1977-78 New Brunswick season

This was the 1977-78 ice hockey season in New Brunswick:

Leagues

South Central New Brunswick Intermediate C League

1. St. Andrews Senators 16-1-1-33 145:56
2. Fredericton Racers 11-6-1-23 137:97
3. Black's Harbor Silver Kings 5-12-1-11 90:144
4. St. Stephen MacFarland Tee Vees 2-15-1-5 47:122

Semifinal

• Fredericton Racers - St. Stephen MacFarland Tee Vees 3:0 on series (7:0, 5:0, 11:3)
• St. Andrews Senators - Blacks Harbor Silver Kings 3:0 on series

Final

• St. Andrews Senators - Fredericton Racers (6:4, 8:3, 2:4, ?)

Tay Valley League

• 11/14: Department of Transportation - White's Roofing 7:1
• 11/14: Fredericton Flames - Sutherland's Product Bar 3:1
• 11/21: White's Roofing - Sutherland's Product Bar 10:4
• 11/21: MacDonald Builders - Department of Transportation 8:6
• 11/28: Sutherland's Product Bar - Department of Transportation 4:3
• 11/28: White's Roofing - MacDonald Builders 3:1
• 12/5: Department of Transportation - MacDonald Builders 5:2
• 12/5: White's Roofing - Sutherland's Product Bar 6:4
• 12/12: Department of Transportation - White's Roofing 3:2
• 12/12: MacDonald Builders - Sutherland's Product Bar 6:4
• 12/19: White's Roofing - MacDonald Builders 7:0
• 12/19: Department of Transportation - Sutherland's Product Bar 6:2
• 1/9: Sutherland's Product Bar - White's Roofing 7:2
• 1/9: MacDonald Builders - Department of Transportation 3:1
• 1/16: White's Roofing - MacDonald Builders 2:1
• 1/16: Department of Transportation - Sutherland's Product Bar 4:2
• 1/23: White's Roofing - Sutherland's Product Bar 4:3
• 1/23: MacDonald Builders - Department of Transportation 4:3
• 1/30: MacDonald Builders - Southerland's Product Bar 7:2
• 1/30: Department of Transportation - White's Roofing 2:1
• 2/6: Sutherland's Product Bar - Department of Transportation 6:3
• 2/6: MacDonald Builders - White's Roofing 3:1
• 2/13: MacDonald Builders - Sutherland's Product Bar 7:2
• 2/13: Department of Transporation - White's Roofing 6:1
• 2/20: White's Roofing - Sutherland's Product Bar 1:1
• 2/20: Department of Transportation - MacDonald Builders 3:3
• 2/27: MacDonald Builders - White's Roofing 4:2
• 2/27: Department of Transportation - Sutherland's Product Bar 6:5
• 3/6: Sutherland's Product Bar - White's Roofing 9:1
• 3/6: MacDonald Builders - Department of Transportation 3:1
• 3/13: Department of Transportation - White's Roofing 10:2
• 3/13: Sutherland's Product Bar - MacDonald Builders 5:4
• 3/20: Sutherland's Product Bar - Department of Transportation 5:3
• 3/20: MacDonald Builders - White's Roofing 7:0
• 3/27: MacDonald Builders - Sutherland's Product Bar 7:3
• 3/27: White's Roofing - Department of Transportation 7:6

St. John Valley League

• 11/23: Hartland Sabres - Perth Raiders 13:3

Some sources say Plaster Rock Panthers won the regular season and playoff championship. Hartland was also reported to be champions. The Arthurette Comets were also in the league.

Bay Chaleur Intermediate C League

as of 12/9

1. Anse Bleu Pirates 8-0-0-16 75:32
2. Belledune 4-3-0-8 35:39
3. Beresford 2-5-1-5 33:44
4. Petit Rocher Rocs 1-7-1-3 39:66

Final

• Anse Blue Pirates - Petit Rocher Rocs 4:1 on series (3:2, 10:8, 8:3, 1:4, 6:4)

Acadian Peninsula League

• Miscou Navigateurs - Tracadie-Sheila Alpines 4:1 on series (5:4, 9:5, 8:3, 4:5, 8:3) - final

Moncton Commercial League

1. Beco Furs 26-3-0-52 149:49
2. McDonald Paving 14-13-2-30 77:88
3. Mountain Way Bruins 8-17-3-19 65:89
4. Dieppe Flyers 7-21-1-15 61:123

Semifinals

• McDonald Paving - Mountain Way Bruins 3:1, 1 tie on series (4:2, W:L, 1:5, 2:2, 3:2)
• Beco Furs - Dieppe Flyers 3:0 on series (7:0, 6:0, 11:1)

Final

• Beco Furs - McDonald Paving 4:1 on series (8:1, 10:2, 2:8, W:L, 9:2)

Kent Exhibition League

1. Point Sapin Sabres 20-5-0-40
2. Clair Fontaine Keds 19-4-2-40
3. Acadieville Acadiens 16-8-1-33
4. St. Igance Eagles 9-12-4-22
5. St. Louis Blues 4-18-3-11
6. Richibucto Bombadiers 2-23-0-4

Quarterfinals

• St. Ignace - St. Louis (W:L, 6:5 OT, ?)

