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Post by southoftheborder on Oct 21, 2018 18:01:57 GMT -5
I was looking at the past results for some of the Allan Cup qualifying and ran across this. Warroad Lakers defeated Cupar Canucks 1-2 D. I would assume that Cupar was leading the series two games to one and then defaulted the series. Any one have any information on what happened?
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Post by Doug Mathieson on Oct 21, 2018 18:16:32 GMT -5
I was looking at the past results for some of the Allan Cup qualifying and ran across this. Warroad Lakers defeated Cupar Canucks 1-2 D. I would assume that Cupar was leading the series two games to one and then defaulted the series. Any one have any information on what happened? I did a google and found it The players did not have the time off and had to go back to work minnesotahockeymag.com/warroad-lakers-hockey-best/The Lakers were just starting their dominance of the Allan Cup. The 1994-95 squad was not as talented as the year before, but what they lost in talent, they made up for in chemistry. The team found a new league playing in the Southeastern Manitoba league and filled out its schedule by playing strong teams like the St. Paul Parkers, Minneapolis Bucks and the Sun Valley, Idaho Suns. In the playoffs, the team cruised to its fourth straight Manitoba title defeating Thompson 12-1, Notre Dame, 6-2 and St. Anne 6-3, and defeating Notre Dame in the championship by a 10-4 score. The Lakers would catch a big break in the next round, as the were to play the Cupar Canucks for the Manitoba Saskatchewan championship. Cupar would jump out to a 2-0 lead in the best of 5 series, but after the Lakers defeated them 3-2 back in Warroad, the Cupar team forfeited the remaining 2 games giving the Lakers the title. Many of the Cupar players hadn’t planned on losing, and when they did, the guys needed to be back at work by Tuesday, having planned most of their vacation time for the Allan Cup. Cupar Manager Kelly Findling said his guys had taken time off through Monday, and, “since we all came over in one bus, we decided to play the Sunday game. If we had won, we’d go to the Allan Cup. If we lost, we’d be done, our players are professional workers, not professional hockey players”. Cal Marvin was not pleased stating, “I don’t understand it. In 48 years of amateur hockey, I’ve never seen anything like this. You play all year to get to the championship and pull out one win away from the finals.” Why Cal couldn’t understand this was obvious. Nothing like that would have ever crossed his mind. The Laker commitment to hockey, which was Cal’s commitment to hockey, would never have allowed for such thinking.
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Post by southoftheborder on Oct 21, 2018 18:41:04 GMT -5
Thanks, I did the same thing and didn't even see this.
Fascinating, wouldn't you think they would have played on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday instead of playing the first game on Sunday.
Also strange is they weren't planning on dropping any games to the defending Allan Cup champs (granted it was at home; but they had also played in the previous three Allan Cup tournaments).
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