2012–13 MJHL season

2012–13 MJHL season
2012–13 MJHL season
League	Manitoba Junior Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of games	330
Number of teams	11
Regular Season
First Place	Dauphin Kings
Season MVP	Guillaume Naud
Top scorer	Jesse Sinatynski
Playoffs
Addison Division champions	Steinbach Pistons
Sherwood Division champions	Dauphin Kings
Playoffs MVP	Corey Koop
Turnbull Cup
Champions	Steinbach Pistons
List of MJHL seasons
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's (MJHL) 96th season of operation.

Season highlights

The Winnipeg Saints are sold to a group from Virden in April 2012 and relocate to the southwestern Manitoba community. The team is renamed the Virden Oil Capitals and moves to the Sherwood Division. The Winnipeg Blues are now the sole team based in Winnipeg.^[1]
The Steinbach Pistons are purchased by a group of local investors and become a community-owned organization.^[2]
The league shortens its regular season schedule from 341 games to 330. Each team plays two fewer games as a result.
The league holds its annual showcase event October 4–6 at the MTS Iceplex.
The Steinbach Pistons join the MJHL playoffs for the first time in ten years, defeat the two-time defending champion Portage Terriers, and then upset the league's top two teams from the regular season, the Winnipeg Blues and Dauphin Kings, to win their organization's first ever Turnbull Cup.^[3]
The Pistons qualify for the newly created Western Canada Cup, but do not advance past the round robin.

Addison Division	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Winnipeg Blues	60	45	14	1	91	266	164
Steinbach Pistons	60	31	25	4	66	224	207
Portage Terriers	60	32	27	1	65	187	187
Winkler Flyers	60	22	27	11	55	199	224
Selkirk Steelers	60	25	30	5	55	203	210
Sherwood Division	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Dauphin Kings	60	47	11	2	96	266	149
OCN Blizzard	60	39	16	5	83	221	190
Swan Valley Stampeders	60	33	23	4	70	221	221
Waywayseecappo Wolverines	60	25	30	5	55	188	220
Virden Oil Capitals	60	18	34	8	44	155	212
Neepawa Natives	60	13	40	7	33	142	288

First year of the new format involving the four western leagues of the CJHL.
Steinbach Pistons finish fifth in the round robin and are eliminated from playoffs.

Steve "Boomer" Hawrysh Award (MVP): Guillaume Naud, Dauphin
MJHL Top Goaltender Award: Adam Iwan, Portage
Brian Kozak Award (Top Defenceman): Tanner Butler, Dauphin
Vince Leah Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Tristan Keck, Winkler
Lorne Lyndon Memorial Trophy (Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship): Connor Cleverly, Winnipeg
Muzz McPherson Award (Coach of the Year): Don MacGillivray, Winnipeg
Mike Ridley Trophy (Scoring Champion): Jesse Sinatynski, Dauphin
MJHL Playoff MVP: Corey Koop, Steinbach