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The Memorial Cup trophy. The 1965 Memorial Cup final was the 47th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League in Western Canada.
Horseshoe Falls [22] A week previous to his attempt over the falls, Graham had used a barrel to successfully take him through the Niagara Whirlpool. At 6:45 a.m on 1 September 1889, Graham's barrel was released into the river near Chippewa Creek before going over the falls at 7:10 a.m. Upon his rescue, Graham complained of back and head pain ...
The Niagara Falls Flyers were two junior ice hockey franchises that played in the top tier in the Ontario Hockey Association. The first, a Junior "A" team existed from 1960 until 1972, and the second in Tier I Junior "A" from 1976 until 1982. Both teams were owned by the Emms Family, and were relocated to Niagara Falls from another city.
Miracle Food Mart was a supermarket chain in Ontario, Canada, owned by Steinberg's, a Quebec -based retailer in the 1970s and 1980s. Steinberg purchased the Canadian division of Grand Union, with 38 stores, in June 1959 to make its entrance into Ontario. These stores operated under the Steinberg banner until January 1969, when the marketing ...
Gordon Singleton CM (August 9, 1956 – March 23, 2024) was a Canadian world-record holding track cyclist. In 1982, he became the first Canadian cyclist to win a world championship. He was the first, and only, cyclist in history to simultaneously hold world records in all three of track cycling's sprint races: the 200m, 500m and 1000m distances ...
On March 1, 2009, the Niagara IceDogs hosted a home game at Niagara Falls Memorial Arena in nearby Niagara Falls, Ontario. The arena, slated to close in 2010, was the former home to both the Niagara Falls Flyers and the Niagara Falls Thunder. The game was billed as the last OHL game in the arena.
Niagara River. Average flow rate. 85,000 cu ft/s (2,400 m 3 /s) Niagara Falls ( / naɪˈæɡərə, - ɡrə / ny-AGG-ər-ə, -grə) is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States.
History. In 1972, the Ontario Hockey Association 's Tier I Junior "A" Niagara Falls Flyers were sold and relocated to Sudbury, Ontario as the Sudbury Wolves. They were replaced in Niagara Falls by the Tier II Flyers the same year. They played four season in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League. In 1976, the Tier II Flyers made way for ...