Semifinals

• Clair Fontaine - Acadieville - Fontaine led series 3-1
• Point Sapin - St. Ignace 4:1 on series (7:1 g5)

Final

• Clair Fontaine - Point Sapin 4:3 on series (W:L, 4:5, 3:2, 3:7, 6:1, L:W, 5:3)

Memramcook Valley League

1. Memramcook Flames 14-11-1-29 110:102
2. Memramcook Rovers 11-13-1-23 90:100
3. Lourdes Tigers 9-16-1-19 89:115

Pre d'En Haut Royals withdrew. They were 11-5-1-23 76:59 as of 1/17.

Semifinal

• Tigers - Rovers 4:0 on series (3:2 OT, 3:1, 5:3, 4:3)

Final

• Flames - Tigers 4:2 on series (5:3, W:L, 4:7, 3:1, L:W, 7:4)

East Coast Interparish League

• 10/31: Barachois - Shediac 3:3
• 11/6: Cap Pele Eagles - Shediac 6:4
• 11/6: Barachois - Upper Aboujagne 4:3
• 11/13: Cap Pele Eagles - Barachois 4:2
• 11/13: Upper Aboujagne - Shediac 4:1
• 11/14: Shediac - Cap Pele Eagles 2:2
• 11/14: Barachois - Upper Aboujagne 4:3
• 11/20: Upper Aboujagne - Cap Pele Eagles 5:3 - Cap Pele 6-1-1 after game
• 11/20: Shediac - Barachois 1:1
• 11/22: Cap Pele Eagles - Upper Aboujagne 4:2
• 11/22: "Barachois' - Shediac 4:3
• 1/15: Cap Pele Eagles - Upper Aboujagne 5:3
• 1/29: Cap Pele Eagles - Barachois 13:5
• 2/6: Cap Pele Eagles - Upper Aboujagne 4:0

Final

• 3/11: Cap Pele Eagles - Upper Aboujagne 8:5 - Cap Pele led series 2-0

Kent-South Interparish League

• 11/8: St. Paul Lumbermen - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 6:5
• 11/8: Notre Dame Foresters - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 9:7
• 11/11: St. Mary's Royals - Notre Dame Foresters 5:3
• 11/13: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - St. Mary's Royals 5:4
• 11/13: St. Paul Lumbermen - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 5:3
• 11/15: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Notre Dame Foresters 10:2
• 11/15: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - St. Paul Lumbermen 5:3
• 11/18: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - St. Mary's Royals 8:1
• 11/18: St. Paul Lumbermen - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 4:2
• 11/22: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 3:3
• 11/22: Notre Dame Foresters - St. Mary's Royals 6:1
• 11/25: Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 9:5
• 11/25: St. Paul Lumbermen - St. Mary's Royals 5:2
• 11/27: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Notre Dame Foresters 9:6
• 11/27: Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage - St. Mary's Royals 9:2
• 12/2: Notre Dame Foresters - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 7:5
• 12/2: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 6:1
• 12/4: Notre Dame Foresters - St. Paul Lumbermen 6:5
• 12/4: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - St. Mary's Royals 6:5
• 12/6: Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 6:5
• 12/6: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - St. Paul Lumbermen 4:3
• 12/11: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Notre Dame Foresters 6:2
• 12/11: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - St. Paul Lumbermen 7:3
• 12/13: St. Paul Lumbermen - St. Mary's Royals 5:1
• 12/13: Notre Dame Foresters - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 4:1
• 12/16: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 4:4
• 12/16: St. Mary's Royals - Notre Dame Foresters 5:5
• 12/18: St. Paul Lumbermen - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 8:1
• 12/18: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - St. Mary's Royals 5:2
• 12/20: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - St. Paul Lumbermen 9:4
• 12/20: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Notre Dame Foresters 10:2
• 1/3: Notre Dame Foresters - St. Paul Lumbermen 5:1
• 1/3: Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 9:3
• 1/6: Notre Dame Foresters - St. Mary's Royals 5:5
• 1/6: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 12:3
• 1/8: St. Paul Lumbermen - St. Mary's Royals 9:2
• 1/8: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 5:5
• 1/13: St. Mary's Royals - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 8:5
• 1/15: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Bastarache Auto Salvage 6:3
• 1/15: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Notre Dame Foresters 10:2
• 1/17: St. Mary's Royals - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 6:5
• 1/20: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 7:4
• 1/22: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - St. Mary's Royals 5:2
• 1/22: Notre Dame Foresters - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 5:2
• 1/24: St. Mary's Royals - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 4:4
• 1/27: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 6:2
• 1/29: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - St. Mary's Royals 8:6
• 1/29: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Notre Dame Foresters 5:4 - Goguen clinched first place with an 8-2-4 record
• 1/31: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - St. Mary's Royals 8:3
• 2/3: Notre Dame Foresters - St. Mary's Royals 6:5

