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134-646: The Blues/Monarchs hockey club has won 17 Turnbull Cups as MJHL champions, two ANAVET Cups , and six Abbott Cups . The Monarchs were also three-time Memorial Cup champions before the reorganization of Canadian junior hockey in 1970. The 1995 Winnipeg South Blues have been inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame under the team category. The Winnipeg Monarchs won the Memorial Cup as Canadian junior hockey champions three times: in 1935 , 1937 and 1946 . In 1946, George Robertson scored

268-751: A match penalty . He felt that professional hockey influenced fisticuffs in junior hockey and said that, "Any time there's a big fight in the National Hockey League, the kids drop their sticks and put up their dukes in the next game. It happens almost every time". The MJHL expanded from four to six teams for the 1966–67 MJHL season when it readmitted the Brandon Wheat Kings and accepted the Selkirk Steelers . Dunn announced his resignation as commissioner on October 24, 1966, and cited personal reasons. Despite being offered

402-504: A Sunday afternoon between 1:30pm and 6:00pm. Dunn was elected chairman of the Manitoba Sunday Sports Association which represented multiple local sporting organizations in favour games on Sundays. He argued that amateur sports were driven by gate receipts and felt that games on a Sunday "would be a God-send to local amateur sports". He felt that Sunday sports "would also counter juvenile delinquency [and] get

536-645: A benevolent association for Manitoba's hockey players and a hall of fame for hockey in Manitoba; and to provide more places to play hockey, and social, educational and coaching benefits. The Manitoba Hockey Players' Foundation was established in September 1968, and Dunn volunteered for eight years as its secretary-treasurer until 1975. The new foundation assumed control of the annual hockey-golf tournament which Dunn had co-founded with Johnny Petersen in 1937. Dunn assisted in co-ordinating annual fundraising dinners for

670-663: A berth in the national championship, the Centennial Cup . The league's first year of operation was the 1918–19 season, making it the oldest junior league in Canada. It was known as the Winnipeg and District League until 1931, when it became the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. During the inaugural season, there were nine teams in two divisions, each playing a six-game schedule. The teams included

804-470: A better financial arrangement for the junior teams it sponsored, usage of the same rules of play in professional and amateur hockey, and to remove restrictions on the transfer of junior players between teams. The CAHA had placed a moratorium on transferring players to Eastern Canada as supported by Dunn, to prevent the loss of talent in Western Canada and to counteract Eastern Canadian teams dominating

938-490: A big fight in the National Hockey League , the kids drop their sticks and put up their dukes in the next game. It happens almost every time". The MJHL expanded from four to six teams for the 1966–67 MJHL season when it readmitted the Brandon Wheat Kings and accepted the Selkirk Steelers . Dunn announced his resignation as commissioner on October 24, 1966, and cited personal reasons. Despite being offered

1072-519: A contract. Dunn was elected first vice-president of the CAHA in June 1952, and served three one-year terms in the position. As chairman of the junior and senior playoffs in 1953, Dunn was faced with multiple branches of the CAHA not participating. He wanted to include as many teams as possible since the CAHA and all of its branches were primarily funded by gate receipts from the playoffs and could not afford

1206-693: A higher-level team for an international tour. The Lyndhursts lost by a 7–2 score to the Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team and placed second at the World Championships, which led to public dissatisfaction and widespread media criticism of the CAHA in Canada. The CAHA chose Dunn as its representative to accompany the Kenora Thistles on an international goodwill exhibition tour of Japan in March 1954. Journalist Ted Bowles of

1340-698: A league record for most points in a single season with 76 each. In 1957, Ray Brunel of the St. Boniface Canadiens broke it with 105. In the 1959–60 season, MAHA president Earl Dawson sought a better financial arrangement with the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association (SAHA) to recuperate the costs of developing minor hockey players and on-ice officials in Flin Flon , after the Flin Flon Bombers affiliated with

1474-726: A meeting with junior hockey representatives from the five CAHA branches in Western Canada in addition to the Western Canada Junior Hockey League and the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). Western Canada sought permission for any of its league champions to add three players during the inter-provincial playoffs for the Memorial Cup. They contended that the imbalance in competition compared to Eastern Canada teams had caused lack of spectator interest and less prestige for

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1608-814: A member of the Hockey Hall of Fame inductee selection committee from June 1961 until June 1976. Dunn was hired as commissioner of the MJHL in May 1964. The league had been reduced to four teams based in the Greater Winnipeg area after the withdrawal of the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Fort Frances Royals . The MJHL transitioned from a draft of players in the Greater Winnipeg Minor Hockey Association, into

1742-524: A national all-star team based on the nucleus of the reigning Allan Cup champion. Wanting to create goodwill in international hockey, accompanied the Kenora Thistles on an exhibition tour of Japan, then arranged for the Japan men's national team to tour Canada. In junior ice hockey , he was opposed mass transfers of players to the stronger teams sponsored by the National Hockey League , and supported weaker provincial champions to have additional players during

1876-459: A new financial arrangement for the 1940–41 season. The teams also disagreed on who played in which division, with some teams threatening to disband if their demands were not met. Jimmy Dunn recommended to split the gate receipts evenly between the teams and the rink owners, and for the MAHA to subsidize the teams as needed. The north division played the season reduced to four teams. The 1944–45 season

2010-503: A new league record for single-season winning percentage (.917) when they dominated the MJHL with a 53-3-4 record during the regular season and went undefeated in the playoffs to capture their ninth Turnbull Cup. The Terriers capped off their dream season by winning the 2015 Royal Bank Cup on home ice in Portage la Prairie . The Terriers dominated again the following season , putting up an impressive 31-game winning streak on their way to

2144-654: A new national junior 'A' championship, the Manitoba Centennial Cup (now the Centennial Cup ) was created. This new alignment would eventually lead to the formation of the Canadian Junior Hockey League in 1993. The Dauphin Kings were the first " dynasty " of the new MJHL, winning the league three out of four years, 1969, 1970, and 1972, and boasting such stars as Ron Low , Butch Goring , and Ron Chipperfield . The Kings went to

