The 1958 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 40th junior ice hockey

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 championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

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. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy

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 champions Ottawa-Hull Junior Canadiens an independent team in Eastern Canada

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 competed against the Abbott Cup

Abbott Cup

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 champions Regina Pats

Regina Pats

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 of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

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 in Western Canada

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

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, Ontario

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 and at Hull Arena in Hull, Quebec

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, Ottawa-Hull won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Regina 4 games to 2.

Scores

• Game 1: Regina 4-3 Ottawa-Hull
• Game 2: Ottawa-Hull 4-2 Regina
• Game 3: Ottawa-Hull 6-2 Regina
• Game 4: Regina 4-3 Ottawa-Hull (OT)
• Game 5: Ottawa-Hull 6-3 Regina
• Game 6: Ottawa-Hull 6-1 Regina

Winning roster

Jon Annable, Ralph Backstrom

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, Jacques Begin, Bob Boucher

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, Bill Carter, Claude Cyr

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, Dick Dawson, Claude Fournel, Bruce Gamble

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, Terry Gray

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, John Longarini, Nick Murray, Bob Olajos, Claude Richard, Bobby Rousseau

Bobby Rousseau

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, Claude Ruel

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, Andre Tardif, Gilles Tremblay

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, J. C. Tremblay, Harold White. Coach: Scotty Bowman

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