The 2024–25 season was the 108th season of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL), a Junior A ice hockey league in Manitoba. The league's 13 teams played a 58-game regular season schedule beginning on 20 September 2024. The Northern Manitoba Blizzard won the league championship Turnbull Trophy and went on to represent the league at the national championship tournament in Calgary.
The 2024 MJHL draft took place on 2 June 2024. The league announced that it would discontinue the player draft in 2025. Consequently, prospects who were born in Manitoba in 2009 will be eligible to sign with any MJHL team. 2023 draft picks who remain unsigned as of August 1, 2024, and 2024 draft picks who remain unsigned as of August 1, 2025, will also be eligible to sign with any MJHL team.
The governing body, Hockey Canada, and its four western regional affiliates – BC Hockey, Hockey Alberta, Hockey Saskatchewan and Hockey Manitoba – will pilot the Western Canadian Development Model (WCDM). Under the WCDM, junior leagues will adopt most of the Western Hockey League rulebook, excluding some sections, and restrictions on 15-year-old affiliate players in the Western Hockey League will be loosened. Players that will be 18-years of age or older in the calendar year will be allowed to choose whether to use full-face protection or half-face protection, whilst younger players will be required to use full-face protection.
The team formerly known as the OCN Blizzard was renamed the Northern Manitoba Blizzard following a change in ownership.
Regular season
Teams played a 58-game regular season schedule. The top 4 teams in each division advanced to the playoffs.
|+ style="background:#FFFFFF00; border-top:#EF343F 5px solid; border-bottom:#EF343F 5px solid"| ! style=width:2.2em | Rank ! style=width:15em | Team ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | |- align=right | 1 || align=left|Winkler Flyers || 58 || 46 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 96 |- align=right | 2 || align=left|Steinbach Pistons || 58 || 42 || 11 || 2 || 3 || 89 |- align=right | 3 || align=left|Portage Terriers || 58 || 40 || 17 || 0 || 1 || 81 |- align=right | 4 || align=left|Niverville Nighthawks || 58 || 35 || 20 || 2 || 1 || 73 |- align=right | 5 || align=left|Selkirk Steelers || 58 || 29 || 23 || 3 || 3 || 64 |- align=right | 6 || align=left|Winnipeg Blues || 58 || 9 || 43 || 4 || 2 || 24 |- align=right | 7 || align=left|Winnipeg Freeze || 58 || 6 || 49 || 1 || 2 || 15
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF00; border-top:#EF343F 5px solid; border-bottom:#EF343F 5px solid"| ! style=width:2.2em | Rank ! style=width:15em | Team ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | |- align=right | 1 || align=left|Dauphin Kings || 58 || 37 || 18 || 2 || 1 || 77 |- align=right | 2 || align=left|Northern Manitoba Blizzard || 58 || 35 || 22 || 0 || 1 || 71 |- align=right | 3 || align=left|Neepawa Titans || 58 || 32 || 21 || 2 || 3 || 69 |- align=right | 4 || align=left|Waywayseecappo Wolverines || 58 || 25 || 30 || 2 || 1 || 53 |- align=right | 5 || align=left|Virden Oil Capitals || 58 || 24 || 31 || 2 || 1 || 51 |- align=right | 6 || align=left|Swan Valley Stampeders || 58 || 17 || 34 || 5 || 2 || 41
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Playoffs
The top 4 teams in each division at the end of the regular season advanced to the post-season, which consisted of three best-of-7 play-off rounds. The Northern Manitoba Blizzard won the league championship Turnbull Trophy and went on to compete for the national championship Centennial Cup.
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References
Further reading
External links
MJHL history and statistics at hockeydb.com