The 1939

Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between t ...

final was the 21st junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The

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champions Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association in

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competed against the

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champions

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

Athletic Club Roamers of the Edmonton Junior Hockey League in

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. In a best-of-five series, held at

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, Oshawa won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Edmonton 3 games to 1.

Scores

*Game 1: Oshawa 9-4 Edmonton *Game 2: Oshawa 12-4 Edmonton *Game 3: Edmonton 4-1 Oshawa *Game 4: Oshawa 4-2 Edmonton

Winning roster

Les Colvin, Don Daniels, Joe Delmonte, Jim Drummond, Gerry Kinsella, Nick Knott, Jud McAtee, Norm McAtee, Dinny McManus, Gar Peters, Nig Ritchie, Roy Sawyer, Orville Smith,

Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the a ...

. Coach: Tracy Shaw.

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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