Steinbach Pistons

The Steinbach Pistons are a junior ice hockey franchise in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) based in Steinbach, Manitoba.

History Southeast Thunderbirds/T-Birds/Blades The MJHL granted an expansion team to the Southeast Tribal Council, a group of First Nation bands in southeastern Manitoba, to begin play in the 1988–89 season. The team was known as the Southeast Thunderbirds and played out of the Notre Dame Arena in Winnipeg. The team was renamed the Southeast Blades in 1992. After taking a leave of absence for the 1996–97 season, the Blades moved northeast of Winnipeg to Sagkeeng First Nation. The Blades played ten seasons in Sagkeeng, the most successful being the 2002–03 season when they advanced to the Turnbull Cup finals which they lost to the OCN Blizzard. Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Points Finish Playoffs1988-89 48 1 47 0 - 177 449 2 9th MJHLDNQ1989-90 52 20 31 1 - 282 342 41 8th MJHLLost Round 11990-91 48 8 38 2 - 216 347 18 9th MJHLDNQ1991-92 48 2 46 0 0 106 453 4 9th MJHLDNQ1992-93 48 16 29 3 0 224 307 35 9th MJHLDNQ1993-94 56 10 34 1 1 -- -- 22 9th MJHLDNQ1994-95 55 21 30 1 3 196 271 46 8th MJHLLost Round 11995-96 56 5 49 2 0 144 404 12 9th MJHLLost Round 11996-97 Did not participate1997-98 62 20 38 2 2 231 300 44 10th MJHLDNQ1998-99 61 21 38 2 0 234 265 44 8th MJHLDNQ1999-00 64 29 26 - 9 282 285 67 8th MJHLDNQ2000-01 64 7 55 - 2 160 405 16 12th MJHLDNQ2001-02 64 23 36 - 5 202 286 51 10th MJHLDNQ2002-03 63 40 18 - 5 265 210 85 5th MJHLLost final2003-04 64 12 50 0 2 184 389 26 11th MJHL DNQ2004-05 63 7 50 2 4 165 331 20 11th MJHL DNQ2005-06 63 18 34 5 6 198 293 47 9th MJHL DNQ2006-07 63 9 46 5 3 181 356 26 11th MJHL DNQ

Beausejour Blades The Beausejour Blades were formed in 2007 following the sale and relocation of the team to the Sun Gro Centre in Beausejour. The move did not improve the team's fortunes; the Blades managed to win only 13 games over the two seasons of their existence.

|+ style="background:#FFFFFF00; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#000000 5px solid"| ! style="width:4em; text-align:left;" | Season ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:10em; text-align:left;" | Season ! style="width:18em; text-align:left;" | Postseason |-align="right" |align="left"|2007–08 ||62 ||7 ||50 ||1 || 4 ||165 ||400 ||19 ||align="left"|5th in division11th overall||align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" |align="left"|2008–09 ||62 ||6 ||52 ||2 ||2 ||147 ||424 ||16 ||align="left"|5th in division11th overall||align="left"|Did not qualify

Steinbach Pistons During the 2009 Allan Cup in Steinbach, Manitoba, the City of Steinbach, together with Blades management, announced that the team would be relocating to the T.G. Smith Centre in Steinbach for the 2009–10 MJHL season. The team was renamed the Steinbach Pistons, in recognition of the city's reputation as "The Automobile City". Steinbach was previously home to a MJHL team called the Hawks from 1985 to 1988.

Despite the team's improved record after the move to Steinbach, the Pistons failed to qualify for the playoffs in each of their first three seasons. The team's continued poor performance and strained financial position spurred a group of investors from the local business community to purchase the Pistons in 2012 and convert it to a community-owned organization. The next season, the Pistons ended the franchise's ten year playoff drought and captured their first Turnbull Cup.

