Portfolio: Abbott Cup Champions
1919/20 SELKIRK FISHERMEN
ABBOTT CUP TROPHYMANITOBA/SASKATCHEWAN CHAMPIONSTURNBULL MEMORIAL TROPHY The Selkirk Fishermen are the longest running junior hockey team in Canada. The franchise was founded in 1917, and joined the Winnipeg and District Junior League inaugural season in 1918. The league changed its name to the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in 1931. In its first year, the WDJL...
1928/29 ELMWOOD MILLIONAIRES
The 1929 Elmwood Millionaires won the Manitoba Junior hockey championship Turnbull Trophy and advanced to take on the Kenora Thistles in a two game total point Inter-Provincial play-off. After winning game one 4-3 in Kenora, the teams moved to Winnipeg for Game two. The largest crowd to ever witness a junior game in Winnipeg saw...
1948/49 BRANDON WHEAT KINGS
ABBOTT CUP CHAMPIONSTURNBULL MEMORIAL TROPHY The Brandon Wheat Kings won the Abbott Cup for the 1949 season defeating the Calgary Buffalos. They went on to lose the Memorial Cup to the Montreal Royals which was held in Winnipeg and Brandon. The series was very closely contested and saw many firsts. The first tie game, as...
1994/95 WINNIPEG SOUTH BLUES
ABBOTT CUP CHAMPIONSANAVET CUP CHAMPIONSTURNBULL MEMORIAL TROPHY CHAMPIONS The 1994/95 Winnipeg South Blues finished the season in 5th place with a below .500 record. Post-season play was another matter as Coach Doug Stokes turned the team's fortunes around at the right time. The South Blues would go on to defeat the St. Boniface Saints and...
1952/53 ST. BONIFACE CANADIENS
Abbott Cup Champions The St. Boniface Canadiens won the Abbott Cup by defeating the Lethbridge Native Sons. They went on to lose the Memorial Cup to the Barrie Flyers. The Flyers' roster included Don Cherry who scored two goals in the final series against the Canadiens.
1939/40 KENORA THISTLES
ABBOTT CUPTURNBULL MEMORIAL TROPHY Finishing the 1939/40 season in 2nd place, the Kenora Thistles won the Manitoba Junior Hockey League title defeating the Elmwood Maple Leafs 3 - 0 in the league's best-of-five final. The Thistles would advance to defeat the Edmonton Athletic Club and claim the Abbott Cup earning the right to represent the...
1950/51 WINNIPEG MONARCHS - ABBOTT CUP
ABBOTT CUP CHAMPIONS The 1950/51 Winnipeg Monarchs had a very difficult road in order to win the Abbott Cup emblematic of the Western Canada junior hockey championship. First of all, Monarchs had to beat the two-time defending champion Brandon Wheat Kings in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League final that went six games. The Winnipeg Monarchs...
1928/29 ELMWOOD MILLIONAIRES - ABBOTT CUP
ABBOTT CUP The Elmwood Millionaires won the Abbott Cup for the 1928/29 season as western Canadian junior hockey champions. They went on to lose the Memorial Cup to the Toronto Marlboros. The 1928/29 Elmwood Millionaires won the Manitoba Junior hockey championship Turnbull Trophy and advanced to take on the Kenora Thistles in a two game...
1931/32 WINNIPEG MONARCHS
ABBOTT CUP CHAMPIONS The 1932 Winnipeg Monarchs were coached by Harry Neil and Fred (Steamer) Maxwell. Neil had experienced the Memorial Cup playing for the Winnipeg Falcons Jrs, a team that defeated the Stratford Midgets to win the 1921 Memorial Cup. Four of Neil's Monarchs, Norm Yellowlees, George Brown, Archie Creighton, and Art Rice-Jones had...
1958/59 WINNIPEG BRAVES
1959 Memorial Cup Champions 1959 Abbott Cup Champions 1959 Turnbull Cup Champions After a tight race for first place in the 1958/59 Manitoba Junior Hockey League season, the Winnipeg Braves eliminated the Brandon Wheat Kings (8-1, 4-2, 11-4) and then take the Turnbull Memorial Trophy final in five games (5-2, 4-2, 3-0, 2-7, 6-4) over...
1945/46 WINNIPEG MONARCHS
Memorial Cup & Abbott Cup Champions After eliminating St. James Orioles 6-2, 7-3 in two straight games of their best-of-three semi-final playoff, the Monarchs moved on to take on the Brandon Elks for the Manitoba Junior title. Eyebrows were raised as the Elks hammered the highly-rated Monarchs 12-3 in Game One at Brandon. The Monarchs...
