1972-73 New Brunswick season

This was the 1972-73 ice hockey season in New Brunswick:

Leagues

Tay Valley League

Standings as of 12/18

1. Irving Oil 18 pts
2. Tay Creek 13 pts
3. Nashwaak 12 pts
4. 7-Up 10 pts
5. Silverwood 6 pts
6. Estey's Bridge 3 pts

• 1/16: Tay Creek - Estey's Bridge 3:1
• 1/16: Irving Oil - Nashwaak Huskies 7:1
• 1/16: Silverwood - 7-Up 2:1
• 1/29: Irving Oil - 7-Up 7:4
• 1/29: Estey's Bridge - Silverwood 5:5
• 1/29: Nashwaak Huskies - Tay Creek 6:1

Semifinals

• 2/6: Irving Oil - Tay Creek 5:2
• 2/6: Nashwaak Huskies - 7-Up 8:7
• 2/12: Tay Creek - Irving Oil 4:1
• 2/12: 7-Up - Nashwaak Huskies 7:6

Final

• 3/9: Irving Oil - 7-Up 11:3

Southern New Brunswick Intermediate C League

• 11/23: Woodstock Mooseheads - Fredericton RCMP 6:6
• 11/25: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - St. Andrews Senators 10:3
• 11/26: St. Andrews Senators - Woodstock Mooseheads 11:0
• 11/30: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Fredericton RCMP 5:4
• 12/2: Woodstock Mooseheads - St. Andrews Senators 6:3
• 12/3: St. Andrews Senators - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 8:3
• 12/10: St. Andrews Senators - Fredericton RCMP 4:3
• 12/16: St. Andrews Senators - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 3:3
• 12/21: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - St. Andrews Senators 6:6
• 1/13: St. Andrews Senators - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 4:4
• 1/14: St. Andrews Senators - Woodstock Mooseheads 14:1
• 1/18: Fredericton RCMP - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 5:4
• 1/20: St. Andrews Senators - Woodstock Mooseheads 6:3
• 1/21: St. Andrews Senators - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 6:1
• 1/25: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Woodstock Mooseheads Forfeit
• 1/27: St. Andrews Senators - Fredericton RCMP 5:3
• 1/27: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Woodstock Mooseheads 17:2 - 4 pt game
• 1/28: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Woodstock Mooseheads 11:6 - "
• 2/7: St. Andrews Senators - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 4:4
• 2/17: St. Andrews Senators - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 5:4 - Senators had 35 pts, to Kings 33

Standings as of 12/20

1. Black's Harbor 5-1-1-11
2. St. Andrews 4-2-1-9
3. Woodstock 1-5-1-3
4. RCMP 0-2-1-2

Semifinals

• Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Woodstock Mooseheads Forfeit, 10:1, Woodstock conceded
• St. Andrews Senators - Fredericton RCMP 3:2 on series (5:3, 3:7, 2:3 OT, 10:5, W:L)

Final

• St. Andrews Senators - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 4:0 on series (14:2, 6:2, 8:4, 7:2)

Bay of Chaleur League

as of 1/27

1. Charlo Millionaires 5-0-0-10 45:25
2. Belledune Braves 2-2-0-4 21:25
3. Bathurst Hawks 1-2-0-2 12:14
4. Petit Rocher Braves 0-4-0-0 19:33

Semifinals

• 2/25: Belledune Braves - Charlo Millionaires - Belledune led series 2-0, Bathurst also led Petit Rocher 2-0

Moncton Commercial League

1. Co-op Viscounts 22-2-0-44 205:66
2. Moncton Vikings 13-10-1-27 154:107
3. King of Suits Combines 8-13-3-19 102:128
4. RCMP 7-13-4-18 89:119
5. CFB Moncton 5-17-2-12 84:148

Semifinals

• Co-op Viscounts - King of Suits Combines 10:3, W:L, 2:2, 4:1
• RCMP - Moncton Vikings 6:5, 3:2, 5:1

Final

• Co-op Viscounts - RCMP 4:0 on series (5:0, 5:3, 4:1, 6:1)

Moncton Intramural League

Standings as of 12/11

1. Vito's Pizza 9-0-1-19 66:18
2. Elmer's Pizza 4-4-2-10 54:40
3. Frizzell Construction 4-5-1-9 56:70
4. Cook's Building Materials 3-8-0-6 46:73
5. Fundy Flyers 2-5-0-4 15:43

