The 1964

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 46th

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championship of the

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(CAHA). The

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champions

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of the

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competed against the Abbott Cup champions

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of the

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

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, Toronto won their 4th Memorial Cup, defeating Edmonton 4 games to 0. The CAHA was concerned about the quality of Memorial Cup competition due to the rapid expansion in junior ice hockey, and named

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chairman of a committee to investigate the imbalance the competition in Eastern Canada and find a solution to include all branches of the CAHA in the national playoffs. During the

1963 Memorial Cup The 1963 Memorial Cup final was the 45th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada ...

playoffs, when the junior champions from the

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and the

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declined to participate and complained that the national deadlines did not allow adequate time to decide their leagues' champions. Fleury opted to change the format of the playoffs from an elimination bracket into a round-robin format to reduce travel costs. He scheduled a three-team round-robin series for the champions of the Maritimes, Quebec and the Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association in 1964. After the Summerside Legionnaires lost their first two games by scores of 9–1 and 15–0, Fleury felt there was no point in continuing the series. The team withdrew but protested that they should have been allowed to play, and demanded money to cover their travel expenses to Montreal for the series. CAHA president

Art Potter Arthur Thomas Potter (August 8, 1909January 19, 1998) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator. He was president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) from 1962 to 1964, and oversaw the establishment of a permanent Canada men's nati ...

oversaw scheduling for the final Memorial Cup series, and disagreed with the Gardens' management who demanded more money for radio broadcast rights and refused entry to some broadcasters. Potter stated that the CAHA reserved all rights, but that there was little he could do since the CAHA had a different contract with the Gardens. Potter said it was a financial failure since Gardens' management priced the tickets too high. He recommended that future Memorial Cup finals alternate between the arenas of the participating teams, and that playoffs be shortened for the final to be played in April rather than in May.

Scores

*Game 1: Toronto 5-2 Edmonton *Game 2: Toronto 3-2 Edmonton *Game 3: Toronto 5-2 Edmonton *Game 4: Toronto 7-2 Edmonton

Winning roster

Wayne Carleton Kenneth Wayne "Swoop" Carleton (born August 4, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Carleton played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA) in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the ...

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, Gary Dineen, Ray Dupont, Ron Ellis,

Nick Harbaruk Mikołaj Nicholas "Nick" Harbaruk (August 16, 1943March 10, 2011) was a professional ice hockey player. Harbaruk played 364 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 181 in the World Hockey Association (WHA). Harbaruk played for the Pittsbu ...

, Bill Henderson, Paul Laurent,

Jim McKenny James Claude "Howie" McKenny (born December 1, 1946) is a Canadian retired broadcaster and retired professional ice hockey player. Playing as a defenceman, he appeared in 604 NHL regular season games between the Toronto Maple Leafs (594) and ...

, Grant Moore,

Rod Seiling Rodney Albert Seiling (born November 14, 1944) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Rod is the brother of Ric Seiling. Playing career Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1962, Seiling played only one game with the Leafs and ...

Brit Selby Robert Briton Selby (born March 27, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues. He also played in the Worl ...

, Gary Smith,

Pete Stemkowski Peter David Stemkowski (born August 25, 1943) is a former centre and forward in the National Hockey League. Over fifteen seasons, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, and Los Angeles Kings. Stemkowski is b ...

Mike Walton Michael Robert Walton (born January 3, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Walton played forward in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1965 until 1979. Early years Walton was born ...

, Bill Watson, Ray Winterstein. Coach: Jim Gregory

References

External links

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