Champion

On March 19, 1969 in St. Boniface

Saint Boniface, Manitoba

Saint Boniface is a city ward of Winnipeg, home to much of the Franco-Manitoban community. It features such landmarks as the Cathédrale de Saint Boniface , Boulevard Provencher, the Provencher Bridge, Esplanade Riel, St. Boniface Hospital, the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface and the Royal...

, the Dauphin Kings were crowned MJHL Champions, capturing the Turnbull Memorial Trophy. The Kings trounced the St. Boniface Saints

Winnipeg Saints

The Winnipeg Saints are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team playing out of the Centre. They played out of Dakota Community Centre in Winnipeg until the end of 2009-10 season. The team played out of St. Adolphe during the 2010-11 season, but played their home playoff games at the MTS Iceplex in...

 5-1, to swept the best of seven in four straight games.

League Notes

The MJHL merged with the Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League creating a North Division to house all 4 new teams, the Selkirk Steelers

Selkirk Steelers

For the American football team, see Pittsburgh Steelers. For other uses, see Steelers .The Selkirk Steelers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada...

, Portage Terriers

Portage Terriers

The Portage Terriers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada.-History:...

, Dauphin Kings

Dauphin Kings

The Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...

, and Kenora Muskies

Kenora Thistles

The Kenora Thistles were an early amateur men's ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1885 as a senior team by a group of Lake of the Woods lumbermen. The club is notable for winning the Stanley Cup as an amateur team in 1907. The town is the smallest in population to have...

 (who operated out of Fort Garry the previous year). The existing teams created the South Division.

Regular season

North Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Dauphin Kings Dauphin Kings The Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...	34	25	8	1	51	226	122
Selkirk Steelers Selkirk Steelers For the American football team, see Pittsburgh Steelers. For other uses, see Steelers .The Selkirk Steelers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada...	34	23	9	2	48	195	116
Kenora Muskies Kenora Thistles The Kenora Thistles were an early amateur men's ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1885 as a senior team by a group of Lake of the Woods lumbermen. The club is notable for winning the Stanley Cup as an amateur team in 1907. The town is the smallest in population to have...	34	13	21	0	26	177	190
Portage Terriers Portage Terriers The Portage Terriers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada.-History:...	34	3	28	3	9	104	236

South Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Winnipeg Monarchs Winnipeg Monarchs The Winnipeg Monarchs were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1967 to 1977 under three names. The team played as the Winnipeg Jets from 1967 to 1973; the Winnipeg Clubs from 1973 to 1976, and the Winnipeg Monarchs from 1976 to 1977. The Monarchs franchise...	34	17	12	5	39	145	157
St. Boniface Saints Winnipeg Saints The Winnipeg Saints are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team playing out of the Centre. They played out of Dakota Community Centre in Winnipeg until the end of 2009-10 season. The team played out of St. Adolphe during the 2010-11 season, but played their home playoff games at the MTS Iceplex in...	34	18	14	2	38	145	126
St. James Canadians St. James Canadians The St. James Canadians were a Canadian junior hockey team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League until 2003, folding officially in 2004. The Canadians played out of the St. James Civic Centre, in Winnipeg, Manitoba...	34	16	14	4	36	142	146
West Kildonan North Stars Kildonan North Stars The Kildonan North Stars were a Canadian Junior ice hockey Team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League from Winnipeg, Manitoba.-History:During the summer of 1967, community-minded sports group purchased the Winnipeg Warriors from Ben Hatskin, renaming them the West Kildonan North Stars...	34	12	21	1	25	130	171

All-Star Games

The League's North Division All-Stars pumped in three goals in the opening 20 minutes and then cruised their way to an easy 6-0 win over the South Division selects in Portage on a stormy January 8. Ken McCluskey, Curt Ridley

Curt Ridley

Curtis Charles Ridley is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He played 104 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Vancouver Canucks.-External links:...

 and Ron Low

Ron Low

Ronald Albert Low is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender and coach. He grew up in Foxwarren, Manitoba.-Playing career:...

 shared the shut-out. Each handled 10 shots during their 20 minute stints. Mickey Walsh went all the way for the South facing 43 shots. Ken George scored a pair, Chuck Arnason

Chuck Arnason

Ernest Charles "Chuck" Arnason is a former Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played 401 games over 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Atlanta Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, Kansas City Scouts, Cleveland Barons, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota North Stars...

