Portage Terriers

Hockey team
team = Portage Terriers

logosize = 125px
city = Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
league = Manitoba Junior Hockey League
division = Sher-Wood
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arena = Portage Centennial Arena
colours = Green, Yellow, and White
coach = Blake Spiller
GM = Blake Spiller
President Brad Sanderson farmclub =
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The Portage Terriers are a Canadian Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada.

History

The Portage Terriers have won the Turnbull Cup as Manitoba Junior Hockey League Champion five times: 1942, 1973, 1990, 2005, and 2008.

In 1942, the Terriers were MJHL champions, they moved on to conquer the Western Canadian Junior title, the Abbott Cup as well. Later that year, they went to Winnipeg, Manitoba to host and ultimately defeat the Ontario Hockey Association's Oshawa Generals to win the team's only Memorial Cup as Canadian Junior Hockey Champions.

Roster: Staff Sgt. Addie Bell (Coach), Joe Bell, Gordon Bell (Goal), Billy Gooden, Lin Bend, Jack MacDonald (Captain), Wally Stefaniw, Bobby Love, Oliver "Bud" Ritchie, Bill Heindl Sr., Jack O'Reilly, Joe Ledoux, Lloyd Smith and Don Campbell.

The 1942 Portage Terriers were inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in the team category.

The Memorial Cup is now the Canadian Major Junior Championship, and as of 1970 the Terriers were relegated to Tier II Junior "A".

This long running Manitoba franchise won the Anavet Cup and Abbott Cup in 1973. In 1973, the Terriers defeated the SJHL's Humboldt Broncos to win the Prairie regional and the Penticton Broncos to win the Western Canadian Championship. This moved them along to the Centennial Cup 1973 Final against the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Junior A Hockey League. The Terriers defeated the Lumber Kings 4-games-to-1 to clinch their only Tier II National title.

The 1973 Portage Terriers were inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in the team category.

It seems that in the early 1980s, the Terriers or a team affiliated with the Terriers won the 1984 Keystone Cup as Western Canadian Junior "B" Champions.

In 2005, the Terriers defeated the Selkirk Steelers to win the MJHL Championship and then the Terriers defeated the Yorkton Terriers to win another Anavet Cup. This earned them a berth to the Royal Bank Cup 2005 tournament. The Terriers finished the round robin with a 1-3 record and were eliminated from playoff contention.

In 2008, Portage defeated the Winnipeg Saints to win the MJHL Championship 4 games to 1; The Terriers lost the Anavet Cup series in 4 straight games to the SJHL Champion Humboldt Broncos.

eason-by-season record

"Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against"

Notable alumni

*Bryan Hextall
*Black Jack Stewart

ee also

*List of ice hockey teams in Manitoba

External links

* [http://www.portageterriers.com/ Terriers Webpage]
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/champions.html?category=25&id=332 1942 Portage Terriers] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/champions.html?category=28&id=317 1973 Portage Terriers] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]