2278-627: A pay raise, he felt that the increase in teams made the job too much for him and had "taken the fun out of it". His resignation came shortly after a game between the Winnipeg Rangers and the Brandon Wheat Kings in which 242 penalty minutes were given in the first period. Dunn was the commissioner of both the 1967 Canadian Centennial tournament hosted in Winnipeg, and the Manitoba Senior Hockey League for

2412-430: A pay raise, he felt that the increase in teams made the job too much for him and had "taken the fun out of it". His resignation came shortly after a game between the Winnipeg Rangers and the Brandon Wheat Kings in which 242 penalty minutes were given in the first period. In 1966–67, future Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke of the Flin Flon Bombers set league records for most goals (71), assists (112), and points (183) in

2546-561: A playoff series between the respective league champions was held to determine the provincial title. The trophy was donated by the Winnipeg Hockey Club in 1920 to honour Walter James "Ollie" Turnbull, a captain in the 10th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery , who was killed in the First World War . The trophy underwent a major refurbishment in 2018. Each season's Turnbull Cup champion advances to Centennial Cup ,

2680-454: A proposed exhibition tour. Dunn was succeeded by Robert Lebel as president. Dunn was placed in charge of the senior and junior playoffs for Western Canada in 1959. He oversaw arrangements for the Japan men's national ice hockey team tour of Canada in January 1960, which included entertainment and luncheons during a four-day stopover in Winnipeg. He later represented the CAHA serving as

2814-538: A second consecutive Turnbull Cup. The Steinbach Pistons have also been a dominant club since relocating to Steinbach in 2009, posting the top regular season record four times, two Turnbull Cup victories, and an ANAVET Cup championship in 2018. The demise of the St. James Canadians in 2003 and the relocation of the Winnipeg Saints to Virden in 2012 left the Blues and Steelers as the only remaining clubs in

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2948-537: A single season. Clarke led the Bombers to win the MJHL title. On September 19, 1968, the Winnipeg Monarchs announced the signing of Hiroshi Hori , a defenceman from Japan . Hori, a high school all-star in his homeland, would spend a year with the team and then return home to pass on what he had learned. A Canadian missionary to Japan, Father Moran was behind the idea. With CAHA approval, Moran convinced

3082-441: A system where each team chose players from a set geographic district. The new "zoning" arrangement was planned to be in effect for three seasons to stimulate more localized interest in junior hockey and aimed to keep teammates together from the minor hockey level to the junior hockey level. Dunn supported the change and noted that the concept had produced forward lines on previous Memorial Cup championship teams from Winnipeg. For

3216-466: A winning national team. The CAHA looked for private sponsorships to fund the national team, considered garnishing a greater portion of gate receipts for amateur games in Canada, and resolved to pay for the national team ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics only as necessary. The Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen were chosen to represent Canada, and Dunn travelled with the team on their two-week European exhibition tour through Scotland and England on route to

3350-628: The Winnipeg Free Press wrote that Dunn's selection to represent the CAHA "could be classed as a reward for his labours in the cause of sport for many years, especially the sport of hockey". On the seven-week tour, Dunn handled the business affairs for the Kenora Thistles and travelled with the team aboard the Japanese ocean liner Hikawa Maru from Vancouver . Dunn had been expected to become CAHA president in May 1954, but

3484-514: The 1964–65 MJHL season , the Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy series was revived as a preseason tournament for the league's teams. Dunn reached an agreement to televise MJHL games on CJAY-TV , and the league experimented with playing games on Sunday evenings instead of afternoons to increase its attendance and avoid competing with televised football games. Dunn requested to the CAHA that the MJHL waive its bye into

3618-548: The Brandon Wheat Kings . Both the north and south divisions wanted to play games at the larger Winnipeg Amphitheatre since they could increase their share of the gate receipts . Multiple disputes arose over the scheduling of games, which led to Dunn and fellow MAHA executives forming a special committee to arbitrate that all north division games be played at the Olympic Rink. Teams in the north division of

3752-598: The Flin Flon Bombers and the SJHL objected despite a ruling by Dunn that the decision was made according to the constitution. The Winnipeg Tribune reported that the decision had "started the old country-city mud-slinging campaign". Flin Flon Daily Miner editor Harry Miles wrote that, "Jimmy Dunn in Winnipeg [was] shovelling new players into the Winnipeg junior club with reckless abandon", and implied that Winnipeg had long dominated amateur sports in Manitoba and that

3886-454: The Greater Winnipeg area after the withdrawal of the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Fort Frances Royals . The MJHL transitioned from a draft of players in the Greater Winnipeg Minor Hockey Association, into a system where each team chose players from a set geographic district. The new "zoning" arrangement was planned to be in effect for three seasons to stimulate more localized interest in junior hockey and aimed to keep teammates together from

4020-488: The Hudson's Bay Company and Eaton's . He recalled in a 1954 interview, that enthusiasm was high for the league and once the door of his office was torn off in a rush to buy tickets for a game. Dunn served as second vice-president of the MAHA from 1942 to 1945, was chairman of the junior hockey committee and sat on the registration committee. The MAHA agreed to his recommendation to subsidize and maintain junior hockey during

4154-549: The Japan Ice Hockey Federation to send a team on an exhibition tour of Canada after a planned tour in 1955 failed due to lack of funding. The CAHA felt it had to send the most competitive team possible to the 1955 World Championships , and spared no expense in selecting the Penticton Vees since regaining the World Championships title was a matter of national pride. The CAHA lost $ 5,000 in sending

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4288-571: The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . James Archibald Dunn was born on March 24, 1898, in Winnipeg , Manitoba. He grew up as the youngest in a family of four daughters and three sons to parents John and Christina Dunn. His family had Scottish heritage, and his father worked as a pipefitter and a Canadian Pacific Railway foreman. Dunn played soccer and lacrosse as a youth. He attended Kelvin Technical High School during its inaugural year of operation in 1912, and claimed to have begun

4422-752: The Memorial Cup playoffs. He later represented the CAHA as a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee for 15 years. Dunn began in hockey as secretary of the Winnipeg Junior and Juvenile Hockey League, followed by 17 years as secretary, convenor and timekeeper at the Olympic Rink after joining the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL). He sat on the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) executive from 1929 to 1954, and

