The 1966 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 48th junior ice hockey

Junior ice hockey

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 championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

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. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy

George Richardson Memorial Trophy

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 champions Oshawa Generals

Oshawa Generals

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 of the Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey League

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 in Eastern Canada

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 competed against the Abbott Cup

Abbott Cup

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 champions Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League in Western Canada

Western Canada

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. Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens

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 in Toronto, Ontario hosted the finals, which featured Bobby Orr

Bobby Orr

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, the Generals captain. It was the last of 18 Memorial Cup series to be played at the Gardens. In a best-of-seven series, Edmonton won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Oshawa 4 games to 2.

Scores

• Game 1: Edmonton 7-2 Oshawa
• Game 2: Oshawa 7-1 Edmonton
• Game 3: Oshawa 6-2 Edmonton
• Game 4: Edmonton 5-3 Oshawa
• Game 5: Edmonton 7-4 Oshawa
• Game 6: Edmonton 2-1 Oshawa

Winning roster

Ron Anderson

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, Garnet Bailey

Garnet Bailey

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, Doug Barrie

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, Brian Bennett

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, Ron Caley, Craig Cameron

Craig Cameron

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, Bob Falkenberg

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, Al Hamilton

Al Hamilton

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, Jim Harrison

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, Brian Hague, Galen Head

Galen Head

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, Ted Hodgsen, Kerry Ketter

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, Ross Lonsberry

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, Jim Knox, Don McLeod

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, Jim Mitchell, Harold Myers, Eugene Peacosh, Ross Perkins

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, Murray Pierce, Dave Rochefort

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, Ted Rogers, Jim Schraefel, Red Simpson, Ron Walters

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. Coach: Ray Kinasewich

Ray Kinasewich

Ray Kinasewich is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach. He was the head coach of the Edmonton Oil Kings team that won the 1966 Memorial Cup and he was the first coach for the Edmonton Oilers in the inaugural 1972–73 season of the World Hockey Association .-Playing career:Kinasewich...