** = Also won the Lionel Conacher Award as Canadian male athlete of the year

In that final, the Capitals ' opponents from Sarnia made stopping Conacher their priority, a strategy that proved the difference as Sarnia won the championship.

Conacher moved to the senior level in 1920 with the Toronto Rugby Club where his team again won the ORFU championship, but lost the eastern semifinal to the Toronto Argonauts of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union ( IRFU ).

An outfielder on the team, Conacher and the Maple Leafs won the International League championship then defeated the Louisville Colonels to win the Little World Series.

Conacher spent his last three NHL seasons with the Maroons and won his second Stanley Cup in 1935.

The Maroons ' inaugural game came against the Maple Leafs, and though Toronto won 9 – 7, Conacher stole the spotlight from the victors.

Conacher won with just 47 votes.

* 1954 – Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician ( b. 1900 )

After a loss to the Bruins in the 1928 – 29 finals and a few mediocre seasons in the early 1930s, the Rangers, led by brothers Bill and Bun Cook on the right and left wings, respectively, and Frank Boucher at center, would defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1932 – 33 best-of-five finals, three games to one, to win their second Stanley Cup, exacting revenge on the Leafs ' " Kid line " of Busher Jackson, Joe Primeau, and Charlie Conacher.

* Charlie Conacher ( 1909 – 1967 ), Hall of Fame ice hockey player

When Roy Conacher moved on to the Chicago Black Hawks after the 1946 – 47 season, however, Howe was offered Conacher's # 9, which he would wear for the rest of his career ( although he had not requested the change, Howe accepted it when he was informed that " 9 " would entitle him to a lower Pullman berth on road trips ).

* Lionel Conacher – player ( K / R ), 1963 ( Toronto Torontos ( ORFU ) 1920 ; Toronto Argonauts 1921 – 22 ; Toronto Crosse & Blackwell Chefs 1934 ).

Lionel Pretoria Conacher, MP ( May 24, 1902 – May 26, 1954 ), nicknamed " The Big Train ", was a Canadian athlete and politician.

Conacher scored 15 points in Toronto's 23 – 0 victory to claim the national title.

The Argonauts reached the Eastern final, but lost to Queen's University, 12 – 11, in a game which Conacher struggled, committing seven fumbles.

His son Brian Conacher represented Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics and played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, winning a Stanley Cup with them in 1966 – 67 NHL season.

During the 2011 – 12 season, the Norfolk Admirals set a professional hockey record for the longest winning streak, winning their 28th consecutive game on April 15 against the Adirondack Phantoms, 4-2 in regulation with 2012 League MVP Cory Conacher notching his first career hat trick.

In 1934 – 35, he was runner-up to Charlie Conacher for the scoring title with 47 points in 50 games despite playing much of the season with the last-place St. Louis Eagles.

Roy Gordon Conacher ( October 5, 1916 in Toronto, Ontario – December 29, 1984 in Victoria, British Columbia ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks.

Conacher wore # 9 for the Detroit Red Wings during Gordie Howe's rookie season in 1946 – 47.

Ottawa's coach Curry was quite successful, as he took a team that had gone from fourth overall to first with an impressive record of 24 – 8 – 4, and the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates, with a strong cast of ex-amateurs led by future Hall of Famers Roy Worters and Lionel Conacher, finished third.

Charles William " The Big Bomber " Conacher, Sr. ( December 20, 1909 – December 30, 1967 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and New York Americans in the National Hockey League.

Cook's 34 goals in 1931 – 32 tied Charlie Conacher for the league lead.

The Americans finished last in the Canadian Division in 1929 – 30, so they decided to replace player-coach Lionel Conacher.

Succeeding Charlie Conacher, Goodfellow became the coach of the Chicago Black Hawks for the seasons of 1950 – 51 and 1951 – 52.

* Winner of the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award for the 1981 – 82 NHL season.

Lionel Conacher retired prior to the season and entered politics ; he would be elected in the 1937 Ontario general election as a member of the Liberal Party.

However Conacher refused this, so Gorman hired King Clancy, who had previously played for Gorman with the Ottawa Senators and had retired from the Toronto Maple Leafs the previous season.

Named captain in 1922, Conacher led the Argonauts to another undefeated season in IRFU play, finishing with five wins and one tie, as he rushed for 950 yards.

Conacher was a key figure in the club's first-ever Stanley Cup victory that season.

However, at 34-years-old, Conacher found that the game was too hard on his body physically, and neither he nor his team returned for a third season.

The Pittsburgh Pirates ' Lionel Conacher was paid $ 7, 500 for the season, the Montreal Maroons ' Dunc Munro was also paid $ 7, 500, the New York Americans ' Billy Burch was paid $ 6, 500, the Americans ' Joe Simpson, and the Toronto Maple Leafs ' Hap Day were paid $ 6, 000.

The following season, Conacher broke into the elite of the league, despite missing a number of games due to a reinjured hand.

However, Conacher would only play 15 games that season and 19 the next after suffering a dislocated shoulder, as chronic injuries caught up to him, and he never again regained his form.

Only 30, Conacher retired after the 1941 season.

After resigning from his coaching post in Oshawa, Conacher was named to replace Johnny Gottselig as coach of the Chicago Black Hawks 28 games into the 1949 season.

Midway through his first season, Maple Leafs co-owner / manager / coach Conn Smythe put Jackson and Conacher on a line with another young forward, Joe Primeau.

Late in the 1932 – 33 season, he was hired as coach of the Chicago Black Hawks and became general manager as well the following season, building a defensive squad around Lionel Conacher and goalie Charlie Gardiner.

Hewitt came out of retirement to broadcast the 1972 Summit Series ( with colour commentator Brian Conacher ).

Tommy Gorman had tried to convince Conacher to stay with the Maroons and take over as coach, allowing Gorman to focus on managing the club.

In 2011 St Andrew's completed an extensive renovation of the church and replacement of the two-manual Peter Conacher Organ with a three-manual Physis organ.

The rumours ended on October 3, 1934, when Morenz was traded along with goaltender Lorne Chabot and defenceman Marty Burke, to the Chicago Black Hawks for forwards Leroy Goldsworthy and Lionel Conacher, and defenceman Roger Jenkins.

Primeau played on the Leafs ' Kid Line with Charlie Conacher and Busher Jackson.

While he would retain his amateur status, Schooley set Conacher up with a job in the insurance business and paid his university tuition so that he could improve his education.

Conacher finally chose to turn professional with the team, a decision that surprised fans and teammates in Toronto, who knew of his favourtism for the game of football.

Conacher periodically struggled with Montreal, and at one point was placed on waivers with no other team willing to take over his contract.

Immediately following the Chicago trade, Conacher was sent back to the Maroons, along with Herb Cain, in exchange for the rights to Nelson Crutchfield.

Several NHL players who had played the field game before abandoning it to turn professional in hockey signed with the teams, including Conacher, who joined the Maroons.

The Maroons did not figure into the playoff for the championship, but Conacher led the league in scoring with 107 points.

On November 26, 2007, Canadian Press reported that Democracy Watch head Duff Conacher claimed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Justice Minister Rob Nicholson are in a conflict of interest position with respect to the Mulroney-Schreiber matters, and had asked the Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson ( Canadian civil servant ) to investigate.

On September 19, 1946, an informal ceremony was held in which former Leaf great Charlie Conacher presented Ted Kennedy with his No. 9 sweater he had worn during his career.