The Avco Cup was the championship trophy of the original World Hockey Association (1972_1979). The trophy's naming rights were sold to the former Avco Corporation (a name originally derived from "Aviation Company"), a defense contractor which also had many other interests, including at the time consumer finance, apparently the product that it was desiring to advertise. It was never to develop anything approaching the prestige of the NHL's Stanley Cup, and in fact may have been most famous, or perhaps infamous, in its absence. When the New England Whalers won the league's initial championship in 1973 the trophy had not been completed, and the Whalers were forced to "skate" their divisional championship trophy around the ice surface, much to the embarrassment of the WHA office.
The AvcoCup was the championship trophy of the original World Hockey Association (1972-1979).
The trophy's naming rights were sold to the former Avco Corporation (a name originally derived from "Aviation Company"), a defense contractor which also had many other interests, including at the time consumer finance, apparently the product that it was desiring to advertise.
When the New England Whalers won the league's initial championship in 1973 the trophy had not been completed, and the Whalers were forced to "skate" their divisional championship trophy around the ice surface, much to the embarrassment of the WHA office.
The Edmonton Oil Kings returned to the Memorial Cup final for the seventh year in a row in 1966 as they continued their dominance of junior hockey in Western Canada during the 1960's.
Two members of the Oil Kings would add Stanley Cup wins to their Memorial Cup title and a third would add an AvcoCup title to his hockey resume.
Garnet "Ace" Bailey was a member of the Boston Bruins' 1972 Stanley Cup winning team and Ross Lonsberry, who played in the National Hockey League for 15 seasons, won two Stanley Cups with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974 and 1975.
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