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.

Lancaster Centennial League

as of 2/19

1. Alpines 20-9-2-42
2. Merchants 18-9-4-40
3. Randolph Schooners 18-10-3-39
4. Milford 14-17-0-28
5. Fairville 10-17-4-24
6. Beaconsfield Blues 6-24-1-13

• 2/20: Fairville - Randolph 5:4
• 2/20: Beaconsfield - Milford 4:2
• 2/27: Fairville - Alpines 3:2
• 2/27: Merchants - Beaconsfield 8:0
• 3/1: Milford - Randolph 3:2

Semifinals

• 3/6: Randolph - Alpines 3:2
• 3/6: Merchants - Milford 4:2
• 3/11: Merchants - Milford 9:3
• 3/11: Alpines - Randolph 4:2
• 3/13: Merchants - Milford 6:1
• 3/13: Randolph - Alpines 5:2
• 3/19: Alpines - Randolph 4:3
• 3/20: Alpines - Randolph 4:3 OT

Final

• 3/25: Merchants - Alpines 3:2
• 3/27: Merchants - Alpines 6:2
• 4/1: Merchants - Alpines 3:1
• 4/3: Merchants - Alpines 4:3 OT

Simonds Suburban League

as of 1/30

1. Atlantic Drywall 28 pts
2. NB Tel 26 pts
3. Sleigh's Express 25 pts
4. Ziebart Rustproofing 20 pts
5. Whipple's Express 18 pts
6. Rebels 3 pts

• 2/4: NB Tel - Rebels 7:1
• 2/4: Sleigh's Express - Ziebart Rustproofing 6:2
• 2/4: Atlantic Drywall - Whipple's Express 5:2
• 2/6: Rebels - Sleigh's Express 4:4
• 2/6: Atlantic Drywall - NB Tel 4:3
• 2/6: Whipple's Express - Ziebart Rustproofing 3:2
• 2/20: Ziebart Rustproofing - Whipple's Express 7:4
• 2/20: NB Tel - Rebels 5:1

Semifinals

• 2/25: Atlantic Drywall - NB Tel 6:5 OT
• 2/25: Ziebart Rustproofing - Sleigh's Express 5:0
• 2/27: NB Tel - Atlantic Drywall 6:4
• 2/27: Sleigh's Express - Ziebart Rustproofing 6:5 OT
• 3/4: Atlantic Drywall - NB Tel 8:1
• 3/4: Ziebart Rustproofing - Sleigh's Express 4:3
• 3/6: Atlantic Drywall - NB Tel 8:5
• 3/6: Sleigh's Express - Ziebart Rustproofing 6:5
• 3/11: Ziebart Rustproofing - Sleigh's Express 2:1

Final

• 3/13: Atlantic Drywall - Ziebart Rustproofing 4:2
• 3/19: Ziebart Rustproofing - Atlantic Drywall 3:2
• 3/20: Atlantic Drywall - Ziebart Rustproofing 5:4
• 3/25: Ziebart Rustproofing - Atlantic Drywall 5:1
• 4/1: Atlantic Drywall - Ziebart Rustproofing 5:4
• 4/3: Atlantic Drywall - Ziebart Rustproofing 4:1 - final

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