THHL champs win Senior Hockey Provincial title Steinbach Pistons win MJHL Championship

The Steinbach Pistons defeated the Virden Oil Capitals in five games to capture the 2023 Turnbull Cup.

The Miniota-Elkhorn C-Hawks captured the Senior “A” Provincal Hockey Championship, defeating the Ste Anne Aces in a best-of-three series, 2-games-to-1.

The C-Hawks, who are the Tiger Hill Hockey League champs, iced the title with a 7-3 win on Sunday, Apr. 26 in Winnipeg. Miniota/Elkhorn is the third THHL team to win Hockey Manitoba’s Provincial Senior “A” championship, as the Deloraine Royals won in 2014 and the Killarney Shamrocks captured back-to-back championships in 2016 and 2017.

Neepawa Titans sign goalie propsect

a save percentage of .927 for the year.

The Pistons closed out the championship series on Saturday, Apr. 28, with a 3-0 victory at the T.G.Smith Centre in Steinbach. This was also the final hockey game to be played at the arena, as it is set for demolition over the summer.

As for the game itself, it was the Pistons who opened the scoring on Saturday night in Steinbach when Travis Hensrud found the back of the net on the powerplay to give Steinbach a 1-0 lead near the midway mark of the period.

Just a few minutes later on another man-advantage, Ty Paisley’s low shot beat Eric Reid for his 11th of the postseason to give the Pistons a 2-0 lead.

but couldn’t solve Dominik Wasik as he stood tall in the Pistons crease.

Virden would make a push in the third period and pull their goalie for the extra attacker, but it would be too little too late as Steinbach would hold on to a 3-0 lead. With the victory, the Pistons would take the series 4-games-to-1 and capture the Turnbull Cup as MJHL Champions.

Recent MJHL Champions

2023: Steinbach Pistons 4-1 Virden Oil Capitals

2022: Dauphin Kings 4-3 Steinbach Pistons

2021: No Champions - MJHL season cancelled

2020: No Champions - MJHL playoffs cancelled

2019: Portage Terriers 4-3 Swan Valley Stampeders

2018: Steinbach Pistons 4-2 Virden Oil Capitals

2017: Portage Terriers 4-2 OCN Blizzard

The Neepawa Titans are pleased to announce that goaltender K.C. Couckuyt has signed a letter of intent with the MJHL club for the 2023-24 season. The 17-years-old is 6’1” and 170-pounds and is from Brandon.

In 22 games this past season with the Brandon 18-U AAA Wheat Kings, Couckuyt had a record of 19-3-0. He also had a goals against average of 1.94 and

Please join us in welcoming KC and his family to Neepawa and the Titans.

In the second period, it was the Oil Cap’s who came storming out of the gate. Virden outshot Steinbach, 12-5 in the period

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