Winnipeg Blues

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Winnipeg Blues
Winnipeg South Blues.jpg
City Winnipeg, Manitoba
League Manitoba Junior Hockey League
DivisionEast
Founded1930
Home arena hockey for all centre
ColoursBlack, Blue, Gold, White
    
Owner(s)50 Below Sports + Entertainment
General managerAlex Mandolidis
Head coachAlex Mandolidis
Media Winnipeg Sun
Winnipeg Free Press
Franchise history
1930–1976 Winnipeg Monarchs
1976–1977Assiniboine Park Monarchs
1977–1978Winnipeg Monarchs
1978–1984Fort Garry Blues
1984–2010Winnipeg South Blues
2010-presentWinnipeg Blues

The Winnipeg Blues are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team based in Oak Bluff, a suburban area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The team was founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Monarchs and also formerly known as the Fort Garry Blues (1978-1984) and Winnipeg South Blues (1984-2010).

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The Blues/Monarchs hockey club has won 17 Turnbull Cups as MJHL champions, two ANAVET Cups, and six Abbott Cups. The Monarchs were also three-time Memorial Cup champions before the reorganization of Canadian junior hockey in 1970. The 1995 Winnipeg South Blues have been inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame under the team category.

History

Winnipeg Monarchs (1930–1978)

The Winnipeg Monarchs won the Memorial Cup as Canadian junior hockey champions three times: in 1935, 1937 and 1946. In 1946, George Robertson scored the winning goal in the seventh game of the 1946 Memorial Cup Final before a sell out crowd at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. The Monarchs were also finalists in 1932, losing to Sudbury Wolves in the final, and 1951, losing to the Barrie Flyers.

In addition to the three Memorial Cup titles, the Monarchs won ten Turnbull Cups as MJHL champions and five Abbott Cups as Western Canadian junior hockey champions.

Winnipeg Blues (1978–present)

The Monarchs were sold and relocated to the Century Arena in Fort Garry in 1978 and adopted a new name, the Fort Garry Blues. The team rebranded itself as the Winnipeg South Blues in 1984. The Blues captured six league championships while playing out of Fort Garry.

The Blues moved into the new MTS Iceplex in 2010 and shortened their name to the Winnipeg Blues. [1] The team won its 17th Turnbull Cup in 2014 and made their only Western Canada Cup appearance that year.

In April 2019, the MJHL Board of Governors approved the sale of the team to 50 Below Sports + Entertainment Inc, owners of the Western Hockey League's Winnipeg Ice. The Blues relocated to The Rink Training Centre in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald for the 2019–20 season. [2] The Blues returned to the Iceplex, now called the hockey for all centre, in 2023.

The Blues were the sole Junior "A" club based in the Winnipeg area after the Winnipeg Saints relocated to Virden in 2012. They were joined by the Winnipeg Freeze, also owned by 50 Below Sports + Entertainment Inc, for the 2020–21 season. [3]

List of championships

ChampionshipMonarchsBlues
Turnbull Cup 1932, 1935, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1955, 19571982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2006, 2014
ANAVET Cup 1986, 1995
Abbott Cup 1932, 1935, 1937, 1946, 19511995
Memorial Cup 1935, 1937, 1946