4556-417: The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) instead of the MJHL. When the Brandon Wheat Kings also wanted to play in the SJHL, the MAHA renogotiated the financial arrangement to prevent the loss of another team to an out-of-province league. In the early 1960s, the powerhouse Brandon Wheat Kings , built by Jake Milford , won three titles in a row, and four in five years. In 1961, goalie Ernie Wakely of

4690-414: The St. James Orioles as a fifth team in the "A" division after being convinced that the team was soundly operated and would be able to compete. The MAHA implemented a 10-minute overtime period for all tied games as of the 1946–47 season. Dunn felt it was best for the teams to get used to the rules in place for the playoffs, and that spectators wanted to see overtime "to get their money's worth". During

4824-665: The Western Canada Cup (WCC), a regional tournament that determined the two Western Canadian seeds at the national championship. Prior to 1991, the ANAVET Cup champions advanced to the Abbott Cup against the winner of Doyle Cup with the winner going on to face the Eastern Canada champions for the national Junior 'A' title. Beginning in 1991, the national championship format was expanded to include both

4958-480: The Winnipeg Braves was named Canada's outstanding junior hockey player for the month of January. The MJHL began the 1961–62 season using international ice hockey rules without body checking as an effort to attract more spectators, and hired a new promotional director. In November 1961, CAHA president Jack Roxburgh ordered the MJHL to revert to standard Canadian rules since it had not been approved by

5092-733: The Winnipeg Metropolitan Region . The league reversed this trend in the 2020s by granting a second franchise ( Winnipeg Freeze ) to 50 Below Sports + Entertainment (which already owned the Blues). The Town of Niverville was also granted a franchise, the Niverville Nighthawks , to begin play in 2022. In October 2011, the Neepawa Natives were involved a hazing incident that garnered significant negative publicity, both locally and nationally. After

5226-587: The Winnipeg Rangers , Winnipeg Monarchs , Brandon Wheat Kings and Portage Terriers — were sponsored by National Hockey League (NHL) clubs and wanted to form an "A" division and play all games at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre for the 1946–47 season, and relegate all other teams to the "B" division at the Olympic Rink. The four teams were also opposed to any other teams being added to their division. The Winnipeg Tribune felt that these teams had pursued their own selfish interests with disregard for

5360-423: The "B" division at the Olympic Rink. The four teams were also opposed to any other teams being added to their division. The Winnipeg Tribune felt that these teams had pursued their own selfish interests with disregard for the general welfare of the league, and that creating the division would perpetuate the previous issues unless Dunn could negotiate a "minor miracle". Dunn and the MAHA executive chose to include

5494-606: The $ 75,000 required to send the Vernon Canadians to Moscow, or whether to send an intact senior team or no team at all. Dunn announced that the CAHA deemed the all-star team no longer feasible since it lacked organization and public support, and recommended that the Vernon Canadians and the Ottawa Junior Canadiens meet in a special series to decide Canada's representative. Later in November, Dunn and

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5628-617: The 15-year-old who brought the issue to light. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first round of the MJHL playoffs in March 2020 forced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 season , marking the first time in its history that the Turnbull Cup was not awarded. The pandemic also forced the cancellation of the 2020 ANAVET and Centennial Cups , the latter of which was to be played in Portage la Prairie in honour of

5762-537: The 1967–68 season. From 1968 to 1972, he was one of four citizen members who sat on the board of directors of the Winnipeg Enterprises Corporation which oversaw the operation and management of sports stadiums in Winnipeg. For the 1970–71 season, he was appointed by the MJHL to a committee for handling appeals to regulations and constitutional matters. When the 1970 World Championships were scheduled to be hosted in Winnipeg, Dunn sat on

5896-693: The ANAVET and Doyle Cup champions, after which the Abbott Cup series no longer was played and the champion was crowned from the results of the round robin part of the national championship. The Abbott Cup was formally retired in 1999. Since the tournament format for the Centennial Cup began in 1985, MJHL clubs have hosted national championships on three occasions: 1992 in Winnipeg , 2010 in Dauphin , and 2015 in Portage la Prairie . Portage la Prairie

6030-483: The Abbott Cup finals and its playoffs champion meet the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League champion in the first round. He felt that the loss of gate receipts from a bye was a financial hardship for the MJHL, and shorten the league's playoffs to accommodate the change approved by the CAHA. For the 1965–66 MJHL season , Dunn implemented an automatic one-game minimum suspension for any player who received

6164-592: The Abbott Cup, and then the Memorial Cup Finals. During this 53-year era (1918–1970), MJHL clubs won 18 Abbott Cups, and 11 Memorial Cups. ANAVET Cup (1971–2012, 2017–2021) Abbott Cup (1919–1970) Western Canadian Junior Championships Abbott Cup (1971–1999) Western Canadian Junior ‘A’ Championships Memorial Cup (1919–1970) National Junior Championships Centennial Cup (1971–1995, 2019–present) National Junior ‘A’ Championships Royal Bank Cup (1996–2018) National Junior ‘A’ Championships Over

6298-779: The Allan Cup and Memorial Cup playoffs for Western Canada during 1951 and 1952. He was a member of the CAHA's committee to negotiate relations with the NHL, and helped reach an agreement to set a January deadline for the NHL to call up players from the Major Series of senior hockey and avoid a shortage of players during the Alexander Cup playoffs. He also voiced opposition to raising the age limit in junior hockey to 21 years old, since he did not want to give professional teams more control over junior-aged players without signing them to

6432-558: The Athletic Patriotic Association which sought to donate sporting equipment to servicemen in the Canadian Armed Forces . After resigning as a league executive, he was a regular behind the microphone at Osborne Stadium and entertained spectators during baseball games. Winnipeg Free Press journalist Harvey Dryden described his style by writing that, "Dunn's quips are very sharp indeed and keep

6566-477: The CAHA abandoned plans to attend the 1957 World Championships when several Western Bloc countries agreed to boycott event in response to the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary . Prior to the 1957 Memorial Cup playoffs, the MJHL requested permission for its champion to be allowed three additional players if the team reached the Abbot Cup final. When the request was approved by a vote of CAHA branch presidents,

