1963–64 MJHL season

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The Brandon Wheat Kings won for the third year in a row, and fourth in five years. The win on March 8, 1964 in Fort Frances was the first time the Wheat Kings won the Turnbull Memorial Trophy not playing on home ice.

League Notes

The MJHL expands to Fort Frances, with the Fort Frances Royals joining the league.

Regular season

League Standings GP W L T Pts GF GA
Brandon Wheat Kings 30 27 1 2 56 209 67
Fort Frances Royals 30 17 12 1 35 118 136
Winnipeg Rangers 30 15 12 3 33 120 91
Winnipeg Monarchs 30 13 15 2 28 112 124
Winnipeg Braves 30 11 16 3 25 92 120
St. Boniface Canadiens 30 1 28 1 3 97 210

All-Star game

The SJHL click for three unanswered goals in the third period, two within 25 seconds, to beat the MJHL 5-2 in the 3rd annual Manitoba - Saskatchewan all-star game was played in Brandon on February 3. Ron Boehm, Fran Huck, Gary Holland, Wayne Doll, and Larry Mickey scored for Saskatchewan, who with the win, retain the Charlie Gardner Memorial Trophy. Replying for the Manitoba were Jim Irving and Felix LaVallee.
MJHL Lineup:

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

Brandon defeated Rangers 4-games-to-none
Fort Frances defeated Monarchs 4-games-to-none

Turnbull Cup Championship

Brandon defeated Fort Frances 10-points-to-2 (9 point series)

Western Memorial Cup Inter-Provincial Playoff

Brandon defeated Fort William Canadiens (TBJHL) 4-games-to-2

Western Memorial Cup Semi-Final

Brandon lost to Edmonton Oil Kings (CAHL) 4-games-to-1

Awards

Trophy Winner Team
MVP
Top Goaltender Ken Kachulak Brandon Wheat Kings
Rookie of the Year
Sportsmanship Award Jim Irving Winnipeg Rangers
Scoring Champion John Vopni Brandon Wheat Kings
Most Goals John Vopni Brandon Wheat Kings

All-Star Teams

First All-Star Team
Goaltender Ken Kachulak Brandon Wheat Kings
Defencemen Bob Ash Brandon Wheat Kings
Jim Murray Brandon Wheat Kings
Centreman Felix LaVallee Brandon Wheat Kings
Leftwinger Ted Irvine Winnipeg Braves
Rightwinger John Vopni Brandon Wheat Kings
Coach Ron Maxwell Brandon Wheat Kings
Second All-Star Team
Goaltender Ben Harper Fort Frances Royals
Defencemen (tie) Terry Ball Winnipeg Rangers
Bob Howard Winnipeg Rangers
George Hayes Brandon Wheat Kings
Centreman Dan Johnson Fort Frances Royals
Leftwinger Jim Irving Winnipeg Rangers
Rightwinger Freeman Asmundson Winnipeg Monarchs

References

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