Winnipeg Blues
The Winnipeg Blues are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team based in Oak Bluff, a suburban area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The team was founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Monarchs and also formerly known as the Fort Garry Blues and Winnipeg South Blues.
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.
History
Winnipeg Monarchs (1930-1978)
The Winnipeg Monarchs won the Memorial Cup 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 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.
Winnipeg Blues (1978-present)
The Monarchs were sold and relocated to 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, 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 are the sole Junior "A" club based in the Winnipeg area since the Winnipeg Saints relocated to Virden in 2012.
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| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Points | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1930-31 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | 29 | 15 | 14 | 1st MJHL | |
| 1931-32 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | - | 31 | 14 | 23 | 1st WinJHL | Won League, Won AbC |
| 1932-33 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | 18 | 34 | 4 | 3rd MJHL-S | |
| 1933-34 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | -- | -- | 3 | 9th MJHL | |
| 1934-35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | 65 | 33 | 29 | 3rd MJHL | Won League, Won AbC, Won MC |
| 1935-36 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | 56 | 47 | 13 | 6th MJHL | |
| 1936-37 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | 74 | 32 | 26 | 2nd MJHL | Won League, Won AbC, Won MC |
| 1937-38 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | - | 70 | 55 | 30 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1938-39 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | - | 105 | 81 | 29 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1939-40 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | - | 108 | 68 | 34 | 1st MJHL | |
| 1940-41 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | - | 52 | 89 | 6 | 6th MJHL | |
| 1941-42 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | - | 92 | 127 | 16 | 6th MJHL | |
| 1942-43 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | 65 | 72 | 15 | 4th MJHL | |
| 1943-44 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | 58 | 26 | 18 | 1st MJHL | |
| 1944-45 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | 72 | 13 | 16 | 1st MJHL | Won League |
| 1945-46 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 59 | 28 | 17 | 1st MJHL | Won League, AbC, Won MC |
| 1946-47 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | - | 94 | 54 | 24 | 2nd MJHL | |
| 1947-48 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | - | 123 | 103 | 24 | 3rd MJHL | Won League |
| 1948-49 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | - | 132 | 150 | 22 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1949-50 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 0 | - | 142 | 148 | 32 | 2nd MJHL | |
| 1950-51 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 1 | - | 208 | 128 | 53 | 2nd MJHL | Won League, Won AbC |
| 1951-52 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 0 | - | 155 | 111 | 52 | 1st MJHL | Won League |
| 1952-53 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 1 | - | 132 | 152 | 33 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1953-54 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 0 | - | 147 | 172 | 26 | 4th MJHL | |
