The Melville Millionaires are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey based in Melville, Saskatchewan. They are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). They play their home games in the CN Community Centre which has a seating capacity of 2,100. The Melville Millionaires and the Yorkton Terriers are archrivals. The team colours are blue and white. Games are broadcast on radio station CJGX AM 940. The Millionaires also fielded a senior hockey team in the 1910s, which won the 1915 Allan Cup.

History

An earlier version of the Melville Millionaires played senior hockey during the 1910s in the Southern Saskatchewan Hockey League, winning the league championship in 1915 and taking over the title of Allan Cup champions. The team subsequently won two challenges but lost the final challenge of the season to the Winnipeg Monarchs. A popular story on why the team was named the "Millionaires" comes from a rumour that Charles Melville Hayes, Melville's namesake who perished in the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, was aboard the ship with a group of millionaires who were potential investors in Melville. But the true origin has more to do with the players on the team assembled to win the Allan Cup by local hockey pioneer and postmaster Goldie Smith, with several critics of the time reportedly grumbling that Melville would need to be a town of millionaires to attract the level of talent they did. Smith liked the name, and it stuck. Smith is credited with discovering Eddie Shore, who was part of a Millionaires team that won the 1923-24 Saskatchewan senior championship. About ten years later, Smith was working for the Detroit Red Wings when he spotted the talent of another hockey legend, Sid Abel. The team's original arena, Melville Stadium, was damaged in a fire in 1949 and burned down completely in 1962. A new arena was subsequently built, but only stood for two years before it too was destroyed in a fire. The modern version of the team joined the SJHL in 1970. Future National Hockey League all-star Ron Hextall was a member of the Millionaires during the 1980–81 season. On February 27, 1981, Hextall faced 105 shots against the five-time league champion Prince Albert Raiders in a 21–2 loss. The game reporter said "Hextall was Brilliant..." through his 84-save effort, claiming the "score could have gone up to 34 or 35." The current home of the Millionaires opened in 2011 as the Horizon Credit Union Centre, part of the $26.5 million Melville Communiplex project. It was renamed the CN Community Centre in 2023.

Season-by-season standings

Playoffs

Notable NHL alumni

Notable Olympian alumni