2016–17 MJHL season explained

2016–17 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:Steinbach Pistons
Season Champ Name:First Place
Mvp:Brady Keeper
Mvp Link:Steve "Boomer" Hawrysh Award
Top Scorer:Jeremy Leipsic
Top Scorer Link:Mike Ridley Trophy
Finals:Turnbull Cup
Finals Link:Turnbull Cup
Finals Champ:Portage Terriers
Finals Runner-Up:OCN Blizzard
Finals Mvp:Jeremey Leipsic
Finals Mvp Name:Playoff MVP
Seasonslist:List of MJHL seasons
Seasonslistnames:List of MJHL
Prevseason Link:2015–16 MJHL season
Prevseason Year:2015–16
Nextseason Link:2017–18 MJHL season
Nextseason Year:2017–18

The 2016–17 season was the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's (MJHL) 100th season of operation. Players and officials wore patches to commemorate Hockey Manitoba and the MJHL's centennial anniversary.

The Steinbach Pistons finished with league's best regular season record for the first time in their franchise's history, however were defeated by the two-time defending champion Portage Terriers in the semi-finals. The Terriers, despite finishing fifth overall in the regular season, won the Turnbull Cup for a third consecutive season by defeating the OCN Blizzard in the final.

Season highlights

Standings

GPWLOTLSOLPts GFGA
60 49 10 1 0 99 249 124
60 41 16 2 1 85 219 148
60 39 17 3 1 82 200 153
60 39 18 3 0 81 220 177
60 37 19 1 3 78 256 198
60 27 27 3 3 60 193 202
60 26 26 5 3 60 167 198
60 21 33 3 3 48 173 229
60 20 34 5 1 46 160 236
60 17 35 5 2 41 145 221
60 14 42 4 0 32 177 273

Playoffs

Post MJHL playoffs

Western Canada Cup

League awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: MJHL Rule Changes for 2016-2017. Steinbachonline.com. 13 June 2016.
  2. News: OCN Blizzard to Cease Operations. Portageonline.com. 22 December 2016.
  3. Web site: OCN Blizzard will play next season.