1951-52 New Brunswick season

This was the 1951-52 ice hockey season in New Brunswick:

Leagues

Lower Gloucester Hockey League

• 12/29: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Eagles 7:5
• 12/30: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 2:2
• 1/2: Caraquet ACJC - Shippegan Merchants 9:3
• 1/5: Tracadie Eagles - Shippegan Merchants 4:1
• 1/9: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 7:5
• 1/10: Tracadie Eagles - Shippegan Merchants 3:0
• 1/13: Caraquet ACJC - Shippegan Merchants 5:1
• 1/19: Caraquet ACJC - Tracadie Eagles 5:1
• 1/20: Caraquet ACJC - Shippegan Merchants 7:1
• 1/28: Tracadie Eagles - Shippegan Merchants 10:4
• 2/2: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 5:4
• 2/3: Shippegan Merchants - Caraquet ACJC 3:3
• 2/7: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Eagles 11:2

Standings

1. Caraquet 8-6-2-18
2. Tracadie 8-8-0-16
3. Shippegan 6-8-2-14

Semifinal

• 2/8: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Eagles 4:3 OT
• 2/9: Tracadie Eagles - Shippegan Merchants 3:2
• 2/10: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Eagles 5:2
• 2/15: Shippegan Merchants - Tracadie Eagles 5:2

Final

• 2/18: Caraquet ACJC - Shippegan Merchants 9:3
• 2/28: Caraquet ACJC - Shippegan Merchants 6:4
• 3/6: Caraquet ACJC - Shippegan Merchants 9:4 - Caraquet won series 4-1

Moncton and District Industrial League

• 11/25: Monctonians - Hillsboro 9:0
• 11/25: Dieppe Goats - Memramcook Rovers 4:2
• 11/28: Dieppe Goats - Monctonians 4:3
• 12/2: Monctonians - Memramcook Rovers 5:3
• 12/2: Dieppe Goats - Hillsboro 18:1 - Hillsboro withdrew
• 12/9: Monctonians - Dieppe Goats 8:3
• 12/12: Memramcook Rovers - Monctonians 4:4
• 12/16: Memramcook Rovers - Dieppe Goats 7:3
• 12/19: Dieppe Goats - Monctonians 6:5
• 12/23: Monctonians - Memramcook Rovers 5:0
• 12/26: Dieppe Goats - Memramcook Rovers 2:1
• 12/30: 'Monctonians - Memramcook Rovers 7:6
• 12/31: Monctonians - Dieppe Goats 7:7
• 1/6: Dieppe Goats - Memramcook Rovers 2:2
• 1/8: Monctonians - Dieppe Goats 5:1
• 1/16: Monctonians - Dieppe Goats 5:3
• 1/17: Memramcook Rovers - Monctonians 5:3
• 1/20: Memramcook Rovers - Dieppe Goats 4:2
• 1/22: Memramcook Rovers - Dieppe Goats 7:3
• 1/23: Memramcook Rovers - Monctonians 3:2
• 1/29: Monctonians - Memramcook Rovers 6:4
• 1/31: Memramcook Rovers - Dieppe Goats 7:5
• 2/3: Dieppe Goats - Memramcook Rovers 3:1
• 2/6: Dieppe Goats - Monctonians 3:2
• 2/7: Monctonians - Memramcook Rovers 6:5

Standings

1. Monctonians 9-5-2-20 78:59
2. Memramcook 7-9-2-17 60:65
3. Dieppe 7-9-2-17 60:77

Semifinal

• 2/11: Memramcook Rovers - Dieppe Goats 10:4
• 2/14: Memramcook Rovers - Dieppe Goats 5:3
• 2/21: Dieppe Goats - Memramcook Rovers 5:4
• 2/27: Memramcook Rovers - Dieppe Goats 5:2

Final

• 3/4: Memramcook Rovers - Monctonians 6:5
• 3/5: Monctonians - Memramcook Rovers 4:2 OT
• 3/9: Monctonians - Memramcook Rovers 4:1
• 3/10: Memramcook Rovers - Monctonians 9:6
• 3/14: Memramcook Rovers - Monctonians 4:2
• 3/18: Memramcook Rovers - Monctonians 6:2 - series also counted for the Class A New Brunswick Industrial Championship

