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Jimmy Dunn was hired as commissioner of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) in May 1964. The league had been reduced to four teams based in the Greater Winnipeg area after the withdrawal of the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Fort Frances Royals.^[1] The MJHL transitioned from a draft of players in the Greater Winnipeg Minor Hockey Association, into a system where each team chose players from a set geographic district. The new "zoning" arrangement was planned to be in effect for three seasons to stimulate more localized interest in junior hockey and aimed to keep teammates together from the minor hockey level to the junior hockey level.^[1] Dunn supported the change and noted that the concept had produced forward lines on previous Memorial Cup championship teams from Winnipeg.^[1] The Charlie Gardiner Memorial Trophy series was revived as a preseason tournament for the league's teams.^[2] Dunn reached an agreement to televise MJHL games on CJAY-TV, and the league experimented with playing games on Sunday evenings instead of afternoons to increase its attendance and avoid competing with televised football games.^[3] Dunn requested to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) that the MJHL waive its bye into the Abbott Cup finals and its playoffs champion meet the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League champion in the first round. He felt that the loss of gate receipts from a bye was a financial hardship for the MJHL, and shorten the league's playoffs to accommodate the change approved by the CAHA.^[4]

Champion

On March 31, 1965, at the Winnipeg Arena, the Winnipeg Braves captured the MJHL championship and Turnbull Memorial Trophy.

League notes

Brandon Wheat Kings transfer to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, and Fort Frances Royals transfer to the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League.
The St. Boniface Canadiens change their name to the Winnipeg Warriors.
The League announced that the Manitoba - Saskatchewan all-star game has been cancelled.
League shortens 48 game schedule, no reason given.

Regular season

League Standings	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Winnipeg Braves	44	26	13	5	57	184	140
Winnipeg Rangers	45	21	18	6	48	202	170
Winnipeg Monarchs	45	19	21	5	43	159	165
Winnipeg Warriors	44	13	27	4	30	152	222

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

Rangers lost to Monarchs 3-games-to-2

Turnbull Cup Championship

Braves defeated Monarchs 4-games-to-none

Western Memorial Cup Semi-Final

Braves defeated Port Arthur North Stars (TBJHL) 4-games-to-1

Western Memorial Cup Final (Abbott Cup)

Braves lost to Edmonton Oil Kings (CAHL) 4-games-to-2

Awards

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Wayne Stephenson	Winnipeg Braves
Top Goaltender	Wayne Stephenson	Winnipeg Braves
Rookie of the Year	Bill Ramsay	Winnipeg Monarchs
Sportsmanship Award	Bill Scott	Winnipeg Monarchs
Scoring Champion	Ken Sucharski	Winnipeg Rangers
Most Goals	Terry Jones	Winnipeg Rangers

All-Star Teams

First All-Star Team
Goaltender	Wayne Stephenson	Winnipeg Braves
Defencemen	Al Dylcer	Winnipeg Monarchs
Defencemen	Jim Lane	Winnipeg Rangers
Centreman	Ken Sucharski	Winnipeg Warriors
Leftwinger	Doug Overton	Winnipeg Warriors
Rightwinger	Bill Cooper	Winnipeg Warriors
Second All-Star Team
Goaltender	Gary Thornton	Winnipeg Warriors
Defencemen	Mike Kolody	Winnipeg Rangers
Defencemen	Brian Dyck	Winnipeg Braves
Centreman	Bill Heindl Jr.	Winnipeg Braves
Leftwinger	Dunc Rousseau	Winnipeg Braves
Rightwinger	George Anderson	Winnipeg Braves

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "MJHL zones city; hires Jimmy Dunn". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. May 16, 1964. p. 14.
^ "Juniors revive trophy series". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. September 17, 1964. p. 46.
^ "Open Sunday". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. October 23, 1964. p. 54.
^ "MJHL waives bye into western final". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. January 25, 1965. p. 41.