The Calgary Canadians were a
junior ice hockey
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team that played in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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, Canada. In 1924, they became the first team from Alberta to play for the
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 ...
, and in 1926, the first to win it.
In 1924, the Canadians won the Western Canadian championship, the
Abbott Cup, for the first time. They went on to face the
Owen Sound Greys
The Owen Sound Greys were a series of junior ice hockey teams based in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The original Greys, in their early years, won the 1924 and 192 ...
, Eastern Canada's champion in a two-game, total-goal series in
Winnipeg
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,
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. The Greys won the first game 5–3, and tied the second 2–2 to win the Memorial Cup.
The Canadians returned two years later to face off against
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in the
1926 Memorial Cup
The 1926 Memorial Cup final was the eighth junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Queen's University of Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Ca ...
. This time, the tournament was a best of three games format, again held in Winnipeg. After splitting the first two games, the Canadians won the third game 3-2. , they remain the only Memorial Cup champion to come from Calgary.
Championships
1926 Memorial Cup Champions
NHL alumni
Five players from the 1926 Canadians went on to play in the
National Hockey League
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:
Irv Frew
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,
Ronnie Martin,
Don McFadyen,
Tony Savage and
Paul Thompson Paul Thompson may refer to:
Education
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. Additionally,
Hockey Hall of Famer
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Sweeney Schriner was a member of the Canadians in 1930 and 1931.
See also
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Ice hockey in Calgary
References
Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada
Ice hockey teams in Alberta
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