Kent County Industrial League

• 1/1: Buctouche Jaycees - Rexton Abbies 1:1
• 1/2: Buctouche Jaycees - Rexton Abbies 3:3
• 1/6: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Buctouche Jaycees 6:3
• 1/14: Buctouche Jaycees - Richibucto Lumber Kings 6:0
• 1/18: Buctouche Jaycees - Richibucto Lumber Kings 8:1
• 1/21: Richibucto Lumber Kings - St. Louis Chevaliers 7:2
• 1/22: Buctouche Jaycees - St. Louis Chevaliers 6:5
• 1/29: St. Louis Chevaliers - Richibucto Lumber Kings 6:4
• 1/30: Buctouche Jaycees - Richibucto Lumber Kings 9:8
• 1/31: Buctouche Jaycees - St. Louis Chevaliers 6:2
• 2/1: Buctouche Jaycees - St. Louis Chevaliers 9:7
• 2/4: Richibucto Lumber Kings - St. Louis Chevaliers 16:5
• 2/8: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Buctouche Jaycees 10:5
• 2/11: Richibucto Lumber Kings - St. Louis Chevaliers 5:4
• 2/12: Buctouche Jaycees - St. Louis Chevaliers 9:6

Rexton withdrew on January 11 and the league was re-started.

Semifinal

• 2/13: Richibucto Lumber Kings - St. Louis Chevaliers 8:0
• 2/15: Richibucto Lumber Kings - St. Louis Chevaliers 7:2

Final

• 2/25: Buctouche Jaycees - Richibucto Lumber Kings 3:0
• 2/27: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Buctouche Jaycees 7:5
• 3/2: Buctouche Jaycees - Richibucto Lumber Kings 4:2
• 3/16: Buctouche Jaycees - Richibucto Lumber Kings 3:3 - not completed due to heavy snowfall
• 3/17: Buctouche Jaycees - Richibucto Lumber Kings 2:1 OT

Westmoreland Industrial League

Section B

• 1/9: Dupuis Corner Royals - Shediac Capitals 5:4
• 1/14: Dupuis Corner Royals - Port Elgin 16:0 - Elgin withdrew
• 1/18: Sackville Eagles - Shediac Capitals 9:5
• 1/21: Dupuis Corner Royals - Sackville Enterprise 3:1 - said to be league game; actually against Eagles?
• 1/23: Sackville Eagles - Dupuis Corner Royals 4:0
• 1/25: Dupuis Corner Royals - Shediac Capitals 6:3
• 1/30: Dupuis Corner Royals - Sackville Eagles 5:3
• 2/3: Shediac Capitals - Dupuis Corner Royals 4:2
• 2/7: Dupuis Corner Royals - Shediac Capitals 13:2
• 2/8: Sackville Eagles - Shediac Capitals 11:2 - wild brawl broke out in third period

Semifinals

• 2/10: Dupuis Corner Royals - Shediac Capitals 3:3
• 2/12: Dupuis Corner Royals - Shediac Capitals 8:2
• 2/14: Dupuis Corner Royals - Shediac Capitals 7:5

Final

• 2/17: Dupuis Corner Royals - Sackville Eagles 6:4
• 2/23: Sackville Eagles - Dupuis Corner Royals 6:3
• 2/25: Dupuis Corner Royals - Sackville Eagles 6:4
• 2/26: Sackville Eagles - Dupuis Corner Royals 5:4
• 3/7: Sackville Eagles - Dupuis Corner Royals 8:3

Section C

• Murray Corner Hawks - Cape Tormentine 11:1
• Murray Corner Hawks - Cape Tormentine 9:2
• Murray Corner Hawks - Port Elgin Wings 3:2
• 2/11: Port Elgin - Cape Tormentine 13:7 - also called "Straits League" game
• 2/27: Murray Corner Hawks - Port Elgin Wings 6:4 - playoff

Memramcook Valley League

• 1/13: Memramcook St. Mary's - McGinley Ramblers 4:2
• 1/14: St. Joseph's ACJC - Memramcook St. Mary's 2:2

Semifinals

• 2/15: St. Joseph's ACJC - Memramcook St. Mary's 7:6
• 3/4: Memramcook St. Mary's - St. Joseph's ACJC 5:2 - Memramcook led series 2-1
• McGinley Ramblers - College Bridge

