1965-66 New Brunswick season

This was the 1965-66 ice hockey season in New Brunswick:

Leagues

CNR Suburban League

Standings

1. Fair Vale 12-2-1-25
2. Glen Falls 11-4-0-22
3. Quispamsis 4-9-2-10
4. Renforth 0-14-1-1

Semifinals

• 2/27: Fair Vale - Renforth 2:0
• 2/27: Quispamsis - Glen Falls 6:4
• 3/6: Fair Vale - Renforth 9:1
• 3/6: Quispamsis - Glen Falls 5:1

Final

• 3/13: Quispamsis - Fair Vale 6:3
• 3/20: Fair Vale - Quispamsis 4:3
• 3/27: Fair Vale - Quispamsis

CPR Suburban League

Standings

1. Lorneville 24 pts
2. Martinton 13 pts
3. Brown's Flat 13 pts
4. Grand Bay 8 pts

Semifinals

• 3/13: Lorneville - Brown's Flat 8:3
• 3/13: Grand Bay - Martinton 5:4

Both teams won series 2-0.

Final

• 3/20: Lorneville - Grand Bay 9:2
• 3/27: Lorneville - Grand Bay 9:0

Central Hockey League

1. Tile-Mor 13-9-9-35
2. Starfires 14-11-6-34
3. Bruins 14-12-5-33
4. Diamonds 6-15-10-22

Semifinals

• 3/6: Tile-Mor - Bruins 5:2
• 3/6: Diamonds - Starfires 4:0
• 3/8: Tile-Mor - Bruins 6:0
• 3/8: Diamonds - Starfires 3:2
• 3/15: Tile-Mor - Bruins 1:0 - Tile-Mor won series 3-1

Final

• 3/20: Diamonds - Tile-Mor 4:3
• 3/31: Tile-Mor - Diamonds 3:2
• 4/3: Tile-Mor - Diamonds 3:2 - Tile-Mor won series 3-1

Saint John Combination League

Standings as of 2/21

1. Mets 21-5-4-46 131:62
2. Aces 21-6-3-45 144:66
3. Sleighs 12-16-2-26 108:111
4. Beavers 1-28-1-1 33:173

• 2/24: Mets - Aces 2:0
• 2/24: Beavers - Sleighs 4:3

Semifinals

• 2/27: Mets - Sleighs 5:2
• 2/27: Aces - Beavers 4:1
• 3/6: Mets - Sleighs 7:5
• 3/6: Aces - Beavers 7:2
• 3/11: Aces - Beavers 6:2 - Aces won series 3-1
• 3/11: Sleighs - Mets 5:3
• 3/13: Mets - Sleighs 6:1 - Mets won series 3-2

Final

• 3/18: Mets - Aces 3:0
• 3/20: Aces - Mets 2:1
• 3/24: Mets - Aces 3:1
• 3/30: Mets - Aces 2:1 - Mets led series 3-2

Moncton Industrial League

1. Moncton Juvenile Beavers 13-5-1-27 107:56
2. Memramcook Valley Plumbing and Heating Rovers 13-5-1-27 83:48
3. Moncton Burma Flyers 12-5-1-25 85:45
4. HMCS Coverdale 7-11-0-14 62:85
5. Moncton CNR Apprentices 5-13-1-11 47:96
6. Shediac Al's Auto Body Shop Capitals 5-13-0-10 43:87

Quarterfinals

• Memramcook - HMCS 2:1 on series (1:2, 5:2, 6:2)
• Flyers - Beavers 2:1 on series (9:1, 2:4, 5:2)
• CNR - Shediac 2:0 on series (7:1, 10:1)

Semifinal

• Flyers - CNR 2:0 on series (7:4, 5:3)

Final

• Memramcook - Flyers 3:1 on series (3:0, 3:4, 4:1, 8:0)

Moncton Commercial League

1. Eatons 13-0-26 66:42
2. Sumners 11-6-1-23 83:60
3. Telco 10-5-3-23 73:45
4. St. George Foods 9-7-2-20 65:56
5. Lounsburys 4-12-0-8 40:85
6. Foundry 1-13-0-2 27:77

Lounsburys and Foundry withdrew.

