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...
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...
