St. Boniface Canadiens

The St. Boniface Canadiens were a Canadian Junior A hockey team from St. Boniface, Manitoba. They were members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for 13 seasons. In 1951, a group headed by Larry Desjardins purchased the St. James Hockey Club's MJHL franchise. The team was affiliated with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. Team colors were the same as the NHL Canadiens. Jack Perrin purchased the club in 57, and a year later ended the team's relationship with the NHL Canadiens. Instead, linked the Team with his Winnipeg Warriors of the Western Hockey League. In 59, Perrin affiliated all of his teams with the Boston Bruins of the NHL. In 64, the Canadiens were assigned the north area and were renamed the Winnnipeg Warriors.
For the first half of the fifty's, all Winnipeg area MJHL teams played at the Amphitheatre. Both the Canadiens and Monarchs played in the brand new Winnipeg Arena for the 55-56 season. The following season they played at the revitalized Olympic Rink, staying for 4 seasons. Then back to the Winnipeg Arena for another 4.
The Canadiens won 4 Turnbull Cup as Manitoba Junior A Champions. Adding an Abbott Cup as Western Canada Junior A Champions in 1953. The 53 team was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. 
=Season-by-Season Record=
Note: click on season for team rosters or on league for direct link to that season.
Season 	League 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1951-52	MJHL 	36	18	17	1	130	112	37 	3rd 	Lost Semi Final
1952-53	MJHL 	36	22	13	1	179	120	45 	2nd 	Won League
1952-53	Memorial Cup	12	8 	3 	1	64 	49 	- 	- 	Won Abbott Cup
1952-53	Memorial Cup	5 	1 	4 	-	20 	29 	- 	- 	Lost Final
1953-54	MJHL 	36	31	3 	2	225	128	64 	1st 	Won League
1953-54	Memorial Cup	8 	3 	4 	1	39 	40 	- 	- 	Lost West Semi Final
1954-55	MJHL 	32	13	18	1	187	184	27 	3rd 	DNQ
1955-56	MJHL 	23	15	7 	1	175	114	31 	2nd 	Won League
1955-56	Memorial Cup	6 	2 	4 	-	19 	29 	- 	- 	Lost West Semi Final
1956-57	MJHL 	30	26	4 	0	260	100	52 	1st 	Lost Final
1957-58	MJHL 	30	17	11	2	146	132	36 	2nd 	Won League
1957-58	Memorial Cup	11	6 	5 	-	53 	57 	- 	- 	Lost West Final
1958-59	MJHL 	31	21	8 	2	143	96 	44 	2nd 	Lost Final
1959-60	MJHL 	31	21	9 	1	140	88 	43 	2nd 	Lost Semi Final
1960-61	MJHL 	32	10	21	1	141	191	21 	4th 	Lost Semi Final
1961-62	MJHL 	40	17	17	6	135	152	40 	3rd 	Lost Semi Final
1962-63	MJHL 	39	19	16	4	186	148	42 	2nd 	Lost Final
1963-64	MJHL 	30	1 	28	1	97 	210	3 	6th 	DNQ
=League Records=
Season 	Player 	Category 	Amount
1954-55	Bill Sutherland 	Most Assists--Center 	35
1956-57	Ray Brunel 	Most Points 	105
1956-57	Ray Brunel 	Most Goals 	57
1956-57	Ray Brunel 	Most Assists 	48
1957-58	Claude Normandeau	Most Goals--Right Wing	41
=Award Winners, League Leaders, & All-Stars=
Season 	Player 	Achievement
1951-52	Sid White 	Second All-Star Team
1952-53	Hal Dalkie 	Top Goals Against Average
1952-53	Leo Konyk 	First All-Star Team
1952-53	Bill Short 	First All-Star Team
1952-53	Frank Holliday 	Second All-Star Team (tied)
1952-53	Ab McDonald 	Second All-Star Team
1952-53	Len Thornson 	Second All-Star Team
1953-54	Ab McDonald 	Scoring Champion
1953-54	Al Johnson 	Most Assists
1953-54	Don Dawson 	Top Goals Against Average
1954-55	Jerry Wilson 	First All-Star Team
1954-55	Bert Aikens 	Second All-Star Team
1954-55	Gord Dibley 	Second All-Star Team
1954-55	Bill Sutherland 	Second All-Star Team
1955-56	Ray Brunel 	Scoring Champion
1955-56	Ray Brunel 	First All-Star Team
1955-56	Barry Zajac 	Top Goals Against Average
1956-57	Ray Brunel 	MVP
1956-57	Ray Brunel 	Scoring Champion
1956-57	Ray Brunel 	Most Goals
1956-57	Ray Brunel 	Most Assists
1956-57	Ray Brunel 	First All-Star Team
1956-57	Barry Zajac 	Top Goals Against Average
1957-58	Claude Normandeau 	First All-Star Team
1957-58	Bob Donas 	Second All-Star Team
1957-58	Ted Lanyon 	Second All-Star Team
1957-58	Don Shalley 	Second All-Star Team
1958-59	Paul Sexsmith 	Top Goals Against Average
1959-60	John Rodger 	Most Assists (tied)
1959-60	Paul Sexsmith 	First All-Star Team
1959-60	Jerry Kruk 	Second All-Star Team
1959-60	Billy Staub 	Third All-Star Team
1960-61	John Russell 	Second All-Star Team
1961-62	Henry Goy 	First All-Star Team
1961-62	John Trojack 	First All-Star Team
1961-62	Paul Allan 	Second All-Star Team
1961-62	Bob Peers 	Second All-Star Team
1962-63	Ted Irvine 	Most Goals
1962-63	Ted Irvine 	First All-Star Team
1962-63	Henry Goy 	First All-Star Team
1962-63	George Butterworth	Second All-Star Team
1962-63	Dave Confrey 	Second All-Star Team
1962-63	John Trojack 	Second All-Star Team
1962-63	Steve Yoshino 	Second All-Star Team
1962-63	Pete Kapusta 	All-Star Team Coach
=NHL Alumni=
Bill Allum 	Garry Blaine 	Gerry Brisson 	Jean Gauthier
Ted Green 	Bryan Hextall 	Cecil Hoekstra 	Howie Hughes
Ted Irvine 	Al Johnson 	Bill Juzda 	Gord Labossiere
Ted Lanyon 	Bill MacKenzie 	Bill Masterton 	Ab McDonald
Cliff Pennington	Bill Sutherland	Murray Williamson	Jerry Wilson
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