The Winnipeg Rangers , later known as the Black Hawks and Barons, were a Canadian junior hockey team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League . They were two-time Memorial Cup and Turnbull Cup champions ( 1941 and 1943 ).
18-1074: The 1941 Winnipeg Rangers Hockey Club defeated the Saskatoon Quakers to win the Abbott Cup and earned the right to represent the west in the Memorial Cup. They went on to defeat the Montreal Royals 7-4 in the fifth and deciding game to capture the national title. The roster of this team included: Baldy Northcott (Coach), Mike Peters (Spare Goal), Hugh Millar (Defence), Glen Harmon (Defence), Bernie Bathgate (Forward), Bill Heindl Sr. (Defence), R.A. "Sammy" Fabro (Forward), Les Hickey (Forward), Bob Ballance (Forward), Hub Macey (Forward), Manning "Babe" Hobday (Defence), Lou Medynski (Forward), Earl Fast (Forward), Doug Baldwin (Defence), Bill Mortimer (Defence), Alan Hay (Forward), Billy Robinson (Forward), and Hal Thompson (Goal), and Tommy Bredin (Forward). The 1943 Winnipeg Rangers defeated
36-912: A founding member of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League (WCSHL) in 1945, where they were known their first two seasons as the Saskatoon Elks. They captured the WCSHL championship in 1950–51. The following season, the Quakers joined the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Flyers in turning professional as the WCSHL merged with the Pacific Coast Hockey League , which renamed itself the Western Hockey League in 1952. As
54-550: A new trophy at a higher level than the Allan Cup. CAHA president Doug Grimston supported the concept as a way to stabilize Allan Cup competition, and insisted that the proposed contract have a termination clause, and wanted to resolve the differences since he felt that the leagues might break away from the CAHA and become professional without an agreement in place. The CAHA agreed on contracts for senior hockey which tied players to
72-532: A result of the merger, the Quakers lost their amateur status, becoming a minor-professional team. The Quakers succumbed, after five seasons in the WHL, to the increased costs of operating a minor-professional team. When the Quakers won the WCSHL 1950–51 championship, they became the western league's representative to the 1951 Alexander Cup for the national major ('open' to both amateur and professional leagues) senior ice hockey championship of Canada. They would lose to
90-609: A team for the season, gave the first right of refusal to the same for the following season, and proposed that professional teams could draft senior players. In July 1950, Grimston announced that the CAHA would operate a Major Series in a similar east-versus-west playoffs format as the Allan Cup. The CAHA set a minimum salary of C$ 1,000 per player, and allowed teams in the Maritimes to import an additional four players from outside of their territory to strengthen perceived weaker teams. The National Hockey League (NHL) did not approve of
108-751: The New York Rangers to the Chicago Black Hawks after the 1946-47 season; as such, the team was renamed the Winnipeg Black Hawks. In 1952, the name was changed again, this time to the Winnipeg Barons. The hockey club folded after the 1956–57 season . The 1941 and 1943 Winnipeg Rangers have been inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame under the team category. A separate team called
126-647: The President's Cup as Pacific Coast Hockey League champions. The Quakers represented Canada in the 1934 World Ice Hockey Championships in Milan, Italy. The team won the gold medal, defeating the United States in the championship final, avenging Canada's loss to the US in the 1933 championship final. From 1937, the Quakers were based out of the 3,300-seat Saskatoon Arena in downtown Saskatoon. The Quakers were
144-763: The Saskatoon Quakers to win the Abbott Cup . They then went on to beat the Oshawa Generals in the sixth game of the best of seven Memorial Cup championship. The roster of this team included: Vernon Smith (Mascot), Joe Peters, Frank Mathers, Ben Juzda, Jack Irvine, Bill Tindall, Stan Warecki, Ritchie McDonald, Bill Boorman (Captain), George Mundrick, Tom Fowler, Cal Gardner , Jack Taggert, Bill Vickers, Joe Peterson, Church Russell , Ed Kullman , Doug Jackson, Spence Tatchell, Gus Schwartz, Johnny Gross (Trainer), Henry Borger (VP), Arthur U. Chipman (President), Baldy Northcott (Executive), Bob Kinnear (Coach), and Scotty Oliver (GM). The hockey club's affiliation changed from
