1955-56 New Brunswick season

This was the 1955-56 ice hockey season in New Brunswick:

Leagues

Lower Gloucester League

• 12/11: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Meteors 9:4
• 12/13: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 12:1
• 12/18: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 11:7
• 1/2: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 10:3
• 1/3: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Meteors 5:3

Standings as of 1/14: 1. Shippegan 6-1, 2. Tracadie, 3. Caraquet, 4. Bertrand.

Semifinals

• Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 24:4
• 2/5: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 5:4
• 2/8: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 9:5
• Tracadie Meteors - Bertrand 3:0 on series

Final

• 2/12: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Meteors 4:2
• 2/14: Tracadie Meteors - Shippegan Merchants 6:4
• 2/16: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Meteors 4:1
• 2/17: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Meteors 9:5
• 2/19: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Meteors 9:4 - Shippegan won series 4-2

Upper Gloucester Industrial League

The league was reduced from seven teams to five following the withdrawals of Allardville and Petit Rocher. As of 1/16, East Bathurst was in first place with a 2-0 record, Beresford was 1-1, Greenpoint and Nigadoo were locked in third with a tie, and West Bathurst was in the cellar, winless.

• Beresford - East Bathurst 6:2
• Beresford - Nigadoo 4:4
• East Bathurst - West Bathurst 2:1

CNR Suburban League

• 1/23: Rothesay - Renforth 6:3
• 1/23: Coldbrook - Glen Falls 6:1
• 1/30: Renforth - Glen Falls 6:3
• 1/30: Brookville - Rothesay 3:3
• 2/2: Rothesay - Renforth 7:5
• 2/2: Brookville - Glen Falls 5:0
• 2/6: Renforth - Brookville 8:5
• 2/6: Rothesay - Glen Falls 15:4
• 2/9: Rothesay - Brookville 9:1
• 2/9: Renforth - Glen Falls 7:1

Semifinals

• 2/13: Rothesay - Brookville 11:1
• 2/13: Renforth - Glen Falls 7:6
• 2/20: Rothesay - Brookville 9:1
• 2/20: Renforth - Glen Falls 14:4

Final

• 2/23: Rothesay - Renforth 7:5
• 2/27: Renforth - Rothesay 6:3
• 3/1: Renforth - Rothesay 9:4
• 3/5: Renforth - Rothesay 5:4

Saint John City Industrial League

Standings

1. Solly's 9-3-0-18 82:49
2. Lancaster Brewers 7-4-1-15 65:54
3. Atlantic All-Stars 4-7-1-9 56:59
4. Dry Dock Royals 3-9-0-6 55:91

Semifinal

• 2/12: Solly's - Atlantic All-Stars 6:3
• 2/12: Dry Dock Royals - Lancaster Brewers 3:2
• 2/13: Solly's - Atlantic All-Stars 9:3
• 2/13: Lancaster Brewers - Dry Dock Royals 18:3
• 2/19: Lancaster Brewers - Dry Dock Royals 7:3

Final

• 2/23: Solly's - Lancaster Brewers 5:4
• 3/1: Lancaster Brewers - Solly's 7:4
• 3/4: Solly's - Lancaster Brewers 9:5
• 3/5: Solly's - Lancaster Brewers 7:4

Saint John City Commercial League

Standings

1. Uptown Brewers 9-2-1-19 53:30
2. Titus Bakers 8-3-1-17 33:28
3. HMCS Brunswicker 4-7-1-9 33:38
4. YMCA Phalanx 1-10-1-3 27:40

Semifinals

• 2/20: Uptown Brewers - HMCS Brunswicker 6:3
• 2/20: YMCA Phalanx - Titus Bakers 5:2
• 2/26: HMCS Brunswicker - Uptown Brewers 3:3
• 2/26: Titus Bakers - YMCA Phalanx 6:3
• 2/28: HMCS Brunswicker - Uptown Brewers 4:2
• 2/28: YMCA Phalanx - Titus Bakers 3:3
• 3/5: Titus Bakers - YMCA Phalanx 3:2
• 3/5: HMCS Brunswicker - Uptown Brewers 1:0
• 3/8: YMCA Phalanx - Titus Bakers 6:1
• 3/8: Uptown Brewers - HMCS Brunswicker 4:1
• 3/12: Titus Bakers - YMCA Phalanx 4:3
• 3/12: Uptown Brewers - HMCS Brunswicker 7:4
• 3/14: Titus Bakers - YMCA Phalanx
• 3/18: Uptown Brewers - HMCS Brunswicker 5:1

