Portage Terriers


The Portage Terriers are a Canadian 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 Hockey League.

History

The Portage Terriers were founded in 1932. Ten years later the Terriers won the Turnbull Cup as Manitoba junior champions and went on to defeat the Oshawa Generals to win the Memorial Cup. Their roster included Joe Bell, Gordon Bell, Billy Gooden, Lin Bend, Jack MacDonald, Wally Stefaniw, Bobby Love, Oliver "Bud" Ritchie, Bill Heindl Sr., Jack O'Reilly, Joe Ledoux, Lloyd Smith and Don Campbell.
A shortage of players following World War II forced the Terriers to cease operations in 1947. The Portage Terriers would be reborn twenty years later as members of the new Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The CMJHL lasted only one season before it merged with the MJHL. The Terriers became a Junior 'A' club following the reorganization of Canadian junior hockey in 1970. In 1972-73, the Terriers won the Anavet Cup as Manitoba-Saskatchewan champions and Abbott Cup as Western Canadian champions, and then defeated the Pembroke Lumber Kings to win the 1973 Centennial Cup.
The team endured some tough years following their Centennial Cup appearance and it was not until 1989 that the Terriers would recapture the league title. Since the mid-2000s, the Terriers have been one of the MJHL's most dominant franchises, a stretch that has included eight league championships, two ANAVET Cup titles, and three national championship appearances.
During the 2014-15 season, the Terriers set a new league record by posting a winning percentage of.917 during the regular season, after which they went undefeated through the playoffs to capture the Turnbull Cup. The Terriers finished second at the Western Canada Cup and then moved on to host the 2015 Royal Bank Cup in Portage la Prairie, where they captured the national title with a victory over the Carleton Place Canadians in the championship game. The Terriers repeated as MJHL champions the following two seasons.
The team and the city have been selected to host the 2020 Centennial Cup. This will mark the 50th season for the championship, which was originally known as the Manitoba Centennial Cup.
The Terriers have played at Stride Place, formerly the Portage Credit Union Centre, since 2010. Prior to this, the Terriers played at the Portage Centennial Arena. The team's head coach and general manager is Blake Spiller, who has held the position since 2006. Spiller is the winningest coach in the team's history.
The 1942 and 1972-73 Portage Terriers have been inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame under the team category.

List of championships

ChampionshipYears Won
Turnbull Cup1942, 1973, 1990, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Abbott Cup1942, 1973
Memorial Cup1942
ANAVET Cup1973, 2005, 2011, 2019
Royal Bank/Centennial Cup1973, 2015

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
SeasonGP W L T OTLGF GA PointsFinishPlayoffs
1967-68236170-72147124th CMJHL
1968-69343283-10423698th MJHL
1969-703412202-127156266th MJHL
1970-714827156-163158602nd MJHL
1971-724833141-266193672nd MJHL
1972-734832160-280187621st MJHLWon League, Won AC, Won AbC, Won MCC
1973-744829181-255201594th MJHL
1974-754825221-223209514th MJHL
1975-765225270-236245507th MJHL
1976-775217350-2142873410th MJHL
1977-785218331-244335378th MJHL
1978-794826220-267289524th MJHL
1979-80445372-186399129th MJHL
1980-814820271-240271415th MJHL
1981-824815321-215288317th MJHL
1982-834823241-259254476th MJHL
1983-844810380-156371208th MJHL
1984-85486420-184370129th MJHL
1985-864812351-209326259th MJHL
1986-874727200-299245545th MJHL
1987-884827210-293278544th MJHL
1988-894828191-276232574th MJHL
1989-90524390-352194861st MJHLWon League
1990-914823250-268267465th MJHL
1991-9248291801310203594th MJHL
1992-9348341220282188701st MJHL
1993-9456312410----634th MJHL
1994-9556242714218249536th MJHL
1995-9656342011255196703rd MJHLLost Quarter-final
1996-9756312221243200653rd MJHLLost Quarter-final
1997-9862391751271204843rd MJHL
1998-9962421622310214882nd MJHL
1999-00643423-7291254755th MJHL
2000-01643623-5226210774th MJHL
2001-02644319-2275169883rd MJHL
2002-03644412-8331181962nd MJHL
2003-04643226-6232230706th MJHLLost Final
2004-05633918-6237191841st MJHLWon League, Won AC
2005-06632330-10196218568th MJHLLost Quarter-final
2006-07623420-8271231765th MJHLLost Quarter-final
2007-08624215-5278188893rd MJHLWon League
2008-09624613-3287175952nd MJHLWon League
2009-10623517-10223173802nd MJHLLost Quarter-final
2010-11624015-7227164871st MJHLWon League, Won AC
2011-12624215-5266189891st MJHLWon League
2012-13603227-1188188656th MJHLLost Quarter-final
2013-14603616-8206155804th MJHLLost Quarter-final
2014-1560533-42851201101st MJHLWon League, Won RBC
2015-1660526-22761231061st MJHLWon League
2016-17603719-4256198785th MJHLWon League
2017-18603816-6251163783rd MJHLLost Quarter-final
2018-19604611-3277150951st MJHLWon League, Won AC
2019-20604414-2240145902nd MJHLCancelled

Playoffs