1964 Memorial Cup

The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League in Western Canada.

The CAHA was concerned about the quality of Memorial Cup competition due to the rapid expansion in junior ice hockey, and named Lionel Fleury chairman of a committee to investigate the imbalance the competition in Eastern Canada and find a solution to include all branches of the CAHA in the national playoffs.

[4] He scheduled a three-team round-robin series for the champions of the Maritimes, Quebec and the Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association in 1964.

The team withdrew but protested that they should have been allowed to play, and demanded money to cover their travel expenses to Montreal for the series.

[8] [9] Wayne Carleton, Andre Champagne, Jack Chipchase, Gary Dineen, Ray Dupont, Ron Ellis, Nick Harbaruk, Bill Henderson, Paul Laurent, Jim McKenny, Grant Moore, Rod Seiling, Brit Selby, Gary Smith, Pete Stemkowski, Mike Walton, Bill Watson, Ray Winterstein.