6700-500: The CAHA in a vote which elected Doug Grimston in 1947. Dunn wanted the professional-amateur agreement between the CAHA and the NHL to benefit minor hockey in addition to junior and senior ice hockey . In 1948, the CAHA placed limits on the number of players which a junior hockey league could import from any minor hockey organization. He was pleased with the changes since he felt that Manitoba's players had been targeted by other parts of Canada and that losing fewer players would improve

6834-618: The CJAHL in scoring with 118 points. As the Blizzard's dynasty came to an end, the Portage Terriers began their own golden age with a trip to the MJHL finals in 2003–04. The Terriers lost the series, but laid claim to the Turnbull Cup and ANAVET Cup titles the following season. This would start a run of nine championships over fifteen seasons, plus three ANAVET Cup wins and the 2015 national championship. The 2014-15 Terriers set

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6968-641: The COVID-19 pandemic. The Turnbull Memorial Trophy, or Turnbull Cup, is awarded by Hockey Manitoba to the provincial Junior 'A' hockey champion each season. As the MJHL is the only Junior 'A' league based in Manitoba, its playoffs also serve as the provincial championship. In past years, rival Junior 'A' leagues, namely the Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League (1968) and NorMan Junior Hockey League (1980–85), were sometimes included in Turnbull Cup competition, in which case

7102-403: The Canadian National Junior 'A' championship. From 1970 to 2021, the Turnbull Cup champion first played the Saskatchewan champion, the winner of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoffs, for the ANAVET Cup . The winner of that series earns a berth in the Centennial Cup (known as the Royal Bank Cup from 1996 to 2018). Between 2013 and 2017, the ANAVET and Doyle Cups were replaced by

7236-418: 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 based within the province of Manitoba, eight of which qualify for each year's playoffs. The playoff champion is awarded the Turnbull Cup, the Junior 'A' championship trophy for the province of Manitoba. The winner of the MJHL playoffs (Turnbull Cup) earns

7370-456: The Century Arena in Fort Garry 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 appearance that year . In April 2019,

7504-452: The Dauphin Kings won their fourth MJHL title in a decade, led by Misener who became the MJHL career leader in goals, assists, and points. In September 1971, Winnipeg Monarchs President Bob Westmacott announced 17-year-old Stephan Lindberg of Sweden had been invited to training camp. Jack Bownass , former coach of Canada's national team , recommended Lindberg to the Monarchs. On April 5, 1977, MJHL commissioner Bill Addison called off

7638-412: The Dauphin Kings. Also saying the CHA would be "taking whatever action is necessary against Dauphin and the MAHA for damages." Goring and Haney would play for the Kings, all the way to the Western Memorial Cup Finals. The reorganization of junior hockey in Canada in 1970 relegated the MJHL to Tier II status, now to be called Junior 'A'. MJHL champions would no longer play for the Memorial Cup; instead,

7772-468: The Greater Winnipeg Senior Girls' Softball League from 1941 to 1946. He led efforts to establish a provincial governing body for men's and women's fastpitch softball, then became the founding president of the Manitoba Fastball Association . He was elected the first president the Manitoba Senior Baseball League, and oversaw its reorganization into the Mandak League with expansion into North Dakota in 1950, then served as league president for two seasons. Dunn

7906-399: The Japanese Skating Union to sponsor one player to a year in Canada. The CAHA chose Winnipeg as the site because of the added experience from watching the Canadian National Team , and the Monarchs volunteered. During the summer of 1967, the MAHA allowed three teams from Manitoba to enter the new Western Canadian Hockey League (WCHL): the Brandon Wheat Kings and Flin Flon Bombers from

8040-453: The MAHA and served as its convenor of senior hockey and chairman of the finance committee from 1951 to 1954. He advocated for small towns to develop their own talent in local leagues rather than importing players, and noted that hockey in rural Manitoba had continued to grow and compensated for poor attendance in Winnipeg. The City of Winnipeg held a referendum during the civic elections on October 26, 1955, to decide whether to allow sports on

8174-430: The MAHA champion rather than the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association champion. The CAHA wanted to renegotiate its professional-amateur agreement with the NHL to have more say into the operation of amateur hockey and to regulate the signing of junior-aged players to contracts. Dunn sat on the negotiation committee and did not envision junior hockey in Canada being operated on a professional basis. The NHL wanted

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8308-478: The MAHA's chances in the Memorial Cup or Allan Cup playoffs. He was opposed to players from Western Canada being transferred to the wealthy junior teams in Ontario and Quebec supported by the NHL, but his motion to stop the professional influence in junior hockey and the movement of players was defeated at the CAHA general meeting in 1949. By the 1949–50 season, registrations with the MAHA had grown to exceed 4,000 players and included 125 teams outside of Winnipeg for

8442-404: 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 . The Blues returned to the Iceplex, now called the hockey for all centre , in 2023. The Blues were the sole Junior "A" club based in

8576-503: The MJHL held a special emergency meeting to discuss Butch Goring leaving the Winnipeg Jets of the WCHL and joining the Dauphin Kings . Goring played the night before in Kenora for the Kings during a regular season game. The MJHL gave the Kings approval to use Goring in regular season and playoff games. Goring was leading the WCHL in goals at the time. Monday, WCHL president Ron Butlin said a court injunction would be sought against Goring and another Jet forward Merv Haney from playing with

8710-412: The MJHL struggled financially during World War II and sought a new financial arrangement for the 1940–41 season. The teams also disagreed on who played in which division, with some teams threatening to disband if their demands were not met. Dunn recommended to split the gate receipts evenly between the teams and the rink owners, and for the MAHA to subsidize the teams as needed. The north division played

8844-470: The MJHL, and Ben Hatskin 's new Winnipeg Jets club. Hatskin already owned three MJHL teams, so as part of the agreement, divested his entire MJHL portfolio to local interests. The Winnipeg Warriors became the West Kildonan North Stars , the St. James Braves became the St. James Canadians , and the Winnipeg Rangers became the St. Boniface Saints . These three teams and the Winnipeg Monarchs became "the new MJHL". The Selkirk Steelers instead departed for

8978-522: The MJHL. This arrangement lasted until the demise of the NJHL in 1985, although during this era, no NJHL was ever successful in the provincial playoffs. The 1980s and 1990s saw the MJHL expand its footprint outside of Winnipeg with the addition of teams in Winkler , Neepawa , Swan River , and three First Nations communities: Sagkeeng , Opaskwayak (The Pas) and Waywayseecappo . Teams were also added in Steinbach and Thunder Bay, Ontario , however neither played more than three seasons before folding. At

