1968-69 New Brunswick season

This was the 1968-69 ice hockey season in New Brunswick:

Leagues

Miramichi Valley League

1. CFB Chatham Golden Hawks 12-5-3-27 124:89
2. Newcastle Schooners 9-6-5-23 109:90
3. Chatham Ironmen 10-7-3-23 92:91
4. Bathurst Ron's Automats 8-10-2-18 99:113
5. Bathurst College 3-13-3-9 79:111

Semifinals

• Chatham - CFB 6:3, 6:2, 9:6, 8:3
• Newcastle - Automats 8:7, 6:4, 15:6, 8:7

Final

• Newcastle - Chatham 8:2, 6:2, 6:3, 8:1

Saint John Combination League

1. Dry Dock 17-8-5-39 112:60
2. A and W 16-9-5-37 102:86
3. Flyers 10-18-2-22 67:108
4. Sleighs 8-16-6-22 101:128

Semifinals

• 2/19: A and W - Sleighs 4:3 OT
• 2/19: Dry Dock - Flyers 7:1
• 2/23: A and W - Sleighs 5:2
• 2/23: Dry Dock - Flyers 2:2 OT
• 2/25: A and W - Sleighs 4:3
• 2/25: Dry Dock - Flyers 3:1
• 3/2: A and W - Sleighs 5:4
• 3/2: Dry Dock - Flyers 2:1
• 3/4: Dry Dock - Flyers 3:1

Final

• 3/9: Dry Dock - A and W 4:0
• 3/11: Dry Dock - A and W 4:4
• 3/16: A and W - Dry Dock 3:2
• 3/18: Dry Dock - A and W 8:3
• 3/25: A and W - Dry Dock 1:0
• 4/1: Dry Dock - A and W 4:0 - Dry Dock won series 4-3-1

Central Hockey League

• 12/8: Dry Dock - Strescon 10:1
• 12/8: Lorneville - Metro Fuzz 3:2 - Lorneville 10 pts, Dry Dock 7, Fuzz 2, Strescon 1
• 12/15: Dry Dock - Lroneville 5:1
• 12/15: Metro Fuzz - Strescon 5:5
• 12/29: Dry Dock - Strescon 6:2
• 12/29: Lorneville - Metro Fuzz 4:3
• 1/5: Lorneville - Dry Dock 4:2
• 1/5: Strescon - Metro Fuzz 4:1
• 1/19: Lorneville - Metro Fuzz 7:0
• 1/19: Dry Dock - Strescon 8:4
• 2/2: Lorneville - Strescon 9:1
• 2/2: Dry Dock - Metro Fuzz 8:3
• 2/9: Lorneville - Metro Fuzz 9:3
• 2/9: Dry Dock - Strescon 6:4

Simonds Express League

• 12/1: Beavers - Jets 4:2
• 12/1: Battery and Electric - Marco Polo 3:0
• 12/1: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Rebels 4:0
• 12/10: Rebels - Jets 4:3
• 12/10: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Battery and Electric 2:2
• 12/10: Marco Polo - Beavers 2:2
• 12/17: Battery and Electric - Jets 4:1
• 12/17: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Marco Polo 2:1
• 12/17: Beavers - Rebels 2:1
• 1/14: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Beavers 3:2
• 1/14: Jets - Marco Polo 3:0
• 1/14: Battery and Electric - Rebels 4:2
• 1/19: Jets - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 3:0
• 1/19: Rebels - Marco Polo 2:2
• 1/19: Battery and Electric - Beavers 4:2
• 1/21: Battery and Electric - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 6:1
• 1/21: Jets - Rebels 3:2
• 1/21: Beavers - Marco Polo 3:2
• 1/26: Beavers - Jets 2:1
• 1/26: Battery and Electric - Marco Polo 4:1
• 1/26: Rebels - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 5:1
• 1/28: Marco Polo - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 9:5
• 1/28: Beavers - Rebels 2:1
• 1/28: Battery and Electric - Jets 1:1
• 2/2: Jets - Rebels 6:3
• 2/2: Battery and Electric - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 4:0
• 2/2: Marco Polo - Beavers 5:3
• 2/4: Marco Polo - Jets 4:3
• 2/4: Battery and Electric - Rebels 2:1
• 2/4: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Beavers 2:1
• 2/11: Battery and Electric - Jets 3:0
• 2/11: Beavers - Rebels 4:0
• 2/11: Marco Polo - NB Telephone Co. 4:0
• 2/16: Reels - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 2:0
• 2/16: Beavers - Jets 4:1
• 2/16: Battery and Electric - Marco Polo 3:2
• 2/18: Jets - Marco Polo 6:3
• 2/18: Rebels - Battery and Electric 4:1
• 2/18: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Beavers 1:0

