The Winnipeg Blues are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team based in Oak Bluff, a suburban area of

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. The team was founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Monarchs and also formerly known as the Fort Garry Blues (1978-1984) and Winnipeg South Blues (1984-2010). The Blues/Monarchs hockey club has won 17

Turnbull Cup The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The MJHL consists of thirteen teams all base ...

s as MJHL champions, two ANAVET Cups, and six

Abbott Cup The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup, was awarded annually from 1919 through 1999 to the Junior "A" ice hockey Champion for Western Canada. The Cup was named after Captain E.L. (Hick) Abbott who was a noted hockey p ...

s. The Monarchs were also three-time

Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between t ...

champions before the reorganization of Canadian junior hockey in 1970. The 1995 Winnipeg South Blues have been inducted into the

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under the team category.

History

Winnipeg Monarchs (1930–1978)

The Winnipeg Monarchs won the

as Canadian junior hockey champions three times: in 1935, 1937 and 1946. In 1946, George Robertson scored the winning goal in the seventh game of the 1946 Memorial Cup Final before a sell out crowd at

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in Toronto, Ontario. The Monarchs were also finalists in 1932, losing to Sudbury Wolves in the final, and

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

, losing to the Barrie Flyers. In addition to the three Memorial Cup titles, the Monarchs won ten

s as MJHL champions and five

s as Western Canadian junior hockey champions.

Winnipeg Blues (1978–present)

The Monarchs were sold and relocated to the Century Arena in

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in 1978 and adopted a new name, the Fort Garry Blues. The team rebranded itself as the Winnipeg South Blues in 1984. The Blues captured six league championships while playing out of Fort Garry. The Blues moved into the new MTS Iceplex in 2010 and shortened their name to the Winnipeg Blues. The team won its 17th Turnbull Cup in 2014 and made their only

Western Canada Cup The Western Canada Cup (WCC); was the Junior 'A' ice hockey championship for western Canada from 2013 to 2017. The annual five-team event consisted of the host team and the champions from the four western leagues (Alberta Junior Hockey League, Bri ...

appearance that year. In April 2019, the MJHL Board of Governors approved the sale of the team to 50 Below Sports + Entertainment Inc, owners of the Western Hockey League's Winnipeg Ice. The Blues relocated to The Rink Training Centre in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald for the 2019–20 season. Rink Training Centre RM of Macdonald

The Blues were the sole Junior "A" club based in the Winnipeg area after the Winnipeg Saints relocated to Virden in 2012. They were joined by the Winnipeg Freeze, also owned by 50 Below Sports + Entertainment Inc, for the 2020–21 season.

List of championships

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

Playoffs

*1971 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg Monarchs ''4-games-to-2'' *1972 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg Monarchs ''4-games-to-2'' *1973 ''DNQ'' *1974 ''DNQ'' *1975 ''DNQ'' *1976 ''Lost Quarter-final'' :

West Kildonan North Stars The Kildonan North Stars were a Canadian Junior ice hockey Team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League from Winnipeg, Manitoba. History During the summer of 1967, community-minded sports group purchased the Winnipeg Warriors from Ben Hatskin, ren ...

defeated Assiniboine Park Monarchs ''4-games-to-1'' *1977 ''DNQ'' *1978 ''DNQ'' *1979 ''DNQ'' *1980 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : St. James Canadians defeated Fort Garry Blues ''4-games-to-2'' *1981 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : St. James Canadians defeated Fort Garry Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *1982 ''Won League, Won Turnbull Cup, Lost Anavet Cup'' :Fort Garry Blues defeated Kenora Thistles ''4-games-to-none'' :Fort Garry Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints ''4-games-to-none'' :Fort Garry Blues defeated Dauphin Kings ''4-games-to-none'' MJHL CHAMPIONS :Fort Garry Blues defeated

Flin Flon Bombers The Flin Flon Bombers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in Flin Flon, a city located on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan provincial border. The Bombers are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), which is a member of the Canadia ...

( NJHL) ''3-games-to-none'' TURNBULL CUP CHAMPIONS :

Prince Albert Raiders The Prince Albert Raiders are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. The Raiders play in the East Division of the Eastern Conference. They are based in the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. The team plays its hom ...

( SJHL) defeated Fort Garry Blues ''4-games-to-2'' *1983 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Fort Garry Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-none'' : St. Boniface Saints defeated Fort Garry Blues ''4-games-to-2'' *1984 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Fort Garry Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-1'' : Kildonan North Stars defeated Fort Garry Blues ''4-games-to-2'' *1985 ''Lost Final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars ''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-1'' :

Selkirk Steelers The Selkirk Steelers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League and Hockey Canada. History Junior "A" hockey in Selkirk ...

defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *1986 ''Won League, Won Anavet Cup, Lost

'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated

Thunder Bay Hornets The Thunder Bay Hornets were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. At their height, they won two consecutive Bronze Medals at the Western Canadian Junior B Championships - the Keystone Cup and later were in competition ...

