Previously, Flin Flon had experimented with a Jr. B farm team when they were playing Major Junior and had won the 1978 Baldy Northcott Trophy as provincial champions.
In the finals, the Bombers swept the Thompson King Miners in four games to claim the league title.
Next was to challenge the Manitoba Junior Hockey League champion Fort Garry Blues.
In the final season, the Cranberry Portage Winter Hawks joined the league to help balance out the schedule.
Additionally, the NJHL began the season with an interlocking schedule with the Kelsey Intermediate Hockey League, including the Thompson Hawks, Snow Lake North Stars, and Cross Lake Selects, but this schedule was complete cancelled in December when the Hawks and North Stars withdrew from the interlock.