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

SeasonGP W L T OTLGF GA PointsFinishPlayoffs
1930-319720-2915141st MJHL
1931-32121101-3114231st WinJHLWon League, won AbC
1932-3310280-183443rd MJHL-S
1933-34141121-----39th MJHL
1934-3513931-6533293rd MJHLWon League, won AbC, won MC
1935-3615681-5647136th MJHL
1936-37161222-7432262nd MJHLWon League, won AbC, won MC
1937-38231364-7055303rd MJHL
1938-39221363-10581293rd MJHL
1939-40241662-10868341st MJHL
1940-4112390-528966th MJHL
1941-42188100-92127166th MJHL
1942-4313751-6572154th MJHL
1943-44101000-5826181st MJHL
1944-458800-7213161st MJHLWon League
1945-4610811-5928171st MJHLWon League, AbC, won MC
1946-47151230-9454242nd MJHL
1947-482311102-123103243rd MJHLWon League
1948-493011190-132150223rd MJHL
1949-503616200-142148322nd MJHL
1950-51362691-208128532nd MJHLWon League, won AbC
1951-523626100-155111521st MJHLWon League
1952-533616191-132152333rd MJHL
1953-543613230-147172264th MJHL
1954-553220102-173141421st MJHLWon League
1955-56241662-153108341st MJHL
1956-57291784-175146382nd MJHLWon League
1957-583018111-167127371st MJHL
1958-59305250-89176105th MJHL
1959-60325270-90221105th MJHL
1960-61326251-107205135th MJHL
1961-624020164-143138442nd MJHL
1962-633915213-141177333rd MJHL
1963-643013152-112124284th MJHL
1964-654519215-159165433rd MJHL
1965-664820244-198197444th MJHL
1966-675721342-235316464th MJHL
1967-683620133-200157431st MJHL
1968-693417125-145157393rd MJHL
1969-703417125-136120393rd MJHL
1970-714816248-210221407th MJHL
1971-72489381-163284198th MJHL
1972-734823250-261254465th MJHL
1973-744714330-180251288th MJHL
1974-754819290-244286387th MJHL
1975-765227241-253255556th MJHL
1976-775121300-204242448th MJHL
1977-785212382-194323269th MJHL
1978-794410322-175281229th MJHL
1979-804729180-270220583rd MJHL
1980-814822251-228235454th MJHL
1981-82483891-310167771st MJHLWon League
1982-834831161-255199633rd MJHL
1983-844833150-242176663rd MJHL
1984-854837101-292174751st MJHL
1985-864836120-312157722nd MJHLWon League, won AC
1986-874827201-318232554th MJHL
1987-884832160-253192642nd MJHLWon League
1988-89483486-286178741st MJHLWon League
1989-905236160-348202722nd MJHL
1990-914830171-246212613rd MJHL
1991-9248172902219246367th MJHL
1992-9348192531207234428th MJHL
1993-9455332110----673rd MJHL
1994-9555242632207230535th MJHLWon League, won AC, won AbC
1995-9656212843246267498th MJHL
1996-9755193123234275438th MJHL
1997-9862303020247259624th MJHL
1998-9962273320223289566th MJHL
1999-00643820-6281239822nd MJHL
2000-01642927-8221252667th MJHL
2001-02643128-5237246677th MJHL
2002-03643029-5234277658th MJHL
2003-04642531-8252248588th MJHL
2004-05633223-8251217724th MJHL
2005-06633920-4245198823rd MJHLWon League
2006-07634016-7251171873rd MJHL
2007-08623817-7260228834th MJHL
2008-09 622042-01953134010th MJHL
2009-10 622727-8211242628th MJHLLost quarter-final
2010-11 621832-122152924810th MJHLDNQ
2011-12 623819-5252204813rd MJHLLost semi-final
2012-13 604514-1269165912nd MJHLLost semi-final
2013-14 603123-6199175686th MJHLWon League
2014-15 603815-7231181833rd MJHLLost semi-final
2015-16 603218-10212174745th MJHLLost semi-final
2016-17 602727-6193202606th MJHLLost quarter-final
2017-18 603122-7215220696th MJHLLost semi-final
2018-19 603122-7195182696th MJHLLost quarter-final
2019-20 602429-7197126558th MJHLLost quarter-final
2020-21 650-13010112nd MJHLcancelled
2021-22 542922-3174173616th MJHLLost quarter-final
2022-23 581733-81702624212th MJHLDNQ

