1947 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 1947 Memorial Cup final was the 29th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Moose Jaw Canucks of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in Western Canada. The series was a rematch of the 1945 Memorial Cup, and featured the first Memorial Cup games played in the province of Saskatchewan. In a best-of-seven series, held at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Queen City Gardens in Regina, Saskatchewan, and at the Moose Jaw Arena in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, St. Michael's won their 3rd Memorial Cup, defeating Moose Jaw 4 games to 0. During game three, Moose Jaw Canucks defender Jim Bedard was assessed a penalty which spectators protested by throwing bottles onto the ice surface. CAHA vice-president Al Pickard used the public address system to ask for calm, but spectators continued to litter the ice, and he subsequently forfeited the game in favour of the Majors.Irish Cop Wild Tilt April 21, 1947 Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-21-1947-2101206/Block Frank The Metro Prystai Story: A Legend from the Golden Age of Hockey Friesen Press 2015 Altona, Manitoba https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdacCgAAQBAJ 24–25 9781460256374 Google Books He warned that any repeat of the incident would result in the series being awarded to the Majors.St. Mike's Should Finish It Tonight April 22, 1947 Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-22-1947-2101226/ He was later criticized by the Ontario Hockey Association for playing the series in Western Canada, but he felt that supporters of junior hockey in Western Canada deserved a chance to see the games despite the recent practice of playing all Memorial Cup finals at Maple Leaf Gardens to bring the greatest profits, which were reinvested into minor ice hockey in Canada.Hold Junior Finals In Toronto April 28, 1947 Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-28-1947-2101230/ Scores Game 1: St. Michael's 12-3 Moose Jaw (in Winnipeg) Game 2: St. Michael's 6-1 Moose Jaw (in Moose Jaw) Game 3: St. Michael's 8-1 Moose Jaw (in Regina) Game 4: St. Michael's 3-2 Moose Jaw (in Regina) http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/history-tournamentresults/ MemorialCup.ca - Tournament Results 2016-05-11 2018-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20180719114102/http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/history-tournamentresults dead Winning roster Les Costello, Ray Hannigan, Ed Harrison, Howard Harvey, Red Kelly, Fleming Mackell, John McLellan, Clare Malone, Rudy Migay, Bobby Paul, Harry Psutka, Ed Sanford, John Williams, Warren Winslow, Benny Woit. Coach: Joe Primeauhttp://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/history-rosters/ MemorialCup.ca - Winning Rosters 2016-05-11 2017-09-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20170910221004/http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/history-rosters/ dead References External links Memorial Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20160602202910/http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/ June 2, 2016 Canadian Hockey League expanded Category:1946–47 in Canadian ice hockey 1947 Memorial Cup Category:Sports competitions in Moose Jaw Category:Ice hockey competitions in Regina, Saskatchewan Category:Ice hockey competitions in Winnipeg Category:1947 in Saskatchewan Category:1947 in Manitoba