1938 Play-Offs

Montreal VS Halifax (Quarter-Final 1)

Play began in Halifax, with the Settlers establishing their dominance early in the first game. Pierre Allard would help McCaun and Morris to defeat the Bulldogs 3-1. Haider May and Angus Elliot began the Halifax offensive, single-handedly defeating the Settlers in a 5-2 rout. Gigot would score an early goal for Montreal that seemed to be the game winner until the mid-way point of the third. Theodore Fletcher would receive a pass on the point, and fire a slap shot past Bell. May and Elliot would then slip another one past him to win 2-1 and take the series.

Toronto VS Brampton (Quarter-Final 2)

Laurie Manfredi would enjoy a two-point night, scoring both goals for Toronto, while Pelletier, Griffith and Ryan Walsh would each get a tally to take the first game. Game two would be a doozy, as is CPHL tradition. Toronto would force overtime, with Ilya Yanchuk of Czechoslovakia getting the tying goal late in the third. Paul O’Lyne would be the overtime hero, beating Francis five hole to take game two. Game three would be another shoot-out, with Walsh and Pelletier once more leading the charge to propel the Bandits past the Millionaires with a 4-3 win.



Hamilton VS Pembroke (Semi-Final 1)

Holliday and Siskakos would match Michaels and Van Vleet point for point in game one. Hartknock would beat Black Jack Jones late in the evening to end the game, 7-6 in overtime for Hamilton. Pembroke would respond with an overtime win themselves, rookie Erik Powell eventually burying the winner. Holliday and Thompson would ride the momentum, setting up each other for multiple goals with veteran Findlay Dunlop popping in his first of the play-offs. Pembroke beat Hamilton 6-2 in game three to advance to the finals.

Halifax VS Brampton (Semi-Final 2)

Ryan Carter and Ivan Pekar lead the charge for Brampton, netting two goals each as Brampton took game one 4-3. Elliot, May and Alex Cooke would light up Francis for six goals as they demolished the Bandits.
Game three would be a closer affair, with the game entering the third tied at 4. The game would turn into a grind-fest, the bottom six of both teams getting the lion’s share of the work. The 29-year-old David Moore would pull through in the last minute of the game off of sustained pressure from the Bulldogs, sniping the top corner just past the arm of Francis.

1938 CPHL Finals (HALIFAX VS PEMBROKE)

The upstart bottom-seed Halifax Bulldogs would travel to Pembroke to do battle with the dominate Pembroke Patriots who are appearing in their second Borden Cup Finals. Halifax looked outclassed in the first period, as the Patriots would easily score three goals, chasing Houghton out of the net by the first intermission.

The Bulldogs came out swinging in the second, however, with Fletcher and Elliot scoring a goal each. Then the Patriots came alive. Having been insulted by the two quick goals, Pembroke did not let up. Geoffrey Spinelli and Van Vleet would each post a three-point period, picking apart the Halifax defense. Halifax fought valiantly, keeping Pembroke pinned in their zone for long stretches of time. Black Jack Jones stood on his head, saving most shots in astonishing style. Late in the second, Albert Stone would pick up a rebound with a wide-open net. Jones dove across the crease, stretching to absolutely rob Stone on the chance. Jones would get a crash-course in butterfly goaltending, as he denies a flurry of shots from close in to keep the score static. The fans went insane as Jones shuts the door on a seemingly endless barrage from all angles. The play would go the other way after Jones deflected the puck into the corner where Nolan Axel scooped it up. Jones would stagger to his feet as Axel crossed the blue line. Then he crumpled to the ice, unable to get up. The referee blew the whistle, allowing Jones’ teammates to get him off the ice. Armel Battier would be able to perform admirably in his first play-off game, shutting the door in the remainder of the second for Pembroke.

In the third, Battier would only let a couple goals in amongst the flurry of shots that a desperate Halifax team throws towards him. Axel would beat Adam Hamilton short side midway through the period, coming off of a quick pass from the corner. The Bulldogs would begin to play a hard-hitting game, trying to exact a pound of flesh from the Pats. Leonard Alders would put the dagger in Halifax’s heart, putting the Pats’ tenth goal in late in the third. The last five minutes passed uneventfully before the buzzer sounded. With the score so high, a scrum formed in the corner. Matthew Houghton and Patrick Watts got into the faces of Pembroke’s star players, causing a veritable riot to start. The scrum would last for a good while before the referees were able to separate the two teams. After the smoke cleared, the Borden Cup got handed to the Pembroke Patriots.

