stratford 9-2, in the first game of the total-goal series, but Stratford won the second 7-2. Falcons were Canadian champs on the strength of the aggregate score of 11-9. After the first game, the Toronto Globe and Mail wrote: "Falcons, like the great team that won the World honours at Antwerp last spring, are speed merchants and are great back-checkers." The World said: "They are fast and tricky and have no weak spot. Comfort in the nets is the finished article. His defence works in fine co-operation with him."
 ==Season-by-Season Record==
 Note: click on season for team rosters or on league for direct link to that season.
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 |- bgcolor="#A52A2A" align="center" <font style="color:white;"
 | '''Season''' || '''League''' || '''GP ''' || ''' W ''' || ''' L ''' || ''' T ''' || '''GF ''' || '''GA ''' || '''Points''' ||'''Finish''' || '''Playoffs'''
+|- align="center"
+| [[1920-21 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1920-21]] || [[1920-21 MJHL Season|WJrHL]] || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 ||  ||  || 16 || 1st A Div || Won League
+|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFC0CB"
+! rowspan="2"|[[1920-21 Winnipeg Falcons Memorial Cup Playoffs|1920-21]] || [[1920-21 Western Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs|Memorial Cup]] || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 28 || 11 || - || -  || Won [[Abbott Cup]]
+|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFC0CB"
+! [[1920-21 Memorial Cup Final|Memorial Cup]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 11 || 9 || - || -  || Won [[Memorial Cup]]
+|-
+|- align="center"
+| [[1921-22 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1921-22]] || [[1921-22 MJHL Season|WJrHL]] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || A Div || DNQ
+|-
+|- align="center"
+| [[1922-23 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1922-23]] || [[1922-23 MJHL Season|WJrHL]] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || A Div || DNQ
+|- align="center"
+| [[1923-24 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1923-24]] || [[1923-24 MJHL Season|WJrHL]] || 8 || 5 || 2 || 1 ||  ||  || 11 || 2nd || DNQ
+|- align="center"
+| [[1924-25 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1924-25]] || [[1924-25 MJHL Season|WJrHL]] || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 ||  ||  || 4 || 2nd A Div || DNQ
 |- align="center"
 | [[1932-33 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1932-33]] || [[1932-33 MJHL Season|WJrHL]] || 11 || 2 || 8 || 1 || 30 || 48 || 5 || 3rd B Div || DNQ
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 |- align="center"
 | [[1935-36 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1935-36]] || [[1935-36 MJHL Season|MJHL]] || 16 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 58 || 61 || 18 || 2nd A Div || Lost Div Final
+|- align="center"
+|- bgcolor="#A52A2A" align="center" <font style="color:white;"
+! colspan="11" | Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers
 |-
 |- align="center"
-| [[1940-41 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1940-41]] || [[1940-41 MJHL Season|MJHL]] || na || na || na || na || na || na || na || na || na
+| [[1936-37 Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers season|1936-37]] || [[1936-37 MJHL Season|MJHL]] || 16 || 6 || 10 || 0 || 65 || 70 || 12 || 3rd A Div || Lost Div Semi
 |-
 |- align="center"
-| [[1941-42 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1941-42]] || [[1941-42 MJHL Season|MJHL]] || na || na || na || na || na || na || na || na || na
+| [[1937-38 Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers season|1937-38]] || [[1937-38 MJHL Season|MJHL]] || 23 || 14 || 6 || 3 || 83 || 61 || 31 || 1st South || Lost Div Final
+|-
+|- align="center"
+| [[1938-39 Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers season|1938-39]] || [[1938-39 MJHL Season|MJHL]] || 21 || 3 || 17 || 1 || 57 || 109 || 7 || 4th South || DNQ
+|- align="center"
+|- bgcolor="#A52A2A" align="center" <font style="color:white;"
+! colspan="11" | Winnipeg Falcons
+|-
+|- align="center"
+| [[1940-41 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1940-41]] || [[1940-41 MJHL Season|MJHL]] || 15 || 4 || 11 || 0 || 39 || 63 || 8 || 4th North || DNQ
+|-
+|- align="center"
+| [[1941-42 Winnipeg Falcons (junior) season|1941-42]] || [[1941-42 MJHL Season|MJHL]] || 18 || 10 || 7 || 1 || na || na || 21 || 1st North || Lost Div Final
 |}
 ==NHL Alumni==
+<table><tr><td valign=top>
 *[[Doug Baldwin]]
+</td><td valign=top>
+*[[Red Carr]]
+</td><td valign=top>
+*[[Phil Hergesheimer]]
+</td><td valign=top>
+*[[Art Somers]]
+</td></tr></table>
 [[Category:Canadian ice hockey teams]]
 [[Category:Manitoba Junior Hockey League teams]]