The 1963 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 45th junior ice hockey

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 Niagara Falls Flyers

Niagara Falls Flyers

----The Niagara Falls Flyers were two junior ice hockey franchises that played in the top tier in the Ontario Hockey Association. The first, a Junior "A" team existed from 1960 until 1972, and the second in Tier I Junior "A" from 1976 until 1982....

 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 Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League in Western Canada

Western Canada

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. In a best-of-seven series, held at Edmonton Gardens

Edmonton Gardens

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 in Edmonton

Edmonton

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, Alberta

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, Edmonton won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Niagara Falls 4 games to 2.

Scores

• Game 1: Niagara Falls 8-0 Edmonton
• Game 2: Edmonton 5-2 Niagara Falls
• Game 3: Edmonton 3-2 Niagara Falls
• Game 4: Edmonton 5-2 Niagara Falls
• Game 5: Niagara Falls 5-2 Edmonton
• Game 6: Edmonton 4-3 Niagara Falls

Winning roster

Ron Anderson

Ron Anderson (ice hockey b. 1945)

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, Butch Barber, Tom Bend, Roger Bourbonnais

Roger Bourbonnais

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, Jim Brown

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, Rich Bulloch, Jim Chase, Vince Downey, Jim Eagle, Ron Falkenberg, Doug Fox, Harold Fleming

Harold John Fleming

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, Russ Kirk, S. Knox, Bert Marshall

Bert Marshall

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, Max Mestinsek, Butch Paul

Butch Paul

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, Greg Pilling, Pat Quinn

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, Dave Rochefort

Dave Rochefort

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, Glen Sather

Glen Sather

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, Reg Tashuk. Coach: Buster Brayshaw