Semifinals

• 2/8: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Notre Dame Foresters 8:5
• 2/10: St. Mary's Royals - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 4:3 OT
• 2/12: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - St. Mary's Royals 3:1
• 2/12: Notre Dame Foresters - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 3:2
• 2/14: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Notre Dame Foresters 9:3
• 2/17: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - St. Mary's Royals 5:1
• 2/19: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Notre Dame Foresters 5:3
• 2/19: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - St. Mary's Royals 8:3
• 2/21: Notre Dame Foresters - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 11:5
• 2/24: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - St. Mary's Royals 4:0
• 2/26: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Notre Dame Foresters 4:2

Final

• 3/7: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 4:2
• 3/12: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 8:3
• 3/14: Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers 12:3
• 3/17: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 7:4
• 3/19: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Cocagne-Grand Digue Atlantic Roofers 6:4 - Goguen won series 4-2

Quebec-New Brunswick Intermediate C League

Final

• 3/30: Campbellton Beavers - Hachey Truckers 5:4 OT
• 4/2: Campbellton Beavers - Hachey Truckers 4:0 - Beavers won series 4-1

Other games

• 12/28: Fredericton Racers - Miramichi Merchants 7:5
• 1/5: Cocagne-Grand Digue Goguen Brothers - Moncton Roadrunners 10:3
• 1/8: Miramichi Merchants - Fairville Buccaneers 10:8
• 1/26: Fairville Buccaneers - St. Stephen Tee Vees 5:1
• 1/28: Fairville Buccaneers - Fredericton Racers 4:1
• 1/30: Rogersville Acadians - Miramichi Merchants 7:6
• 2/6: Miramichi Merchants - Fredericton Racers 9:9
• 2/12: Miramichi Merchants - Keswick Cougars 20:1
• 2/24: Miramichi Merchants - Chipman Schooners 10:0
• 3/3: Miramichi Merchants - Moncton Bruins 9:5
• 3/6: Miramichi All-Stars - Miramichi Merchants 11:10
• North Side Ready-Mix - Chipman Merchants 2:1 on series (3:5, 8:3, 4:1) - Intermediate D series

New Brunswick Intermediate C Playoffs

• Cap Pele Eagles - Elgin Aces 2:1 on series (5:3, 2:3, W:L)
• Fairville Buccaneers - Fredericton Alpines 2:1 on series (5:3, 4:7, W:L)
• Miramichi Valley All-Stars - St. Thomas Tommies 2:0 on series (W:L, 7:4)
• Cap Pele Eagles - Lower Cap Pele Penguins 2:0 on series (4:3, 8:2)
• Miramichi Valley All-Stars - Fairville Buccaneers 2:0 on series (W:L, 5:1)
• Cap Pele Eagles - Miramichi Valley All-Stars 2:0 on series (8:2, 9:8 OT)
• Miscou Island Navigators - Anse Bleu Pirates 2:1 on series (8:3, 4:6, 4:2)
• Cap Pele Eagles - St. Andrews Senators 2:0 on series (5:3, 11:1)
• Cap Pele Eagles - Miscou Island Navigators 2:1 on series (8:7, 5:6 2OT, Forfeit) - final

New Brunswick Intermediate D Playoffs

• Doaktown Miramichi Merchants - Rogersville Acadians 2:0 on series (9:8, 6:5)
• Barachois Fishermen - Petitcodiac Green Gables 2:0 on series (4:2, 2:1)
• Moncton Bruins - Barachois Fishermen 2:0 on series (6:4, 8:2)
• Doaktown Miramichi Merchants - Moncton Bruins 2:0 on series (9:4, 7:5)
• Doaktown Miramichi Merchants - Black's Harbor Silver Kings 2:1 on series (9:6, 6:9, 10:5)
• Val d'Amour Satellites - Doaktown Miramichi Merchants 3:2 on series (2:8, 4:3, 5:2, L:W, 8:5) - final; Val'd Amour won the New Brunswick-Quebec Intermediate D League title

Sources

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