REGINA, SK – Melfort Mustangs’ captain Ty Thornton was named the SJHL UPL Playoff Most Valuable Player in the aftermath of the club’s 2025 Canterra Seeds Cup championship.
Thornton, 21, posted eight points and registered a +7 rating while averaging 23:44 of ice time per game through Melfort’s 14 playoff games.
The 6-foot-3, 179-pound defenceman had a breakout campaign offensively, scoring seven goals and 43 points in 49 regular-season games.
Over 131 career SJHL regular-season, 25 playoff and six Centennial Cup contests, Thornton had 79 points.
He now leads the Mustangs to the 2025 Centennial Cup in Calgary, AB, beginning May 8.
Thornton becomes the second straight Melfort defenceman to earn Playoff MVP honours, after Mustang Chase Freidt-Mohr earned the award a season ago.
