The 1943

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 25th

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championship of the

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(CAHA). The finals were held at

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. CAHA president Frank Sargent chose the location to maximize profits, which were reinvested into

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in Canada. The

George Richardson Memorial Trophy The George Richardson Memorial Trophy was presented annually from 1932 until 1971, by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. It represented the Eastern Canada junior hockey championship, and a berth in the Memorial Cup final versus the Abbot ...

champions

Oshawa Generals The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor (commercial), sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. ...

of the

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competed against the

Abbott Cup The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup, was awarded annually from 1919 through 1999 to the Junior "A" ice hockey Champion for Western Canada. The Cup was named after Captain E.L. (Hick) Abbott who was a noted hockey pl ...

champions Winnipeg Rangers of the

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. It was the first Memorial Cup final series to use a best-of-seven series format. Winnipeg won their second Memorial Cup, defeating Oshawa 4 games to 2.

Scores

*Game 1: Winnipeg 6-5 Oshawa *Game 2: Oshawa 6-2 Winnipeg *Game 3: Oshawa 5-3 Winnipeg *Game 4: Winnipeg 7-4 Oshawa *Game 5: Winnipeg 7-3 Oshawa *Game 6: Winnipeg 6-3 Oshawa

Winning roster

Bill Boorman, Eddie Coleman, Tom Fowler,

Cal Gardner Calvin Pearly "Ginger, Red, Torchy" Gardner (October 30, 1924 – October 10, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the NHL. In 1943, after playing professional hockey for three years and winning the Memorial Cup, he joined the Ca ...

, Jack Irvine, Doug Jackson, Ben Judza, Ritchie MacDonald,

Frank Mathers Frank Sydney Mathers (March 29, 1924 – February 9, 2005) was a professional ice hockey player during the 1940s and 1950s. He competed with the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs and the American Hockey League's Pittsburgh Hornets and ...

, George Mundrick, Joe Peterson, Church Russell, Gus Schwartz,

Jack Taggart Jack Taggart, Jr. (born February 3, 1950 - May 2022) was a Canadians, Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Taggart was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the seventh round (85th overall) of the 1970 NHL Entry Draft. Born in 1950 i ...

, Bill Tindall, Bill Vickers, Stan Warecki. Coach: Bob Kinnear

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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