, Ron Ramsey, Moe Brunel, and Clayton Kemp added singles.
North Division Lineup:

• Goal: Ken McCluskey (Selkirk); Curt Ridley
  Curt Ridley
  Curtis Charles Ridley is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He played 104 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Vancouver Canucks.-External links:...
  
   (Portage); Ron Low
  Ron Low
  Ronald Albert Low is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender and coach. He grew up in Foxwarren, Manitoba.-Playing career:...
  
   (Dauphin)
• Defence: Hugh Moran
  Hugh Moran
  Hugh Moran is a Manitoba businessman and politician.In 1975, Moran became president of By-Pass Ranch Ltd. The company has operated a ranching business, a top producing real estate brokerage, Canada Trust Moran Real Estate and one of Canada’s leading management companies, BPR Communications.Moran...
  
   (Portage); John Roy (Dauphin);
• Forwards: Chuck Arnason
  Chuck Arnason
  Ernest Charles "Chuck" Arnason is a former Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played 401 games over 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Atlanta Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, Kansas City Scouts, Cleveland Barons, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota North Stars...
  
   (Selkirk); Moe Brunel (Selkirk); Ken George (Kenora); Clayton Kemp (Dauphin); Ed Larkin (Portage); Ron Ramsey (Selkirk); Bob Saull (Portage); Tom Thomsen (Kenora);

South Division Lineup:

• Goal: Mickey Walsh (St. Boniface);
• Defence: John Neil (West Kildonan); Bill Palmer
  Bill Palmer
  Bill Palmer invented a 'quint' system which was later patented by Titano as used in their line of converter bass accordions.He made many written contributions to magazines for the promotion of the Piano Accordion, including Accordion World...
  
   (St. Boniface); Rich Tathum (St. James)
• Coach: Muzz MacPherson (Winnipeg)

On January 10, the South Division All-Stars trounced their Japanese visitors, the Seibu hockey club,
7-2 at the St. James Civic Centre. The All-Stars led 3-1 and 4-2 by periods. Four St. Boniface players,
Rick Sedgewick, Wayne Altomare, Brian Clague and Wayne Albo scored. Jim Johnston
of St. James, John Neil of West Kildonan, and Brian Harding of Winnipeg scored the other Stars goals. Koji Iwimpto and Mel Wakabayashi

Mel Wakabayashi

Hitoshi "Mel" Wakabayashi is a former All-American ice hockey player, a right-handed center, who played for the 1964 NCAA champion Michigan Wolverines hockey team. He was also named Player of the Year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1966...

 replied for Seibu.

MJHL Lineup:

• Goal: Mickey Walsh (St. Boniface); Dan Stephens (St. James)
• Defence: Bob Winograd
  Bob Winograd
  Robert Earl Winograd is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played professionally in the World Hockey Association , the North American Hockey League and the American Hockey League from 1972 until 1977.-Playing career:Winograd played junior hockey in his hometown of Winnipeg,...
  
   (Winnipeg); Terry Proctor (St. Boniface); Bill Palmer (St. Boniface);
  Rich Tathum (St. James); Terry Taylor (St. James); John Neil (West Kildonan)
• Centre: Wally McCheyne (Winnipeg); Pierre Chartier (St. James);
  Rick Sedgwick (St. Boniface); Wayne Altomare (St. Boniface)
• Leftwing: Brian Howie (West Kildonan); Lanny Gregory (Winnipeg);
  Wayne Albo (St. Boniface); Brian Clague (St. Boniface)
• Rightwing: Jim Johnston (St. James); Dan Hiebert (St. Boniface);
  Dave McConachy (St. James); Brian Harding (Winnipeg)
• Coach Al Tesoor (St. Boniface)

