Portage Terriers
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| City | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
| League | Manitoba Junior Hockey League |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Home arena | Stride Place |
| Colours | Green, yellow, white |
| General manager | Blake Spiller |
| Head coach | Blake Spiller |
| Media | CFRY Radio (play-by-play team- Cody Buhler & Aaron Wilgosh), PortageOnline.com, Portage Daily Graphic |
| Championships | |
| Playoff championships |
1942 Memorial Cup Champions 1973 Centennial Cup Champions 2015 Royal Bank Cup Champions |
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.
The Portage Terriers were founded in 1942. During their first season, 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 upstart 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.
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