The Pistons enjoyed their best seasons in 2017–18 and 2022–23, when the team won Turnbull Cups and advanced as far as the national championship. The team relocated to the Hylife Centre in nearby La Broquerie, Manitoba following the 2022–23 season to allow demolition of their home arena and construction of the Southeast Event Centre, which became their new home in March 2025.

|+ style="background:#FFFFFF00; border-top:#2B3856 5px solid; border-bottom:#2270B8 5px solid"| ! style="width:4em; text-align:left;" | Season ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:2.2em;" | ! style="width:10em; text-align:left;" | Season ! style="width:18em; text-align:left;" | Postseason |-align="right" |align="left"|2009–10||62||13||43||5||1||185||308||32||align="left"|5th in division11th overall||align="left"|Did not qualify |-align="right" |align="left"|2010–11||62||19||40||3||-||203||277||41||align="left"|5th in division11th overall||align="left"|Did not qualify |-align="right" |align="left"|2011–12||62||15||41||3||3||188||319||36||align="left"|6th in division10th overall||align="left"|Did not qualify |-align="right" |align="left"|2012–13||60||31||25||-||4||224||211||66||align="left"|2nd in division5th overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Portage (4:3)Won semifinal round against Winnipeg Blues (4:2)Won final against Dauphin (4:2) |-align="right" |align="left"|2013–14||60||42||16||2||1||216||147||86||align="left"|2nd in division2nd overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal round against Portage (4:3)Lost semifinal against Winnipeg Blues (4:1) |-align="right" |align="left"|2014–15||60||39||14||2||5||218||150||85||align="left"|2nd overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Selkirk (4:0)Won semifinal against Winnipeg Blues (4:1)Lost final against Portage (4:0) |-align="right" |align="left"|2015–16||60||45||10||-||5||251||138||95||align="left"|2nd overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Swan Valley (4:0)Won semifinal against Winkler (4:3)Lost final against Portage (4:1) |-align="right" |align="left"|2016–17||60||49||10||1||-||249||124||99||align="left"|1st overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Neepawa Natives (4:2)Lost semifinal against Portage (4:2) |-align="right" |align="left"|2017–18||60||48||8||2||2||296||130||100||align="left"|1st overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Swan Valley (4:0)Won semifinal against Winnipeg Blues (4:2)Won final against Virden (4:2)Won ANAVET Cup against Nipawin Hawks (4:2) |-align="right" |align="left"|2018–19||60||34||17||4||-||197||127||82||align="left"|3rd overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Winnipeg Blues (4:2)Lost semifinal against Swan Valley (4:2) |-align="right" |align="left"|2019–20||60||42||10||5||3||219||138||92||align="left"|1st overall||align="left"|Playoffs cancelled |-align="right" |align="left"|2020–21||7||5||1||-||1||29||12||11||align="left"|1st in division3rd overall||align="left"|Season cancelled |-align="right" |align="left"|2021–22||54||42||9||2||1||239||122||87||align="left"|1st in division1st overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Selkirk (4:1)Won semifinal against VirdenLost final against Dauphin (4:3) |-align="right" |align="left"|2022–23||58||42||15||-||1||227||139||85||align="left"|2nd in division2nd overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Winkler (4:3)Won semifinal against Swan Valley (4:2)Won final against Virden (4:1) |-align="right" |align="left"|2023–24||58||47||8||3||-||224||103||97||align="left"|1st in division1st overall||align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Niverville (4:0)Won semifinal against OCN Blizzard (4:3)Lost final against Winkler (4:0) |-align="right" |align="left"|2024–25||58||42||11||2||3||261||138||89||align="left"|2nd in division2nd overall||align="left"|Lost quarterfinal against Portage (4:2) |-align="right" |align="left"|2025–26 || 58 || 47 || 9 || 2 || 0 || 278 || 131 || 96 || align="left"|2nd in division2nd overall || align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Portage (4:1)

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Head coaches The following is a list of the franchise's head coaches:

Gallery

See also List of ice hockey teams in Manitoba

References

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