1964 - 65 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs Playoffs . Quarter Final . " Best of 5 " Nelson Maple Leafs beat Drumheller Miners 3 games to 1 . Semi Finals . " Best of 5 " Nelson Maple Leafs beat Moose Jaw Pla - Mors 3 games to 1 . Warroad Lakers beat Transcona Lions 3 games to none . Final ( Patton Cup ) . " Best of 5 " Nelson Maple Leafs beat Warroad Lakers 3 games to 1 . Nelson Maple Leafs advanced to the 1964 - 65 Allan Cup Final . From : The Nelson Daily News ( front page ) Thursday , April 29 , 1965 Look Out Sherbrooke Leafs Win West By Mike Bennett Daily News Sports Editor The slogan was " Go Leafs , Go " and they went . Combining the steady netminding of Jim Letcher with solid defensive protection in front , Nelson ' s Maple Leafs , 1964 - 65 version , became the first team to come out of the Queen City and win the western Canada Allan Cup final , as they outhustled the Warroad Lakers 6 - 3 Wednesday night , to take the best - of - five series in four games . Murray Owen , Walt Peacosh , Bobby Kromm , Howie Hornby , Kenny McTeer and Dave Rusnell accounted for the Leafs ' scoring , as Roger Christian fired two for the Lakers . Ron Farnfield , in picking up his first goal of the series , rounded out the Warroad total late in the third period . Unlike Monday ' s game , the Leafs tightened up considerably in their own zone to bottle up oncoming Laker forwards before they had a chance to set up a play . Kromm , who elected to go with five defencemen , proved to be the inspiration the club needed , as he accounted for one goal and set up another , in again going both ways for the Leafs . His performance for the " Green and White " while a man short , held the Lakers to a standstill during five minors to the Leafs . Owen opened the scoring at the 58 - second mark of the first , when he beat Laker netminder Allie Reynard with a quick shot on a pass from Hornby . The Lakers , injury - ridden , bloostered their defensive corps with the returning Henry Ackervall and the back - checking ability of Billy Christian . Christian suffered a fractured check bone in the second game of the series , and was listed a doubtful starter for Wednesday night ' s contest . George Mylenchuk , scheduled to arrive from Calgary for Monday ' s game , was still nowhere to be found . Christian filled his regular spot as pivot for brother Roger and Sam Grafstrom . The relentless hounding of the Laker forwards by Owen , the " Kamloops Flash " and the solid goaltending of Letcher , under fire from Murray Balagaus and Farnfield , staved off the Warroad club during a cross - checking penalty to defenceman Dave Stewart . Rearguard Bill Steinke , rated a star in anyone ' s books for his work on the blueline , as he handed out stiff bodychecks , and successfully blocked countless screened slapshots before they reached the net . An elbowing penalty to centre Ray Adduono set the until - now ineffective Leaf powerplay into motion , with Peacosh tipping the loose puck , after Reynard had stopped repeated shots . The Christians , the dominating force during the series for the Minnesota club , teamed up at 17 : 17 , with Roger shovelling in brother Billy ' s goalmouth pass . Relentless checking by forwards and defencemen alike , the keys to the Leaf playoff successes to date , continued to pay off , as the Lakers were forced to retreat time and again into their own territory . The Leafs once again were quick to get on the scoreboard at the start of the second period , as Kromm trapped Leaf captain Shorty Malacko ' s long lead pass , to draw the lone defenceman out of position , and pick the inside corner with a waist - high shot . Five minutes later Hornby sent the Leafs ahead 4 - 1 , when he connected on a drop pass from Kromm , from about 15 feet out . Owen almost picked up his second goal of the night , when he rapped a hard shot off the post , as Reynard was going the wrong way . Letcher came up with the key save of the game early in the period , when he outguessed Billy Christian on a clean cut breakaway . A notably improved defence foiled the Leafs during a minor to winger Reg Morelli , as Bob McKee and Bill Matthews stood up well in face of rushing Nelson forwards . The turning point in the game came when the shorthanded Lakers broke up a Leaf attack , and Letcher continued to be " unkind to the Christians " by robbing Bill home free in front . Both sides checked to the limit during minors to defenceman Frank Carlson and Morelli . A roughing penalty to Harry Smith put Letcher on the spot again , as he blocked a screened drive by Ackervall from just inside the Nelson blueline , before the defence relieved the pressure . A blanket defence in the Leafs ' zone never gave the Lakers a chance while the Nelson club was shorthanded . Reynard , who stopped a total of 126 shots in three games against the Leafs , cut off a sure goal near the seven minute mark , when he caught an intended pass across the goalmouth . Rusnell , a tower of strength since he joined the Leafs following the Kimberley series , skated miles in coming back fast to support the already alert defence . McTeer took advantage of Ackervall ' s cross - checking penalty to click with a high shot over Reynard ' s shoulder , on a pass from Peacosh at 9 : 53 . Rusnell made it 6 - 1 in favour of the Leafs , when he rolled a hard shot off the pads of Reynard , after winger Mike Laughton had set up the play . Roger Christian and Farnfield tallied for the Lakers in the space of two minutes , as the Warroad club made a valiant effort at a comeback that proved to be too late .