2025–26 MJHL season
109th season of the MJHL
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The 2025–26 MJHL season was the 109th season of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL).
September
Regular season
September–March
Playoffs
March–April
| 2025–26 MJHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | MJHL |
| Sport | Junior ice hockey |
| Duration | Preseason September Regular season September–March Playoffs March–April |
| Games | 377 |
| Teams | 13 |
| Total attendance | 200,175 |
| Streaming partner | FloSports |
| Turnbull Cup | |
| Champions | Niverville Nighthawks |
| Runners-up | Virden Oil Capitals |
The franchise formerly known as the Winnipeg Freeze were rebranded as the Winnipeg Monarchs.[1]
The Steinbach Pistons moved into a new home arena at the Southeast Event Centre in March 2025.[2][3] The Pistons' former home at the T.G. Smith Arena in Steinbach closed in mid-2023.[4] During the construction of the new arena, the Pistons played their home games at the HyLife Centre in La Broquerie.[5]
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.[6]
Regular season
Each team played a 58-game regular season schedule. The top 4 teams from each division advanced to the playoffs.[7]
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niverville Nighthawks | 58 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 103 |
| 2 | Steinbach Pistons | 58 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 96 |
| 3 | Portage Terriers | 58 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 79 |
| 4 | Winkler Flyers | 58 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 72 |
| 5 | Selkirk Steelers | 58 | 20 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| 6 | Winnipeg Blues | 58 | 18 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 40 |
| 7 | Winnipeg Monarchs | 58 | 11 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
Source: "2025–26 MJHL standings". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virden Oil Capitals | 58 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 83 |
| 2 | Dauphin Kings | 58 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 68 |
| 3 | Waywayseecappo Wolverines | 58 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 63 |
| 4 | Neepawa Titans | 58 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| 5 | Swan Valley Stampeders | 58 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 45 |
| 6 | Northern Manitoba Blizzard | 58 | 8 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
Source: "2025–26 MJHL standings". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
Playoffs
| Turnbull Cup | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Tournament details | |
| Teams | 8 |
| Official website | |
| 2026 MJHL 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.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Virden | 4 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Neepawa | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Virden | 3 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Steinbach | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Steinbach | 4 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Portage | 1 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Virden | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Niverville | 4 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Niverville | 4 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Winkler | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Niverville | 4 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Waywayseecappo | 1 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Dauphin | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Waywayseecappo | 4 | ||||||||||||
Source: "MJHL 2026 playoffs". Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
Post MJHL Playoffs
The Niverville Nighthawks represented the MJHL at the 2026 Centennial Cup in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. After going undefeated in the round robin, the Nighthawks defeated the Toronto Patriots in the semi-final 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.[8]