St. James Canucks

The St. James Canucks are a junior level team playing in the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League.  The team is based out of the St. James Civic Centre Arena.  The team was founded in 1978.
The team has won four McKenzie Trophy playoff championships in 1998, 2022, 2023, and 2024.  The team has also won four Art Moug Trophy regular season championship in 1982-83, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.
===History===
The St. James Junior Canucks joined the league in 1978-1979 to help complement the St. James Junior Canadians of The MJHL. After a meeting with MMJHL President Ed Rutherford, Carl Wullum, President, and Tom Miller, Vice President of St. James-Assiniboia Minor Hockey Association co-founded the Canucks. With the number of players of junior age at that time they felt that another Junior team would help keep the young men playing hockey in St. James. The area had eight Juvenile teams, which included a Juvenile AA team, a Midget AA team, as well as five Midget Tier 111 and 1V teams.
Tom Miller and Carl Wullum asked Mel Shandroski if he would take on the President's position; unfortunately he was transferred to Thunder Bay before the team began operating, and Tom Miller took over as President.
The team has mainly been made up of St. James players with great support from the St. James Assiniboia Minor Hockey Association and all the community centers in the St. James area. The Canucks had their first set of sweaters donated by the St. James-Assiniboia Optimist Club. Mr. Spencer of the St. James Recreation Deprtment built an equipment room for the team at the Allard Arena which was the club's first home.
==Season by Season Record==
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OL	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
1978-79	42	19	18	5 	- 	43 	196	172	5th of 8 	
1979-80	42	20	20	2 	- 	42 	239	229	4th of 8 	
1980-81	42	16	25	1 	- 	33 	238	245	7th of 8 	
1981-82	42	15	26	1 	- 	31 	196	223	7th of 8 	
1982-83	42	25	16	1 	- 	51 	210	186	1st of 8 	
1983-84	40	21	18	1 	- 	43 	176	183	4th of 9 	
1984-85	40	21	18	1 	- 	43 	225	204	4th of 9 	
1985-86	42	22	18	2 	- 	46 	263	234	3rd of 8 	
1986-87	42	19	21	2 	- 	40 	234	257	5th of 8 	
1987-88	42	11	30	1 	- 	23 	190	273	T-7th of 8 	
1988-89	42	10	29	2 	- 	22 	175	270	7th of 8 	
1989-90	42	4 	37	1 	- 	9 	166	322	8th of 8 	
1990-91	42	6 	35	1 	- 	13 	192	284	7th of 8 	
1991-92	42	13	28	1 	- 	27 	166	259	6th of 8 	
1992-93	42	9 	32	1 	- 	19 	171	278	8th of 8 	
1993-94	42	4 	38	0 	- 	8 	131	421	8th of 8 	
1994-95	42	11	31	0 	- 	22 	150	269	7th of 8 	
1995-96	42	11	30	1 	- 	23 	174	283	7th of 8 	
1996-97	42	29	13	0 	- 	58 	275	201	2nd of 8 	
1997-98	42	18	21	3 	- 	39 	223	214	5th of 8 	Won Championship
1998-99	42	13	27	2 	- 	28 	170	222	7th of 8 	
1999-00	42	26	15	1 	- 	53 	197	158	2nd of 8 	
2000-01	42	28	13	1 	0 	57 	184	158	2nd of 8 	
2001-02	45	29	13	1 	2 	61 	220	153	3rd of 10 	
2002-03	45	15	25	4 	1 	35 	170	208	 8th of 10 	
2003-04	45	24	20	0 	1 	49 	194	193	4th of 10 	
2004-05	45	26	13	3 	3 	58 	212	155	3rd of 10 	
2005-06	45	21	23	0 	1 	43 	216	187	7th of 10 	
2006-07	45	23	17	1 	4 	51 	210	201	6th of 10 	
2007-08	45	29	11	1 	4 	63 	204	134	3rd of 10 	Lost Semifinals
2008-09	45	23	18	- 	4 	50 	192	180	6th of 10 	Lost Quarterfinals
2009-10	45	16	20	- 	9 	41 	116	146	8th of 10 	Lost Quarterfinals
2010-11	45	19	21	- 	5 	43 	126	153	6th of 10 	Lost Quarterfinals
2011-12	40	11	25	- 	4 	26 	134	198	7th of 9 	Lost Quarterfinals
2012-13	45	22	19	- 	4 	48 	171	194	 T-5th of 10	Lost Quarterfinals
2013-14	45	19	21	- 	5 	43 	181	214	6th of 10 	Lost Quarterfinals
2014-15	45	14	28	- 	3 	31 	135	227	9th of 10 	Did not qualify
2015-16	45	24	18	- 	3 	51 	165	155	6th of 10 	Lost Quarterfinals
2016-17	45	26	17	- 	2 	54 	184	159	T-3rd of 10 	Lost Quarterfinals
2017-18	45	25	16	- 	4 	54 	160	125	4th of 10 	Lost Quarterfinals
2018-19	45	29	13	- 	3 	174	128	61 	T-3rd of 10 	Lost Final
2019-20	45	26	18	- 	1 	139	132	53 	4th of 10 	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21	5 	2 	3 	- 	0 	14 	15 	4 	N/A 	Season cancelled February 20th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	45	37	4 	- 	4 	236	127	78 	1st of 10 	Won Championship
Season 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
2022-23	45	40	4 	1 	0 	81 	270	115	1st' 	Won Championship
2023-24	45	37	7 	0 	1 	75 	220	110	1st 	Won Championship
===Links===
Team history on MMJHL website
Category:Established in 1978
Category:Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League teams