Draft:2024–25 MJHL season

2024–25 MJHL season
LeagueManitoba Junior Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember–March
Number of games58
Number of teams13
2024 draft
Top draft pickLayne Schofield
Picked byWinkler Flyers
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The 2024–25 season will be the 108th season of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL), a Junior A ice hockey league in Manitoba. The league's 13 teams are organized into east and west divisions. They will play a 58-game regular season schedule beginning on 20 September 2024.[1]

Season highlights

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The 2024 MJHL draft took place on 2 June 2024.[2][3] The league announced that it would discontinue the player draft in 2025. Consequently, prospects who were born in Manitoba in 2009 will be eligible to sign with any MJHL team. 2023 draft picks who remain unsigned as of August 1st, 2024, and 2024 draft picks who remain unsigned as of August 1st, 2025, will also be eligible to sign with any MJHL team.[4]


Post-season

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The top 4 teams in each division at the end of the regular season will advance to the post-season, which will consist of three best-of-7 play-off rounds. The league champions will be awarded the Turnbull Trophy and will go on to compete for the for the national championship Centennial Cup.[5]


References

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  1. ^ "MJHL announces 2024-25 regular season schedule". mjhlhockey.ca. Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Draft results". rinknet.com. RinkNet. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  3. ^ "MJHL Draft". mjhlhockey.ca. Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ "MJHL to move away from Player Draft beginning in 2025". mjhlhockey.ca. Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ^ "MJHL announces 2024-25 Playoff format". mjhlhockey.ca. Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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