9112-414: The Memorial Cup playoffs. In January 1954, a new financial agreement gave the junior teams sponsored by the NHL a greater proportionate share of playoffs profits, but Dunn and the CAHA continued to resist the movement of players to Eastern Canada and sought further discussion. In 1952 and 1953, Dunn and the CAHA debated the financial merits of international tours by Canadian hockey teams and whether or not

9246-432: The Olympic Rink and retain more players who had graduated from minor hockey. Dunn felt that the 1947–48 season had been the most successful yet, praised rural communities for building rinks, and sought more rural leagues to operate for the whole season instead of forming a team solely for the provincial playoffs. Dunn represented the MAHA at general meetings of the CAHA, was a member of the national rules committee, sat on

9380-445: The Olympic Rink, and felt that the MAHA had an obligation to make the upgrades if the rink would not. The Winnipeg Tribune reported that the concerns had developed over years of mismanagement and that Dunn committed the MAHA to discussing issues openly instead of closed-door meetings without the local press invited. After negotiations broke down, three junior teams withdrew and the MJHL operated with five teams in one division. Despite

9514-410: The Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy. During the Olympics, Dunn stated that the standard of officiating in Europe needed to improve and that it had been an ongoing issue anytime when Canada played. After a victory versus the Italy men's national ice hockey team where Canada was assessed 11 of the 15 penalties called, he protested against the future use of German referee Hans Unger and described

9648-646: The Saints was chosen Canadian Junior A Hockey League (CJAHL) Player of the Year, and the Winnipeg South Blues won their fifth championship, on their road to a second Anavet Cup , and an Abbott Cup . The 1995 Blues were inducted into Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . In 1998, Jedd Crumb of the Blues led the CJAHL in goals with 61. In 1979, the rival NorMan Junior Hockey League was granted Junior 'A' status, putting it into Turnbull Cup competition alongside

9782-555: The Soviet Union's superior physical conditioning, skating abilities and textbook defending. He noted that the national teams from the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia were operated by the state with the players individually selected. He recommended that Canada send a national all-star team to future international hockey events as did all other nations at the Olympics. He suggested that the reigning Allan Cup champion could be used as

9916-630: The Turnbull Cup Finals between the Dauphin Kings and Kildonan North Stars , saying "No, I am not going to allow these characters an opportunity to beat on each other any longer. I am calling the series (a best-of-seven) and awarding it to Dauphin on the basis they won two of the three games completed." The decision came just hours after the two clubs had engaged in a pre-game brawl, in which two Kings players were taken to hospital and two North Stars were criminally charged. Chris Walby

10050-852: The Western Memorial Cup final in 1969, and in 1972 recorded 40 wins, a modern-day MJHL record. Charlie Simmer of the Kenora Muskies won the scoring title in 1973, the same year the Portage Terriers were crowned National Champs, winning the Centennial Cup . In 1974, the Selkirk Steelers won the national crown, giving the MJHL back to back "Canadian Championships". It was players such as Low, Goring, Chipperfield, Simmer, Chuck Arnason , Murray Bannerman , Paul Baxter , John Bednarski , Rick Blight , Dan Bonar , Brian Engblom , Glen Hanlon , Bob Joyce , Barry Legge , Perry Miller , Chris Oddleifson , Curt Ridley , Rick St. Croix , Blaine Stoughton , and Andy Van Hellemond who gave

10184-489: The Western Canada intermediate hockey committee to oversee the inter-provincial playoffs, and sought to establish a juvenile championship for minor hockey in Western Canada. His recommendation to the CAHA was approved that the location of the Allan Cup and Memorial Cup finals alternate between Eastern and Western Canada annually as of 1947. Dunn was one of three nominees from Western Canada to be second vice-president of

10318-524: The Winnipeg Pilgrims, Elmwood, Grand Trunk Pacific, Winnipeg Tigers, Young Men's Lutheran Club, Winnipeg Argonauts, Selkirk Fishermen, Weston, and Winnipeg Monarchs . In the 1926–27 season, the Winnipeg Junior and Juvenile Hockey League became the north division of the MJHL, with Jimmy Dunn as its secretary, convenor and timekeeper at the Olympic Rink . In the 1936–37 season, both the north and south MJHL divisions wanted to play games at

10452-504: 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 . Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Turnbull Cup The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in

10586-477: The best coaches, and CAHA teams all age groups from senior to junior were asked to nominate their best players for a one-month training camp prior to a North American exhibition tour. Despite the approval of the all-star team, the CAHA decided it would only send a team to the Olympics or World Championships if it did not have to pay all of the expenses due to budget constraints. The CAHA executive met in November 1956 to discuss whether to continue with plans to raise

10720-432: The bodies had operated for two seasons without a written agreement. Discussions were held behind closed doors without a resolution finalized. The CAHA attempted to correct the imbalance in Memorial Cup competition and approved additional players for the weaker provincial champions during the national playoffs. Dunn continued to make plans for a Japanese team to visit Canada and named a CAHA committee to explore how to finance

10854-671: The crowd in good humour". Dunn was elected the first president the newly established Manitoba Senior Baseball League in May 1948, which returned an independent baseball league to Manitoba since the Winnipeg Maroons of the Northern League folded in 1942. The new league included three teams in Winnipeg and one in Brandon, Manitoba , but plans for a team based in Grand Forks, North Dakota were not realized. Dunn

10988-453: The decisions of various sports associations made it more difficult for Flin Flon to compete. When supporters of the Bombers hanged Dunn in effigy , he responded by saying "All I hope is that the effigy looked like me. I'd hate to think they had hanged somebody else by mistake". At the 1957 general meeting, Dunn felt that relations with the NHL were the most important item on the agenda since

11122-813: The establishment of the Manitoba Hockey Players' Foundation. After managing a baseball team in the 1930s, Dunn served on the Manitoba Diamond Ball Association executive, and was president of the Greater Winnipeg Senior Baseball League from 1942 to 1946. He helped establish the Western Canada Baseball Association to govern senior and junior baseball, as its first vice-president in 1945. He oversaw girls' fastpitch softball and served as president of

