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Uploaded By: PRESIDENT on March 31st, 2026

Edmonton Flyers Hockey Club

- Allan Cup Champions 1948
- Patton Cup Champions 1948
- Joe Ganguish Trophy Champions 1948

Team Roster
Bottom Row L to R - Harvey “Pug” Young, Elmer Kreller, Jack Manson (goalie), Gordon Roy "Gord" Buttrey, Morey Rimstad.

Middle Row - Bill Pettinger, James Albert "Bud" MacPherson, Freddie Smitten, Andy Clovechok, Elwin Ira "Al" Rollins (goalie), William "Bill" Mahar, Gordie Watt, Douglas MacLean Anderson, Doug Lane.

Top Row - Johnny Black, Louis Charles Carter "Lou" Holmes, Ira Stuart (equipment), Frank Currie (coach), Doug Hardy
(trainer), Billy Morrissey (stickboy), Bill "Bing" Merluk, Alexander Leitch Pringle.

The 1947-48, Edmonton Flyers finished third in the standings of the Western Canadian Senior Hockey League, but defeated the Regina Capitals in the playoff Semifinals before winning the league championship with a 4 games to 1, plus a tie, victory over the Calgary Stampeders.

The Flyers were now in the Western Canada Allan Cup playoffs where they swept the Trail Smoke Eaters in four and defeated the Winnipeg Reo Flyers in five games after losing Game 1.

The Flyers now faced the Ottawa Senators in the Allan Cup finals, winning Game 1 in Regina, splitting the next two games in Edmonton before moving down the road to win the next two games held in Calgary to win the 1948 Allan Cup championship.

The Flyer’s thrilling victory over the Ottawa Senators energized the entire city of Edmonton, and their victory parade attracted more than 65,000 people, half the population of Edmonton in 1948. The national title was only the third national Hockey title ever won by an Alberta team, and several members of the team would go on to successful careers in the National Hockey League.

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