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This is the 1977-78 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

League Notes[]

Assiniboine Park changed name back to Winnipeg Monarchs.
Vince Leah Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year introduced.
Thompson withdrew from League on January 9.

Regular Season[]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
North Division
Selkirk Steelers 52 36 15 1 317 234 73
Dauphin Kings 52 33 16 3 262 194 69
Brandon Travellers 52 34 17 1 297 231 69
Portage Terriers 52 18 33 1 244 335 37
Thompson King Miners (see note) 52 7 45 0 134 219 14
South Division
Kenora Thistles 52 32 18 2 312 233 66
St. Boniface Saints 52 31 21 0 289 260 62
Kildonan North Stars 52 27 25 0 246 273 54
St. James Canadians 52 25 27 0 265 258 50
Winnipeg Monarchs 52 12 38 2 194 323 26

Note: 19 games were counted as default losses.

Playoffs[]

Division Semi-Finals Division Finals Turnbull Cup Championship
         
1 Selkirk Steelers 4
4 Portage Terriers 0
1 Selkirk Steelers 3
North Division
2 Dauphin Kings 4
2 Dauphin Kings 4
3 Brandon Travellers 2
2 Dauphin Kings 3
3 Kildonan North Stars 4
1 Kenora Thistles 4
4 St. James Canadians 1
1 Kenora Thistles 2
South Division
3 Kildonan North Stars 4
2 St. Boniface Saints 1
3 Kildonan North Stars 4


Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff[]

Anavet Cup Championship
Kildonan lost to Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) 4-games-to-none
see 1978 Anavet Cup

League Leaders[]

Category Player Team Amount
Most Points Ken Krentz Selkirk Steelers 160
Most Goals Ken Krentz Selkirk Steelers 68
Most Assists Ken Krentz Selkirk Steelers 92
Top Goals Against Average Terry Fishley Dauphin Kings 3.80

League Record[]

Player Team Achievement Amount
Terry Krulicki Selkirk Steelers Most Points--Left Wing 106

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank Player Team G A Pts
1 Ken Krentz Selkirk Steelers 68 92 160
2 Larry Beck Kenora Thistles 52 75 127
3 Murray Thomson Brandon Travellers 30 83 113
4 Terry Krulicki Selkirk Steelers 51 55 106
5 Rick Loeb St. Boniface Saints 47 53 100
6 Myles Forget Kenora Thistles 48 43 91
7 Brett Vincent Selkirk Steelers 21 64 85
8 Jim Malazdrewicz St. Boniface Saints 36 48 84
Kim Koswin Kildonan North Stars 28 56 84
Allen Aime Selkirk Steelers 25 59 84

Awards[]

Trophy Winner Team
MVP Ken Krentz Selkirk Steelers
Top Goaltender Terry Fishley Dauphin Kings
Top Defenseman Dan Bryck Kenora Thistles
Rookie of the Year Larry Beck Kenora Thistles
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship Brian Miller Portage Terriers
Scoring Champion Ken Krentz Selkirk Steelers

All-Star Team[]

Jim MalazdrewiczKen KrentzSteve Patrick
St. Boniface SaintsSelkirk SteelersSt. James Canadians
Dan BryckBrad Harding
Kenora ThistlesDauphin Kings
Randy Sherman
Kenora Thistles
Coach
Bob Woytowich
Selkirk Steelers

Alumni news

in the News[]

February

  • Rick St. Croix made his NHL debut on February 16 with the Philadelphia Flyers.

1978

  • Rick St. Croix and the Maine Mariners won the American Hockey League Championship.

National Hockey League[]

World Hockey Association[]

Paul Baxter Ron Chipperfield Brian Coates Cam Connor
Mike Ford Ted Green Don Larway Barry Legge
John Mazur Dave Semenko Glen Sonmor Blaine Stoughton
Ted Taylor Frank Turnbull Ernie Wakely Juha Widing

Professional Players[]

Major Junior Players[]

University & College Players[]

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