On January 24, in Dauphin Canadian born Mel Wakabayshi scored three goals to spark Seibu
of Japan to an 8-6 victory over the North Division All-Stars before a capacity crowd of more
than 2,500. Japan led 3-1 and 6-3 by periods. Rounding out the Japanese scoring were
Norio Fukuda, Fumio Yamazaki, Isamu Owata, Tadashi Makawama and Koji Iwamato.
Bob Leguilloux of Dauphin and Chuck Arnason

Chuck Arnason

Ernest Charles "Chuck" Arnason is a former Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played 401 games over 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Atlanta Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, Kansas City Scouts, Cleveland Barons, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota North Stars...

 of Selkirk scored two goals each.
Jim Cahoon of Dauphin and Terry Hart of Selkirk got the other all-star goals.

Playoffs

Divisional Semi-Finals

Selkirk lost to Kenora 4-games-to-1

St. Boniface defeated St. James 4-games-to-2

Divisional Finals

Dauphin defeated Kenora 4-games-to-2

Winnipeg lost to St. Boniface 4-games-to-3

Turnbull Cup Championship

Dauphin defeated St. Boniface 4-games-to-none

Western Memorial Cup

Memorial Cup

The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...

 Semi-Final

Dauphin defeated Westfort Hurricanes

Westfort Hurricanes

The Westfort Hurricanes were a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Fort William, Ontario. The Herks were members of the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League and were Abbott Cup finalists once.-History:...

 (TBJHL) 4-games-to-2

Western Memorial Cup

Memorial Cup

The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...

 Final (Abbott Cup

Abbott Cup

The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup, was awarded annually from 1919 through 1999 to the Junior "A" ice hockey Champion for Western Canada....

)

Dauphin lost to Regina Pats

Regina Pats

The Regina Pats are a junior ice hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League. The Pats are based out of Regina, Saskatchewan and the Brandt Centre is their home arena.-History:...

 (SJHL) 4-games-to-3

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Dennis Schick	Dauphin Kings Dauphin Kings The Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...	34	34	50	84
Jim Cahoon	Dauphin Kings Dauphin Kings The Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...	33	27	48	75
Chuck Arnason Chuck Arnason Ernest Charles "Chuck" Arnason is a former Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played 401 games over 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Atlanta Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, Kansas City Scouts, Cleveland Barons, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota North Stars...	Selkirk Steelers Selkirk Steelers For the American football team, see Pittsburgh Steelers. For other uses, see Steelers .The Selkirk Steelers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada...	34	36	37	73
Ron Ramsey	Selkirk Steelers Selkirk Steelers For the American football team, see Pittsburgh Steelers. For other uses, see Steelers .The Selkirk Steelers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada...	34	23	41	64
Bob Buchy	Dauphin Kings Dauphin Kings The Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...	34	22	41	63
Brian Harding	Winnipeg Monarchs Winnipeg Monarchs The Winnipeg Monarchs were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1967 to 1977 under three names. The team played as the Winnipeg Jets from 1967 to 1973; the Winnipeg Clubs from 1973 to 1976, and the Winnipeg Monarchs from 1976 to 1977. The Monarchs franchise...	33	24	37	61
Bob Leguilloux	Dauphin Kings Dauphin Kings The Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...	29	32	24	56
Norm Cherrey	Selkirk Steelers Selkirk Steelers For the American football team, see Pittsburgh Steelers. For other uses, see Steelers .The Selkirk Steelers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada...	34	27	29	56
Ken George	Kenora Muskies Kenora Thistles The Kenora Thistles were an early amateur men's ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1885 as a senior team by a group of Lake of the Woods lumbermen. The club is notable for winning the Stanley Cup as an amateur team in 1907. The town is the smallest in population to have...	34	27	28	55
Terry Hart	Selkirk Steelers Selkirk Steelers For the American football team, see Pittsburgh Steelers. For other uses, see Steelers .The Selkirk Steelers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada...	32	25	26	51

Awards

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP
Top Goaltender
Rookie of the Year	Jim Cahoon	Dauphin Kings Dauphin Kings The Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...
Hockey Ability & Sportsmanship Award
Scoring Champion	Dennis Schick	Dauphin Kings Dauphin Kings The Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...