Semifinals

• Telco - Eatons 2:3, 4:4, 1:3, 4:3 OT, 4:2, 3:2
• Sumners - Foods 4:4, 6:6, 3:2, 7:4

Final

• Sumners - Telco 4:6, 6:2, 6:3, 7:2, 7:3

Acadien Hockey League

Standings as of 1/16

1. Dieppe Rangers 5-0-0-10 29:15
2. Lewisville Bruins 4-2-0-8 42:27
3. St. Anselme Eagles 1-3-0-2 7:15
4. Lourdes Tigers 0-5-0-0 4:26

• 1/17: Dieppe Rangers - St. Anselme Eagles 5:1
• 1/20: St. Anselme Eagles - Lewisville Bruins 3:2
• 1/24: Dieppe Rangers - Lewisville Bruins 7:5

Semifinal

• Lewisville Bruins - St. Anselme Eagles 3:0 on series (1:0, 4:3, 7:3)

Final

• Dieppe Rangers - Lewisville Bruins 4:0 on series (4:2, 3:2 OT, 7:5, 5:4 )

East Coast League

• 1/3: Murray Corner Honkers - Cape Bald Eagles 9:1
• 1/10: Cape Bald Acadians - Grand Digue 6:0
• 1/10: Murray Corner Honkers - Sackville Maroons 6:4
• 1/17: Murray Corner Honkers - Grand Digue 3:2
• 1/18: Sackville Maroons - Cape Bald Acadians 4:2
• 1/24: Sackville Maroons - Grand Digue 6:2
• 1/24: Cape Bald Acadians - Murray Corner Honkers 6:2
• 2/7: Murray Corner Honkers - Grand Digue 2:1
• 2/7: Cape Bald Acadians - Sackville Maroons 5:4

Semifinals

• 2/14: Murray Corner Honkers - Sackville Maroons 5:3
• 2/23: Sackville Maroons - Murray Corner Honkers 6:2
• 2/28: Cape Bald Acadians - Grand Digue 6:4 - Bald won series 3-0
• 2/28: Sackville Maroons - Murray Corner Honkers 6:2
• 3/7: Murray Corner Honkers - Sackville Maroons 3:2
• 3/10: Murray Corner Honkers - Sackville Maroons 5:4

Final

• 3/15: Murray Corner Honkers - Cape Bald Acadians 9:8 3OT
• Cape Bald Acadians - Murray Corner Honkers 9:6
• 3/21: Cape Bald Acadians - Murray Corner Honkers 3:2
• 3/25: Cape Bald Acadians - Murray Corner Honkers 4:2
• 3/28: Murray Corner Honkers - Cape Bald Acadians 8:6
• 3/30: Cape Bald Acadians - Murray Corner Honkers 9:3

Cape Bald and District League

• 1/9: St. Andre Diamonds - Lower Cape Bald 6:4
• 1/12: Upper Aboujagane - St. Andre Diamonds 6:3
• 1/14: St. Andre Diamonds - Little Cape Beavers 4:3
• 1/16: St. Andre Diamonds - Leger Brook 9:1
• 1/18: Little Cape Beavers - Leger Brook 9:4
• 1/21: Leger Brook - Lower Cape Bald 8:1
• 1/21: Little Cape Beavers - Upper Aboujagane 4:3
• 1/23: Little Cape Beavers - Dupuis Corner 4:2 - Little Cape and St. Andre tied for first with 8 points apiece
• 2/9: Little Cape Beavers - Lower Cape Bald 6:6

Semifinal

• 2/20: Little Cape Beavers - Dupuis Corner 4:1
• 2/20: St. Andre Diamonds - Upper Aboujagane 4:0

Final

• 3/8: Little Cape Beavers - Upper Aboujagane 7:4
• 3/22: Little Cape Beavers - Upper Aboujagane 12:4
• 3/28: Little Cape Beavers - Upper Aboujagane 9:2 - Little Cape won series 4-1