Final

• 3/19: Memramcook St. Mary's - McGinley Ramblers 3:2
• 3/23: McGinley Ramblers - Memramcook St. Mary's 4:2 - Memramcook led series 3-2

Miramichi Big Four League

• 12/20: Newcastle Merchants - Newcastle 28th Field Battery 4:2
• 1/7: Chatham RCAF - Newcastle Merchants 5:5
• 1/18: St. Thomas Academy - Newcastle 28th Field Battery 8:4
• 1/18: Chatham RCAF - Newcastle Merchants 2:1
• 1/22: St. Thomas Academy - Newcastle Merchants 7:2
• 1/22: Chatham RCAF - Newcastle 28th Field Battery 4:1
• 1/29: Chatham RCAF - St. Thomas Academy 2:2
• 1/29: Newcastle 28th Field Battery - Newcastle Merchants 7:5
• 2/5: Newcastle 28th Field Battery - St. Thomas Academy 8:3
• 2/5: Chatham RCAF - Newcastle Merchants 6:1
• 2/12: Chatham RCAF - Newcastle 28th Field Battery 10:1
• 2/12: Newcastle Merchants - St. Thomas Academy 7:3
• 2/24: Newcastle Merchants - Newcastle 28th Field Battery 8:3

Standings as of 1/30

1. Chatham RCAF 3-0-2-8
2. St. Thomas 2-1-1-5
3. Merchants 1-3-2-4
4. 28th Battery 1-3-1-3

CNR Suburban League

• 1/10: Renforth - Coldbrook 4:1
• 1/10: Nauwigewauk - Quispamsis 8:7
• 1/15: Renforth - Quispamsis 3:3
• 1/15: Coldbrook - Nauwigewauk 7:4
• 1/18: Coldbrook - Quispamsis 9:1 - ordered replayed as Coldbrook used 5 ineligible players
• 1/18: Renforth - Nauwigewauk 9:2
• 1/23: Renforth - Coldbrook 5:2
• 1/23: Quispamsis - Nauwigewauk 3:2
• 2/1: Renforth - Coldbrook 12:2 - Renforth 5-0-1-11 on season
• 2/1: Quispamsis - Nauwigewauk 6:3 - Quispamsis had 7 pts
• 2/15: Quispamsis - Coldbrook 5:0 - semifinal
• 2/15: Renforth - Nauwigewauk 7:3 - "
• 2/22: Quispamsis - Coldbrook 8:3 - "
• 2/22: Renforth - Nauwigewauk 8:2 - "
• 2/25: Quispamsis - Renforth 4:3 - final
• 3/3: Renforth - Quispamsis 9:2 - "
• 3/5: Renforth - Quispamsis 12:3 - "
• 3/10: Renforth - Quispamsis 6:4 - "

Standings: 1. Renforth (undefeated), 2. Quispamsis, 3. Nauwigeauk 4. Coldbrook.

Saint John Industrial League

Standings as of 1/16

1. Thornes 6-1-3-15 102:36
2. Dry Dock 5-2-3-13 88:57
3. Atlantic All-Stars 6-4-0-12 73:56
4. HMCS Brunswicker 0-10-0-0 25:140

• 1/20: Dry Dock - Atlantic All-Stars 7:2
• 1/20: Thornes - HMCS Brunswicker 9:3
• 1/27: Thornes - Atlantic All-Stars 7:5
• 1/27: Dry Dock - HMCS Brunswicker 23:6

Semifinals

• 2/2: Atlantic All-Stars - Thornes 2:1
• 2/2: Dry Dock - HMCS Brunswicker 16:6
• 2/7: Thornes - Atlantic All-Stars 5:4
• 2/7: Dry Dock - HMCS Brunswicker 8:5
• 2/10: Atlantic All-Stars - Thornes 5:4
• 2/10: Dry Dock - HMCS Brunswicker 15:5
• 2/14: Thornes - Atlantic All-Stars 10:3
• 2/17: Atlantic All-Stars - Thornes 9:5

