Pickard scheduled the seventh game of the Western Canada junior final at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, where the finals were also scheduled. CAHA by-laws at the time stated that a seventh game be played at a neutral site and the Winnipeg Amphitheatre was unavailable.
Pickard arranged for the seventh contest of the Western Canada junior final to take place at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, where the finals were also scheduled. The CAHA by-laws specified that a seventh game had to be played at a neutral location due to the unavailability of the Winnipeg Amphitheatre.