2012–13 MJHL season explained

2012–13 MJHL season
League:	Manitoba Junior Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Pixels:	250
No Of Games:	330
No Of Teams:	11
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Dauphin Kings
Season Champ Name:	First Place
Mvp:	Guillaume Naud
Mvp Link:	Steve "Boomer" Hawrysh Award
Top Scorer:	Jesse Sinatynski
Top Scorer Link:	Mike Ridley Trophy
Playoffs:	Playoffs
Conf1:	Addison Division
Conf1 Champ:	Steinbach Pistons
Conf2:	Sherwood Division
Conf2 Champ:	Dauphin Kings
Finals:	Turnbull Cup
Finals Link:	Turnbull Cup
Playoffs Mvp:	Corey Koop
Playoffs Mvp Link:	MJHL Playoff MVP
Finals Champ:	Steinbach Pistons
Seasonslist:	List of MJHL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	List of MJHL
Prevseason Link:	2011–12 MJHL season
Prevseason Year:	2011–12
Nextseason Link:	2013–14 MJHL season
Nextseason Year:	2013–14

The 2012–13 season was the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's (MJHL) 96th season of operation.

Season highlights

The Winnipeg Saints are sold to a group from Virden in April 2012 and relocate to the southwestern Manitoba community. The team is renamed the Virden Oil Capitals and moves to the Sherwood Division. The Winnipeg Blues are now the sole team based in Winnipeg.^[1]
The Steinbach Pistons are purchased by a group of local investors and become a community-owned organization.^[2]
The league shortens its regular season schedule from 341 games to 330. Each team plays two less games as a result.
The league holds its annual showcase event October 4–6 at the MTS Iceplex.
The Steinbach Pistons join the MJHL playoffs for the first time in ten years, defeat the two-time defending champion Portage Terriers, and then upset the league's top two teams from the regular season, the Winnipeg Blues and Dauphin Kings, to win their organization's first ever Turnbull Cup.^[3]
The Pistons qualify for the newly created Western Canada Cup, but do not advance past the round robin.

Addison Division	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
	60	45	14	1	91	266	164
	60	31	25	4	66	224	207
	60	32	27	1	65	187	187
	60	22	27	11	55	199	224
	60	25	30	5	55	203	210
Sherwood Division	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
	60	47	11	2	96	266	149
	60	39	16	5	83	221	190
	60	33	23	4	70	221	221
	60	25	30	5	55	188	220
	60	18	34	8	44	155	212
	60	13	40	7	33	142	288

First year of the new format involving the four western leagues of the CJHL.
Steinbach Pistons finish fifth in the round robin and are eliminated from playoffs.

Steve "Boomer" Hawrysh Award (MVP): Guillaume Naud, Dauphin
MJHL Top Goaltender Award: Adam Iwan, Portage
Brian Kozak Award (Top Defenceman): Tanner Butler, Dauphin
Vince Leah Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Tristan Keck, Winkler
Lorne Lyndon Memorial Trophy (Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship): Connor Cleverly, Winnipeg
Muzz McPherson Award (Coach of the Year): Don MacGillivray, Winnipeg
Mike Ridley Trophy (Scoring Champion): Jesse Sinatynski, Dauphin
MJHL Playoff MVP: Corey Koop, Steinbach