The 1937 Memorial Cup

Memorial Cup

The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...

final was the 19th junior ice hockey

Junior ice hockey

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 championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

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. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy

George Richardson Memorial Trophy

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 champions Copper Cliff Redmen of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association

Northern Ontario Hockey Association

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 in Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada

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 competed against the Abbott Cup

Abbott Cup

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 champions Winnipeg Monarchs

Winnipeg Monarchs

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 of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League

Manitoba Junior Hockey League

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 in Western Canada

Western Canada

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. This was the first Memorial Cup series to feature a best-of-five format. The games were held at Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens

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 in Toronto

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, Ontario

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, Winnipeg won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Copper Cliff 3 games to 1.

Scores

• Game 1: Copper Cliff 4-3 Winnipeg (OT)
• Game 2: Winnipeg 6-5 Copper Cliff
• Game 3: Winnipeg 2-1 Copper Cliff
• Game 4: Winnipeg 7-0 Copper Cliff

Winning roster

Jack Atcheson, Ami Clement, Ted Dent

Ted Dent

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, Zenon Ferley, Jack Fox, Dick Kowcinak

Dick Kowcinak

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, Pete Langelle

Pete Langelle

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, Lucien Martel, Johnny McCready, A. Peletier, Alf Pike, Paul Rheault, Denny Robinson, Remi Vandaele. Coach: Harry Neil