Semifinals

• 2/23: Battery and Electric - Jets 5:0
• 2/23: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Beavers 2:0
• 2/25: Battery and Electric - Jets 5:2
• 2/25: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Beavers 5:3
• 3/3: Battery and Electric - Jets 7:0
• 3/3: New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Beavers 3:2

Final

• 3/9: Battery and Electric - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 5:4
• 3/16: Battery and Electric - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 8:5
• 3/18: Battery and Electric - New Brunswick Telephone Co. 10:4 - BE won series 4-1

Southern New Brunswick Intermediate B League

Standings

1. Black's Harbor Silver Kings 12-3-0-24 116:58
2. Simonds Stars 8-8-1-17 74:81
3. St. Andrews Senators 2-11-1-5 50:103

Moncton Industrial League

1. Navy 9-1-0-19
2. Moncton Shops Credit Union 6-1-3-13
3. College of Computer Programming 2-1-6-5
4. Humphrey 0-1-9-1

Semifinals

• Moncton Shops Credit Union - Humphrey 3:1 on series (8:5, 8:1, 2:3, 5:3)
• Navy - College Computer 3:0 on series (5:0, 4:0, 7:1)

Final

• Navy - Moncton Shops Credit Union 4:2, 1 tie on series (2:1, 5:6, 4:3, 2:2, 3:8, 4:2, 9:2)

Moncton Commercial League

Standings as of 1/19

1. Viponds 15-2-2-32 108:66
2. Eaton's Vikings 12-5-2-26 120:70
3. NB Tel 8-10-1-17 61:77
4. Civic Combines 7-13-0-14 76:109
5. City Banks 3-15-1-7 66:120

• 1/24: Viponds - Civic Combines 7:4
• 1/24: NB Tel - Vikings 5:5
• 1/29: NB Tel - Vikings 9:6
• 1/29: City Banks - Civic Combines 6:3
• 2/2: Viponds - Vikings 12:4
• 2/2: City Banks - NB Tel 5:4
• 2/5: Civic Combines - Viponds 5:4
• 2/5: Vikings - City Banks 6:4
• 2/9: City Banks - Vikings 3:2
• 2/9: Viponds - NB Tel 6:1

Semifinals

• Civic Combines - Vikings 4:2, 1 tie on series (4:10, 5:3, 4:4, 4:7, 6:5, 10:4, 4:3)
• Viponds - NB Tel 4:0 on series (8:1, 6:0, 8:3, 5:0)

Final

• Viponds - Civic Combines 4:1 on series (2:4, 7:4, 7:4, 2:1, 5:1)

Acadien Hockey League

1. St. Anselme Eagles 7-2-3-17 37:22
2. Dieppe Rangers 5-2-5-15 34:25
3. Pre d'En Haut Royals 5-3-4-14 32:30
4. Parkton Club Notre Dame de Grace 5-5-2-12 45:31
5. Lewisville Bruins 5-5-2-12 26:27
6. Sunny Brae Maroons 1-11-0-2 22:64

Consolation

• Lewisville - Sunny Brae 2:1 on series (4:5, 2:1, 9:0)

Semifinals

• Pre d'En Haut - St. Anselme 3:0, 1 tie on series (2:2, 8:0, 3:2, 3:1)
• NDG - Dieppe 3:2 on series (2:4, 5:0, 5:3, 2:3, 4:3)

Final

• Pre d'En Haut - NDG 4:2 on series (5:3, 5:1, 2:7, 6:1, 8:3, 3:0)

East Coast League

Final

• Little Cape Eagles - Cape Bald Penguins 5:2
• 3/6: Little Cape Eagles - Cape Bald Penguins 6:3
• 3/9: Little Cape Eagles - Cape Bald Penguins 5:3
• 3/24: Little Cape Eagles - Cape Bald Penguins 7:3 - Little Cape won series 4-1

Lower Gloucester League

Standings as of 2/7

1. Caraquet Acadiens 10-4-4-24 88:64
2. Shippegan Merchants 10-8-0-20 97:94
3. St. Isidore-Paquetville Pioneers 9-8-1-19 81:75
4. Tracadie-Sheila Alpines 8-9-1-17 87:72
5. Le Goulet Tigers 4-12-2-10 55:103

Semifinals

• Tracadie - Shippegan 3:2 on series (6:4 g1, 9:4 g4)
• St. Isidore - Caraquet 3:1 on series (4:5 OT g1, 4:3 OT g4)

Final

• 4/6: Tracadie - St. Isidore 7:3 - Tracadie led series 3-0

Bathurst and District Industrial League

Standings as of 2/8

1. Beresford 8-1-2-18 60:33
2. Green Point 8-2-1-17 62:45
3. Clifton 2-8-1-5 29:54
4. Bathurst Trade School 2-9-0-4 35:42

