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The earliest Mintos franchise was in , Archie McDonald , Jim Sims , Jim Leach , Gordon Forbes , and Alf Holman . They would go on to fight Melville for the Allan Cup . The end result was that the Melville beat the Mintos 9-8 and it was the closest any Prince Albert hockey team would come to winning the Allan Cup.

The second Mintos team would make it's mark in for the Henderson Cup . Around 1,800 jam packed the old Mintos Arena, which was located on the west end of Prince Albert by the old railroad bridge. Fans unable to get seats inside the stadium almost completely tore down the south wall of the arena in order to watch the memorial struggle. The Mintos would go on to beat the Maroons 6-4 and claim the Henderson Cup.

Four years later in the 1932 - 1933 hockey season the Mintos consisted of George Freeland, Scotty Milne, Mac MacFee, Red Hemmerling, George Freeland, Al Fowlie, Todd Klein, Bob McQuarrie, Jack Brown, Jack Dundas, Don Deacon, and Fred Mosher. This Minto teams was the third team to represent Prince Albert and area with distinction. This team would win the Northern League but they would fall in defeat to Regina in the playoffs, who would go on to win the Allan Cup.

The fourth Mintos team would see action in the in three straight games. They would even go as far as winning the BC and Alberta championships.

In the 2005 - 2006 hockey season, this Mintos team would make history as the first Mintos team win the SMAAAHL Championship with a regular season record of 31 wins - 9 losses - 3 ties - 1 OTL. They would lose twice in the playoffs enroute to winning the provincial title. They would carry that undefeated streak into the Western Regional Championships beating all teams they faced. Their winning ways wouldn't stop their. They would go undefeated throughout the round robin and playoff portions of the 2006 Telus Cup which was held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island . They would beat the Pacific Regional representives, the Calgary Buffaloes in triple overtime 5-4. The winner was scored by the captain of the 2005-2006 season squad Ron Myers.


REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

Legend:
'''T''' = Tie (?-2005), '''SL''' = Shoot Out Loss (2006 onward), '''OTL''' = Overtime Loss


PLAYOFF RESULTS

Legend:
'''T''' = Tie (?-2005)


EXTERNAL LINKS

Mintos official webiste