Winnipeg Rangers (1956–67)

Winnipeg Rangers
City	Winnipeg, Manitoba
League	Manitoba Junior Hockey League
Operated	1956-1967
Franchise history
1956-1957	Winnipeg Rangers
1957-1958	Brandon Rangers
1958-1959	Transcona Rangers
1959-1967	Winnipeg Rangers
1967-2000	St.Boniface Saints
2000-2012	Winnipeg Saints
2012-Present	Virden Oil Capitals

The Winnipeg Rangers were a Canadian junior hockey team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and the second MJHL team to use this name. This version of the Rangers won two Turnbull Cup Championships as Manitoba Junior Champions (1961–62 and 1965–66).

The team was founded in 1956, but after one season in Winnipeg, the Rangers moved to Brandon due to lack of ice availability. Soon after, the team moved to Transcona (now part of Winnipeg). In 1959, the named changed back to the Winnipeg Rangers.

On March 18, 1966 at the Winnipeg Arena, the Rangers won the Turnbull Memorial Cup as MJHL champs.

Notable Rangers players included Butch Goring, Chuck Lefley, Terry Ball, and Bryan Lefley.

During the summer of 1967, a community-minded sports group purchased the Rangers from Ben Hatskin. The team was relocated to St. Boniface where they became the St. Boniface Saints. The franchise currently exists as the Virden Oil Capitals.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1956-57	29	7	21	1	-	95	203	15	3rd MJHL
1957-58	30	10	20	0	-	128	193	20	4th MJHL
1958-59	32	10	19	3	-	110	166	23	4th MJHL
1959-60	32	10	21	1	-	100	144	21	4th MJHL
1960-61	32	21	11	0	-	157	120	42	2nd MJHL	Won League
1961-62	40	16	20	4	-	128	150	36	4th MJHL
1962-63	40	11	25	4	-	141	196	26	5th MJHL
1963-64	30	15	12	3	-	120	91	33	3rd MJHL
1964-65	45	21	18	6	-	202	170	48	2nd MJHL
1965-66	48	27	16	5	-	219	186	59	1st MJHL	Won League
1966-67	57	34	19	4	-	263	201	74	3rd MJHL

See also

• Winnipeg Saints
• Virden Oil Capitals

External links

• Winnipeg Rangers (1956-1967) season statistics and records at The Internet Hockey Database

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