| 1954-55 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | - | 173 | 141 | 42 | 1st MJHL | Won League |
| 1955-56 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | - | 153 | 108 | 34 | 1st MJHL | |
| 1956-57 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | - | 175 | 146 | 38 | 2nd MJHL | Won League |
| 1957-58 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | - | 167 | 127 | 37 | 1st MJHL | |
| 1958-59 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 0 | - | 89 | 176 | 10 | 5th MJHL | |
| 1959-60 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | - | 90 | 221 | 10 | 5th MJHL | |
| 1960-61 | 32 | 6 | 25 | 1 | - | 107 | 205 | 13 | 5th MJHL | |
| 1961-62 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 4 | - | 143 | 138 | 44 | 2nd MJHL | |
| 1962-63 | 39 | 15 | 21 | 3 | - | 141 | 177 | 33 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1963-64 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | - | 112 | 124 | 28 | 4th MJHL | |
| 1964-65 | 45 | 19 | 21 | 5 | - | 159 | 165 | 43 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1965-66 | 48 | 20 | 24 | 4 | - | 198 | 197 | 44 | 4th MJHL | |
| 1966-67 | 57 | 21 | 34 | 2 | - | 235 | 316 | 46 | 4th MJHL | |
| 1967-68 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 3 | - | 200 | 157 | 43 | 1st MJHL | |
| 1968-69 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | - | 145 | 157 | 39 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1969-70 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | - | 136 | 120 | 39 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1970-71 | 48 | 16 | 24 | 8 | - | 210 | 221 | 40 | 7th MJHL | |
| 1971-72 | 48 | 9 | 38 | 1 | - | 163 | 284 | 19 | 8th MJHL | |
| 1972-73 | 48 | 23 | 25 | 0 | - | 261 | 254 | 46 | 5th MJHL | |
| 1973-74 | 47 | 14 | 33 | 0 | - | 180 | 251 | 28 | 8th MJHL | |
| 1974-75 | 48 | 19 | 29 | 0 | - | 244 | 286 | 38 | 7th MJHL | |
| 1975-76 | 52 | 27 | 24 | 1 | - | 253 | 255 | 55 | 6th MJHL | |
| 1976-77 | 51 | 21 | 30 | 0 | - | 204 | 242 | 44 | 8th MJHL | |
| 1977-78 | 52 | 12 | 38 | 2 | - | 194 | 323 | 26 | 9th MJHL | |
| 1978-79 | 44 | 10 | 32 | 2 | - | 175 | 281 | 22 | 9th MJHL | |
| 1979-80 | 47 | 29 | 18 | 0 | - | 270 | 220 | 58 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1980-81 | 48 | 22 | 25 | 1 | - | 228 | 235 | 45 | 4th MJHL | |
| 1981-82 | 48 | 38 | 9 | 1 | - | 310 | 167 | 77 | 1st MJHL | Won League |
| 1982-83 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 1 | - | 255 | 199 | 63 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1983-84 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 0 | - | 242 | 176 | 66 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1984-85 | 48 | 37 | 10 | 1 | - | 292 | 174 | 75 | 1st MJHL | |
| 1985-86 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | - | 312 | 157 | 72 | 2nd MJHL | Won League, Won AC |
| 1986-87 | 48 | 27 | 20 | 1 | - | 318 | 232 | 55 | 4th MJHL | |
| 1987-88 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 0 | - | 253 | 192 | 64 | 2nd MJHL | Won League |
| 1988-89 | 48 | 34 | 8 | 6 | - | 286 | 178 | 74 | 1st MJHL | Won League |
| 1989-90 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 0 | - | 348 | 202 | 72 | 2nd MJHL | |
| 1990-91 | 48 | 30 | 17 | 1 | - | 246 | 212 | 61 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1991-92 | 48 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 219 | 246 | 36 | 7th MJHL | |
| 1992-93 | 48 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 207 | 234 | 42 | 8th MJHL | |
