The 1926

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final was the eighth junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Queen's University of

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competed against the

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champions Calgary Canadians of the Calgary City Junior Hockey League in

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. The Queen's University team was a junior squad which played exhibition games against teams in the Ontario Hockey Association senior division, and teams in the Lake Ontario Veteran's Hockey League. In a best-of-three series, held at

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, Calgary won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Queen's University two games to one.

Scores

*Game 1: Calgary 4-2 Queen's *Game 2: Queen's 3-2 Calgary *Game 3: Calgary 3-2 Queen's

Winning roster

Chuck Dunn, Irving Frew, Ronnie Martin, Joe McGoldrich, Don McFadyen, George McTeer, Tony Savage, Bert Taylor, Paul Thompson, Sam Timmins. Coach: Eddie Poulin

References

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Memorial Cup

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