They're now known as the Monarchs.
Starting in the 2025-26 season, the Winnipeg Freeze will now be known as the Winnipeg Monarchs. The announcement was made on Thursday. The original Winnipeg Monarchs played in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League from 1930 to 1978. They were renamed the Winnipeg South Places in 1978 and later the Winnipeg Blues.
Chet Pickard is the team's governor.
“We wanted to pay homage to the long hockey history that we have in Winnipeg and the MJHL,” said Pickard.
Since joining the league in 2020-21, the Freeze have gone 24-189-13-3. They've lost at least 40 games in each of the last four seasons. They played only five games in their first year because of the pandemic and lost all five.
They will continue to play at the Hockey for All Centre.
“On behalf of the MJHL Board of Governors, we are excited about the new direction that the organization will be taking as they embark on this new era of Monarchs Hockey in Winnipeg and the MJHL,” shared MJHL Commissioner Kevin Saurette. “With this change, the expectation is that the standards will be raised both on and off the ice, to help ensure positive progress and success for the organization moving forward, for the benefit of all involved.”
Earlier this year, the Winnipeg Blues announced a move to the Rink Training Centre for next year.