TORONTO MILLIONAIRES REVEAL NEW UNIFORM


After a decade and a half of wearing the same uniform, the Toronto Millionaires redesigned their uniform. Utilizing the T from their logo in gold, the Millionaires adopt a bolder look, as well as darkening the colours. The darker gold and green are always separated by white to provide stronger contrast. A golden yoke finishes the slightly busy look, and balances out the colours.

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QUEBEC DEFENSEURS DEBUT CLASH UNIFORM
After discovering that their uniforms did not provide enough contrast against the Montreal Settlers, the Quebec Defensuers become the first team in the CPHL to have a secondary uniform. The Defensuers designed a second uniform that is primarily white. Simple blue cuffs topped with red adorn the sleeves, and the logo is seen in blue and red for the first time.


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1938-39 SEASON

The 1938-39 season saw the CPHL expand to 28 games for more parity within the league. Montreal would come out swinging, beating Quebec 8-2 before defeating Ottawa 4-0. However, Marcel Peltier, Arnaud Barrande, and Daniel Popelin would leave the team and join the military the day after the game against Ottawa. The three would join the unit that would eventually partake in the Battle of Ortona, a major Canadian battle in Italy in 1943. Not long after, Elias Laduc received a season-ending injury in a game against Halifax. Laduc gave up a juicy rebound on a blast from the point, and dove out to cover the puck. Flying out of the corner simultaneously was Halifax’s Caleb Martin. His knee collided with Laduc’s head sending him crumbling to the ice. Laduc lay on the ice, writhing in pain for a long time as Xavier Rochette attacked Martin. When the referees finally separated the two men, Martin’s nose was broken and bleeding with a perfect shiner to boot. Rallying behind their fallen comrade, Montreal would fight their way from a 2-5 record to 16-12, finishing fourth.

In Hamilton, the Steelmen would drop from the top, finishing second last. Lucas Southford enjoyed a break-out season, tallying 31 points to come third on Hamilton. Ermis Siskakos would once again stun the league, scoring 45 points, including 21 goals, to take the league’s scoring title. Their efforts would not be enough as the rest of the team fell apart, finishing with a 10-18 record, and out of the play-offs.

Halifax would take Hamilton’s spot as top in the league, finishing with an astonishing 19-9 record. May and Moore dominated the league as they finished second and third respectively behind Siskakos with 44 and 40 points. May would have the best looking point total in the league, pumping in 30 goals in amazing fight to dominate the league.

Quebec, meanwhile, would finish with a disparaging 10-18 record. Henri Portier and Milo Beaulieu were the lone bright spots on the team prior to the end of the season, with Portier putting up insane numbers for a 10-9 record and Beaulieu having a career-high 39 points.

After three seasons of top two finishes, the Patriots fell. Erik Michaels, their young prodigy, would loose his scoring ways only contributing ten points over a full 28 game season. Van Vleet would put up 28 goals and five assists on the year, well below his normal production. His normal speed and dexterity on the edges of his blades seemed to disappear for large segments of the season. By the end of the season, Van Vleet’s performance didn’t look anything like himself. Many people believed that it could be the end of Van Vleet’s career, and just as many assumed it was an off year for a young superstar.

Ottawa would finish the year one game ahead of Quebec and Hamilton. Ottawa would beat Quebec in their final game of year, mainly due to Cavillo’s efforts. Ottawa fans would desperately hope that the pain would be a means to an end, but the signs of trouble were there. Late season drama would see Anthony Cavillo and Jack Anthony demand a trade to Halifax citing their desire to win. Ottawa general manager Timothy Redwall would site the lateness in the season as a stalling method to prolong the stars’ tenure in the capital. In the last practice of the year, tensions snapped. Engaged in a yelling match over the team’s failure, Anthony slugged Redwall with a gloved right to the jaw. After a short scuffle, Jack Anthony would wind up in central holding awaiting trial for assault, and Cavillo would be suspended, with his contract revoked. Two days later, he would sign in Halifax. Ottawa would make the play-offs without two of their star players.


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