Playoffs

St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg Monarchs 4-games-to-2
St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg Monarchs 4-games-to-2
West Kildonan North Stars defeated Assiniboine Park Monarchs 4-games-to-1
St. James Canadians defeated Fort Garry Blues 4-games-to-2
St. James Canadians defeated Fort Garry Blues 4-games-to-1
Fort Garry Blues defeated Kenora Thistles 4-games-to-none
Fort Garry Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-none
Fort Garry Blues defeated Dauphin Kings 4-games-to-noneMJHL CHAMPIONS
Fort Garry Blues defeated Flin Flon Bombers (NJHL) 3-games-to-noneTURNBULL CUP CHAMPIONS
Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) defeated Fort Garry Blues 4-games-to-2
Fort Garry Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-none
St. Boniface Saints defeated Fort Garry Blues 4-games-to-2
Fort Garry Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-1
Kildonan North Stars defeated Fort Garry Blues 4-games-to-2
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-1
Selkirk Steelers defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Thunder Bay Hornets 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Selkirk Steelers 4-games-to-noneMJHL CHAMPIONS
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) 4-games-to-3ANAVET CUP CHAMPIONS
Penticton Knights (BCJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-none
Selkirk Steelers defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-3
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-2
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Portage Terriers 4-games-to-noneMJHL CHAMPIONS
Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Selkirk Steelers 4-games-to-noneMJHL CHAMPIONS
Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Neepawa Natives 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-1
Winkler Flyers defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-2
St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-2
St. Boniface Saints defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-3
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Selkirk Steelers 4-games-to-noneMJHL CHAMPIONS
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) 4-games-to-2ANAVET CUP CHAMPIONS
Third in 1995 Centennial Cup round robin (2-2) ABBOTT CUP CHAMPIONS
Gloucester Rangers (CJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-1 in semi-final
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-3
St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-none
St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-3
St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Selkirk Steelers 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-3
OCN Blizzard defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Selkirk Steelers 4-games-to-2
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Winkler Flyers 4-games-to-1
OCN Blizzard defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Winnipeg Saints 4-games-to-3
Winkler Flyers defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-none
St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-3
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Selkirk Steelers 4-games-to-2
Southeast Blades defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
Selkirk Steelers defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-3
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Winkler Flyers 4-games-to-1
Selkirk Steelers defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-3
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Winkler Flyers 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg South Blues defeated Selkirk Steelers 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg South Blues defeated OCN Blizzard 4-games-to-1MJHL CHAMPIONS
Yorkton Terriers (SJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg Saints defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-3
Winnipeg Saints defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg Saints defeated Winnipeg South Blues 4-games-to-none
Winnipeg Blues defeated Winkler Flyers 4-games-to-none
Portage Terriers defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-to-2
Winnipeg Blues defeated Winkler Flyers 4-games-to-2
Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-to-2
Winnipeg Blues defeated Winkler Flyers 2-games-to-0
Winnipeg Blues defeated Selkirk Steelers 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg Blues defeated Steinbach Pistons 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg Blues defeated Dauphin Kings 4-games-to-1MJHL Champions
Fifth and eliminated from Western Canada Cup round robin (1-3)
Winnipeg Blues defeated Swan Valley Stampeders 4-games-to-0
Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-to-1
Winnipeg Blues defeated Virden Oil Capitals 4-games-to-3
Portage Terriers defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-to-0
OCN Blizzard defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-1
Winnipeg Blues defeated Portage Terriers 4-games-to-2
Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-to-2
Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-to-2
Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-to-0
Winkler Flyers defeated Winnipeg Blues 4-games-to-2

NHL alumni

Retired numbers

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Blues head west to new rink, with new name". Winnipeg Free Press. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  2. ↑ "WINNIPEG BLUES' OWNERSHIP TRANSFER APPROVED: MJHL". Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  3. ↑ "MJHL Expands During COVID For This Season". The Junior Hockey News. 2020-09-08.
  4. ↑ "MJHL cancels remainder for the 2020-21 season". Discover Westman. February 12, 2021.
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