Final

• 3/20: Titus Bakers - Uptown Brewers 7:3
• 3/26: Titus Bakers - Uptown Brewers 8:3
• 3/28: Titus Bakers - Uptown Brewers 5:4

Kings-Westmoreland-Albert League

• 12/7: Norton - Camp Sussex Black Watch 8:3
• 12/7: Midland Aces - Sussex Cheese and Butter 3:2
• 12/8: Millstream Creamery - Hampton 7:3
• 12/8: Salisbury Wolves - Elgin Comets 5:3
• 12/15: Camp Sussex Black Watch - Sussex Cheese and Butter 4:3
• 12/15: Hampton - Elgin Comets 8:4
• 12/20: Hampton - Midland Aces 7:2
• 12/20: Norton - Elgin Comets 8:2
• 12/21: Millstream Creamery - Camp Sussex Black Watch 5:3
• 12/21: Sussex Cheese and Butter - Salisbury Wolves 14:3
• 12/29: Sussex Cheese and Butter - Norton 4:1
• 12/29: Millstream Creamery - Midland Aces 6:0
• 1/4: Norton - Salisbury Wolves 9:9
• 1/4: Elgin Comets - Midland Aces 5:1
• 1/5: Hampton - Camp Sussex Black Watch 3:1
• 1/5: Millstream Creamery - Sussex Cheese and Butter 8:3
• 1/10: Camp Sussex Black Watch - Midland Aces 8:6

Standings

1. Millstream 7-0-0-14
2. Hampton 6-1-0-12
3. Norton 3-3-1-7
4. Cheese and Butter 3-4-0-6
5. Black Watch 2-4-1-5
6. Elgin 2-5-0-4
7. Salisbury 1-4-2-4
8. Midland 2-5-0-4

First round

• Millstream Creamery - Camp Sussex Black Watch 11:5
• Norton - Salisbury Wolves 8:3
• Hampton - Elgin Comets 7:1
• Midland Aces - Sussex Cheese and Butter 3:1

Semifinals

• 2/15: Norton - Millstream Creamery 5:5

Final

• Millstream Creamery - Hampton 4:0 on series

Central Intermediate League

• 1/4: Moncton Geldart's Transfer - Sussex Legionnaires 8:3
• 1/11: Moncton Monctonians - Saint John Solly's 9:6
• 1/16: Sussex Legionnaires - Moncton Monctonians 7:6

Central Valley League

Limestone Airbase (ME), Beechwood, Woodstock, and Perth made up the league.

• 2/2: Woodstock Legionnaires - Beechwood 10:4

Fredericton Commercial League

• 11/12: Merchants - Flyers 5:2
• 11/19: Merchants - Hydro 13:1
• 11/26: Flyers - UNB JV 6:1
• 11/26: Hydro - UNB 3:3
• 11/30: Hydro - UNB JV 5:4
• 12/3: Merchants - UNB JV 4:4
• 12/3: Flyers - UNB 7:6
• 12/7: UNB JV - Flyers 8:6
• 12/10: Hydro - Flyers 8:7
• 12/10: UNB - UNB JV 12:2
• 12/14: Hydro - UNB JV 7:7
• 1/11: UNB Red Devils - Flyers 7:4
• 1/18: Hydro - UNB Red Devils 7:5
• 1/21: Army - Flyers 10:8
• 1/25: Merchants - UNB Red Devils 6:4
• 1/28: Flyers - Hydro 12:7
• 1/28: Army - Merchants 4:3

Fredericton Industrial League

1. Capital Co-op 10-1-1-21 59:36
2. Eastern Bakeries 8-4-0-16 49:41
3. Nashwaaksis 3-7-2-8 55:62
4. Carleton & York 2-9-1-5 42:66

Moncton Industrial League

Standings

1. St. Anselme Eagles 6-1-0-12 27:14
2. Moncton Aces 5-3-0-10 31:24
3. Dieppe Royals 5-3-0-10 26:19
4. CNR Apprentices 1-5-2-4 19:36
5. St. Joseph's University (Moncton) 0-5-2-2 13:23

Monctonians withdrew in late December. They were 3-0-0-6 23:5.

