The 1956

Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the ...

was the Canadian

senior ice hockey Senior hockey refers to amateur or semi-professional ice hockey competition. There are no age restrictions for Senior players, who typically consist of those whose Junior eligibility has expired. Senior hockey leagues operate under the jurisdict ...

championship for the 1955–56 senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the

Vernon Canadians The Vernon Canadians were a men's ice hockey team from Vernon, British Columbia that played in the Okanagan Mainline League or the Okanagan Senior League from 1949 to 1961. In 1962, after the Okanagan Senior League folded, the Canadians became a b ...

and Vernon,

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

, and

Kamloops Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, w ...

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. The 1956 playoff marked the 48th time that the

has been awarded.

Teams

Chatham Maroons The Chatham Maroons are a junior ice hockey team based in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL). The Maroons were the 1970 Western Ontario Junior A Champions and 1973 Sout ...

(Eastern Canadian Champions) *

(Western Canadian Champions)

Playdowns

Allan Cup Best-of-Seven Series

:Chatham Maroons 7 - Vernon Canadians 1 :Vernon Canadians 6 - Chatham Maroons 2 :Vernon Canadians 7 - Chatham Maroons 1 :Vernon Canadians 6 - Chatham Maroons 4 :Vernon Canadians 5 - Chatham Maroons 3

Eastern Playdowns

''Semi-final'' :Chatham Maroons defeated

Sudbury Wolves The Sudbury Wolves are an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) ice hockey team based in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Sudbury has had various hockey teams competing at the Junior ice hockey, junior and senior ice hockey levels of the game k ...

''3-games-to-2 with 2 ties'' ::Chatham Maroons 3 - Sudbury Wolves 1 ::Chatham Maroons 1 - Sudbury Wolves 1 ::Sudbury Wolves 4 - Chatham Maroons 1 ::Chatham Maroons 3 - Sudbury Wolves 3 ::Chatham Maroons 4 - Sudbury Wolves 2 ::Sudbury Wolves 3 - Chatham Maroons 1 ::Chatham Maroons 4 - Sudbury Wolves 1 ''Final'' :Chatham Maroons defeated St. John Beavers ''4-games-to-1'' ::St. John Beavers 5 - Chatham Maroons 4 ::Chatham Maroons 6 - St. John Beavers 3 ::Chatham Maroons 5 - St. John Beavers 3 ::Chatham Maroons 6 - St. John Beavers 2 ::Chatham Maroons 5 - St. John Beavers 2

Western Playdowns

''Semi-final'' :

Winnipeg Maroons The Winnipeg Maroons were a minor League baseball team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, which played in the Northern League from 1902–1942. Their home field from 1906 to 1922 was Happyland Park, which had a seating capacity Seating ca ...

defeated

Fort William Beavers A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

''4-games-to-none'' ::Winnipeg Maroons 3 - Fort William Beavers 2 ::Winnipeg Maroons 11 - Fort William Beavers 2 ::Winnipeg Maroons 11 - Fort William Beavers 4 ::Winnipeg Maroons 4 - Fort William Beavers 1 ''Final'' :Vernon Canadians defeated Winnipeg Maroons ''4-games-to-none with 1 tie'' ::Vernon Canadians 4 - Winnipeg Maroons 1 ::Vernon Canadians 5 - Winnipeg Maroons 4 ::Vernon Canadians 2 - Winnipeg Maroons 2 ::Vernon Canadians 3 - Winnipeg Maroons 1 ::Vernon Canadians 7 - Winnipeg Maroons 5

External links

Allan Cup archives

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