11256-426: The event, and suggested that the Abbott Cup champion to have an additional three players added for the Memorial Cup final. The CAHA decided to allow the Abbott Cup champion to add three players from its own branch as of the 1955 Memorial Cup . At the semi-annual meeting in January 1955, the CAHA discussed cost-cutting measures when its budget was reduced from $ 70,000 to $ 55,000. Dunn extended another invitation to

11390-635: The foundation, and helped arrange exhibition games for Manitoba's professional all-stars versus the Canadian national team. In 1972, he arranged and travelled with a team of NHL old-timers from Manitoba on a European exhibition tour. In 1928, Dunn became president of the Uneeda Club in Winnipeg and was involved with its amateur baseball teams for seven years. He managed the team for two seasons which saw regular attendance between 4,000 and 5,000 spectators per game at Wesley Park . The Uneeda Club reached

11524-461: The game as "one of the worst exhibitions of refereeing I have ever had the misfortune of seeing". Despite that Canada won the bronze medal with a third-place finish, Dunn praised the team and said "I am proud to say that although we were not successful in winning the Olympic title, the players and team executives were wonderful ambassadors for Canada at all times". Dunn felt that Canada lost due to

11658-468: The general welfare of the league, and that creating the division would perpetuate the previous issues unless a "minor miracle" happened. The MAHA executive chose to include the St. James Orioles as a fifth team in the "A" division after being convinced that the team was soundly operated and would be able to compete. In 1955, the brothers Art and Gordon Stratton of the Winnipeg Barons set

11792-437: The intermediate and minor hockey playoffs. Grants by the MAHA for the development of minor hockey in Manitoba grew from C$ 1,525 in 1946, to more than $ 6,000 by the end of the 1949–50 season. The Winnipeg Free Press wrote that Dunn's presidency coincided with the MAHA's biggest growth and best financial situation that was driven by profits from the junior hockey playoffs. Journalist Maurice Smith credited Dunn's leadership for

11926-473: The kids off the corners". The referendum was defeated by 147 votes after a recount and the issue referred back to the Winnipeg City Council for further discussion. Dunn hoped for another referendum and a longer campaign to convince more to vote in favour of Sunday sports. Dunn served two one-year terms as the second vice-president of the CAHA beginning in June 1950, and was chairman of both

12060-407: The larger Winnipeg Amphitheatre since they could increase their share of the gate receipts . Multiple disputes arose over the scheduling of games, which led to Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) executives forming a special committee to arbitrate that all north division games be played at the Olympic Rink. Teams in the north division struggled financially during World War II and sought

12194-534: The league conducted its investigation, commissioner Kim Davis confirmed that a 15-year-old player had come forward with allegations of sexual-based rookie hazing in the team's locker room. A record $ 5,000 fine and 18 suspensions resulted from the incident and the matter was referred to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police , although no criminal charges resulted. The team gained even more negative press by benching and refusing to release or trade

12328-493: The league experimented with playing games on Sunday evenings instead of afternoons to increase its attendance and avoid competing with televised football games. Dunn requested to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) that the MJHL waive its bye into the Abbott Cup finals and its playoffs champion meet the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League champion in the first round. He felt that

12462-457: The league from May 1942, until he resigned in April 1946. The Western Canada Baseball Association was founded in September 1945 to govern senior and junior baseball in Western Canada, then immediately named Dunn its first vice-president, and welcomed the Greater Winnipeg Senior Baseball League into its membership in the 1946 season. During World War II, Dunn represented baseball in Winnipeg on

12596-525: The league's championship finals in 1929, and played in an international tournament in Minneapolis . In an interview in 1954, Dunn stated that he probably gave up the longest home run hit while pitching at Wesley Park. Dunn was elected to the executive of the Manitoba Diamond Ball Association in 1934. The Greater Winnipeg Senior Baseball League elected him its second vice-president in 1936, and then its vice-president in 1941. He served as president of

12730-626: The loss of gate receipts from a bye was a financial hardship for the MJHL, and shorten the league's playoffs to accommodate the change approved by the CAHA. Goaltender Wayne Stephenson led the Winnipeg Braves to the MJHL Championship in 1965. For the 1965–66 MJHL season , Dunn implemented an automatic one-game minimum suspension for any player who received a match penalty . He felt that professional hockey influenced fisticuffs in junior hockey and said that, "Any time there's

12864-664: The loss of income. The CAHA had suspended the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association for the season due to registration violations, and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association chose to withdraw from senior hockey. Dunn went to extraordinary efforts to retain the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association teams, which included rescheduling multiple series due to delays in the Saskatchewan playoffs and demands to play against

12998-411: The loss of teams, MAHA registrations grew by more than 600 players and profits increased sixfold. The stronger MJHL teams — the Winnipeg Rangers , Winnipeg Monarchs , Brandon Wheat Kings and Portage Terriers — were sponsored by National Hockey League (NHL) clubs and wanted to form an "A" division and play all games at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre for the 1946–47 season, and relegate all other teams to

13132-623: The midget age group of minor ice hockey , and had the CN paint shop prepare pucks in orange and later in yellow. In the 1940–41 season, Dunn was elected president of the Winnipeg and District Intermediate League which included six teams at the Olympic Rink, and also served as president of the CN Hockey Club that played in the intermediate league. Dunn later organized the Big Four Hockey League, which included teams from CN,

13266-404: The minor hockey level to the junior hockey level. Dunn supported the change and noted that the concept had produced forward lines on previous Memorial Cup championship teams from Winnipeg. For the 1964–65 MJHL season , the Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy series was revived as a preseason tournament for the league's teams. Dunn reached an agreement to televise MJHL games on CJAY-TV , and

13400-493: The national body. In 1962, Clarence Campbell president of the NHL attended inaugural Manitoba–Saskatchewan all-star game in Winnipeg. In 1963, Jim Irving , captain of the Winnipeg Rangers , was named Manitoba's outstanding junior athlete and received the Carl Pederson Memorial Award. Jimmy Dunn was hired as commissioner of the MJHL in May 1964. The league had been reduced to four teams based in

