Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) commissioner Jimmy Dunn implemented an automatic one-game minimum suspension for any player who received a match penalty as of the 1965–66 season.^[1] He felt that professional hockey influenced fisticuffs in junior hockey and said that, "Any time there's a big fight in the National Hockey League, the kids drop their sticks and put up their dukes in the next game. It happens almost every time".^[2]

On March 18, 1966, at the Winnipeg Arena, the Winnipeg Rangers won the Turnbull Memorial Trophy as MJHL champs.

Tie Breaker (single game) Braves defeated Monarchs

Semi-Finals

Warriors lost to Braves 3-games-to-2

Turnbull Cup Championship

Rangers defeated Braves 4-games-to-1

Western Memorial Cup Semi-Final

Rangers lost to Fort William Canadiens (TBJHL) 4-games-to-none