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in 1946, they brought with them a young and unknown teenage goaltender named Lloyd
Wootton. By 1950, the Georgians had become the Crescents and "Moon" was coming into his own as one of the league's elite goaltenders. He led the league in goals against, his team to first place in the OLA, and was
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Trailermen would dominate the 1954 regular season and the playoffs to easily win a fourth straight league title. They would again defeat Victoria in five games to win a fourth straight Mann Cup, five straight for Wootton, Mason, and Slater. Wootton would win his third Mann Cup most valuable
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Trailermen edge out St. Catharines by won win to take the regular season pennant. Despite the Athletics outscoring the Trailermen by 33 goals, Wootton's tending kept 31 less goals out of Peterborough nets than their foe. The Trailermen would sweep aside the
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Trailermen would dominate again in 1956, Moon leading them to the top record, a second straight Harry Lumley Trophy, and his seventh straight OLA championship. Despite this, the Trailermen would lose the Mann Cup again, this time in five games to the
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Trailermen again dominated the OLA and earned entry into the Mann Cup. Wootton would win his third straight Harry Lumley Award and eighth straight OLA title. League leading scorer
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Trailermen team (including Wootton) from play for five years. The ban was shortened to one season and Moon and his team were able to return for 1959.
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national championships, three Mann Cup most valuable player honours, and nine
Ontario Senior A Championships in nine season of participation. He was entered into the
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Wootton a fourth Harry Lumley Award and a ninth OLA championship but again fall in the Mann Cup final in four games to the
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263:Victoria Shamrocks
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130:Harry Lumley Award
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1764:1989 deaths
1759:1927 births
1572:February 7,
211:Russ Slater
51:Nationality
1743:Categories
1419:References
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682:Owen Sound
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392:Owen Sound
330:Statistics
167:goaltender
88:Pro career
65:Goaltender
1532:"By Year"
297:Pat Baker
278:Bob Allan
219:Mann Cups
91:1946–1959
383:Team GAA
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171:Mann Cup
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61:Position
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143:, 1965
1383:5.67
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1336:OSALL
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1283:9.44
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1225:9.00
1196:7.84
1178:OSALL
1138:6.50
1109:9.21
1091:OSALL
1051:6.80
1022:7.17
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964:7.11
935:8.30
917:OSALL
877:9.36
848:8.33
830:OSALL
790:6.33
761:8.73
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674:7.82
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558:9.23
540:OSALL
529:9.86
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348:Team
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42:1989
39:Died
30:1927
27:Born
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