Champion

On March 19, 1969, in

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

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

League notes

The MJHL merged with the

Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The MJHL consists of thirteen teams all based ...

creating a North Division to house all 4 new teams, the

Selkirk Steelers The Selkirk Steelers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League and Hockey Canada. History Junior "A" hockey in Selkirk ...

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 Hockey League. History The Portage Terriers were fou ...

Dauphin Kings The Dauphin Kings are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL), a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and Hockey Canada. The Kings were established in ...

, and

Kenora Muskies The Kenora Muskies, known as the Kenora Thistles from 1975 to 1982, are a defunct Manitoba Junior Hockey League team that played in Kenora, Ontario between 1968 and 1982. History The Kenora Muskies were granted expansion into the Memorial Cup ...

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

Regular season

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,

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and

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shared the shut-out. Each handled 10 shots during their 20-minute stints.

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went all the way for the South facing 43 shots.

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scored a pair,

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, Moe Brunel, and Clayton Kemp added singles. North Division Lineup: *Goal: Ken McCluskey (Selkirk);

(Portage);

(Dauphin) *Defence: Hugh Moran (Portage);

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(Dauphin); *Forwards:

(Selkirk); Moe Brunel (Selkirk);

(Kenora); Clayton Kemp (Dauphin); Ed Larkin (Portage);

(Selkirk); Bob Saull (Portage); Tom Thomsen (Kenora); South Division Lineup: *Goal:

(St. Boniface); *Defence: John Neil (West Kildonan); Bill Palmer (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

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of Winnipeg scored the other Stars goals. Koji Iwimpto and

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replied for Seibu.
MJHL Lineup: *Goal:

(St. Boniface); Dan Stephens (St. James) *Defence: Bob Winograd (Winnipeg); Terry Proctor (St. Boniface); Bill Palmer (St. Boniface);
Rich Tathum (St. James);

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(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);

(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

of Selkirk scored two goals each. Jim Cahoon of Dauphin and

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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

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Semi-Final'' :Dauphin defeated

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(

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) ''4-games-to-2'' ''Western

Final (

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)'' :Dauphin lost to

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(

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) ''4-games-to-3''

Scoring leaders

Awards

All-Star Teams

References

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