Final

• 2/20: Dry Dock - Atlantic All-Stars 8:2
• 2/24: Dry Dock - Atlantic All-Stars 12:7
• 2/26: Atlantic All-Stars - Dry Docks 7:6
• 3/2: Dry Dock - Atlantic All-Stars 6:5
• 3/6: Dry Dock - Atlantic All-Stars 10:8

New Brunswick Industrial Playoffs

Class B

• 2/15: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Newcastle Merchants 6:5
• Moncton Lounsbury Rockets - Hillsboro 9:4
• 2/17: Moncton Lounsbury Rockets - Hillsboro 3:2
• 2/17: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Newcastle Merchants 7:5
• Caraquet ACJC - Richibucto Lumber Kings
• 3/3: Buctouche Jaycees - Shediac Capitals 5:2
• 3/8: Sackville Eagles - Moncton Lounsbury Rockets 8:2
• 3/11: Sackville Eagles - Moncton Lounsbury Rockets 5:1
• 3/14: Sackville Eagles - Moncton Lounsbury Rockets 7:4
• 3/14: McAdam Legionnaires - Fredericton Commercial All-Stars 15:7
• 3/15: Shediac Capitals - Buctouche Jaycees 5:4 - no record of series continuing or either team advancing
• 3/16: McAdam Legionnaires - Fredericton Commercial All-Stars 8:6
• 3/17: New Brunswick Electric Power Co. - McAdam Legionnaires 12:3
• 3/22: New Brunswick Electric Power Co. - McAdam Legionnaires 17:9
• 3/22: Sackville Eagles - Caraquet ACJC 10:4
• 3/22: Sackville Eagles - Caraquet ACJC 15:7
• 3/25: New Brunswick Electric Power Co. - Sackville Eagles 7:3 - final
• 3/29: Sackville Eagles - New Brunswick Electric Power Co. 5:3 - "