162-765: The Western Canada Senior Hockey League , the OHA Senior A League , the Quebec Senior Hockey League , the Maritime Major Hockey League , and the Cape Breton Senior Hockey League, requested a new deal with the CAHA and complained that their players were too costly to obtain and could easily leave since no contractual commitment was required. At the 1950 general meeting, the CAHA decided that its five best calibre senior leagues would compete for
180-616: The 17th Governor General of Canada . Players in the Major Series were not signed to contracts as originally proposed, and the CAHA reached an agreement with the NHL which limited the number of players that could be drafted. The CAHA continued the Major Series for a second season, and required its leagues to post a $ 5,000 bond and guarantee a champion by a national deadline. Only the Quebec Senior Hockey League and
198-550: The Allan Cup due to the semi-professional nature of the league and suggested a different trophy be awarded. Teams in the Maritimes accused George and the CAHA of trying to scuttle the league, and a compromise was reached where only the Maritime Major Hockey League competed for the Alexander Cup during the 1953–54 season. The Maritime Major Hockey League folded after the 1953–54 season. In 2006,
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#1732798558358216-426: The Major Series and later chose to leave CAHA jurisdiction, become professional and discontinue competition for the Alexander Cup. CAHA president W. B. George announced that the Alexander Cup was to be retired due to the lack of interest. By October 1953, four of the original five leagues which competed for the trophy had withdrawn with only the Maritime Major Hockey League remaining. George ruled out competing for
234-475: The Major Series proposal, since it meant they would lose control of players already on reserve lists. The decision indefinitely deferred the Major Series. In September 1950, Grimston announced the revival of the Major Series including the same five leagues. In November 1950, he announced the Alexander Cup would be the championship trophy of the Major Series, as presented by the Viscount Alexander ,
252-408: The Maritime Major Hockey League would play in the Major Series for the 1951–52 season. The CAHA ratified an agreement reached with the NHL which set a deadline of January 15 for drafting players from the Major Series with exceptions only for emergency replacements. The deal avoided the loss of players for the playoffs. The Quebec Senior Hockey League demanded a better deal to remain amateur and part of
270-628: The Toronto St. Michaels Monarchs in the Alexander Cup's semi-finals. In 1952, they captured the President's Cup as Pacific Coast Hockey League champions. In 1957–58, Saskatoon returned to the WHL when the Brandon Regals, who had just won the league championship, moved and opted to split home games between Saskatoon and St. Paul, Minnesota as the Saskatoon/St. Paul Regals . The two city concept last just one season, and in 1958–59,
288-651: The Winnipeg Rangers played in the MJHL from 1956 to 1967. Saskatoon Quakers The Saskatoon Quakers were a Canadian ice hockey team based in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan . The team played in various senior and minor professional hockey leagues from the 1930s to the 1970s. The Quakers represented Canada and won gold at the 1934 World Hockey Championships held in Milan , Italy . In 1952, they captured
306-596: The team hosted games only in Saskatoon and adopted the name of the former Quakers. They would last only one more season before folding. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against 1951 Alexander Cup The Alexander Cup was the championship trophy for the Major Series of senior ice hockey in the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association from 1950 to 1954. The trophy
324-487: Was presented by its namesake, the Viscount Alexander as the 17th Governor General of Canada . The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) general meeting in 1947 considered a proposal for a higher level of senior ice hockey competition since a small group of teams were dominating the Allan Cup playoffs. At the 1948 general meeting, the CAHA considered proposals to semi-professionalize player contracts. In 1950,
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