The following article was submitted to Bayshore Sports:
The Owen Sound Attack is excited to announce that during the second half of the 2023-24 season, they will be wearing a commemorative third jersey that will honour the 100th anniversary of 1924 Owen Sound Greys capturing the Memorial Cup.
The jersey was designed to be a close replica to the jerseys the team wore in 1924 and features an Owen Sound Greys crest on the front, shoulder crests with the names of the team members on them and the words 1924 Memorial Cup Champion Owen Sound Greys inside the collar.
“CCM did an exceptional job of taking our vision and recreating it”, said Greg Hoddinott, Manager, Marketing & Communications. “Recreating something from 100 years ago was a tough job, especially considering we were working primarily with black and white photo’s, but we feel we were able to recreate a close replica to what was worn at the time and will honour this great team in their anniversary year.”
The Attack will wear the 100th Anniversary commemorative jerseys a total of nine time, starting with Saturday, January 6 against the Guelph Storm. They will be worn a total of three time in January , February and March respectively.
100th Anniversary Owen Sound Greys Jersey Schedule:
Saturday, January 6, 2024 vs. Guelph Storm, 7pm
Saturday, January 27, 2024 vs. Flint Firebirds, 7pm
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 vs. Barrie Colts, 7pm
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 vs. Sarnia Sting, 7pm
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 vs. Oshawa Generals, 7pm
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 vs. Barrie Colts, 7pm
Sunday, March 3, 2024 vs. Peterborough Petes, 6pm
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 vs. Kitchener Rangers, 7pm
Saturday, March 16, 2024 vs. SOO Greyhounds, 7pm
The game worn jerseys will be auctioned off at the end of the season online through our auction partner Dash. Replica jerseys and hats are on sale now at the Attack Shack, both online and in-store. Jersey customization on these jerseys will be limited to name bars only.
1924 Owen Sound Greys
The 1924 Owen Sound Grey’s defeated the Kenora Thistles 15-12 on aggregate in the Memorial Cup semi-finals before taking on the Calgary Canadians in a two game total goal final. In Game 1, the Greys received two goal performances from the tandem of Mel (Butch) Keeling and Ralph (Cooney) Weiland en route to a 5-3 victory. Game 2 saw a 16-year-old goalie by the name of Headley Smith shine. His outstanding play preserved a 2-2 giving the Greys the championship with a 7-5 win on aggregate.
The Greys team included James “Dutch” Cain, George Elliott, Bev Flarity, Ted Graham, Mel “Butch” Keeling, H. Silverthorne, Headley Smith, Ralph “Cooney” Weiland, E. “Shorty” Wright, Jim Jamieson (manager), E.T. Hicks (coach).
NHL: Of the four Greys who would play in the NHL, Keeling won a Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1933 and Weiland would win with the Boston Bruins in 1929 and 1939 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1971.
We are throwing it back. WAAYYYYY Back! 100 Years Back!!!
1924 Owen Sound Greys were this cities 1st Memorial Cup Champion and starting in January we honour them!#OwenSoundGreys #MemorialCupChampions #OwenSoundAttack pic.twitter.com/NnSuDR5lwS
— Owen Sound Attack (@AttackOHL) December 8, 2023