''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated

''4-games-to-none'' MJHL CHAMPIONS :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Humboldt Broncos ( SJHL) ''4-games-to-3'' ANAVET CUP CHAMPIONS : Penticton Knights (

BCJHL The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league from British Columbia under Hockey Canada and BC Hockey. Founded in Vernon in 1961, the BCHL now includes 18 teams. From 1993 to 2021, the league was a member of the Cana ...

) defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *1987 ''Lost Final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints ''4-games-to-none'' :

defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-3'' *1988 ''Won League, Lost Anavet Cup'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars ''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-2'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Portage Terriers ''4-games-to-none'' MJHL CHAMPIONS : Notre Dame Hounds ( SJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-none'' *1989 ''Won League, Lost Anavet Cup'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-1'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars ''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated

''4-games-to-none'' MJHL CHAMPIONS : Humboldt Broncos ( SJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *1990 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-none'' *1991 ''Lost Final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Neepawa Natives ''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-1'' : Winkler Flyers defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-none'' *1992 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints ''4-games-to-2'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-none'' *1993 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-2'' : St. Boniface Saints defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *1994 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-3'' *1995 ''Won League, Won Anavet Cup, Won

, Lost 1995 Centennial Cup semi-final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. James Canadians ''4-games-to-1'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars ''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated

''4-games-to-none'' MJHL CHAMPIONS :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Weyburn Red Wings ( SJHL) ''4-games-to-2'' ANAVET CUP CHAMPIONS :Third in 1995 Centennial Cup round robin (2-2) ABBOTT CUP CHAMPIONS : Gloucester Rangers ( CJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-1'' in semi-final *1996 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints ''4-games-to-3'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-none'' *1997 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *1998 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints ''4-games-to-3'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues *1999 ''Lost Final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated

''4-games-to-1'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated St. Boniface Saints ''4-games-to-3'' : OCN Blizzard defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-none'' *2000 ''Lost Final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated

''4-games-to-2'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Winkler Flyers ''4-games-to-1'' : OCN Blizzard defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *2001 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Winnipeg Saints ''4-games-to-3'' : Winkler Flyers defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-none'' *2002 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : St. James Canadians defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-3'' *2003 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated

''4-games-to-2'' : Southeast Blades defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *2004 ''Lost Quarter-final'' :

defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-3'' *2005 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Winkler Flyers ''4-games-to-1'' :

defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-3'' *2006 ''Won League, Lost Anavet Cup'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated Winkler Flyers ''4-games-to-1'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated

''4-games-to-none'' :Winnipeg South Blues defeated OCN Blizzard ''4-games-to-1'' MJHL CHAMPIONS :

Yorkton Terriers The Yorkton Terriers are a team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) based in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. The team plays their home games in the Farrell Agencies Arena, which has a seating capacity of 2,300. The Terriers won the 2 ...

( SJHL) defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *2007 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : Winnipeg Saints defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-3'' *2008 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : Winnipeg Saints defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *2009 ''DNQ'' *2010 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : Winnipeg Saints defeated Winnipeg South Blues ''4-games-to-none'' *2011 ''DNQ'' *2012 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated Winkler Flyers ''4-games-to-none'' : Portage Terriers defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-to-2'' *2013 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated Winkler Flyers ''4-games-to-2'' : Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-to-2'' *2014 ''Won League'', ''Lost in 2014

round robin'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated Winkler Flyers ''2-games-to-0'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated

''4-games-to-1'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated Steinbach Pistons ''4-games-to-1'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated Dauphin Kings ''4-games-to-1'' MJHL Champions :Fifth and eliminated from

round robin (1-3) *2015 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated Swan Valley Stampeders ''4-games-to-0'' : Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-to-1'' *2016 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated Virden Oil Capitals ''4-games-to-3'' : Portage Terriers defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-to-0'' *2017 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : OCN Blizzard defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-1'' *2018 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Winnipeg Blues defeated Portage Terriers ''4-games-to-2'' : Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-to-2'' *2019 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-to-2'' *2020 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : Steinbach Pistons defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-to-0'' *2021 ''Playoffs cancelled'' *2022 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : Winkler Flyers defeated Winnipeg Blues ''4-games-to-2''

NHL alumni

Retired numbers

*3 - Grant Ledyard

References

External links

Winnipeg Blues Official Website
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