The 1958 Allan Cup champions Belleville McFarlands were chosen to represent Canada at the 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships. In the exhibition tour before the championships, Finnish newspaper "Helsingin Sanomat" published that Canada showed poor sportsmanship. Dudley's response was to advise the team to use discretion in future games and to avoid incidents. The McFarlands won seven of eight games played at the 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships to retain the world title for Canada.