1955 - 56 Allan Cup Final This is the 1955 - 56 Allan Cup Final for the senior amateur championship of Canada : Finalists . Western Canada : Vernon Canadians Eastern Canada : Chatham Maroons Final . " Best of 7 " Vernon Canadians beat Chatham Maroons 4 games to 1 . Vernon Canadians won the Allan Cup . Newspaper Story . From : The Nelson Daily News Monday , April 23 , 1956 Maroons Flee From Vernon Hospitality ( Vernon , B . C . ) - - In a surprise move possibly aimed at standing off the over generous spirit of the Vernon residents , coach Murph Chamberlin of the Chatham Maroons moved his entire hockey team out of Vernon Sunday and into seclusion . The team ' s location was kept a closely guarded secret . Club officals asked newspaper men and the public not to search out the new quarters . Van Thompson , Vice - President of the Eastern Canada finalists and the Allan Cup series , said the move was solely a question " of keeping the team together and of maintaining the proper mental attitude . " The Maroons have been staying in Vernon ' s biggest hotel , and it was believed club officals were concerned that some Vernon citizens , over anxious to play host to the visitors , might lead them from the straight and narrow . Team officals will remain here . Nothing To Say - - Besides moving his team out of reach , Chamberlin forbade the players to talk to reporters and he himself declined all comment , following Chatham ' s 6 - 2 whipping Saturday night at the hands of the Canadians . The best - of - seven series is now tied at one game apiece , with the third game going tonight at Kelowna . Chamberlin , who had chatted with sportswriters following the Maroons ' 7 - 1 victory in the first game , slipped away quickly after Saturday night ' s fixture and refused to talk to newsmen on Sunday . Playing - coach George Agar of Vernon was exulted over his team ' s victory . Agar said , " That ' s the team we ' ve been used to seeing in action . " Agar said and thought of his Canadians he was happy with most of his players performances , and thought his Canadians played a smarter game than the Maroons did . He declined to make predictions about how the series will go from here . Line - up - - Agar is expected to go into tonight ' s game with the same line - up as on Saturday night , including Yogi Kraiger of the Western International Hockey League Trail Smoke Eaters , on defence . Kraiger was brought in when Merv Bidoski was sidelined with a knee injury . Willie Schmidt , who suffered head and eyebrow cuts when he met up with Ted Power ' s raised stick blade late in Saturday ' s game , is also expected to be in the Canadians ' line - up . Power himself is a question mark . Dr . Mel Butler , the series govenor , said he has forwarded the referee reports on the incident to Jimmy Dunn of Winnipeg , President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association , for action . Newspaper Story . From : The Nelson Daily News Saturday , April 28 , 1956 Vernon Canadians Allan Cup Champions " Four Early Goals Lead to Triumph " Vernon , B . C . ( CP ) - - Vernon ' s Canadians downed Chatham Maroons 5 - 3 here Friday night to win the Allan Cup senior amateur hockey championship four games to one . The arena erupted in a burst of cheering , speeches and bagpipe blasts . It was the fourth straight win for the powerful Canadians in the best - of - seven series . The Canadians broke the game wide open with four goals in the first period and added another just before the final whistle to stifle a late , but determined Chatham bid . The Candians lead 4 - 0 at the end of the first , were in front 4 - 2 at the close of the second and were in serious danger in the final frame as the Maroons closed the gap to 4 - 3 with less than seven minutes left . Maroon coach Murph Chamberlin pulled goalie Marv Edwards with 25 seconds left in the game . Vernon defenceman Orval Lavell was penalized with only three seconds left to further the Maroon advantage but Chatham failed to get a dangerous shot on goal . Johnny Harms led the Vernon attack with two goals only 21 seconds apart . Other Vernon marksmen were Willie Schmidt , Jack McDonald and Merv Bidoski , Lloyd Ferguson , Bill Chalmers and Ted Power scored for Chatham . 12 Penalties Twelve penalties were handed out altogether - - seven to the Canadians . A solid Vernon defence , led by burly Charlie " Yogi " Kraiger and Willie Schmidt , and the tight checking of the Vernon forwards , spelled the difference . The Vernon forwards raced to the attack , fed by sharp forward passes , while the Chatham front wall seemed unable to effectively control the puck . Vernon swarmed all over the Chatham club in the opening minutes of the game . McDonald scored the first goal at 4 : 17 when he checked defenceman Danny Blair in front of the Vernon goal . McDonald snatched the puck and flipped it through Marv Edwards ' legs before the netminder could move . Chatham fought back , but failed to produce a shot on goal when Odie Lowe was off for tripping . Schmidt blasted a partially - screened blueline drive at 13 : 44 on a passout and then Harms scored twice within 21 seconds . His first goal at 17 : 28 was a wheeling backhanded effort that fooled Edwards completely . His next was punched in as Edwards permitted a weak rebound from Lowe . The Maroons came out in the second period and played as though the 4 - 0 lead didn ' t exsist . Chatham defenceman Dick Kotanen went off twice for holding and tripping , and the Maroons chose his second penalty to get on the score board . Power broke up a Vernon attack and fed Bill Chalmers the puck . Chalmers outskated the lone man back and pulled the trigger on Gordon from close range at 13 : 18 . Just 84 seconds later , Jim Connelly started Power away at centre . Ferguson took Power ' s relay and slammed a shot past Gordon from 25 feet . The rally frightened Vernon supporters , but that was all it did . See Also . List of Allan Cup Finals