…Born in Winnipeg, this defenceman played with the 1949 Brandon Wheat Kings who lost to the Montreal Royals in the only eight-game Memorial Cup final ever played. He…
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Wilkinson, Neil
…Selkirk-born defenseman Neil Wilkinson played junior with his hometown Selkirk Steelers of the MJHL. In 1986 he was drafted 30th overall by the Minnesota North Stars. After spending…
Mosienko, Billy
…He played minor hockey in Winnipeg’s North End and Junior in 1939/40 with the Winnipeg Monarchs. He would turn pro, the following season, signing with the Chicago Black…
Bathgate, Andy
…Andy Bathgate played his minor hockey in Winnipeg and eventually headed east to Captain the Guelph Biltmores of the Ontario Hockey League to the 1952 Memorial Cup championship….
Johnson, Tom
…In 1946 he played for the Winnipeg Monarchs. Johnson was claimed by the Montreal Canadiens in 1947 and played one season with the Montreal Royals and the next…
Rayner, Charlie (Chuck)
…pro in 1940 with Springfield and led the AHL with a 2.42 GAA. He spent time with the NHL Americans before joining the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942. When he…
Cockburn, Bill
…championship. The next year he backstopped the Winnipegs to the Olympic championship in Lake Placid, New York. Also in 1932 he was runner-up for the Crowe Award as Canada’s Athlete…
Heindl Sr., Bill
…Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Bill played defence in the MJHL for the 1940-41 Memorial Cup champion Winnipeg Rangers, and was with the Portage Terriers the following season who…
Thornson, Len
…in 1953, eventually finding a home in 1957 with the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League. Len would play 16 pro seasons, 13 with the Komets, winning seven…
Davis, Reyn
…went to the Chatham Daily News before joining the Winnipeg Free Press in 1968. Reyn Davis covered the Winnipeg Junior Jets from 1969 and then the professional Jets of both…
Vic Grant
…joined CJOB Sports and created the popular Primetime Sports. He became CJOB’s News Director in 1998 and Program Director in 2000, before retiring in 2009. Vic Grant was recognized in…
1965-70 CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM
…in the Winnipeg Arena against top European teams. A second national team was formed in Ottawa during the 1967-68 season. Canada finished third in the world championship in 1966 and…
Kowcinak, Dick
…Kowcinak played on another Allan Cup winner in 1940 with the Kirkland Lake Blue Devils. He finished his hockey career in the International League where he won scoring titles in…
Mott, Morris
…the Brandon University Bobcats. The Brandon U professor and Society for International Hockey Research member has written articles for the Manitoba History journal. With historian Ed Sweeney, he wrote an…
2021 SAM FABRO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
…coaches every November from their respective rosters. This year’s recipients are; Polina Goncharova is this year’s Bison Women’s hockey team recipient. She is a 5’6 forward and 2nd year international…
Fleury, Theo
…hockey with the St. James Canadians. He spent four seasons in the WHL with the junior Moose Jaw Warriors and played for Canada in two world junior tournaments. Fleury suited…
Maxwell, Fred "Steamer"
…championship. He later coached the 1927 Winnipegs and the 1930 Elmwood Millionaires to Manitoba Senior titles and in 1935 he piloted the Winnipeg Monarchs to a World Hockey championship….
Kerr, Gordon
…Sapporo, Japan and the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria. In addition Gord Kerr refereed in the Western Hockey League and the World Hockey Association for several years. …
Steen, Thomas
…Thomas Steen was born in Grums, Sweden, selected to the World Junior all-star team in 1979 he was drafted that same year in the fifth round by the…
Irvin, Dick
…World War I. He returned to pro hockey in 1921 playing with the Regina Caps and Portland. He moved to the Chicago Black Hawks in 1926 and was their first…
Coulter, Art
…and captained the Rangers to their 1940 Stanley Cup victory. After two more seasons, Art entered the Canadian Armed Forces in World War II; this ended his pro career….
Low, Ron
…Born in Foxwarren, this goaltender played with the Winnipeg Jets of the WCJHL, and the Dauphin Kings, who won the MJHL title in 1969. He went on to…
Browne, Cecil
…Born in Winnipeg, this all round athlete was selected “Manitoba’s Athlete of the Century” in 1970. The right-winger played with the Strathconas in the In dependent Hockey League…
Hextall, Bryan
…Born in Grenfell, Saskatchewan, he played all of his minor hockey in Poplar Point, Manitoba. He played on the 1929-30 Manitoba Juvenile championship team. He played junior with…
Crozier, Joe
…Born in Winnipeg, this defenceman played junior with the Brandon Wheat Kings where he was a Second Team All-Star in 1948 and a First Team All- Star in…
Yaschuk, Mike
…Born in Ituna, Saskatchewan, this right winger played junior with the St. Boniface Athletics who lost two successive provincial playoffs to the 1941-42 Portage Terriers, and the 1942-43…
Cornell, Bob
…Bob Cornell, born and raised in Brandon, had a 25-year association with his hometown junior team , the Wheat Kings. In 1974, he was part of a group…
Johnson, Danny
…DANNY JOHNSON March 6, 1993 Born in Winnipegosis, this centre played junior hockey with Flin Flon, Fort Frances and Brandon in the SJHL and Fort Frances in the…
1956 WINNIPEG WARRIORS WIN EDINBURGH TROPHY
…Paul Masnick once as the Warriors defeated the Eastern champion Montreal Royals 3-1 on May 3, 1956 in front of a record Winnipeg Arena crowd of 10,072. The win gave…