Portfolio: Teams of Distinction
1975/76 DELORAINE ROYALS
The Deloraine Royals of the 1970's were a small town team that had a big impact on hockey in Southwest Manitoba. The Royals won six straight championships in the Southwest Hockey League on an amazing run from 1972-1979. In the 1975-76 season, the Royals entered the Manitoba Intermediate "A" playoffs and quickly dispatched the St....
1979/80 TRANSCONA RAILERS
In their Inaugural Manitoba Junior B Hockey League season in 1976-77, the Transcona Railers quickly established a competitive program losing to Gimli in the league finals. By 1978 the team had claimed their first league championship, losing the Provincial final to Flin Flon. In the 1979/80 season the Railers were determined to repeat and then...
1953/54 DAUPHIN KINGS
WESTERN CANADA INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSMANITOBA/SASKATCHEWAN INTER-PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSMcDIARMID SHIELD - MANITOBA CHAMPIONS The 1953/54 Dauphin Kings competed in the Big Six Intermediate Hockey League, considered to be the top Intermediate league in Manitoba during the Fifties. With Playing-Coach Paul Platz leading the way, this edition of the Kings finished in first place, then captured the...
1950/51 WINNIPEG MONARCHS
Turnbull Memorial Cup Champions (Manitoba)Abbot Cup Champions (Western Canada)Memorial Cup Finalist 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...
1972/73 ST. MALO WARRIORS
The intermediate Hanover - Tache Hockey League was established in January 1958 to provide an outlet for local players from smaller communities in Southeastern Manitoba. Six teams played in the initial season and St. Malo entered a team for the first time in 1963/64. In 1970/71, the Warriors finished first in the league's south division,...
1952/53 ST. BONIFACE CANADIENS
TURNBULL MEMORIAL TROPHY - MJHL CHAMPIONSINTER-PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS ABBOTT CUP - WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR CHAMPIONS For the 1952/53 Manitoba Junior Hockey League season, St. Boniface Canadiens Coach Bryan Hextall assembled a powerful squad with Ab McDonald, Cec Hoekstra, Len Thornson, Al Johnson, goaltender Hal Dalkie and captain Syd White leading the way. The Canadiens would finish...
1956/57 POPLAR POINT MEMORIALS
J. P. BEND TROPHYThe Poplar Point Memorials are the second intermediate team from the 1956/57 season to be honoured by the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. With a new rink in Poplar Point, the Memorials decided to compete for the provincial intermediate B championship for the first time in several seasons. In the final against...
1956/57 PINE FALLS PAPER KINGS
EDMONTON JOURNAL TROPHY - WESTERN CANADIAN INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONS Pine Falls Paper Kings won the Big Six League in 1956-57 defeating Dauphin Kings in the final to become Provincial Intermediate AA champions. After beating the intermediate AB champion Poplar Point Memorials in a sudden-death playoff, Paper Kings faced the Kenora Thistles in a series they won...
1965-70 CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM
Winnipeg was home to Canada's National hockey team from 1965 to 1970. During this period, the Nats were Manitoba's top hockey team with some great games being played 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...
