1948 Memorial Cup

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Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a wide black plinth engraved with team names on silver plates.
The Memorial Cup trophy

The 1948

Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League in Western Canada. In a best-of-seven series, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario
, Port Arthur won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Barrie 4 games to 0.

Leadup and finals

CAHA president Al Pickard oversaw the playoffs in Western Canada. He supported a resolution where any radio station which broadcast a team's games during the regular season would not pay a premium for the additional playoffs games, and the appointment of Foster Hewitt as the national radio commissioner.[1] Pickard did not want to grant exclusive radio broadcast rights to any station, and the CAHA decided that only out-of-town radio stations would pay a broadcast fee for final games in the Allan Cup and Memorial Cup.[2]

The Western Canada playoffs during 1948 did not include any teams from the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association. CAHA vice-president Doug Grimston attributed the lack of interest to the difficulty of teams from British Columbia to be competitive.[3]

Pickard scheduled the seventh game of the Western Canada junior final at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, where the finals were also scheduled. CAHA by-laws at the time stated that a seventh game be played at a neutral site and the Winnipeg Amphitheatre was unavailable. The decision was criticized in Western Canada, and the Winnipeg Free Press charged that the CAHA was "doing anything for a profit".[4] Pickard responded that any money collected by the CAHA was contributed to the "good of hockey in Canada", and that approximately $78,000 of its annual $100,000 intake was reinvested into future development and covered travel expenses for teams during Allan Cup and Memorial Cup play.[4]

After game three of the final, Flyers' coach Hap Emms threatened that his team would not play the fourth game without a change of referees. Pickard declined to change the referees and the Bruins won the series in the fourth game.[5] Pickard suspended Flyers' player Alf Guarda two years for striking referee Vic Lindquist during game four, and condemned the behaviour of Emms and the team's failure to respect on-ice officials.[6]

Scores

  • Game 1: Port Arthur 10-8 Barrie
  • Game 2: Port Arthur 8-1 Barrie
  • Game 3: Port Arthur 5-4 Barrie
  • Game 4: Port Arthur 9-8 Barrie

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Winning roster

Fred Baccari,

Bill Johnson, Danny Lewicki, Rudy Migay, Norval Olsen, Benny Woit, Robbie Wrightsell, Jerry Zager. Coach: Ed Lauzon[8]

References

  1. ^ Clarke, Robert (May 3, 1947). "C.A.H.A. To Debate Affiliation Topic". Medicine Hat Daily News. Medicine Hat, Alberta. p. 3.Free access icon
  2. ^ "Pickard Re-elected C.A.H.A. President". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. April 28, 1948. p. 22.Free access icon
  3. ^ "B.C. Out of Memorial Cup Series This Year". Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 17, 1948. p. 20.Free access icon
  4. ^ a b "Pickard Claims Three-Fourths Of C.A.H.A. Take Goes Back To Clubs". Lethbridge Herald. Lethbridge, Alberta. April 22, 1948. p. 6.Free access icon
  5. ^ "1948 — Port Arthur West End Bruins". Memorial Cup. Canadian Hockey League. 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Two-Year Ban For Barrie Junior". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. May 10, 1948. p. 14.Free access icon
  7. ^ "MemorialCup.ca - Tournament Results". Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "MemorialCup.ca - Winning Rosters". Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2016.

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