Winnipeg Monarchs (senior) Winnipeg Monarchs (senior) The Winnipeg Monarchs were a Canadian senior ice hockey team from Winnipeg, Manitoba that was organized in 1906. The Monarchs won the 1915 Allan Cup as the Canadian Senior Hockey Champions. In 1935 the Monarchs won gold for Canada at the World Ice Hockey Championships. The Winnipeg Monarchs hockey club was organized in 1906 and played their games at a rink on the corner of Sergent Avenue and Furby Street in west-end Winnipeg. The Monarchs were allowed into the Manitoba Senior Hockey League in 1911, joining the Winnipeg Victorias and the Winnipegs in a three team league.
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