1927 Memorial Cup

Canadian junior ice hockey championship March 2023 March 2023 thumb|The Memorial Cup trophy|alt=Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a wide black plinth engraved with team names on silver plates. The 1927 Memorial Cup final was the ninth junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Owen Sound Greys of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Port Arthur West Ends of the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League in Western Canada. The series was the first to feature two Ontario-based teams. Teams from Port Arthur and Fort William (later amalgamated into Thunder Bay), competed with geographically closer western teams, rather than eastern teams. In a best-of-three series, held at the Arena Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Owen Sound won their second Memorial Cup, defeating Port Arthur 2 games to none. Background Port Arthur had defeated the Regina Pats for the Western Canadian championship, while Owen Sound defeated a team from Iroquois Falls for the Eastern Canadian title.Lapp Macaulay 1997 29–30 Scores Game one was played on March 25, 1927, and was won 5-4 by Owen Sound. Game two was held on March 28, and with a 5-3 win Owen Sound secured the Memorial Cup. Winning roster Red Beattie, Benny Grant, John Grant, Martin Lauder, Shrimp McDougall, Jack Markle, Alvin Moore, Paddy Paddon, H. Smith. Manager: A. Bennett, Coaches: Bill Hancock and Father J. SprattLapp Macaulay 1997 282 References Bibliography Lapp Richard M. Macaulay Alec 1997 The Memorial Cup: Canada's National Junior Hockey Championship Harbour Publishing Madeira Park, British Columbia 1-55017-170-4 External links Memorial Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20160602202910/http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/ June 2, 2016 Canadian Hockey League expanded Category:1926–27 in Canadian ice hockey 1927 Memorial Cup Category:Ice hockey competitions in Toronto Category:1920s in Toronto Category:1927 in sports in Ontario