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For him, it was an opportunity missed to win the Memorial Cup. Brown We were too busy celebrating. Keenan It was hostile actually, to the point where [the fans] were trying to rock our bus over. Trotz I remember back at the hotel where the Petes stayed there were cars and trucks keeping them up all night. The final was set for two nights later. All that did was give fans time to arm themselves with more elaborate projectiles. The game was halted 16 times because of debris on the ice.

It came in many forms. Brophy Somebody actually threw a live chicken. It hit [Petes leading scorer] Billy Gardner in the shoulder. Keenan I had to keep my eyes open and keep ducking.

I was getting hit with eggs as they missed me and splattered up against the glass behind me. It was a distraction for sure. I just remember hearing about some of the stuff — like people throwing eggs at the Peterborough bench. LaFerriere I probably got hit with about 20 eggs during that final game.

Arniel There was everything from hamburgers to hot dogs, soda pop — all that stuff. There was a whole buffet over by their bench. You try to help them work through the distraction. It was downright dangerous. Keenan The security in the building should have been stepped up. Brophy It was a madhouse. The police and security did absolutely nothing to stop the people from throwing things on the ice. Keenan It was too bad because it was on national TV as well.

They always had a tight look at the ice because people were throwing chickens and eggs and drinks at the Peterborough bench the whole game.

Brown People got behind us. We were surprised by that. It was an interesting way that whole dynamic worked. It feels like good things are happening for us. Hawerchuk Once we got in the final against Peterborough, we seemed to become the home team because they wanted Peterborough to get beat. That was obviously something that was favourable to us. Keenan [The distraction of the crowd] cost us the game — the Memorial Cup.

Except for a limited number of Petes fans, the support was all for Cornwall. Naturally, the crowd erupted when the Royals won the game at of overtime. Arniel Lots of drama, lots of things happening, but it came down to one game — us against Peterborough. They were the team to beat, right? Crawford The game-winning goal was so special. It really was. Robert Savard was a fourth defenceman — those days you basically only played with four.

He was a guy who pushed to be in the fourth-defenceman role. He won two with us and then went to Kitchener and won with them the next year as an overager. You come short in overtime. Blaisdell They chose their opponent. Reaction to the result of the Memorial Cup varied greatly between Cornwall, Regina and Peterborough. I grew up there. That made it even more cool for me. Arniel We flew back to Montreal.

There were busloads of people that had come up from Cornwall. Brown There were tons of people to greet us on our bus ride back from the airport to Cornwall, which is about a minute drive.

People started lining up along the highway 20 miles from town. They lined up along the Arniel There were school buses behind us [and] in front of us with people in them. We were hanging out the windows of our bus.

We got back to the Civic Centre. We had the parade. Guys were in these convertible Corvettes, two or three guys to a car.

Brown When we arrived in town, there were even more people. We arrived at the arena and it was crazy. The town went nuts for that victory. The parade was amazing, too.

It was a real high mark for the city. The city was looking for something like that to feel good about. It was a working-class town on hard times. Anything that could give the city a little more self-esteem, they just jumped all over it. When you win something like that as a young group, it sits with you forever.

LaFerriere Fortunately, we won it the one year [in ]. It would have been nice to win it twice like Cornwall ended up doing. Brophy There was never any doubt in my mind what I was going to write. I was paid to write what I saw. I became public enemy No. And it lasted for about two years. It was always a memory. I get off the bus and two elderly women hit me with their purses. They literally flung their purses at me. Brophy Then, the next night, they had a Petes appreciation night at the Peterborough Memorial Centre, so they sent me to cover it.

The Memorial Cup was awarded to the higher category. In , a round-robin tournament format replaced the old play-down system to determine the champions. A trend was started in where the CHL partnered with a company called Barnstorm Creative to create special commemorative jerseys to help raise funds for veteran related charities. The jerseys are auctioned off after the Memorial Cup tournament for that year. This year marks the 75th anniversary of that event.

Ice Hockey Wiki Explore. Players Teams Leagues Seasons Arenas. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Memorial Cup. Edit source History Talk 0. Charity fundraising [ ] A trend was started in where the CHL partnered with a company called Barnstorm Creative to create special commemorative jerseys to help raise funds for veteran related charities.

Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki. Memorial Cup champions. University of Toronto Schools. Regina Patricias. Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers. Fort William War Veterans. University of Manitoba Bisons. In , a round-robin tournament format replaced the old playdown system to determine the champions. Since then, the champions of the Western Hockey League, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey League, have met each spring in a round-robin series with the two top teams playing off in a sudden-death game to determine the Cup champions.

Following a fire in at Hambly Arena, the team was disbanded and went on a nine-year hiatus. During the nine years some players joined a Senior B team known as the Oshawa Truckmen and played out of Bowmanville, the team then became known as the Whitby Dunlops. The agreement was built around a new arena being constructed for the new Oshawa Generals team that Wren was putting together.

The Oshawa Civic Auditorium would open its doors in While the Civic was under construction the team played their home games out of the Maple Leaf Gardens, competing in the Junior A League. During the season, the Generals moved into their new home at the Civic Auditorium. That season Orr broke his own record, scoring 34 goals.

During the season, the team returned to the Memorial Cup, led by Captain Orr. The team had not had a Memorial Cup appearance in 22 years. Bobby Orr scored 38 goals during the season and helped the team defeat the Kitchener Rangers to win the J. Ross Roberston Cup. The Generals had many dismal seasons through the late s and s. Croix, and Greg Malone. In , the Generals would rebuild to begin a run for the Memorial Cup. The Generals hired coach Paul Theriault, who would lead the team to 9 consecutive winning seasons, including two Memorial Cup appearances.

In , a young Eric Lindros entered his rookie year with the Generals and turned out to be the player the Generals needed to reach the Memorial Cup, in addition to the existing core of players captained by Iain Fraser.

Copps Coliseum hosted the Memorial Cup. The championship game on May 13, , attracted 17, spectators who witnessed the Oshawa Generals defeated the Kitchener Rangers by a score of 4 to 3 in double overtime on a goal by Bill Armstrong.

This would be the 4th Memorial Cup in Oshawa Generals history. Lindros would return for the — season and led the team again by scoring 71 goals and 78 assists in 57 regular season games. In , John Davies purchased the team from the previous owner John Humphreys. This marked the beginning of a new era for the team, as the Humphreys family had owned the team since its resurrection in He was granted exceptional player status by the OHL allowing him to be drafted one year earlier than normal.

The Generals worked to build another championship team centered around Tavares.