Champion

On April 1, 1973, before a capacity crowd at St. James, the Portage Terriers captured the Turnbull Memorial Trophy as MJHL Champs. On April 18, 1973, the Terriers were declared winners of the Anavet Cup after the

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of the

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withdrew from the series. On May 3, 1973, in

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, the Terriers won the Abbott Cup advancing to the national final by defeating the

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of the

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. At the Winnipeg Arena on May 14, 1973, the Portage Terriers were crowned national champs defeating the

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of the

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to claim the Centennial Cup.

League notes

The 1973

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were inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.

Regular season

All-Star game

On February 3, the MJHL staged its Allstar game at

with the North Division whipping their South Division counterparts 3-0. Neither team was able to score in the close checking first period, the North went ahead 1-0 in the middle stanza and added two more goals in the final period. Scoring for the North were Murray Thompson, Randy Hextall, and

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. North Division Lineup: *Goal:

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(Portage);

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(Dauphin) *Defence: John Hewitt (Portage);

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(Kenora);
George Miller(Portage); Bill Robertson (Portage) *Centre:

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(Kenora); Randy Hextall (Portage);

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(Selkirk);

(Dauphin) *Leftwing:

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(Kenora); Grant Farncombe (Portage);
Murray Thompson (Selkirk); Randy Penner (Portage) *Rightwing: Murray Fadden (Kenora); Chuck Naish (Selkirk);
Gord Williams (Selkirk); Frank Leswick (Portage) *

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, Coach (Portage); Ron Scherza, Manager (Selkirk) South Division Lineup: *Goal:

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(West Kildonan); Murray Bannerman (St. James) *Defence: Brian Engblom (Winnipeg); Doug Mabb (St. Boniface);
Greg Tallon (St. James); Garry Bryck (West Kildonan) *Centre: Jeff Dunsmore (St. Boniface);

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(St. James); Wayne Gogal (Winnipeg) *Leftwing: Pat Meagher (St. Boniface); Dan Moffat (St. James); Cam Connor (St. Boniface) *Rightwing: Joey Cyr (St. Boniface); Perry Gosselin (St. James); Mike Flock (Winnipeg) *Forwards:

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(West Kildonan);

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(West Kildonan) * Ron Russell, Coach (Winnipeg); George Kosarych, Manager (St. Boniface)

Playoffs

''Division Semi-Finals'' :Kenora defeated Selkirk ''4-games-to-2'' :West Kildonan lost St. Boniface ''9-points-to-7 points'' (8 point series) ''Divisional Finals'' :Portage defeated Kenora ''4-games-to-none'' :St. James defeated St. Boniface ''4-games-to-none'' ''Turnbull Cup Championship'' :Portage defeated St. James ''4-games-to-none'' '' Anavet Cup Championship'' :Portage defeated

( SJHL) ''3-games-to-2'' (Humboldt refuses to finish series) '' Abbott Cup Championship'' :Portage defeated

( BCHL) ''4-games-to-3'' '' Centennial Cup Championship'' :Portage defeated

( CJHL) ''4-games-to-1''

Awards

All-Star Teams

References

Manitoba Junior Hockey League

Hockey Hall of Fame
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