The Winnipeg Rangers, later known as the Black Hawks and Barons, were a 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 ...

. They were two-time

Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between ...

and Turnbull Cup champions (

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...

and

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

). The 1941 Winnipeg Rangers Hockey Club defeated the

Saskatoon Quakers The Saskatoon Quakers were an ice hockey team that was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The team played in various senior ice hockey leagues, and later played in minor league professional hockey. The Quakers represented Canada in 1934 Wor ...

to win the Abbott Cup and earned the right to represent the west in the Memorial Cup. They went on to defeat the

Montreal Royals The Montreal Royals were a minor league baseball, minor league professional baseball team in Montreal, Quebec, during 1897–1917 and 1928–1960. A member of the International League, the Royals were the top farm system, farm club (Triple-A (base ...

7-4 in the fifth and deciding game to capture the national title. The roster of this team included:

Baldy Northcott Lawrence McFarlane "Baldy" Northcott (September 7, 1908 – November 7, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Northcott played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons and Chi ...

(Coach), Mike Peters (Spare Goal), Hugh Millar (Defence),

Glen Harmon David Glen Harmon (January 2, 1921 – March 9, 2007) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1951. He was born in Holland, Manitoba and died in Mississauga, Ontario. Playing career Harmon's profe ...

(Defence), Bernie Bathgate (Forward),

Bill Heindl Sr. William Heindl Sr. (May 16, 1922 – April 13, 1979) was a Canadian ice hockey and gridiron football player. As a hockey defenceman from 1940 to 1957, he played on two Memorial Cup championship teams in 1941 and 1942. In football, he played for ...

(Defence), R.A. "Sammy" Fabro (Forward), Les Hickey (Forward), Bob Ballance (Forward), Hub Macey (Forward), Manning "Babe" Hobday (Defence), Lou Medynski (Forward), Earl Fast (Forward), Doug Baldwin (Defence), Bill Mortimer (Defence), Alan Hay (Forward), Billy Robinson (Forward), and Hal Thompson (Goal), and Tommy Bredin (Forward). The 1943 Winnipeg Rangers defeated the

to win the Abbott Cup. They then went on to beat the

Oshawa Generals The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. In November 2016, ...

in the sixth game of the best of seven Memorial Cup championship. The roster of this team included: Vernon Smith (Mascot), Joe Peters, Frank Mathers, Ben Juzda, Jack Irvine, Bill Tindall, Stan Warecki, Ritchie McDonald, Bill Boorman (Captain), George Mundrick, Tom Fowler, Cal Gardner, Jack Taggert, Bill Vickers, Joe Peterson,

Church Russell Churchill Davidson Russell (March 16, 1923 – March 31, 1999) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Russell played 90 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers over three seasons between 1945 and 1947. The rest o ...

Ed Kullman Edward George "Eddie" Kullman (December 12, 1923 – March 15, 1997) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 343 games in the National Hockey League, all for the New York Rangers. Kullman is related to former Hershey Bears player ...

, Doug Jackson, Spence Tatchell, Gus Schwartz, Johnny Gross (Trainer), Henry Borger (VP), Arthur U. Chipman (President),

(Executive), Bob Kinnear (Coach), and Scotty Oliver (GM). The hockey club's affiliation changed from the

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its ho ...

to the

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after the 1946-47 season; as such, the team was renamed the Winnipeg Black Hawks. In 1952, the name was changed again, this time to the Winnipeg Barons. The hockey club folded after the 1956–57 season. The 1941 and 1943 Winnipeg Rangers have been 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 ...

under the team category. A separate team called the Winnipeg Rangers played in the MJHL from 1956 to 1967.

External links

1941 Winnipeg Rangers
at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
Winnipeg Rangers season statistics and records
at The Internet Hockey Database
Winnipeg Black Hawks season statistics and records
at The Internet Hockey Database
Winnipeg Barons season statistics and records
at The Internet Hockey Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Winnipeg Rangers (1939-1947) Defunct Manitoba Junior Hockey League teams Ice hockey teams in Winnipeg

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