Canadian senior ice hockey championship
The Allan Cup was the championship trophy for senior hockey overseen by the CAHA. The 1953 Allan Cup was the senior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) for the 1952–53 season. The event was hosted by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen and Kitchener, Ontario . The 1953 playoff marked the 45th time that the Allan Cup has been awarded.
CAHA vice-president Jimmy Dunn was chairman of the senior playoffs in 1953, and was faced with multiple branches of the CAHA not participating. He wanted to include as many teams as possible since the CAHA and all of its branches were primarily funded by gate receipts from the playoffs and could not afford the loss of income. The CAHA had suspended the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association for the season due to registration violations, and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association chose to withdraw from senior hockey. Dunn went to extraordinary efforts to retain the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association teams, which included rescheduling multiple series due to delays in the Saskatchewan playoffs and demands to play against the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association champion rather than the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association champion.[ 1]
Teams
Playdowns
Allan Cup playoffs:[ 2]
Allan Cup Best-of-Seven Series
Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 3 - Penticton Vees 2Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 8 - Penticton Vees 3Penticton Vees 2 - Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 1Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 6 - Penticton Vees 3Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 5 - Penticton Vees 0
Eastern Playdowns
Semi-final
Smiths Falls Rideaus St. John Beavers 4-games-to-none
Smiths Falls Rideaus 4 - St. John Beavers 1Smiths Falls Rideaus 6 - St. John Beavers 2Smiths Falls Rideaus 9 - St. John Beavers 3Smiths Falls Rideaus 5 - St. John Beavers 2Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen defeated Sudbury Wolves 4-games-to-2 with 1 tie
Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 4 - Sudbury Wolves 2Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 8 - Sudbury Wolves 3Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 3 - Sudbury Wolves 3
Sudbury Wolves 5 - Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 4Sudbury Wolves 5 - Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 4Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 3 - Sudbury Wolves 1Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 6 - Sudbury Wolves 4Final
Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen defeated Smiths Falls Rideaus 4-games-to-3
Smiths Falls Rideaus 6 - Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 2Smiths Falls Rideaus 2 - Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 0Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 6 - Smiths Falls Rideaus 4Smiths Falls Rideaus 7 - Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 4Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 9 - Smiths Falls Rideaus 1Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 6 - Smiths Falls Rideaus 1Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen 6 - Smiths Falls Rideaus 0
Western Playdowns
Quarter-final
Regina Capitals Winnipeg Maroons 4-games-to-3
Winnipeg Maroons 7 - Regina Capitals 2Winnipeg Maroons 6 - Regina Capitals 1Regina Capitals 5 - Winnipeg Maroons 0Regina Capitals 6 - Winnipeg Maroons 3Winnipeg Maroons 5 - Regina Capitals 2Regina Capitals 5 - Winnipeg Maroons 3Regina Capitals 4 - Winnipeg Maroons 1Semi-final
Fort William Beavers 4-games-to-2
Regina Capitals 5 - Fort William Beavers 3Regina Capitals 5 - Fort William Beavers 1Fort William Beavers 4 - Regina Capitals 1Fort William Beavers 4 - Regina Capitals 0Fort William Beavers 7 - Regina Capitals 2Fort William Beavers 5 - Regina Capitals 0Final
Penticton Vees defeated Fort William Beavers 4-games-to-2
Penticton Vees 5 - Fort William Beavers 2Penticton Vees 4 - Fort William Beavers 3Fort William Beavers 5 - Penticton Vees 4Fort William Beavers 5 - Penticton Vees 0Penticton Vees 5 - Fort William Beavers 1Penticton Vees 4 - Fort William Beavers 3
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