• 12/12: Vito's Pizza - Cook's Building Materials 5:1
• 12/14: Vito's Pizza - Fundy Flyers 7:2
• 12/18: Vito's Pizza - Fundy Flyers 8:1
• 12/21: Vito's Pizza - Frizzell Construction 9:2
• 12/28: Vito's Pizza - Frizzell Construction 11:3
• 1/2: Elmer's Pizza - Frizzell Construction 7:6

Acadien Hockey League

• 10/22: Sunny Brae Maroons - Pre d'En Haut Royals 6:3
• 10/22: Moncton Century Construction Flyers - St. Anselme Eagles 6:1
• 10/22: Dieppe Rangers - Collette's East End 4:1
• 10/29: Dieppe Rangers - Moncton Century Construction Flyers 6:4
• 10/29: Pre d'En Haut Royals - Collette's East End 8:3
• 10/29: Sunny Brae Maroons - St. Anselme Eagles 8:3
• 11/10: Dieppe Rangers - Sunny Brae Maroons 6:5
• 11/10: Moncton Century Construction Flyers - Collette's East End 6:1
• 11/26: Pre d'En Haut Royals - Dieppe Rangers 0:0
• 11/26: Sunny Brae Maroons - Moncton Century Construction Flyers 5:4
• 11/26: St. Anselme Eagles - Collette's East End 8:2
• 12/3: Pre d'En Haut Royals - Moncton Century Construction Flyers 7:0
• 12/3: Sunny Brae Maroons - Collete's East End 7:2
• 12/3: St. Anselme Eagles - Dieppe Rangers 4:0
• 12/10: Dieppe Rangers - Collette's East End 7:3
• 12/10: St. Anselme Eagles - Moncton Century Construction Flyers 6:0
• 12/10: Pre d'En Haut Royals - Sunny Brae Maroons 5:0
• 12/17: Collette's East End - Moncton Century Construction Flyers 7:3
• 12/17: Pre d'En Haut Royals - St. Anselme Eagles 6:3
• 12/17: Sunny Brae Maroons - Dieppe Rangers 4:1
• 1/7: St. Anselme Eagles - Dieppe Rangers 7:2
• 1/7: Pre d'En Haut Royals - Moncton Century Construction Flyers 8:1
• 1/7: Sunny Brae Maroons - Collette's East End 14:0
• 1/14: Moncton Century Construction Flyers - Sunny Brae Maroons 5:4
• 1/14: Pre d'En Haut Royals - Dieppe Rangers 3:1
• 1/14: St. Anselme Eagles - Collette's East End 3:3

Standings as of 1/11

1. Pre d'En Haut Royals 9-1-2-20 72:31
2. Sunny Brae Maroons 8-4-0-16 69:43
3. St. Anselme Eagles 6-5-1-13 54:45
4. Dieppe Rangers 6-5-1-13 47:43
5. Moncton 4-8-0-8 38:65
6. East End 1-11-0-2 36:87

Collette's East End was awarded consolation honors by default, after the Moncton Century Construction Flyers (a Midget team) dropped out.

Semifinals

• 1/28: St. Anselme Eagles - Sunny Brae Maroons 3:2
• 1/28: Dieppe Rangers - Pre d'En Haut Royals 2:2
• 2/11: St. Anselme Eagles - Sunny Brae Maroons 5:4 - Eagles won series 3-0
• 2/11: Pre d'En Haut Royals - Dieppe Rangers 5:1
• 2/18: Dieppe Rangers - Pre d'En Haut Royals 6:1

Final

• Pre d'En Haut Royals - St. Anselme Eagles 4:0 on series (4:1, 5:2, 5:4, 7:1)

