- 1983 Memorial Cup
The
1983 Memorial Cup occurredMay 7 -May 14 at theMemorial Coliseum inPortland, Oregon . Participating teams were the host teamPortland Winter Hawks , as well as the winners of theOntario Hockey League ,Quebec Major Junior Hockey League andWestern Hockey League which were theOshawa Generals ,Verdun Juniors andLethbridge Broncos . Portland won their first Memorial Cup, defeating Oshawa in the final game. 1983 was the first time that a host team participated in the Memorial Cup tournament, and the first time that an American city hosted the tournament.Round-robin standings
Scores
Round-robin
*May 7 Oshawa 8-2 Lethbridge
*May 7 Portland 7-6 Verdun
*May 8 Verdun 4-3 Lethbridge
*May 8 Portland 10-5 Oshawa
*May 9 Lethbridge 9-3 Portland
*May 10 Oshawa 5-1 VerdunSemi-final
*May 12 Oshawa 7-5 VerdunFinal
*May 14 Portland 8-3 OshawaWinning roster
Curt Brandolini ,Bruno Campese ,Brian Curran ,Brad Duggan ,Ray Ferraro ,Terry Jones ,Randy Heath ,Greg Holomay ,Kelly Hubbard ,John Kordic ,Derek Laxdal ,Tim Lorenz ,Cam Neely ,Richard Kromm ,Jim Playfair ,Ray Podloski ,Grant Sasser ,Alfie Turcotte , Mike Vernon,Bryan Walker ,Gord Walker ,Ken Yaremchuk . Coach:Ken Hodge Award Winners
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Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP):Alfie Turcotte , Portland
*George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship):David Gans , Oshawa
*Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Mike Vernon, PortlandAll-star team
*Goal:Peter Sidorkiewicz , Oshawa
*Defence:Joe Cirella , Oshawa;Jerome Carrier , Verdun
*Centre:Ken Yaremchuk , Portland
*Left Wing:Randy Heath , Portland
*Right Wing: John MacLean, Oshawaee also
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