The 1927

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final was the ninth

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championship of the

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. The

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champions

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of the

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competed against the

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champions Port Arthur West Ends of the

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. The series was the first to feature two Ontario-based teams. Teams from Port Arthur and Fort William (later amalgamated into

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), competed with geographically closer western teams, rather than eastern teams. In a best-of-three series, held at the

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, Owen Sound won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Port Arthur 2 games to none.

Scores

*Game 1: Owen Sound 5-4 Port Arthur *Game 2: Owen Sound 5-3 Port Arthur (OT)

Winning roster

Red Beattie John "Red" Beattie (2 October 1907 – 26 December 1990) was a British-born Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and New York Americans from 1930 to 1939. ...

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, John Grant, Martin Lauder,

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, Shrimp McDougall, Alvin Moore, Paddy Paddon, H. Smith. Coach: Bill Hancock and Father J. Spratt

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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