The Calgary Canadians were a junior ice hockey team that played in Calgary , Alberta , Canada. In 1924, they became the first team from Alberta to play for the Memorial Cup , and in 1926, the first to win it.
2-764: In 1924, the Canadians won the Western Canadian championship, the Abbott Cup , for the first time. They went on to face the Owen Sound Greys , Eastern Canada's champion in a two-game, total-goal series in Winnipeg , Manitoba . The Greys won the first game 5–3, and tied the second 2–2 to win the Memorial Cup. The Canadians returned two years later to face off against Queen's University in
4-649: The 1926 Memorial Cup . This time, the tournament was a best of three games format, again held in Winnipeg. After splitting the first two games, the Canadians won the third game 3-2. As of 2010, they remain the only Memorial Cup champion to come from Calgary. 1926 Memorial Cup Champions Five players from the 1926 Canadians went on to play in the National Hockey League : Irv Frew , Ronnie Martin , Don McFadyen , Tony Savage and Paul Thompson . Additionally, Hockey Hall of Famer Sweeney Schriner
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