The 1943 Memorial Cup

Memorial Cup

The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...

final was the 25th junior ice hockey

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 championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

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. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy

George Richardson Memorial Trophy

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 champions Oshawa Generals

Oshawa Generals

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 of the Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey League

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 in Eastern Canada

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 competed against the Abbott Cup

Abbott Cup

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 champions Winnipeg Rangers

Winnipeg Rangers

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 of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League

Manitoba Junior Hockey League

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 in Western Canada

Western Canada

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. It was the first Memorial Cup final series to use a best-of-seven series format. The games were held at Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens

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 in Toronto

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, Ontario

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, Winnipeg won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Oshawa Oshawa 4 games to 2.

Scores

• Game 1: Winnipeg 6-5 Oshawa
• Game 2: Oshawa 6-2 Winnipeg
• Game 3: Oshawa 5-3 Winnipeg
• Game 4: Winnipeg 7-4 Oshawa
• Game 5: Winnipeg 7-3 Oshawa
• Game 6: Winnipeg 6-3 Oshawa

Winning roster

Bill Boorman, Eddie Coleman, Tom Fowler

Tom Fowler (ice hockey)

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, Cal Gardner

Cal Gardner

Calvin Pearly "Ginger, Red, Torchy" Gardner was a professional ice hockey player in the NHL. In 1943, after playing professional hockey for three years and winning the Memorial Cup, he joined the Canadian military and took part in World War II. At the conclusion of the war, he once again began...

, Jack Irvine, Doug Jackson

Doug Jackson (ice hockey)

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, Ben Judza, Ritchie MacDonald

Ritchie Macdonald

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, Frank Mathers

Frank Mathers

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, George Mundrick, Joe Peterson, Church Russell

Church Russell

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, Gus Schwartz, Jack Taggart, Bill Tindall

Bill Tindall

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, Bill Vickers, Stan Warecki. Coach: Bob Kinnear

Bob Kinnear

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