East Coast Inter-Parish League

• 10/27: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Robichaud Flyers 11:5
• 10/27; Point du Chene Continentals - Barachois Vets 11:2
• 10/29: Point du Chene Continentals - Upper Aboujagne Kings 3:1
• 10/29: Barachois Vets - Robichaud Flyers 4:4
• 11/3: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Batachois Vets 6:3
• 11/3: Point du Chene Continentals - Robichaud Flyers 5:3
• 11/6: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Robichaud Flyers 6:5
• 11/6: Point du Chene Continentals - Barachois Vets 6:6
• 11/10: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Point du Chene Continentals 5:4
• 11/10: Barachois Vets - Robichaud Flyers 3:3
• 11/15: Point du Chene Continentals - Robichaud Flyers 5:3
• 11/15: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Barachois Vets 6:2
• 11/17: Point du Chene Continentals - Barachois Vets 8:3
• 11/17: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Robichaud Flyers 9:1
• 11/24: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Barachois Vets 10:3
• 11/24: Robichaud Flyers - Point du Chene Continentals 3:3
• 12/1: Barachois Vets - Robichaud Flyers 4:3
• 12/1: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Point du Chene Continentals 3:3
• 12/11: Point du Chene Continentals - Upper Aboujagne Kings 5:2
• 12/11: Robichaud Flyers - Barachois Vets 7:5
• 12/15:Upper Aboujagne Kings - Barachois Vets 10:0
• 12/15: Robichaud Flyers - Pointe du Chene Continentals 5:4
• 12/18: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Robichaud Flyers 6:0
• 12/18: Point du Chene Continentals - Barachois Vets 9:0
• 1/5: Barachois Vets - Robichaud Flyers 5:1
• 1/5: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Point du Chene Continentals 3:3
• 1/12: Point du Chene Continentals - Barachois Vets 7:2
• 1/12: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Robichaud Flyers 5:5
• 1/15: Point du Chene Continentals - Upper Aboujagne Kings 3:1
• 1/15: Barachois Jets - Robichaud Flyers 6:3
• 1/26: Barachois Vets - Robichaud Flyers 7:1
• 1/26: Point du Chene Continentals - Upper Aboujagne Kings 4:2
• 2/2: Point du Chene Continentals - Barachois Vets 9:5
• 2/2: Robichaud Flyers - Upper Aboujagne Kings 6:5
• 2/5: Point du Chene Continentals - Upper Aboujagne Kings 6:4
• 2/5: Robichaud Flyers - Barachois Vets 5:1

Semifinals

• 2/27: Point du Chene Continentals - Barachois Vets 7:3
• 2/27: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Robichaud Flyers 5:3
• 3/2: Point du Chene Continentals - Barachois Vets 7:1 - Chene won series 4-0
• 3/2: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Robichaud Flyers 5:1 - Kings led series 3-0

Final

• 3/12: Point du Chene Continentals - Upper Aboujagne Kings 7:2
• 3/16: Point du Chene Continentals - Upper Aboujagne Kings 5:3
• 3/19: Upper Aboujagne Kings - Point du Chene Continentals 4:3

Kent County League

1. Cocagne Packers 23-10-1-47 141:82
2. Point Sapin Sabres 18-11-6-42 133:106
3. St. Louis Blues 17-12-5-39 121:88
4. Grand Digue Barons 18-15-2-38 123:103
5. Buctouche Jaycees 15-17-3-33 102:123
6. Acadieville Flyers 4-30-1-9 71:196

Semifinals

• St. Louis - Cocagne 4:3 on series (3:2, 0:3, 3:2, 3:1, 2:3, 0:5, 4:3 OT)
• Grand Digue - Point Sapin 4:3 on series (2:4, 5:3, 3:0, 3:1, 2:3, 0:7, 5:2)

Final

• Grand Digue - St. Louis 4:0 on series (7:4 OT, 4:2, 4:3 OT, 5:4)

Kent County Interparish League

• 12/27: Notre Dame - Cocagne
• 12/27: St. Paul - St. Mary's 2:2
• 12/28: St. Anthony - St. Paul 3:2
• 12/28: St. Mary's - Cocagne 4:1
• 1/5: St. Anthony - Cocagne 5:2
• 1/5: Grand Digue - St. Mary's 3:1
• 1/7: St. Paul - Notre Dame 5:2
• 1/7: St. Anthony - St. Mary's 1:1
• 1/12: St. Mary's - Cocagne 3:1
• 1/12: St. Antoine - Grand Digue 8:2
• 1/14: St. Mary's - St. Paul 1:1
• 1/14: Notre Dame - Cocagne 3:2
• 1/16: St. Paul - Cocagne 5:4
• 1/16: Notre Dame - Grand Digue 2:2
• 1/26: St. Paul - Notre Dame 3:1
• 1/26: St. Anthony - St. Mary's 5:0
• 1/31: St. Anthony - Cocagne 7:0
• 3/21: St. Anthony Jets - St. Paul Lumber 5:3 - final, Anthony led series 3-2

North-Kent County League

• 4/9: Rexton Abbies - Collette's Texaco 2:1 - final, Abbies won series 4-0

North-Kent Industrial League

• 1/29: Richibucto Cubs - Acadieville Flyers 4:3
• 1/29: Big Cove - Clairefontaine 4:3