• 2/18: Green Point Aces - Clifton Clippers 7:5
• 2/21: Beresford Heatmasters - Bathurst Trade School Cougars 7:3
• 2/27: Bathurst Trade School Cougars - Clifton Clippers 3:3
• 2/28: Beresford Heatmasters - Green Point Aces 3:1 - Beresford 22 pts, Aces 19

Semifinals

• Clifton Clippers - Beresford Heatmasters 9:3, 7:5
• Green Point Aces - Bathurst Trade School Cougars 4:3, 5:1

Final

• Green Point Aces - Clifton Clippers 8:5 OT
• 3/21: Clifton Clippers - Green Point Aces 4:2
• 3/25: Green Point Aces - Clifton Clippers 7:6
• 3/28: Green Point Aces - Clifton Clippers 6:2

Miramichi Industrial League

Standings as of 2/10

1. Nelson 13-3-3-29
2. Blackville 12-5-2-26
3. Newcastle 10-5-4-24
4. Fraser's 3-13-3-9
5. Sunny Corner 3-15-2-8

Final

• Nelson St. Pats - Blackville Aces 4:2 on series (L:W, W:L, 7:10, 9:5, 6:5, 8:6)

Western Charlotte County League

Standings as of 12/26

1. St. Andrews Jets 3-0-1-7
2. St. Stephen Aces 2-2-1-5
3. St. Andrews Flyers 1-1-3-4
4. Milltown Whites 1-4-1-3

Other games

• 10/12: Saint John Mooseheads - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 4:2
• 10/26: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Hillsborough Beavers 8:3
• 10/29: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Simonds Stars 7:0
• 11/1: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Saint John Jr. Schooners 15:1
• 11/9: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - St. Thomas University 7:5
• 11/12: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Simonds Stars 6:5
• 11/17: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Simonds Stars 5:3
• 11/18: Nashwaaksis Gills - Minto Ten Pennies 5:4
• 12/5: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Fredericton Capitals 9:4
• 12/7: Nashwaaksis Gills - Minto Ten Pennies 7:3
• 1/19: Saint John Battery Electric - Black's Harbor Recreation All-Stars 11:1
• 1/19: Moncton Vikings - Hillsborough Beavers 9:3
• 1/27: Saint John Battery Electric - St. Stephen Aces 4:3
• 2/14: Camp Gagetown Warriors - Simonds Stars 8:3
• 2/21: Chatham CFB Golden Hawks - Camp Gagetown Warriors 3:1 - Zone 7 Armed Forces Championship

New Brunswick Intermediate C Playoffs

• Lancaster All-Stars' beat Simonds Rebels 2 wins to none (8-3, 4:3)
• Woodstock Karnes beat Florenceville Co-ops 2 wins to 1 (4-5, 9-3, 8-5 OT)
• Nashwaaksis Gills beat Fredericton General Dairies 2 wins to none (10-6, 7-4)
• Minto Ten Pennies beat Chipman Lumber Kings 2 wins to none (9-3, 11-3)
• Moncton Vikings beat Moncton Viponds 13 goals to 10 (5-5, 8-5)
• Westmorland-Kent All-Stars beat Sackville Maroons (7-7, ?)
• Saint John Battery and Electric beat Lorneville 2 wins to 1 (0-2, W-L, 3-2)
• Hillsborough Beavers beat Westmorland-Kent All-Stars (1-6, ?)
• Lancaster All-Stars beat Saint John Battery and Electric 2 wins to 1 (6-2, 4-5 OT, 5-3)
• Nashwaaksis Gills beat Woodstock Karnes 2 wins to none (7-2, 6-5 OT)
• Lancaster All-Stars beat St. Andrews Senators 2 wins to 1 (3-7, 6-5, 5-4 OT)
• Moncton Vikings beat Hillsborough Beavers 17 goals to 6 (7-4, 10-2)
• Minto Ten Pennies beat Nashwaaksis Gills 2 wins to 1 (4-3, 4-9, 9-3)
• Moncton Vikings beat Dalhousie Caterers 18 goals to 8 (10-4, 8-4)
• Lancaster All-Stars beat Minto Ten Pennies 2 wins to none (11-2, 7-6)
• Moncton Vikingw beat Lancaster All-Stars 2 wins to none (10-5, 9-4)
• St. Isidore-Paquetville Pioneers beat Shippegan Merchants 3 wins to 1 (12-4 g3, 4-2 g4)
• Moncton Vikings beat St. Isidore-Pacquetville Pioneers 2 wins to none (6-4, 6-4) - final

Sources

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