13534-658: The national championship's 50th season. The league attempted a shortened schedule for the 2020-21 season but was thwarted when tightened health restrictions were enacted by the provincial government that November, requiring the cancellation of all remaining games for a second consecutive season. The MJHL returned to its regular format for the start of the 2021-22 season with a strict COVID-19 vaccination policy, in accordance with provincial health directives, requiring all players, coaches, officials to be immunized and all volunteers and spectators to provide proof of immunization before entering any league venue. This policy lasted until

13668-400: The new MJHL its foundation. The Selkirk Steelers dominated, between 1974 and 1987, winning eight MJHL championships, including three in a row. The 1974 Steelers were inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame , as were the 1973 Portage Terriers . In 1975, Jim Misener of the Dauphin Kings led the league in goals with 73, breaking Bobby Clarke 's single season record of 71. In 1977,

13802-418: The north division teams of the MJHL who threatened to withdraw from the MAHA unless several demands were met. The teams felt that the south division was given preferential treatment, and sought to equally share games at the larger Winnipeg Amphitheatre and the profits from gate receipts. The north division complained about the lack of available ice time for practices and the deplorable dressing room conditions at

13936-560: The nucleus to add the best players from across Canada, and that simply sending an intact senior hockey team was no longer good enough to win. He sought for the team to be a truly national effort supported by all since the CAHA could not finance the venture itself. The CAHA and Dunn sought to negotiate a greater portion of the gate receipts from games played in Europe by the Canadian team. He felt that trips to Europe were too costly and did not create any goodwill for Canada, and stated that there

14070-466: The number of player transfers for balanced competition, encouraged rural communities to establish hockey programs, and rearranged divisions in the provincial playoffs to give rural teams a better chance against urban teams. Dunn was elected president of the MAHA at the general meeting in October 1945, and served five consecutive one-year terms until 1950. He was immediately faced with an ultimatum from

14204-406: The profits from gate receipts. The north division complained about the lack of available ice time for practices and the deplorable dressing room conditions at the Olympic Rink, and felt that the MAHA had an obligation to make the upgrades if the rink would not. After negotiations broke down, three junior teams withdrew and the MJHL operated with five teams in one division. The stronger MJHL teams —

14338-408: The provincial government dropped most of its public health measures in March 2022. The MJHL consists of thirteen teams separated geographically into two divisions. The league has gone to a single division format on occasion, most notably from 1945 to 1968 and more recently from 2014 to 2020. A three-division format was implemented for the partially completed 2020–21 season that was cancelled due to

14472-407: The same season, the MAHA executive encouraged construction of community rinks and targeted rural regions of Manitoba for growth. The MAHA also divided the juvenile, midget and bantam age groups of minor hockey into tiers, to give teams based in rural Manitoba an opportunity to enter the provincial playoffs at a lower calibre than urban teams. The MAHA established a "C" division of the MJHL to play at

14606-551: The same time, the league's presence in Winnipeg began a period decline with the demise of the Kildonan North Stars in 1990. This was the first of several Winnipeg-based teams to fold or relocate from the city; by 2012, only one team remained in the provincial capital. As the twenty first century dawned, the OCN Blizzard were dominating the MJHL, winning five straight MJHL championships from 1999 to 2003. This

14740-620: The school's athletic cheer while he was a student. Dunn worked as a law clerk when he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in Winnipeg on February 25, 1916. He was assigned to 184th Battalion, CEF , where he played ice hockey and served in France during World War I . He stated that his most cherished memory while in France was playing baseball against Hank Gowdy of the New York Giants , who

14874-676: The season reduced to four teams. In the next season, Dunn arranged a three-day carnival at the Olympic Rink as a fundraiser to benefit the teams in the north division. During his time with the Winnipeg Junior and Juvenile Hockey League, Dunn oversaw applications for the on-ice officials , and implemented a two-man refereeing system. He was credited by journalist Ralph Allen in The Winnipeg Tribune for employing more on-ice officials so they were not overworked, and that spectators had not developed any hatred towards any single referee. Dunn experimented with coloured hockey pucks in

15008-495: The secretary of the Winnipeg Junior and Juvenile Hockey League during the 1926–27 season. The league became the north division of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) when it affiliated with the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) in 1927, and he served as the league's secretary, convenor and timekeeper at the Olympic Rink until 1943. He helped oversee revisions to the league's constitution in 1929, and

15142-635: The sustained growth, and that "when it came to making an important decision he has been unafraid upon whose toes he might tread". Dunn declined a sixth term as MAHA president and was succeeded by Harry Foxton in October 1950. In the 1950–51 season, Dunn was named to an executive position within the Winnipeg Buffaloes senior hockey team, and was president of the States-Dominion Hockey League which included teams in Manitoba and North Dakota . He remained involved with

15276-415: The team to the 1955 World Championships, but Penticton regained the title for Canada with a 5–0 victory over the Soviet Union in the decisive game. The CAHA elected Dunn as president to succeed W. B. George on May 27, 1955. Dunn became the first Manitoban elected to the position since E. A. Gilroy in 1936, and assumed control of the CAHA at a time when it had lost the confidence of Canadians to produce

15410-532: The ticket sales committee and travelled to the 1969 World Championships in Stockholm as part of a sales campaign. He later stated that the biggest disappointment of his hockey career was Winnipeg's loss of hosting the World Championships when the Canadian national team withdrew from international play in 1970. In 1967, the Manitoba Old Timers' Association named Dunn to a committee to establish

15544-501: The tours created goodwill towards Canada. The CAHA chose not to participate at the 1953 World Championships since it struggled to finance the Canada men's national ice hockey team and because of persistent criticism by Europeans on the physical playing style of Canada. The CAHA settled on sending the senior B-level East York Lyndhursts as Canada's representative at the 1954 World Championships when it had become too expensive to fund

15678-482: The upstart Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League (CMJHL). The CMJHL was short-lived and its four teams were absorbed by the MJHL the following year. The Steelers, Portage Terriers , Dauphin Kings , and Kenora Muskies , who had operated out of Fort Garry the previous year, were placed in the MJHL's new North Division, while the existing MJHL teams made up the South Division. On Sunday February 9, 1969,