Final

• 4/9: Richibucto Cubs - Acadieville Flyers 3:0 - Richibucto won series 2-0

Lower Gloucester League

1. Caraquet Acadiens 27-8-4-58 290:155
2. Les Isles (Lameque) Stars 22-10-4-48 238:185
3. Tracadie-Sheila Alpines 20-15-4-44 245:197
4. Shippegan Merchants 15-20-4-34 183:197
5. St. Isidore Braves 2-33-2-6 102:314

Semifinals

• Tracadie-Sheila - Caraquet 5:2 on series (1:6, 5:4, 4:2, 5:2, 5:4, 1:4, 7:3)
• Les Iles - Shippegan 5:2 on series (6:2, 0:2, 16:0, 4:6, 7:2, 4:2, 6:2)

Final

• Les Isles - Tracadie-Sheila 5:2 on series (4:8, 4:2, 5:3, 1:5, 6:5, 5:3, 0:1 - game awarded to Les Isles when Tracadie left ice at 2:32 mark of second period due to a lack of police protection for their players; their coach and several players were hit by thrown objects

Kings County-Albert Industrial League

Elgin Aces, Norton Kings, Hampton Indians, Sussex Golden Arrows competed.

Miramichi Valley Industrial League

Heath Steele Miners won the Heath Steele Cup as league champions.

Other games

• 12/10: Saint John Mooseheads - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 3:2
• 12/27: St. Andrews Senators - Roger Williams College 11:3
• 12/30: Richibucto Bears - Moncton Vito's Pizza 8:1
• 1/4: Saint John Mooseheads - Blacks Harbor Silver Kings 10:8
• 1/6: Sackville Combines - Summerside Combines 5:5
• 1/12: Fundy Flyers - Moncton Vikings 5:2
• 1/13: Moncton Vito's Pizza - Saint John Vito's Pizza 22:5
• 1/17: Richibucto Bears - Moncton Vito's Pizza 10:4
• 1/20: Pictou Shires - Moncton Vito's Pizza 5:4
• 1/21: Moncton Vito's Pizza - Pictou Shires 9:4
• 1/26: Sackville Combines - Fundy Flyers 9:1
• 1/29: Moncton Vito's Pizza - Atlantic Baptist College 8:3
• 2/5: Richibucto Bears - St. Louis Blues 12:4
• 2/5: Moncton Vito's Pizza - Pre d'En Haut Royals 7:3
• 2/10: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Lancaster Centennial All-Stars 9:6
• 2/13: UNB-SJ Red Barons - Moncton Vito's Pizza 5:3
• 2/16: Black's Harbor Silver Kings - Lancaster Centennial All-Stars 4:3
• 2/24: Lancaster Centennial All-Stars - Westmorland All-Stars 8:3

New Brunswick Intermediate C Playoffs

• Moncton Vito's Pizza - Westmorland-Kent All-Stars 2:0 on series (17:2, Forfeit)
• Sackville Combines - Fredericton Alpines 2:0 on series (5:1, 8:6)
• Lancaster Centennial All-Stars - Hillsborough Flyers 2:0 on series (17:3, 5:4)
• Campbellton Cubs - Charlo Millionaires 2:1 on series (5:7, 11:6, 7:0)
• Moncton Vito's Pizza - Richibucto Cubs 2:0 on series (10:0, Forfeit)
• Campbellton Cubs - Belledune Braves 2:0 on series (9:3, 8:6) - appears Cubs did not continue playing
• Sackville Combines - Lancaster Centennial All-Stars 2:0 on series (6:3, 6:3)
• Sackville Combines - Moncton Vito's Pizza 2:0 on series (6:3, 4:3)
• St. Andrews Senators - Sackville Combines 2:0 on series (9:3, 11:3)
• St. Andrews Senators - Les Iles Stars 3:2 on series (3:1, 10:6, 5:7, 3:10, Forfeit) - final

New Brunswick Intermediate D Playoffs

• St. Arthur - Rexton Abbies 2:0 on series (8:2, 3:1)

New Brunswick Intermediate I Playoffs

• Simonds Suburban All-Stars - Saint John Central
• Simonds Suburban All-Stars - Centreville 2:0 on series (8:4, 11:4)
• Simonds Suburban All-Stars - Perth-Andover - Perth forfeited the final two games of the series
• Simonds Suburban All-Stars - Newcastle Forfeit - final

Albert County Intermediate C Series

• 3/19: Fundy Flyers - Elgin Aces

Sources

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