Lower Gloucester League

1. St. Isidore Braves 6-2-2-14 57:50
2. Le Goulet Tigers 4-3-3-1 63:49
3. Caraquet Acadiens 4-3-3-11 46:40
4. Sheila Valiants 4-5-1-9 45:55
5. Paquetville Pioneers 3-4-3-9 46:48
6. Bertrand Eagles 3-7-0-6 58:64

Semifinals

• 1/30: Caraquet Acadiens - St. Isidore Braves 1:1 - stopped after first period due to snowstorm
• 2/2: Le Goulet Tigers - Sheila Valiants 6:2
• 2/2: St. Isidore Braves - Caraquet Acadiens 5:4
• 2/4: St. Isidore Braves - Caraquet Acadiens 5:2
• 2/7: Le Goulet Tigers - Sheila Valiants 6:4 - Goulet went on to win series 4-0
• 2/9: Caraquet Acadiens - St. Isidore Braves 5:3
• 2/16: Caraquet Acadiens - St. Isidore Braves 7:3
• 2/21: Caraquet Acadiens - St. Isidore Braves 9:1 - Caraquet won series 4-3

Final

• 2/23: Caraquet Acadiens - Le Goulet Tigers 5:3
• 2/25: Caraquet Acadiens - Le Goulet Tigers 4:3
• 2/27: Le Goulet Tigers - Caraquet Acadiens 8:1
• 3/3: Le Goulet Tigers - Caraquet Acadiens 13:7
• 3/9: Le Goulet Tigers - Caraquet Acadiens 12:4
• 3/13: Caraquet Acadiens - Le Goulet Tigers 6:4
• 3/16: Le Goulet Tigers - Caraquet Acadiens 5:0

Bathurst and District Industrial League

Final

• 2/28: Danny's Hawks - Bathurst Miners 3:2 OT
• 3/13: Danny's Hawks - Bathurst Miners 2:1
• 3/14: Danny's Hawks - Bathurst Miners 8:3

Miramichi Industrial League

• Newcastle St. Pats - Sunny Corner 3:2 on series (5:4, 4:7, 5:7, 7:4, 3:2) - final

Blackville, South Nelson, and Rogersville were also in the league.

Other games

• 11/17: Moncton Hawks - Halifax Jr. Canadiens 6:3
• 11/30: Moncton Hawks - Charlottetown All-Stars 11:6
• 12/4: Moncton Hawks - Charlottetown Royals 8:3
• 12/20: Moncton Hawks - Southern New Brunswick League All-Stars 8:3
• 12/27: Fredericton Jr. Red Wings - Moncton-Amherst Jr. Hawks 10:1
• 12/28: Lower Gloucester Students - Shippegan Merchants 14:8
• 12/29: Fredericton Jr. Red Wings - Moncton Hawks 5:3
• 12/29: Bathurst Miners - Shippegan Merchants 6:6
• 1/2: Halifax Independents - Moncton Hawks 6:4
• 1/9: Nova Scotia Mainland All-Stars - Moncton Hawks 5:3
• 1/22: Newcastle Juvenile Legionnaires - Moncton Jr. Hawks 5:4
• 1/26: Shippegan Merchants - Bathurst College 5:3
• 1/26: Campbellton Clippers - Bathurst Hawks 1:1
• 2/5: Moncton Hawks - Boston College All-Stars 14:5
• 2/12: Moncton Hawks - Charlottetown Royals 12:2
• 2/17: Moncton Hawks - Simonds Brais 11:3
• 2/20: Moncton Hawks - Charlottetown Royals 11:4
• 2/23: Moncton Hawks - Fredericton Capitlals 7:4
• 4/3: Lorneville - Fair Vale 5:4 - CPR-CNR Suburban playoff
• 4/8: Saint John Tile-Mor - Lorneville 9:5
• 1 RHC - 2 RHC 3:1 on series (4:3, 2:1, 2:5, 3:1) - Camp Gagetown League final, 4th straight title for 1 RHC

Sources

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