The 1959

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 41st junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The

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champions Peterborough TPT Petes of the Ontario Hockey Association in

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competed against the

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champions

Winnipeg Braves The St. James Canadians were a Canadian junior hockey team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League until 2003, folding officially in 2004. The Canadians played out of the St. James Civic Centre, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As the Winnipeg Braves, they ...

of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in

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

Winnipeg Arena Winnipeg Arena was an indoor arena located in the Polo Park district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The arena was the city's premier ice hockey venue from 1955 to 2004 and is best remembered as the home of the first Winnipeg Jets franchise, whi ...

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749, ...

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and at

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in Brandon, Manitoba, Winnipeg won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Peterborough 4 games to 1.

Scores

Scheduling for the 1959 Memorial Cup was supervised by Canadian Amateur Hockey Association second vice-president Jack Roxburgh. *Game 1: Peterborough 5-4 Winnipeg (in Winnipeg) *Game 2: Winnipeg 5-2 Peterborough (in Winnipeg) *Game 3: Winnipeg 5-2 Peterborough (in Winnipeg) *Game 4: Winnipeg 5-3 Peterborough (in Winnipeg) *Game 5: Winnipeg 6-2 Peterborough (in Brandon)

Winning roster

Pat Angers, Don Atamanchuk, Al Baty, Gary Bergman, Ed Bradawski, Rene Brunel, Ted Green, Howie Hughes, Allan Ingimundson,

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, Ted Knight, Gerry Kruk, Wayne Larkin, Al Leblanc, Bobby Leiter, Doug Monro, Zenon Moroz, Lew Mueller, John Rodgers, P. Sexsmith, John Sutherland,

Ernie Wakely Ernest Alfred Linton Wakely (born November 27, 1940) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Career Wakely was a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues. He also played for ...

, Wayne Winstone, Bob Wales. Coach: Bill Allum

References

External links

Memorial Cup

Canadian Hockey League
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