• Dieppe Royals - St. Joseph's University 3:2, Forfeit
• Moncton Aces - CNR Apprentices 5:1, 6:3

Semifinal

• Dieppe Royals - Moncton Aces 4:1, 8:0

Final

• St. Anselme Eagles - Dieppe Royals 5:2, 4:5, 8:4

Maritime Air Force League

• 12/11: Moncton No. 5 Supply Depot Flyers - St. Margarets RCAF 4:1
• 12/17: Moncton No. 5 Supply Depot Flyers - Debert 16X Depot 7:0
• 2/12: Moncton No. 5 Supply Depot Flyers - Chatham RCAF Comets 6:4

Standings

as of 1/23

1. Moncton No. 5 3-0-0-6 21:6
2. Chatham RCAF 1-1-0-2 19:10
3. Summerside 0 GP
4. Debert 16X Depot 0-1-0-0 0:7
5. St. Margarets RCAF 0-2-0-0 1:18

as of 2/24

1. Moncton No. 5 6-0-0-12
2. Chatham RCAF 2-2-0-4
3. St. Margarets 1-2-0-2
4. Summerside 0-1-0-0
5. Debert 0-3-0-0

Quarterfinals

• Chatham RCAF Comets - St. Margarets RCAF 9:4
• Debert 16X Depot - Summerside

Semifinal

• Chatham RCAF Comets - Debert 16X Depot 18:4, 20:5

Final

• 3/28: Moncton No 5. Supply Depot Flyers - Chatham RCAF Comets 5:4
• 3/29: Chatham RCAF Comets - Moncton No. 5 Supply Depot Flyers 5:2
• 4/7: Chatham RCAF Comets - Moncton No. 5 Supply Depot Flyers 5:4

