The 1962

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 44th

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championship of the

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. The

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champions

Hamilton Red Wings The Hamilton Red Wings were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1960 to 1974. The team was based in Hamilton, Ontario, at the Barton Street Arena, also known as the Hamilton Forum. History The Hamilton Tiger Cubs we ...

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

Edmonton Oil Kings The Edmonton Oil Kings are a major junior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that play in the Western Hockey League. As of July 2008, they are owned by Daryl Katz's Oilers Entertainment Group, which also owns the Edmonton Oilers. ...

of the Central Alberta Hockey League in

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

Guelph Memorial Gardens The Guelph Memorial Gardens was an arena located in Guelph, Ontario. It was originally built in 1948 out of the remnants of a nineteenth-century building that had housed the Royal Winter Fair. The Gardens hosted various hockey teams over the years, ...

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, and the

Barton Street Arena Barton Street Arena, also known as the Hamilton Forum, was the main sports arena located in Hamilton, Ontario, on Barton Street between Sanford Street and Wentworth Street. It was built in 1910 at what was at that time the east end of the cit ...

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, Hamilton won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Edmonton 4 games to 1.

Schedule and scores

(CAHA) president

Jack Roxburgh John Maxwell Roxburgh (February 14, 1901February 27, 1975) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator and politician. He organized minor ice hockey in his hometown of Simcoe, Ontario, co-founded the Ontario Juvenile Hockey Association in 1934, and ...

announced the original schedule for the 1962 Memorial Cup with all games played at

Maple Leaf Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic building located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building was initially constructed in 1931 as an arena to host ice hockey games, though it has sinc ...

and broadcast by

CFTO-TV CFTO-DT (channel 9) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Barrie-based CTV 2 outlet CKVR-DT, channel 3 ( ...

. The CAHA was threatened with legal action by K.D. Soble who owned both the Red Wings and

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, if the CAHA did not share the broadcast profits. The dispute was resolved with games moved to the

Hamilton Forum Barton Street Arena, also known as the Hamilton Forum, was the main sports arena located in Hamilton, Ontario, on Barton Street between Sanford Street and Wentworth Street. It was built in 1910 at what was at that time the east end of the cit ...

and

. CFTO would no longer broadcast the series, and CHCH would cover all games. Roxburgh re-affirmed that the CAHA controlled broadcast rights for its games, and not the individual arenas. As a result of the change, the teams received a share of the television revenue. Scores: *Game 1: Hamilton 5-2 Edmonton (in Hamilton) *Game 2: Hamilton 4-2 Edmonton (in Guelph) *Game 3: Edmonton 5-3 Hamilton (in Guelph) *Game 4: Hamilton 3-0 Edmonton (in Guelph) *Game 5: Hamilton 7-4 Edmonton (in Kitchener)

Winning roster

Bud Blom, Joe Bujdoso,

Bryan Campbell Bryan Albert Campbell (born March 27, 1944) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 260 games in the National Hockey League and 433 games in the World Hockey Association between 1967 and 1978. He played for the Los Angel ...

, Bob Dean, John Gofton, Bob Hamilton, Ron Harris, Larry Harrop,

Earl Heiskala Earl Waldemar Heiskala (born November 30, 1942 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player. He now lives in Imperial Beach, CA. He played in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers and also played in the WHA with the Los A ...

Paul Henderson Paul Garnet Henderson, (born January 28, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A left winger, Henderson played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flam ...

, Roger LaFreniere,

Lowell MacDonald Lowell Wilson MacDonald (born August 30, 1941) is a Canadian former professional National Hockey League winger who played during the 1960s and 1970s. Career MacDonald broke into the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings after being promoted from the ...

Pit Martin Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin (December 9, 1943 – November 30, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who served as captain for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1975 to 1977. He was an NHL All-Star and B ...

, Jim Peters,

Wayne Rivers Wayne Rivers (born February 1, 1942) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 108 games in the National Hockey League and 357 games in the World Hockey Association. During the 1977–78 season, Rivers coached the San Franc ...

, Bob Wall, Jack Wildfong, Larry Ziliotto. Captain: Howie Menard Coach:

Eddie Bush Edward Webster Bush (July 11, 1918 — May 31, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played 26 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings between 1939 and 1942. The rest of his career, which lasted from ...

References

External links

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