Other games

• 10/9: Fredericton Capitals - Moncton Hawks 6:6
• 10/30: Fredericton Capitals - UNB 10:4
• 11/8: Fredericton Capitals - Halifax Wolves 9:5
• 11/14: Fredericton Capitals - Halifax Wolves 10:1
• 11/22: Fredericton Capitals - Chester Basin Tigers 11:8
• 11/23: Campbellton Tigers - Chester Basin Tigers 11:3
• 12/4: Fredericton Capitals - UNB 7:3
• 12/11: Fredericton Capitals - UNB 7:3
• 12/15: Nappan - Maccan 2:0 - Amherst Rural League
• 12/15: West Amherst - Fort Lawrence 5:0 - "
• 12/18: Fredericton Capitals - Saint John Seniors 8:1
• 12/26: Fredericton Capitals - Nova Scotia University All-Stars 5:2
• 12/27: St. Andrews Senators - Sussex Dairy Kings 13:6
• 12/29: Fredericton Capitals - Campbellton Tigers 8:2
• 12/29: St. Croix All-Stars - St. Andrews All-Stars 10:5
• 12/29: West Amherst - Maccan 8:5 - Amherst Rural League
• 12/29: Nappan - Fort Lawrence 7:1 - "
• 1/1: Lameque Collegians - Shippegan Merchants 3:2
• 1/2: Fredericton Capitals - Nova Scotia University All-Stars 13:1
• 1/4: Halifax Junior St. Mary's - St. Andrews Senators 6:4
• 1/4: Dupuis Corner - Buctouche 10:3
• 1/4: Memramcook Rovers - Sackville Seniors 10:7
• 1/5: Fredericton Capitals - Halifax Junior St. Mary's 10:3
• 1/11: Saint John Beavers - Fredericton Capitals 9:2
• 1/11: St. Andrews Senators - Saint John Seniors 9:6
• 1/13: Shediac Capitals - Sackville All-Stars 5:5
• 1/13: Moncton Eagles - Buctouche Roxys 3:2
• 1/14: Woodstock Legionnaires - UNB 8:6
• 1/14: Bathurst Papermakers - Monctonians 10:9
• 1/15: St. Andrews Senators - Saint John Industrial All-Stars 21:14
• 1/16: St. Andrews Senators - McAdam Legionnaires 9:9
• 1/17: Plaster Rock Panthers - Maliseet Braves 10:2
• 1/18: Woodstock Legionaires - Fredericton Hydro 13:2
• 1/19: Fredericton Capitals - Saint John Seniors 6:6
• 1/21: Dupuis Corner - Cape Bald Bruins 8:6 - industrial game
• 1/21: Memramcook Rovers - Mt. Allison University 7:4
• 1/21: Shediac Capitals - Lonsbury Rockets 6:5
• 1/22: Fredericton Capitals - Campbellton Tigers 5:5
• 1/22: Terrors' - Beams 2:1 - Moncton Publicity League
• 1/24: Perth - Plaster Rock 6:4
• 1/25: Woodstock Legionnaires - McAdam Legionnaires 13:5
• 1/25: Caraquet - Newcastle Merchants 5:3
• 1/25: Moncton Lounsbury Rockets - Hillsboro 8:2
• 1/27: Mount Allison University - Sackville Eagles 6:2
• 1/27: Newcastle Merchants - Allardville 16:6
• 1/29: Newcastle Merchants - Richibucto 8:2
• 1/31: Woodstock Legionnaires - McAdam Legionnaires 11:7
• 1/31: St. Andrews Senators - Truro Bearcats 9:6
• 2/1: Fredericton Capitals - Truro Bearcats 6:1
• 2/1: Sacred Heart University - St. Joseph's University 6:3
• 2/1: Richibucto Lumber Kings - Rexton Abbies 11:2
• 2/2: Fredericton Capitals - Truro Bearcats 8:3
• 2/4: Shediac Capitals - Buctouche Jaycees 6:3
• 2/5: Kedgwick Meteors - Atholville Aces 10:0
• 2/5: St. Andrews Senators - UNB 7:1
• 2/6: Plaster Rock Panthers - Grand Falls
• 2/6: Montreal Jr. Canadiens - Fredericton Capitals 5:0
• 2/6: St. Joseph's University - Sackville Eagles 7:6
• 2/7: Fredericton Capitals - Montreal Jr. Canadiens 7:4
• 2/8: Montreal Jr. Canadiens - St. Andrews Senators 9:3
• 2/8: McAdam Legionnaires - Fredericton Army 9:5
• 2/8: Douglastown Rangers - Newcastle All-Stars 3:2
• 2/8: Buctouche Jaycees - Dupuis Corner Royals 7:6
• 2/10: Moncton Lounsbury Rockets - Newcastle Merchants 10:3
• 2/10: Chatham RCAF' - Richibucto Lumber Kings 5:3
• 2/11: St. Joseph's University - Sacred Heart University 4:3
• 2/11: Buctouche Roxys - Shediac School 8:5
• 2/12: St. Andrews Senators - Saint John Senior B 10:10
• 2/12: Kedgwick Meteors - St. Leonard Rockets 8:2
• 2/12: Moncton Jr. Bruins - Sackville Eagles 7:7
• 2/14: McAdam Legionnaires - Minto 15:7
• 2/15: St. Andrews Senators - Moncton Junior Bruins 11:6
• 2/15: Sackville Eagles - St. Joseph's University 7:6
• 2/15: Port Elgin Wings - Baie Verte Maroons 15:14
• 2/15: Shediac Rockets - Buctouche Jaycees 6:3
• 2/17: Buctouche All-Stars - Buctouche Jaycees 3:2
• 2/20: Kedgwick Meteors - Atholville Aces 7:2
• 2/22: Woodstock Legionnaires - Perth 21:4
• 2/26: Shediac Rockets - Port Elgin Panthers 4:4
• 3/3: Kedgwick Meteors - Campbellton All-Stars 14:1
• 3/3: Grand Falls - Kedgwick Meteors 7:4
• 3/4: McAdam Legionnaires - Minto 10:7
• 3/4: Kedgwick Meteors - St. Quentin Beavers 6:3
• 3/6: Kedgwick Meteors - St. Quentin Beavers 8:6
• 3/6: Edmundston - Kedgwick Meteors 9:8
• 3/19: Conley's Lobsters - St. Andrew's All-Stars 7:6
• 3/19: Dupuis Corner Royals - Sackville Eagles 9:7
• 3/19: Midland - Norton 7:4 - Central Kings County League final, 5th game; Midland clinched title
• 3/30: St. Croix All-Stars - St. Andrews All-Stars 4:2 - Charlotte County Industrial League final

Sources

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