Other games

1956 Big Cove Mic Macs

• 12/11: Shediac Capitals - Parkton 5:4
• 12/15: St. Margarets RCAF - Richibucto Lumber Kings 7:3
• 12/18: Dieppe Royals - Buctouche Jaycees 4:3
• 12/18: Shediac Capitals - Assumption 6:2
• 12/19: Buctouche Jaycees - Moncton 8:4
• 12/26: Buctouche Jaycees - Dieppe Royals 6:3
• 12/27: Saint John Solly's - Sussex Legionnaires 5:4
• 12/27: Perth Maroons - Woodstock Legionnaires 10:7
• 12/28: Buctouche Jaycees - Dieppe Royals 9:4
• 12/29: Perth Maroons - Woodstock Legionnaires 2:2
• 12/30: Buctouche Jaycees - Shediac Capitals 3:1
• 1/1: Moncton Monctonians - Sussex Legionnaires 6:5
• 1/1: Buctouche Jaycees - Parkton 3:2
• 1/2: Buctouche Jaycees - Memramcook Rovers 4:2
• 1/2: St. Basile Aces - Woodstock Legionnaires 7:6
• 1/3: St. Quentin - Perth Maroons 10:9
• 1/4: Cape Bald - Buctouche Jaycees 3:2
• 1/6: St. Thomas University - Perth Maroons 6:6
• 1/9: Sussex Legionnaires - Fredericton Flyers 7:5
• 1/18: Sussex Legionnaires - Moncton Geldart's Transfer 6:6
• 1/21: Saint John Solly's - Sussex Legionnaires 7:4
• 1/23: Perth Maroons - Dalhousie CYO 10:7
• 1/25: Sussex Legionnaires - Fredericton Flyers 11:6
• 1/27: Big Cove Mic Macs - Buctouche Jaycees 5:2
• 1/28: Sussex Legionnaires - Moncton Geldart's Transfer 16:6
• 1/29: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Big Cove Mic Macs 2:1
• 1/29: Chatham RCAF Comets - Chatham Aces 8:5
• 1/30: Buctouche Roxys - Cormierville Hornets 7:6
• 1/31: Big Cove Mic Macs - Dieppe Royals 5:3
• 2/1: Sussex Legionnaires - Mt. Allison University 7:4
• 2/2: Chatham Ironmen - Dalhousie All-Stars 6:6
• 2/2: Dieppe Royals - Buctouche Jaycees 9:8
• 2/2: Big Cove Mic Macs - Richibucto Lumber Kings 6:3
• 2/3: Parkton Aces - Big Cove Mic Macs 6:2
• 2/4: Sussex Legionnaires - Saint John Solly's 21:2
• 2/5: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Big Cove Mic Macs 3:2
• 2/6: Fredericton Flyers - Woodstock Legionnaires 7:5
• 2/9: Dieppe Royals - Buctouche Jaycees 4:4
• 2/9: Sussex Legionnaires - Fredericton Flyers 8:4
• 2/10: Shediac Capitals - Buctouche Jaycees 8:8
• 2/11: Sussex Legionnaires - Moncton Geldart's Transfer 10:3
• 2/12: Big Cove Mic Macs - Dieppe Royals 6:4
• 2/13: Big Cove Mic Macs - Richibucto Lumber Kings 3:2
• 2/14: Blackville Bruins - Chatham Aces 10:5
• 2/14: Dalhousie Maple Leafs - Chatham Ironmen 7:2
• 2/15: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Chatham Aces 2:0
• 2/16: Big Cove Mic Macs - Fox Creek Eagles 4:2
• 2/19: Shediac Capitals - Richibucto Lumber Kings 8:0
• 2/19: Big Cove Mic Macs - Parkton Aces 4:3
• 2/20: Buctouche Jaycees - Moncton All-Stars 14:7
• 2/21: Big Cove Mic Macs - Richibucto Lumber Kings 6:5
• 2/23: Dieppe Royals - Buctouche Jaycees 6:5
• 2/23: Big Cove Mic Macs - Richibucto Lumber Kings 2:1
• 2/24: Hillsboro Jets - RCAF Flyers 7:6
• 2/24: Buctouche Jaycees - St. Anselme Eagles 7:6
• 2/26: St. Anselme Eagles - St. Joseph's Blue Eagles 6:4
• 2/27: Buctouche Jaycees - Moncton CNR Apprentices 8:5
• 2/27: Chatham Aces - Chatham RCAF 15:2
• 2/28: Big Cove Mic Macs - Richibucto Lumber Kings 6:4 - Kent County semifinal
• 3/1: Dieppe Royals - Buctouche Jaycees 8:7
• 3/2: Black Watch - Perth Maroons 7:6
• 3/4: Moncton Aces - Chatham Aces 5:4
• 3/5: Blackville Bruins - Chatham Aces 6:5
• 3/6: Big Cove Mic Macs - Richibucto Lumber Kings 4:0 - Kent County semifinal
• 3/9: Kedgwick Meteors - St. Quentin Beavers 7:5
• 3/11: Buctouche Jaycees - Big Cove Mic Macs 4:2 - Kent County final - it was later reported that Big Cove won the county title
• 3/12: Kedgwick Meteors - St. Anne 6:4
• 3/14: Hillsboro Jets - Moncton Aces 10:7
• 3/17: St. Joseph's Blue Eagles - Sacred Heart University 5:5
• 3/18: Shediac Capitals - St. Joseph's Blue Eagles 9:7
• 3/18: Greenwood Bombers - Moncton RCAF No. 5 Supply Depot Flyers 6:5
• 3/21: Hillsboro Jets - CNR Apprentices 9:4
• 3/22: St. Joseph's Blue Eagles - Shediac Capitals 10:8 - Westmoreland series

Sources

• Fredericton Daily Gleaner
• Moncton Transcript
• Saint John Telegraph-Journal