The 1947

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 29th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). The

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champions Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey Association in

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competed against the

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champions

Moose Jaw Canucks The Moose Jaw Canucks were a junior ice hockey team based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. They were one of the founding members of the ''Western Canada Junior Hockey League'' (known today as the Western Hockey League) in 1966 following a rebell ...

of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in

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. The series was a rematch of the 1945 Memorial Cup, and featured the first Memorial Cup games played in the province of

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

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, Queen City Gardens in

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, and at the Moose Jaw Arena in

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, Saskatchewan, St. Michael's won their 3rd Memorial Cup, defeating Moose Jaw 4 games to 0. During game three, Moose Jaw Canucks defender Jim Bedard was assessed a penalty which spectators protested by throwing bottles onto the ice surface. CAHA vice-president Al Pickard used the public address system to ask for calm, but spectators continued to litter the ice, and he subsequently forfeited the game in favour of the Majors. He warned that any repeat of the incident would result in the series being awarded to the Majors. He was later criticized by the Ontario Hockey Association for playing the series in Western Canada, but he felt that supporters of junior hockey in Western Canada deserved a chance to see the games despite the recent practice of playing all Memorial Cup finals at

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to bring the greatest profits, which were reinvested into

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in Canada.

Scores

*Game 1: St. Michael's 12-3 Moose Jaw (in Winnipeg) *Game 2: St. Michael's 6-1 Moose Jaw (in Moose Jaw) *Game 3: St. Michael's 8-1 Moose Jaw (in Regina) *Game 4: St. Michael's 3-2 Moose Jaw (in Regina)

Winning roster

Les Costello Fr. Lester John Thomas Costello (February 16, 1928 – December 10, 2002) was a Canadian ice hockey player and Catholic priest. He was born in South Porcupine, Ontario, a neighbourhood of Timmins, and played hockey as a teenager, eventually joi ...

Ray Hannigan Raymond James Hannigan (July 14, 1927 — July 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He played 3 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League during the 1948–49 season. The rest of his career, which ...

, Ed Harrison, Howard Harvey, Red Kelly,

Fleming Mackell Fleming David Mackell (April 30, 1929 – October 19, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played with two Stanley Cup winners in his 13-season National Hockey League career. Playing career After a stage with St-Michaels, the Toronto Ma ...

, John McLellan, Clare Malone, Rudy Migay, Bobby Paul, Harry Psutka,

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, John Williams,

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, Benny Woit. Coach:

Joe Primeau Alfred Joseph Francis "Gentleman Joe" Primeau (January 29, 1906 – May 14, 1989), was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Playing career Born in Lindsay, Ontario, and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Primeau moved to Toronto at an e ...

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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