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April 14, 1938.

Prior to the series both Trail and the
Flyers likely posed for pictures at the
19th St. Arena in Saskatoon, home of
game one of the series.

Pretty obvious to me, the Flyers
took this picture inside the arena on
19th St. in Saskatoon eh!

Then, there was a curious
observation, that from the hundreds
of senior squads from across the
country who vied for the Allan Cup,
how would it come to pass that the
Flyers and Smoke Eaters wore pretty
much the same coloured and designed
sweaters? It was decided that the
teams would wear their own sweaters
for two games and draw straws or flip
a coin if game 5 was necessary. Photos Submitted
From what I can deduce, the Flyers #9 Fred Gardner. Fred recalled the
wore a set of Blue Saskatoon Quakers injuries and how they had travelled
sweaters for game 1. to the west short a few players to
start with. They all wished the same
Over 5.000 fans went to each of the club that finished off the Quebec
four games, Cornwall’s ‘Phats’ Perras
Aces could have been iced to face
was in goal for all four games. The Trail. The referee in all four games
Flyers lost more than game one in
was Albert ‘Army” Armstrong from
overtime, they lost two men to injury
Oshawa. There is a lot more history
in game one, and played short handed about the 1938 Allan Cup — just
the rest of the way.
had to share some of the not so well
Before he died, I spoke to Flyers known pieces.

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