The St. Boniface Mohawks were a Canadian

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team in

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, Manitoba. The team was founded in 1967 when the

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, former

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champions, relocated to

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. The Mohawks played in various leagues, including the Manitoba Senior Hockey League and the Central Amateur Senior Hockey League, until the early 1990s. During their existence, the Mohawks won a total of 14 Pattison Cups as provincial champions. Between 1968 and 1983, they won four Patton Cups as Western Canadian champions, but were never able to defeat their Eastern counterpart in the best-of-seven series for the Allan Cup. They were also runner-up at the

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and 1994 Allan Cups, after the national championship was changed to a round robin format. During the

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playoffs, the Mohawks were awarded the first round series by default of the

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who had scheduling conflicts with their

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playoffs. When the Mohawks appealed for reconsideration, the Twins entered the Allan Cup playoffs upon the conclusion of the USHL playoffs and won the series versus the Mohawks. Pattison Cups (Provincial senior championships) * 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 Patton Cups (Western Canada senior championships) *

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1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

References

External links

St. Boniface Mohawks (CCHL) season statistics and records
at The Internet Hockey Database
St. Boniface Mohawks (CSHL) season statistics and records
at The Internet Hockey Database
St. Boniface Mohawks (MSHL) season statistics and records
at The Internet Hockey Database Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada Ice hockey teams in Winnipeg Senior ice hockey teams Winnipeg Maroons Defunct ice hockey teams in Manitoba {{Canada-icehockey-team-stub St. Boniface, Winnipeg