The Manitoba Maple Leafs were a professional

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team in the

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(WWHL). The team played its home games at the

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History

The team joined the WWHL on June 5, 2010. Its team president was Bryon Stephen. The franchise was in partnership with the Winnipeg Métis Federation to provide an opportunity to participate in ice hockey for players from all ethnic backgrounds. In preparation for its first season, a selection camp took place in September, 2010 for the beginning by the season on October 29 in front of

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. The opening match at home was November 5 and the first victory of the history of Maple Leafs took place on Sunday, November 7 which ended with a 5-2 score over the

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. However, victories were rare for Maple Leafs in this first season. The team ended its season in the third rank in the classification of the WWHL and did not qualify for the qualifying rounds. The

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announced on April 19, 2011, that it would merge with the

for the 2011-12 season. The merger would feature one team based in

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and

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and would be combination of the former WWHL franchises the

and

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. The team played their games in various locations around Alberta.Chimos Part of Merger With CWHL
The Manitoba Maple Leafs and the

continued to be active teams after the end of the WWHL and played a number of exhibition games. While the Whitecaps remained active and eventually joined the new

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in 2018, the Maple Leafs appear to have ceased functioning after 2014.

Season-by-season

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

Season standing

References

External links

Manitoba Maple Leafs websiteWWHL website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manitoba Maple Leafs Defunct ice hockey teams in Manitoba Western Women's Hockey League teams Ice hockey teams in Winnipeg Defunct women's ice hockey teams in Canada Ice hockey clubs established in 2010 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2014 2010 establishments in Manitoba 2014 disestablishments in Manitoba Women in Manitoba

History

Season-by-season

Season standing

See also

References

External links