The 2025–26 MJHL season was the 109th season of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL).
The franchise formerly known as the Winnipeg Freeze were rebranded as the Winnipeg Monarchs.
The Steinbach Pistons moved into a new home arena at the Southeast Event Centre in March 2025. The Pistons' former home at the T.G. Smith Arena in Steinbach closed in mid-2023. During the construction of the new arena, the Pistons played their home games at the HyLife Centre in La Broquerie.
The Niverville Nighthawks won their first Turnbull Cup as league champions and went on to capture the Centennial Cup as Canadian Junior Hockey League champions.
Austin Dubinsky of Niverville was named Goaltender of the Year by the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL).
Regular season
Each team played a 58-game regular season schedule. The top 4 teams from each division advanced to the playoffs.
|+ style="background:#FFFFFF00; border:#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|Niverville Nighthawks || 58 || 51 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 103 |- align=right | 2 || align=left|Steinbach Pistons || 58 || 47 || 9 || 2 || 0 || 96 |- align=right | 3 || align=left|Portage Terriers || 58 || 39 || 18 || 1 || 0 || 79 |- align=right | 4 || align=left|Winkler Flyers || 58 || 34 || 20 || 2 || 2 || 72 |- align=right | 5 || align=left|Selkirk Steelers || 58 || 20 || 35 || 2 || 1 || 43 |- align=right | 6 || align=left|Winnipeg Blues || 58 || 18 || 36 || 4 || 0 || 40 |- align=right | 7 || align=left|Winnipeg Monarchs || 58 || 11 || 45 || 2 || 0 || 24
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF00; border:#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|Virden Oil Capitals || 58 || 39 || 14 || 3 || 2 || 83 |- align=right | 2 || align=left|Dauphin Kings || 58 || 33 || 23 || 2 || 0 || 68 |- align=right | 3 || align=left|Waywayseecappo Wolverines || 58 || 29 || 24 || 3 || 2 || 63 |- align=right | 4 || align=left|Neepawa Titans || 58 || 28 || 28 || 1 || 1 || 58 |- align=right | 5 || align=left|Swan Valley Stampeders || 58 || 20 || 33 || 3 || 2 || 45 |- align=right | 6 || align=left|Northern Manitoba Blizzard || 58 || 8 || 43 || 4 || 3 || 23
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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.
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National championship
The championship Niverville Nighthawks went on to win the national championship 2026 Centennial Cup in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. After going undefeated in the round robin, the Nighthawks defeated the Toronto Patriots in the semifinal and Summerside Western Capitals in the championship game. This was the first national championship for the Nighthawks and only the fourth time that an MJHL team won the national Junior 'A' championship.
Round robin
Teams were randomly assigned to Group A or Group B. During the preliminary round robin phase, each team played each other team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in overtime or shootout, one point for a loss in overtime or shootout, and no points were awarded for a loss in regulation time.
The Niverville Nighthawks and Collège Français de Longueuil advanced to the semifinals after placing first in their respective groups. The Summerside Western Capitals, Canmore Eagles, Toronto Patriots and Truro Bearcats advanced to the quarterfinals.
Playoffs
The Niverville Nighthawks and Collège Français de Longueuil each had a bye in the quarterfinal round. The Summerside Western Capitals defeated the Truro Bearcats and the Toronto Patriots defeated the Canmore Eagles. In the semifinals, Summerside defeated Longueuil and Niverville defeated Toronto.
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External links
MJHL history and statistics at hockeydb.com