The Calgary Canadians were a junior

Junior ice hockey

Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...

 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 team that played in Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. In 1924, they became the first team from Alberta to play for the 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...

, and in 1926, the first to win it.

In 1924, the Canadians won the Western Canadian championship, the Abbott Cup

Abbott Cup

The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup, was awarded annually from 1919 through 1999 to the Junior "A" ice hockey Champion for Western Canada....

, for the first time. They went on to face the Owen Sound Greys

Owen Sound Greys

The Owen Sound Greys are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League...

, Eastern Canada's champion in a two-game, total-goal series in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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, Manitoba

Manitoba

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. The Greys won the first game 5–3, and tied the second 2–2 to win the Memorial Cup.

The Canadians returned two years later to face off against Queens University in the 1926 Memorial Cup

1926 Memorial Cup

The 1926 Memorial Cup final was the eighth junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Queen's University of Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Calgary Canadians of the Calgary City Junior Hockey...

. This time, the tournament was a best of three games format, again held in Winnipeg. After splitting the first two games, the Canadians won the third game 3-2. , they remain the only Memorial Cup champion to come from Calgary.

NHL alumni

Five players from the 1926 Canadians went on to play in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

: Irv Frew

Irv Frew

Irvine Bell Frew was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons, St. Louis Eagles and Montreal Canadiens. He was born in Kilsyth, Scotland....

, Ronnie Martin

Ronnie Martin (ice hockey)

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, Don McFadyen

Don McFadyen

Donald Phillip McFadyen was born in Crossfield, Alberta.McFadyen was a professional ice hockey player who played 164 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks. He won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 1934.- External links :...

, Tony Savage

Gordon Savage

Gordon Donald "Tony" Savage was professional ice hockey player who played 49 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. He was born in Calgary, Alberta.- References :...

 and Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson (ice hockey b. 1906)

Paul Ivan Thompson was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played 13 season in the National Hockey League ....

. Additionally, Hockey Hall of Famer Sweeney Schriner

Sweeney Schriner

David "Sweeney" Schriner was a Russian-born Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was named Rookie of the Year in 1935 and was the NHL scoring leader in 1935–36 and 1936–37...

was a member of the Canadians in 1930 and 1931.