The Kildonan North Stars were a Canadian Junior ice hockey Team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

History

During the summer of 1967, community-minded sports group purchased the Winnipeg Warriors from Ben Hatskin, renaming them the West Kildonan North Stars. The team was located in Northwest Winnipeg.

In 1967-68 Centre Wayne Chernecki led the MJHL in both points and goals, and was also voted Rookie of the Year, and earned First Team All-Star honors.

For the 1976–77 season the Team's name was shorted to the Kildonan North Stars.

In 1978, the Kildonan North Stars captured the Turnbull Cup as Manitoba Junior "A" Hockey Champions.

During the 1986–87 season, the North Stars became infamous for a completely winless 48-game season. During the stretch from the beginning of the 1985–86 season to the end of the 1986–87 season, the North Stars had 6 wins, 90 losses, and no ties. Over the two Seasons the Kildonan North Stars would set a record for the all time losing streak, 64 games without a point, passing the Regina Silver Foxes record of 58 losses from their 1975 season. Three years later the team was dissolved despite two consecutive winning seasons.

Season-by-season record Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Points Finish Playoffs1936-37 16 6 9 1 - 72 97 13 6th MJHL1937-38 16 4 9 3 - 70 119 11 7th MJHL1938-39 18 8 9 1 - 77 73 17 4th MJHL1939-40 18 8 10 0 - -- -- 16 6th MJHL1940-41 11 2 9 0 - 47 92 4 8th MJHL1941-42 18 9 9 0 - 106 107 18 4th MJHL1942-43 16 6 10 0 - 82 89 12 6th MJHL1943-44 10 4 6 0 - 36 48 10 4th MJHL Won League1944-45 9 3 6 0 - 56 69 6 4th MJHL1945-46 10 7 3 0 - 59 57 14 3rd MJHL1946-47 16 6 10 0 - 59 93 12 4th MJHL1947-48 24 15 7 2 - 137 99 32 1st MJHL1948-49 30 12 17 1 - 136 160 25 2nd MJHL1949-50 36 13 22 1 - 141 175 27 4th MJHL1950-51 36 8 28 0 - 129 206 16 4th MJHL1951-52 36 18 17 1 - 131 112 37 3rd MJHL1952-53 36 22 13 1 - 179 120 45 2nd MJHL Won League, won AbC1953-54 36 31 3 2 - 225 128 64 1st MJHL Won League1954-55 32 13 18 1 - 187 154 27 3rd MJHL1955-56 23 15 7 1 - 175 114 31 2nd MJHL Won League1956-57 30 26 4 0 - 260 100 52 1st MJHL1957-58 30 17 11 2 - 146 132 36 2nd MJHL Won League1958-59 31 21 8 2 - 143 96 44 2nd MJHL1959-60 31 21 9 1 - 140 93 43 2nd MJHL1960-61 32 10 21 1 - 141 191 21 4th MJHL1961-62 40 17 17 6 - 135 152 40 3rd MJHL1962-63 39 19 16 4 - 186 148 42 2nd MJHL1963-64 30 1 28 1 - 97 210 3 6th MJHL1964-65 44 13 27 4 - 152 222 30 4th MJHL1965-66 48 19 22 7 - 207 229 45 2nd MJHL1966-67 58 10 45 3 - 162 390 23 7th MJHL1967-68 35 17 18 0 - 151 189 34 3rd MJHL1968-69 34 12 21 1 - 130 171 25 7th MJHL1969-70 34 12 18 4 - 143 165 28 5th MJHL1970-71 48 21 19 8 - 210 211 50 4th MJHL1971-72 47 15 32 0 - 208 284 30 6th MJHL1972-73 48 25 23 0 - 213 228 50 3rd MJHL1973-74 48 33 14 1 - 274 168 67 1st MJHL1974-75 48 30 16 2 - 289 213 62 2nd MJHL1975-76 52 34 18 0 - 287 243 68 1st MJHL1976-77 52 36 16 0 - 277 204 72 2nd MJHL1977-78 52 27 25 0 - 246 273 54 6th MJHL Won League1978-79 47 27 18 2 - 255 214 56 3rd MJHL1979-80 49 24 22 3 - 242 239 51 5th MJHL1980-81 47 14 33 0 - 224 318 28 8th MJHL1981-82 48 9 36 3 - 208 209 21 9th MJHL1982-83 48 4 44 0 - 152 452 8 8th MJHL1983-84 48 18 30 0 - 244 306 36 5th MJHL1984-85 48 21 25 2 - 273 263 44 7th MJHL1985-86 48 6 42 0 - 194 455 12 10th MJHL1986-87 48 0 48 0 - 188 507 0 9th MJHL1987-88 48 11 36 1 - 204 317 23 8th MJHL1988-89 48 26 22 0 - 278 231 52 5th MJHL1989-90 52 36 16 0 - 332 246 72 3rd MJHL

Playoffs 1971 Lost quarter-final St. Boniface Saints defeated West Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-3 1972 Lost final West Kildonan North Stars defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-1 West Kildonan North Stars defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-1 Dauphin Kings defeated West Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1973 Lost quarter-final St. Boniface Saints defeated West Kildonan North Stars 9-points-to-7 1974 Lost final West Kildonan North Stars defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-none Selkirk Steelers defeated West Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-1 1975 Lost final West Kildonan North Stars defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-2 Selkirk Steelers defeated West Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-3 1976 Lost final West Kildonan North Stars defeated Assiniboine Park Monarchs 4-games-to-1 West Kildonan North Stars defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-3 Selkirk Steelers defeated West Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1977 Lost final Kildonan North Stars defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-1 Kildonan North Stars defeated Kenora Thistles 4-games-to-3 Dauphin Kings defeated Kildonan North Stars 2-games-to-1 (Series suspended, awarded to Dauphin) 1978 Won League, lost Anavet Cup Kildonan North Stars defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-1 Kildonan North Stars defeated Kenora Thistles 4-games-to-2 Kildonan North Stars defeated Dauphin Kings 4-games-to-3 MJHL CHAMPIONS Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1979 Lost final Kildonan North Stars defeated Kenora Thistles 4-games-to-3 Kildonan North Stars defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-none Selkirk Steelers defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-2 1980 Lost final Kildonan North Stars defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-2 Kildonan North Stars defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-2 Selkirk Steelers defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1981 Lost quarter-final Selkirk Steelers defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1982 DNQ 1983 Lost quarter-final St. Boniface Saints defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1984 Lost final Kildonan North Stars defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-none Kildonan North Stars defeated Fort Garry Blues 4-games-to-2 Selkirk Steelers defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-1 1985 Lost quarter-final Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1986 DNQ 1987 DNQ 1988 Lost quarter-final Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1989 Lost semi-final Kildonan North Stars defeated St. Boniface Saints 4-games-to-none Winnipeg South Blues defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none 1990 Lost final Kildonan North Stars defeated Southeast Thunderbirds 4-games-to-none Kildonan North Stars defeated St. James Canadians 4-games-to-3 Portage Terriers defeated Kildonan North Stars 4-games-to-none

References Manitoba Junior Hockey League Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame Hockey Hall of Fame Winnipeg Free Press Archives