1983 Memorial Cup

The 1983 Memorial Cup occurred May 7-May 14 at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. Participating teams were the host team Portland Winter Hawks, as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Oshawa Generals, Verdun Juniors and Lethbridge 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 Verdun

Semi-final
*May 12 Oshawa 7-5 Verdun

Final
*May 14 Portland 8-3 Oshawa

Winning 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

*Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Alfie Turcotte, Portland
*George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): David Gans, Oshawa
*Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Mike Vernon, Portland

All-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, Oshawa

ee also