The Elmwood Millionaires is a now defunct Canadian Junior Hockey team in the

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 ...

. The Millionaires, based in Elmwood, Manitoba, won 5 straight

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Championships as Manitoba Junior ‘A’ Champions, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 & 1931, and a 6th in 1936. The 1929 Elmwood Millionaires won the

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. The Cup was named after Captain E.L. (Hick) Abbott who was a noted hockey pl ...

as western Canadian junior hockey champions. They went on to lose the

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to the

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. The 1931 Elmwood Millionaires defied the odds as they won both the

as Western Champions and the

as National Junior Champs even though they were heavy underdogs. The moniker was also used to describe the 1970s & 80's senior team playing in the Canadian Amateur Senior Hockey League as the EK/Elmwood Millionaires. Roster: Duke McDonald, Cliff Workman, Gordie McKenzie, Boyd Johnson, "Spunk" Duncanson, and Earl Adam (Manager), George Brown, Kitson Massey, Art Rice-Jones, Bill MacKenzie (Captain),

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, Archie Creighton,

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(Coach). The 1921 and 1931 Elmwood Millionaires were inducted into the

Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum is a hall of fame and museum for ice hockey in Manitoba, located on the main level of the Canada Life Centre in downtown Winnipeg. It was established in 1985, when the first honoured members were named an ...

in the team category.

Championships

1931 Memorial Cup Champions

NHL Alumni

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* Bill Kendall * Bobby Kirk * Bill MacKenzie * Sam McAdam *

Babe Pratt Walter Peter "Babe" Pratt (January 7, 1916 – December 16, 1988) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman/left winger who played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League between 1 ...

* Gus Rivers *

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External links

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