1958–59 MJHL season

Last updated April 13, 2021

1958–59 Manitoba Junior Hockey League season

League notes

The Brandon Wheat Kings return after a four-year absence.
Wayne Larkin (Braves) equals a league record by scoring 6 goals in a game.
The League announced that since league standings cannot be effected, the balance of the 32 game regular season is cancelled.

Regular season

League Standings	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Winnipeg Braves	31	22	7	2	46	177	111
St. Boniface Canadiens	31	21	8	2	44	143	96
Brandon Wheat Kings	30	15	14	1	31	152	122
Transcona Rangers	32	10	19	3	23	110	166
Winnipeg Monarchs	30	5	25	0	10	89	176

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

Braves defeated Brandon 3-games-to-none

St. Boniface defeated Transcona 3-games-to-none with 1 game tied

Turnbull Cup Championship

Braves defeated St. Boniface 4-games-to-1

Western Memorial Cup Semi-Final

Braves defeated Fort William Canadiens (TBJHL) 4-games-to-1

Western Memorial Cup Final (Abbott Cup)

Braves defeated Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL) 4-games-to-2

Memorial Cup Championship

Braves defeated Peterborough TPT Petes (OHA) 4-games-to-1

Awards

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP
Top Goaltender	Paul Sexsmith	St. Boniface Canadiens
Scoring Champion	Laurie Langrell	Winnipeg Braves
Most Goals	Laurie Langrell	Winnipeg Braves

All-Star Teams

Related Research Articles

St. James Canadians Manitoba former ice hockey team

The St. James Canadians were a Canadian junior hockey team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League until 2003, folding officially in 2004. The Canadians played out of the St. James Civic Centre, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As the Winnipeg Braves, they won the 1959 Memorial Cup as National Junior Hockey champions.

On March 14, 1968, at home in St. James, the St. James Canadians corralled the Manitoba Junior Hockey League championship, and on March 26, in Selkirk, the Canadians captured the Turnbull Cup defeating the Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League champions Selkirk Steelers.

In the 1970-71 season of Canadian ice hockey, the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) champions were Winnipeg Saints, who won the Turnbull Memorial Trophy in the final on March 30, 1971, at home in St. Boniface. The Saints went on to win the Anavet Cup by defeating the Weyburn Red Wings of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League on April 13, 1971, at the St. James ground in Winnipeg.

In Winnipeg on April 5, 1974, the Selkirk Steelers won the MJHL title claiming the Turnbull Memorial Trophy. There was no stopping the Selkirk Steelers on April 19, 1974, in Prince Albert, as the Steelers defeated the Prince Albert Raiders of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League winning the Anavet Cup. On May 1, 1974, with a 5-2 win over Kelowna Buckaroos of the British Columbia Hockey League in the seventh and deciding game, held in Kelowna, the Steelers captured the Abbott Cup and advanced into the national final for the Centennial Cup. In the seventh and deciding game, on May 14, 1974, in Ottawa, the Selkirk Steelers scored a dramatic 1-0 overtime victory over the Smiths Falls Bears of the Central Junior A Hockey League to capture the Centennial Cup, emblematic of junior A hockey supremacy in Canada.

The following are the results of the Canadaian 1976–77 MJHL season for the Manitoba Junior Hockey League ice hockey team.

On March 21, 1962, in Brandon, the Wheat Kings captured the Turnbull Memorial Trophy as MJHL champions.

On March 23, 1963, the Brandon Wheat Kings clinched their second straight MJHL title before more than 4,000 hometown fans in Brandon. The Wheat Kings retained the Turnbull Memorial Trophy.

The Transcona Rangers change their name to the Winnipeg Rangers.

The Brandon Wheat Kings won for the third year in a row, and fourth in five years. The win on March 8, 1964, in Fort Frances was the first time the Wheat Kings won the Turnbull Memorial Trophy not playing on home ice.

1951–52 Manitoba Junior Hockey League season

The 1950–51 Manitoba Junior Hockey League season saw the Winnipeg Monarchs win the league championship.

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