1956/57 FLIN FLON BOMBERS
Memorial CupAbbott Cup - Western Canada Champions Corbeau Cup - Saskatchewan Champions Robin Hood Trophy - Northern Saskatchewan champions The Flin Flon Junior Bombers dominated the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's 1956/57 regular season. Led by Coach Bob Kirk, the Bombers finished in first place with 48 wins, five losses and two ties. The team's success...
1941/42 PORTAGE TERRIERS
Memorial Cup & Abbott Cup Champions The 1942 Portage Terriers steamrolled all competitors on their way to winning the Abbott Cup and the Memorial Cup championships. Roster: Staff Sgt. Addie Bell (Coach), Joe Bell, Gordon Bell (Goal), Billy Gooden, Lin Bend, Jack MacDonald (Captain), Wally Stefaniw, Bobby Love, Oliver "Bud" Ritchie, Bill Heindl Sr., Jack...
1942/43 WINNIPEG RANGERS
Memorial Cup & Abbott Cup Champions The 1943 Winnipeg Rangers defeated the Saskatoon Quakers to win the Abbott Cup. They then went on to beat the Oshawa Generals in the sixth game of the best of seven Memorial Cup championship.Roster: Vernon Smith (Mascot), Joe Peters, Frank Mathers, Ben Juzda, Jack Irvine, Bill Tindall, Stan Warecki,...
1940/41 WINNIPEG RANGERS
MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONSABBOTT CUP CHAMPIONSMANITOBA/THUNDER BAY INTER-PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSTURNBULL TROPHY After eliminating the Winnipeg Monarchs two games to one, the 1941 Winnipeg Rangers claimed the South Division title over the Portage Terriers in three games straight. They would then take the Manitoba Junior title and Ollie Turnbull Memorial Trophy by beating East Kildonan Bisons in three...
1937/38 St. BONIFACE SEALS
1938 Memorial Cup1938 Abbott Cup The 1937/38 St. Boniface Seals beat the defending National Champion Winnipeg Monarchs to claim the Manitoba Junior Hockey League championship and the Turnbull Memorial Cup. Advancing to play the Thunder Bay champion Port Arthur West Ends, the Seals took the best-of-three in two straight games. Meeting the Edmonton Flyers for...
1936/37 WINNIPEG MONARCHS
Memorial Cup & Abbott Cup Champions The 1937 Winnipeg Monarchs were a small speedy team that surprised many on their way to the Abbott and Memorial Cup championships.Team Roster: Harry Neil (Coach), Bill Webber (Manager), Bert Pelletier (Trainer), Jack Atchison, Harvey Field, Dick Kowcinak, Lucien Martel, Johnny McCreedy, Alf Pike, Paul Rheault, Denny Robinson, Ted...
1930/1931 ELMWOOD MILLIONAIRES
Memorial Cup/Abbott Cup/Turnbull Champions The 1930/31 Elmwood Millionaires defied the odds as they won both the Abbott Cup as Western Champions and the Memorial Cup as National Junior Champs even though they were heavy underdogs. The MJHL Champion Elmwood Millionaires met the heavily-favoured defending-champion Regina Pats in a two-game, total-goal Abbott Cup final at the...
1920/1921 WINNIPEG FALCONS JUNIORS
The Falcons Junior hockey team were Manitoba champions in 1921. Knocking off Selkirk in a hard-fought series 2-1 and 5-4 to claim Division 'A' of the Winnipeg Junior Hockey League. They would then destroy Portage la Prairie, the "B" Division winners, 10-0, in the Provincial Final to hoist the Ollie Turnbull Memorial Cup. Defeating the...
1973/74 SELKIRK STEELERS
National Junior A Champions - Centennial CupWestern Canada Junior A Champions - Abbott CupManitoba/Saskatchewan Inter-Provincial ChampionsManitoba Junior Hockey League - Turnbull Memorial Trophy. George Dorman took over the coaching duties of the Selkirk Steelers for the 1973/74 season. The veteran coach would guide the Steelers to the top spot in the North Division with a...
1972/73 PORTAGE TERRIERS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - CENTENNIAL CUPWESTERN CANADA CHAMPIONS - ABBOTT CUPMANITOBA/SASKATCHEWAN CHAMPIONSMANITOBA CHAMPIONS - TURNBULL MEMORIAL CUP Portage Terriers Coach Muzz MacPherson found himself in a familiar place in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's 1972/73 post-season. His Terriers had advanced to the league final, a spot where MacPherson had led the Winnipeg Monarchs twice...
1922/23 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
Memorial Cup Champions The University of Manitoba, coached by Hal Moulden and Captained by Murray Murdoch, qualified for the Abbott Cup final with an 8-1 win over Brandon to take the Manitoba junior title. The Calgary Canadians had taken a total-goal series 7-5 over the Regina Pats and would meet the UofM in Winnipeg at...
