1968–69 MJHL season

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Champion

On March 19, 1969, in St. Boniface, the Dauphin Kings were crowned MJHL Champions, capturing the Turnbull Memorial Trophy. The Kings trounced the St. Boniface Saints 5-1, to swept the best of seven in four straight games.

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League notes

The MJHL merged with the Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League creating a North Division to house all 4 new teams, the Selkirk Steelers, Portage Terriers, Dauphin Kings, and Kenora Muskies (who operated out of Fort Garry the previous year). The existing teams created the South Division.

Regular season

North DivisionGPWLTPtsGFGA
Dauphin Kings 34258151226122
Selkirk Steelers 34239248195116
Kenora Muskies 341321026177190
Portage Terriers 3432839104236
South DivisionGPWLTPtsGFGA
Winnipeg Monarchs 341712539145157
St. Boniface Saints 341814238145126
St. James Canadians 341614436142146
West Kildonan North Stars 341221125130171

All-Star Games

The League's North Division All-Stars pumped in three goals in the opening 20 minutes and then cruised their way to an easy 6-0 win over the South Division selects in Portage on a stormy January 8. Ken McCluskey, Curt Ridley and Ron Low shared the shut-out. Each handled 10 shots during their 20-minute stints. Mickey Walsh went all the way for the South facing 43 shots. Ken George scored a pair, Chuck Arnason, Ron Ramsey, Moe Brunel, and Clayton Kemp added singles.

North Division Lineup:

South Division Lineup:

On January 10, the South Division All-Stars trounced their Japanese visitors, the Seibu hockey club, 7-2 at the St. James Civic Centre. The All-Stars led 3-1 and 4-2 by periods. Four St. Boniface players, Rick Sedgewick, Wayne Altomare, Brian Clague and Wayne Albo scored. Jim Johnston of St. James, John Neil of West Kildonan, and Brian Harding of Winnipeg scored the other Stars goals. Koji Iwimpto and Mel Wakabayashi replied for Seibu.
MJHL Lineup:

On January 24, in Dauphin Canadian born Mel Wakabayshi scored three goals to spark Seibu of Japan to an 8-6 victory over the North Division All-Stars before a capacity crowd of more than 2,500. Japan led 3-1 and 6-3 by periods. Rounding out the Japanese scoring were Norio Fukuda, Fumio Yamazaki, Isamu Owata, Tadashi Makawama and Koji Iwamato. Bob Leguilloux of Dauphin and Chuck Arnason of Selkirk scored two goals each. Jim Cahoon of Dauphin and Terry Hart of Selkirk got the other all-star goals.

Playoffs

Divisional Semi-Finals

Selkirk lost to Kenora4-games-to-1
St. Boniface defeated St. James 4-games-to-2

Divisional Finals

Dauphin defeated Kenora 4-games-to-2
Winnipeg lost to St. Boniface4-games-to-3

Turnbull Cup Championship

Dauphin defeated St. Boniface 4-games-to-none

Western Memorial Cup Semi-Final

Dauphin defeated Westfort Hurricanes (TBJHL) 4-games-to-2

Western Memorial Cup Final (Abbott Cup)

Dauphin lost to Regina Pats (SJHL) 4-games-to-3

Scoring leaders

PlayerTeamGPGAPts
Dennis Schick Dauphin Kings 34345084
Jim Cahoon Dauphin Kings 33274875
Chuck Arnason Selkirk Steelers 34363773
Ron Ramsey Selkirk Steelers 34234164
Bob Buchy Dauphin Kings 34224163
Brian Harding Winnipeg Monarchs 33243761
Bob Leguilloux Dauphin Kings 29322456
Norm Cherrey Selkirk Steelers 34272956
Ken George Kenora Muskies 34272855
Terry Hart Selkirk Steelers 32252651

Awards

TrophyWinnerTeam
MVP
Top Goaltender
Rookie of the Year Jim Cahoon Dauphin Kings
Hockey Ability & Sportsmanship Award
Scoring Champion Dennis Schick Dauphin Kings

All-Star Teams

References