George Richardson Memorial Trophy

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The George T. Richardson Memorial Trophy was presented annually from 1932 until 1972, by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) to the Eastern Canadian Junior "A" Champions. The Trophy is named in honour of George T. Richardson, an Allan Cup winner with Queen’s University in 1909. He was killed in action in World War I on February 9, 1916.

The trophy was won in a two stage playoff. In the semi-finals, the southern Ontario champion from the Ontario Hockey Association would play the northern Ontario champion from the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, and the Quebec champion from the QJHL would play the Maritimes league champion. The winners of those series would would play an elimination series for the title. No team from the Maritimes ever won the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the last Northern Ontario team to win it occurred in 1937.

The winner of the Trophy competed against the winner of the Abbott Cup for the Memorial Cup. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy was retired in 1972. The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) replaced the CAHA as the top junior league in Canada, and subsequently, the Memorial Cup become a round-robin series between the winners of the three CHL members leagues, the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

[edit] Champions

1932 - Sudbury Cub Wolves 1933 - Newmarket Redmen 1934 - Toronto St. Michael's Majors 1935 - Sudbury Cub Wolves 1936 - West Toronto Nationals 1937 - Copper Cliff Redmen 1938 - Oshawa Generals 1939 - Oshawa Generals 1940 - Oshawa Generals 1941 - Montreal Royals 1942 - Oshawa Generals 1943 - Oshawa Generals 1944 - Oshawa Generals 1945 - Toronto St. Michael's Majors 1946 - Toronto St. Michael's Majors 1947 - Toronto St. Michael's Majors 1948 - Barrie Flyers 1949 - Montreal Royals 1950 - Montreal Junior Canadiens 1951 - Barrie Flyers

1952 - Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters 1953 - Barrie Flyers 1954 - St. Catharines Teepees 1955 - Toronto Marlboros 1956 - Toronto Marlboros 1957 - Ottawa Junior Canadiens 1958 - Ottawa-Hull Junior Canadiens 1959 - Peterborough Petes 1960 - St. Catharines Teepees 1961 - Toronto St. Michael's Majors 1962 - Hamilton Red Wings 1963 - Niagara Falls Flyers 1964 - Toronto Marlboros 1965 - Niagara Falls Flyers 1966 - Oshawa Generals 1967 - Toronto Marlboros 1968 - Niagara Falls Flyers 1969 - Montreal Junior Canadiens 1970 - Montreal Junior Canadiens 1971 - Québec Remparts

[edit] Pre-1932 Eastern Canadian Champions

Before the 1931-32 season, the Eastern Canadian Champion was awarded a birth in the Memorial Cup, but not the Richardson Trophy -- as it was first awarded in 1932.

1919 - University of Toronto Schools 1920 - Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers 1921 - Stratford Midgets 1922 - Toronto Aura Lee 1923 - Kitchener Colts 1924 - Owen Sound Greys 1925 - Toronto Aura Lee

1926 - Queen's University 1927 - Owen Sound Greys 1928 - Ottawa Gunners 1929 - Toronto Marlboros 1930 - West Toronto Nationals 1931 - Ottawa Primroses