15812-445: The war for the morale of the people and players. At the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) general meeting in 1944, Dunn supported resolutions to strictly enforce the ice hockey rules due to rough play in the 1944 Memorial Cup and for consistency in officiating. For the MJHL 1944–45 season, he oversaw negotiations that resulted in the first interlocking schedule between the north and south divisions, implemented of limits on

15946-651: The winning goal in the seventh game of the 1946 Memorial Cup Final before a sell out crowd at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario . The Monarchs were also finalists in 1932 , losing to Sudbury Wolves in the final, and 1951 , losing to the Barrie Flyers . In addition to the three Memorial Cup titles, the Monarchs won ten Turnbull Cups as MJHL champions and five Abbott Cups as Western Canadian junior hockey champions. The Monarchs were sold and relocated to

16080-480: The years, more than 200 MJHL players have gone on to the National Hockey League (NHL), and 11 of those MJHL graduates have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame including; Andy Bathgate , Turk Broda , Art Coulter , Bobby Clarke , Charlie Gardiner , Bryan Hextall , Tom Johnson , Harry Oliver , Babe Pratt , Terry Sawchuk , and Jack Stewart . Jimmy Dunn (sports executive) James Archibald Dunn (March 24, 1898 – January 7, 1979)

16214-617: Was a "strong possibility" of Canada not attending future World Championships and only playing at the Olympic Games. At a special meeting of the International Ice Hockey Federation , he said that Canada would only attend the 1957 World Championships in Moscow if all expenses were guaranteed for the return trip to and from the Soviet Union since Canada was a major drawing card at games in Europe. Dunn

16348-492: Was a Canadian sports executive involved in ice hockey, baseball, fastpitch softball, athletics, football and curling. He was president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) from 1955 to 1957, after five years as vice-president. He assumed control of the CAHA when it failed to produce a Canada men's national team which would win the Ice Hockey World Championships , and recommended forming

16482-741: Was a lieutenant with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I , and a Canadian Army Reserve commanding officer during World War II . He was an executive with the Manitoba branch of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada , and the original timekeeper of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for 42 years. He was president of the Winnipeg Thistle Curling Club, and served on the Manitoba Curling Association executive. He

16616-424: Was a member of the MAHA executive representing the league and junior ice hockey in Manitoba from 1929 to 1942. The league had it greatest number of teams during the 1930–31 season when it welcomed the Kenora Thistles as an out-of-province team, then divided its 16 teams into two divisions. The Great Depression reduced the league to eight teams for the 1936–37 season when it accepted another out-of-town team in

16750-424: Was a record previously achieved by only the legendary Elmwood Millionaires (1927–1931). Junior Lessard of the Portage Terriers was named CJAHL Player of the Year in 2000. Blizzard goaltenders Preston McKay (1998) and Marc Andre Leclerc (2001) led the CJAHL in goals against average , and left winger Andrew Coates (2003) led in goals. In 2004, Aaron Starr of the Blizzard became the first MJHL player to lead

16884-429: Was also selected to host the 2020 championship which was cancelled at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic . Prior to the reorganization of Canadian junior hockey in 1970, the MJHL champion played for the Memorial Cup , the former Canadian Tier I Junior championship. These post-MJHL playoffs were commonly known as the Memorial Cup playoffs. For the MJHL clubs, the road was firstly the western semi-finals and finals for

17018-496: Was convicted of common assault, and granted a conditional discharge. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association was not as kind, suspending Walby for life. Grant Ledyard led the Winnipeg South Blues to the first of four MJHL Championships in 8 years in 1982. In 1983, Mike Ridley of the St. Boniface Saints broke both Jim Misener 's goal scoring record and Bobby Clarke 's points record. In 95, Cory Cyrenne of

17152-478: Was married to fellow sports executive Mary Dunn , and was known locally as "Mr. Hockey". The Winnipeg Tribune wrote that "no single individual in Manitoba has made a more significant contribution to sport", and that his leadership assured the success of any sport organization. He was a life member of multiple sporting organizations, and was inducted into the builder category of the Hockey Hall of Fame and

17286-488: Was president from 1945 to 1950. He openly discussed hockey issues with the press, and encouraged rural Manitoba communities to develop hockey programs. His presidency coincided with the MAHA's biggest growth, best financial situation, and grants to develop minor ice hockey . He later served as commissioner of the MJHL from 1964 to 1966, agreed to televise games and sought to increase attendance. He co-founded an annual golf tournament to benefit retired hockey players, which led to

17420-620: Was re-elected president in 1949, and continued negotiations for a team in Grand Forks in addition to the four returning teams. When negotiations failed, an entry from Carman, Manitoba , was admitted as the fifth team in the league. In January 1950, the Manitoba Senior Baseball League added a team from Minot, North Dakota , and was reorganized into the Mandak League with Dunn elected as president for

17554-465: Was re-elected president of the CAHA in May 1956. His recommendation for a national all-star team was approved, to be based on the nucleus of the 1956 Allan Cup champions Vernon Canadians for the 1957 World Championships. The CAHA sought financial backing from corporate sponsorships in addition to fundraising efforts pledged by supporters in Vernon, British Columbia . A committee was established to choose

17688-468: Was re-elected to the first vice-president position instead of the customary change of presidents every two years. He accepted the decision and since the second vice-president Wilfrid Duranceau had been ill for most of his two-year term, the CAHA opted to keep the same slate of officers for a third term instead of promoting Dunn to president and having an inexperienced first vice-president and newly elected second vice-president. In August 1954, Dunn attended

17822-592: Was stationed at an American aerodrome. Dunn had achieved the rank of lieutenant when discharged in 1918. During his service, he was wounded and earned a military medal which he would not talk about, and quit playing hockey as a result of trench foot . After the war, he began a career working for the Canadian National Railway (CN) in 1920 as a clerk at the Fort Rouge railway yard in Winnipeg. Dunn began his ice hockey executive career as

17956-432: Was the first interlocking schedule between the north and south divisions, and the MAHA implemented of limits on the number of player transfers for balanced competition. In the 1945–46 season, the north division teams threatened to withdraw from the MJHL unless several demands were met. They felt that the south division was given preferential treatment, and sought to equally share games at the larger Winnipeg Amphitheatre and

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