| 1993-94 | 55 | 33 | 21 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | 67 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 1994-95 | 55 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 207 | 230 | 53 | 5th MJHL | Won League, Won AC, Won AbC |
| 1995-96 | 56 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 246 | 267 | 49 | 8th MJHL | |
| 1996-97 | 55 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 234 | 275 | 43 | 8th MJHL | |
| 1997-98 | 62 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 247 | 259 | 62 | 4th MJHL | |
| 1998-99 | 62 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 223 | 289 | 56 | 6th MJHL | |
| 1999-00 | 64 | 38 | 20 | - | 6 | 281 | 239 | 82 | 2nd MJHL | |
| 2000-01 | 64 | 29 | 27 | - | 8 | 221 | 252 | 66 | 7th MJHL | |
| 2001-02 | 64 | 31 | 28 | - | 5 | 237 | 246 | 67 | 7th MJHL | |
| 2002-03 | 64 | 30 | 29 | - | 5 | 234 | 277 | 65 | 8th MJHL | |
| 2003-04 | 64 | 25 | 31 | - | 8 | 252 | 248 | 58 | 8th MJHL | |
| 2004-05 | 63 | 32 | 23 | - | 8 | 251 | 217 | 72 | 4th MJHL | |
| 2005-06 | 63 | 39 | 20 | - | 4 | 245 | 198 | 82 | 3rd MJHL | Won League |
| 2006-07 | 63 | 40 | 16 | - | 7 | 251 | 171 | 87 | 3rd MJHL | |
| 2007-08 | 62 | 38 | 17 | - | 7 | 260 | 228 | 83 | 4th MJHL | |
| 2008-09 | 62 | 20 | 42 | - | 0 | 195 | 313 | 40 | 10th MJHL | |
| 2008-09 | 62 | 27 | 27 | - | 8 | 211 | 242 | 62 | 8th MJHL | Lost Quarter-final |
| 2010-11 | 62 | 18 | 32 | - | 12 | 215 | 292 | 48 | 10th MJHL | DNQ |
| 2011-12 | 62 | 38 | 19 | - | 5 | 252 | 204 | 81 | 3rd MJHL | Lost Semi-final |
| 2012-13 | 60 | 45 | 14 | - | 1 | 269 | 165 | 91 | 2nd MJHL | Lost Semi-final |
| 2013-14 | 60 | 31 | 23 | - | 6 | 199 | 175 | 68 | 6th MJHL | Won League |
| 2014-15 | 60 | 38 | 15 | - | 7 | 231 | 181 | 83 | 3rd MJHL | Lost Semi-final |
| 2015-16 | 60 | 32 | 18 | - | 10 | 212 | 174 | 74 | 5th MJHL | Lost Semi-final |
| 2016-17 | 60 | 27 | 27 | - | 6 | 193 | 202 | 60 | 6th MJHL | Lost Quarter-final |
| 2017-18 | 60 | 31 | 22 | - | 7 | 215 | 220 | 69 | 6th MJHL | Lost Semi-final |
| 2018-19 | 60 | 31 | 22 | - | 7 | 195 | 182 | 69 | 6th MJHL | Lost Quarter-final |
| 2019-20 | 60 | 24 | 29 | - | 7 | 197 | 126 | 55 | 8th MJHL | Lost Quarter-final |
Playoffs
- 1971 Lost Quarter-final
- 1972 Lost Quarter-final
- 1973 DNQ
- 1974 DNQ
- 1975 DNQ
- 1976 Lost Quarter-final
- 1977 DNQ
- 1978 DNQ
- 1979 DNQ
- 1980 Lost Quarter-final
- 1981 Lost Quarter-final
- 1982 Won League, Won Turnbull Cup, Lost Anavet Cup
- 1983 Lost Semi-final
- 1984 Lost Semi-final
- 1985 Lost Final
- 1986 Won League, Won Anavet Cup, Lost Abbott Cup
- 1987 Lost Final
- 1988 Won League, Lost Anavet Cup
- 1989 Won League, Lost Anavet Cup
- 1990 Lost Quarter-final
- 1991 Lost Final
- 1992 Lost Semi-final
- 1993 Lost Semi-final
- 1994 Lost Quarter-final
- 1995 Won League, Won Anavet Cup, Won Abbott Cup, Lost 1995 Centennial Cup semi-final
- 1996 Lost Semi-final
- 1997 Lost Quarter-final
- 1998 Lost Semi-final
- 1999 Lost Final
- 2000 Lost Final
- 2001 Lost Semi-final
- 2002 Lost Quarter-final
- 2003 Lost Semi-final
- 2004 Lost Quarter-final
- 2005 Lost Semi-final
- 2006 Won League, Lost Anavet Cup
- 2007 Lost Quarter-final
- 2008 Lost Quarter-final
- 2009 DNQ
- 2010 Lost Quarter-final
- 2011 DNQ
- 2012 Lost Semi-final
- 2013 Lost Semi-final
- 2014 Won League, Lost in 2014 Western Canada Cup round robin
- 2015 Lost Semi-final
- 2016 Lost Semi-final
- 2017 Lost Quarter-final
- 2018 Lost Semi-final
- 2019 Lost Quarter-final
- 2020 Lost Quarter-final
NHL alumni
Retired Numbers
- 3 - Grant Ledyard