- West Toronto Nationals
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team = West Toronto Nationals
city =Toronto, Ontario
league = Ontario Hockey Association
founded =
operated =1929 to1936
arena =Mutual Street Arena
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|The West Toronto Nationals, also known as the "Westionals", were ajunior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1929 to 1936. Prior to that time, the team was known as theWest Toronto Redmen , due to their red colour sweaters. Home games were played atMutual Street Arena and laterMaple Leaf Gardens inToronto, Ontario .West Toronto were the Eastern Canadian Champions in 1930. They moved on to play in the
1930 Memorial Cup , losing to theRegina Pats in two games by scores of 3-1 and 3-2.In 1936, West Toronto won the
J. Ross Robertson Cup as champions of the OHA, defeating theKitchener Greenshirts in two games. The Nationals were led by the OHA's leading scorer John O'Flaherty, and winner of theEddie Powers Memorial Trophy . The Nationals moved on and won theGeorge Richardson Memorial Trophy , to represent Eastern Canada in theMemorial Cup . West Toronto won the1936 Memorial Cup , defeating theSaskatoon Wesleys in two games, by scores of 5-1 and 4-2.NHL Alumni
Alumni who played for the team and later in the
National Hockey League areNorm Collings ,Roy Conacher , Jack Crawford, John Doran,Jimmy Fowler ,Bob Gracie ,Red Heron ,Bill Jennings ,John "Peanuts" O'Flaherty , George Parsons andBill Thoms . Roy Conacher is a member of theHockey Hall of Fame .
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