Manitoba Junior Hockey League The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior ice hockey, 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 thirt ...

(MJHL) commissioner Jimmy Dunn implemented an automatic one-game minimum suspension for any player who received a

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as of the 1965–66 season. He felt that professional hockey influenced fisticuffs in junior hockey and said that, "Any time there's a big fight in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

, the kids drop their sticks and put up their dukes in the next game. It happens almost every time".

Champion

On March 18, 1966, at the

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, the Winnipeg Rangers won the Turnbull Memorial Trophy as MJHL champs.

Regular season

Tie Breaker (single game) Braves defeated Monarchs

Playoffs

''Semi-Finals'' :Warriors lost to Braves ''3-games-to-2'' ''Turnbull Cup Championship'' :Rangers defeated Braves ''4-games-to-1'' ''Western

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Semi-Final'' :Rangers lost to

Fort William Canadiens The Fort William Canadians were a junior ice hockey team based in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. The Canadians were members of the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League and were Abbott Cup finalists three times. For a while, the ''Fort William Ca ...

(

TBJHL The Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League (TBJHL) was a Canadian junior ice hockey league that existed from c. 1920 to 1980. The TBJHL operated in Northwestern Ontario, primarily in the Thunder Bay region. The Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League was ...

) ''4-games-to-none''

Awards

All-Star Teams

References

Manitoba Junior Hockey LeagueHockey Hall of Fame
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MJHL The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior ice hockey, 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 thirt ...

Manitoba Junior Hockey League seasons