The St. Boniface Canadiens was a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team that operated from 1952-1964. The St. Boniface Canadiens won four Turnbull Cup Championships as Manitoba Junior Champions, 1953, 1954, 1956, and 1958.
The franchise was founded in 1935 and moved from Winnipeg to St. Boniface, Manitoba in 1952. It had previously played as the Woodhaven Maple Leafs, St. James Canadians, St. James Orioles, and Winnipeg Canadiens.
The 1953 St. Boniface Canadiens won the Abbott Cup as western Canadian champions by defeating the Lethbridge Native Sons. They played the 1953 Memorial Cup final against the Barrie Flyers, losing the best-of-seven series in six games. The 1953 Canadiens were inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in the team category.
The Canadiens became the Winnipeg Warriors from 1964 to 1967.
During the summer of 1967, community-minded sports group purchased the Winnipeg Warriors from Ben Hatskin, after which the team became known as the Kildonan North Stars.
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 Playoffs1935-36 12 1 10 1 - 32 59 13 8th MJHL1936-37 16 6 9 1 - 72 97 13 6th MJHL1937-38 16 4 9 3 - 70 119 11 7th MJHL1938-39 18 8 9 1 - 77 73 17 4th MJHL1939-40 18 8 10 0 - -- -- 16 6th MJHL1940-41 11 2 9 0 - 47 92 4 8th MJHL1941-42 18 9 9 0 - 106 107 18 4th MJHL1942-43 16 6 10 0 - 82 89 12 6th MJHL1943-44 10 4 6 0 - 36 48 10 4th MJHL Won League1944-45 9 3 6 0 - 56 69 6 4th MJHL1945-46 10 7 3 0 - 59 57 14 3rd MJHL1946-47 16 6 10 0 - 59 93 12 4th MJHL1947-48 24 15 7 2 - 137 99 32 1st MJHL1948-49 30 12 17 1 - 136 160 25 2nd MJHL1949-50 36 13 22 1 - 141 175 27 4th MJHL1950-51 36 8 28 0 - 129 206 16 4th MJHL1951-52 36 18 17 1 - 131 112 37 3rd MJHL1952-53 36 22 13 1 - 179 120 45 2nd MJHL Won League, Won AbC1953-54 36 31 3 2 - 225 128 64 1st MJHL Won League1954-55 32 13 18 1 - 187 154 27 3rd MJHL1955-56 23 15 7 1 - 175 114 31 2nd MJHL Won League1956-57 30 26 4 0 - 260 100 52 1st MJHL1957-58 30 17 11 2 - 146 132 36 2nd MJHL Won League1958-59 31 21 8 2 - 143 96 44 2nd MJHL1959-60 31 21 9 1 - 140 93 43 2nd MJHL1960-61 32 10 21 1 - 141 191 21 4th MJHL1961-62 40 17 17 6 - 135 152 40 3rd MJHL1962-63 39 19 16 4 - 186 148 42 2nd MJHL1963-64 30 1 28 1 - 97 210 3 6th MJHL1964-65 44 13 27 4 - 152 222 30 4th MJHL1965-66 48 19 22 7 - 207 229 45 2nd MJHL1966-67 58 10 45 3 - 162 390 23 7th MJHL
NHL alumni
References
External links 1953 St. Boniface Canadiens at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame