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2017–18 MJHL season

The 2017–18 season was the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's (MJHL) 101st year of operation. The Steinbach Pistons finished with best regular season record for the second consecutive year and defeated the Virden Oil Capitals to win their second Turnbull Cup.


2017–18 MJHL season
Manitoba Junior Hockey League
Ice hockey
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Steinbach Pistons
Dexter Kuczek
Dexter Kuczek
Steinbach Pistons
Virden Oil Capitals
Drew Worrad

The 2017–18 season was the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's (MJHL) 101st year of operation. The Steinbach Pistons finished with best regular season record for the second consecutive year and defeated the Virden Oil Capitals to win their second Turnbull Cup.

  • The annual Showcase takes place at the MTS Iceplex December 10–11, 2017.
  • The MJHL and SJHL hold a joint showcase in Regina, Saskatchewan January 15–16, 2018.
  • The league announces the annual Prospects Development Camp takes place in Winnipeg July 26–29, 2018. A U.S. Prospects Camp is held in Grand Forks, North Dakota in May 2018.
  • The MJHL announces that the Lyndon Lorne Memorial Trophy will be retired and replaced by the Frank McKinnon Memorial Trophy.
  • The league reduces the number of 20-year old players each team can play in a game from nine to eight.
  • Steinbach Pistons head coach Paul Dyck registers his 250th MJHL win as a coach in his 376th game, the fastest to reach that milestone in league history.
  • The MJHL delays the second game of the Turnbull Cup finals by four days in response to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan on April 6, 2018. The Steinbach Pistons defeat the Virden Oil Capitals 4-games-to-2 to win their second league championship.
  • The ANAVET Cup is re-instated after Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League discontinue the Western Canada Cup. The Steinbach Pistons defeat the Nipawin Hawks 4-games-to-2 to win the ANAVET Cup.
  • 2018 NHL entry draft: Steinbach Pistons goaltender Matthew Thiessen is selected in 7th round, 192nd pick overall by the Vancouver Canucks.
GPWLOTLSOLPtsGFGA
Steinbach Pistons6048822100296130
Virden Oil Capitals6040172183268181
Portage Terriers6038163382251163
OCN Blizzard6032205372209192
Winkler Flyers6035250070205175
Winnipeg Blues6031225269215220
Selkirk Steelers6031253166192206
Swan Valley Stampeders6028256163206206
Neepawa Natives6025313154215250
Dauphin Kings6014441130148289
Waywayseecappo Wolverines608483120130323

ANAVET Cup

  • Steinbach Pistons defeated Nipawin Hawks 4-games-to-2

2018 Royal Bank Cup

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