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EditSelkirk Fishermen 1923-24
Selkirk Hockey Team
Manitoba Amateur Hockey League
Manitoba Senior Hockey League Champions 1924
Thunder Bay Senior Hockey League Champions 1924
Team Roster
Top Row L to R - Bob Ritchie (trainer), Cecil Browne, Errol Gillis (goalie), Leo Benard, Fred Comfort (goalie), Bill Bowman (trainer).
Middle Row - Bill Borland, Peter Mearer (president), W.J. Holmes ( alexandra rink), Pete Speirs.
Bottom Row - Bill Roberts, Cliff O'Meara, Jack Hughes, Tony Baril, Howard Brandow.
The Selkirk Fishermen played 12 games in the Manitoba Amateur Hockey League, winning 9 with 3 losses. They played 10 games in the East Division of the Thunder Bay Senior Hockey league, winning 8, losing 2. They defeated Port Arthur in the East Division final in a 2 game total goals, tying game one 2-2, then winning game two 6-3.
In the senior final, the Selkirk Fishermen defeated West Division champs Brandon in a 2 game total goals, tying game one 2-2, then winning game two 3-1.
There was a Senior-Intermediate final played between Selkirk and Souris. Selkirk won the 2 game total goals, winning game one 6-4 and game two 11-2.
Selkirk then went on to the 1924 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs, defeating Bellevue in the final in a 2 game total goals, winning game one 3-1 and game two 4-0.
In the 1924 Allan Cup final, Selkirk lost to Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in a 2 game total goals, losing game one 6-2 and winning game two 1-0, but losing 6-3 in goals.