1961-62 SJHL Season

This is the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the 1961-62 season.
The Prince Albert Mintos were forced to relocate to Dauphin, Manitoba after a fire severely damaged their arena on December 12, 1961.
==Standings==
 Team GP W L T OTL GF GA P
 Estevan Bruins 56 34 10 12 - 233 126 80
 Regina Pats 56 33 16 7 - 237 156 73
 Flin Flon Bombers 56 29 22 5 - 244 199 63
 Melville Millionaires 56 26 25 5 - 218 223 57
 Moose Jaw Canucks 56 22 25 9 - 198 225 53
 Saskatoon Quakers 56 22 26 8 - 185 223 52
 Weyburn Red Wings 55 18 30 7 - 164 186 43
 Prince Albert Mintos 55 11 41 3 - 146 287 25
The top six teams advanced to the semi final.
==Playoffs==
===Semi Final===
Round Robin - Top 2 Teams to the Final
 Team GP W L T OTL GF GA P
 Regina Pats 10 7 2 1 - 39 22 15
 Moose Jaw Canucks 10 6 3 1 - 48 32 13
 Estevan Bruins 10 6 3 1 - 34 25 13
 Melville Millionaires 10 5 4 1 - 32 29 11
 Flin Flon Bombers 10 2 8 0 - 34 51 4
 Saskatoon Quakers 10 2 8 0 - 28 56 4
 
Moose Jaw beat out Estevan because of a better goals for-goals against record.
===Final===
Best of 7
*Moose Jaw Canucks beat Regina Pats 4 wins to 2.
*(4-3, 5-4, 1-4, 8-3, 3-11, 2-0)
Moose Jaw Canucks advanced to the 1961-62 Western Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs.
==All-Star Game==
The inaugural Manitoba - Saskatchewan all-star game was held in Winnipeg on January 21 before 7,044 fans. The MJHL scored a 6-2
triumph to win the Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy. Brandon stars Gerry Kell and Marc Dufour lead the attack with two goals each, Jim Johnson and Paul Allan added singles. Replying for the SJHL were Ron Willy and George Swarbrick.
==League Leaders==
*
 	 	 	 	
1.Gary Peters, Reg 	56	45	69	114
2.Jim Kozie, Estevan 	56	49	55	104
3.Norm Beaudin, Reg 	52	57	31	88
4.Andy Herrebout, FF 	54	34	52	86
5.George Swarbrick, MJ	55	40	36	76
*Points: Garry Peters, Regina Pats 114
*Goals: Norm Beaudin, Regina Pats 57
*Assists: Garry Peters, Regina Pats 69
*Goals Against Average: Jack Norris, Estevan Bruins 2.02
==Awards==
*Most Valuable Player: Joe Daley, Weyburn Red Wings 
*Scoring Champion: Garry Peters, Regina Pats
*Most Gentlemanly Player: Jim Kozie, Estevan Bruins
*Top Rookie: Joe Daley, Weyburn Red Wings 
*Top Goaltender: Jack Norris, Estevan Bruins
==All-Star Teams==
===First Team===
*Goaltender: Jack Norris, Estevan Bruins
*Defenceman: Dave Padzerski, Estevan Bruins
*Defenceman: Barry Trapp, Melville Millionaires
*Center: Garry Peters, Regina Pats
*Left Winger: Merv Henning, Saskatoon Quakers
*Right Winger: Norm Beaudin, Regina Pats
===Second Team===
*Goaltender: Joe Daley, Weyburn Red Wings
*Defenceman: Brian Collison, Estevan Bruins
*Defenceman: Wayne Smith, Saskatoon Quakers
*Center: Jim Kozie, Estevan Bruins
*Left Winger: Jack Koshey, Melville Millionaires
*Right Winger: Ron Willy, Estevan Bruins
==Team Photos==
61-62WeyRW.jpg|Weyburn Red Wings
61-62RegPat.jpg|Regina Pats
61-62RegPats2.jpg|Regina Pats
==Game Ads==
61-62SJHLReginaGameAd.jpg|Regina
61-62SJHLSaskatoonGameAd.jpg|Saskatoon
61-62SJHLExhReginaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Regina
==Season Tickets==
61-62SJHLReginaSeasonTickets.jpg|Regina
61-62SJHLSaskatoonSeasonTickets.jpg|Saskatoon
==Sources==
*http://www.hockeydb.com/ -- Hockey Database for League Standings
*Winnipeg Free Press Archives
Category:Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
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