1968 Hardy Cup
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The 1968 Hardy Cup was the 1968 edition of the Canadian intermediate senior ice hockey championship. The 1967-68 season was the first season of the Hardy Cup, which was awarded by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association between 1968 and 1990.
The winners of the 1968 Cup were the Sept-Îles Mineurs, a hockey team based in Sept-Îles, Quebec. In the final, they beat the from Saskatchewan 3-1.
To reach the final, the Mineurs had won the Eastern Canadian championship by beating Kapuskasing, while Meadow Lake had won the Western Canadian championship by beating Fort Frances.
Hardy Cup final[]
| North Battleford, Saskatchewan | Best out of 5 Series | |
|---|---|---|
| Game 1 - Friday, 3 May 1968 | Sept-Îles 4 | Meadow Lake 3 |
| Game 2 - Saturday 4 May 1968 | Meadow Lake 5 | Sept-Îles 1 |
| Game 3 - Sunday 5 May 1968 | Sept-Îles 6 | Meadow Lake 1 |
| Game 4 - Monday 6 May 1968 | Sept-Îles 4 | Meadow Lake 1 |
Sept-Îles wins the series 3-1.
Eastern Canada Championship 1968[]
Teams[]
| Eastern Canada Regional Champions | ||
| Northern Ontario | Kapuskasing GMs | |
| Ontario | Kingston Merchants | |
| Ottawa | Buckingham Aces | |
| Quebec | Sept Iles Mineurs | |
| Maritimes | Fredericton Caps | |
| Newfoundland | Labrador City Braves | |
Playdowns[]
| Final | Semi-final | Quarter-final | ||||||||||||
| OHA | Kingston | 0 | ||||||||||||
| NO | Kapuskasing | 2 | ||||||||||||
| NO | Kapuskasing | 2 | ||||||||||||
| OD | Buckingham | 0 | ||||||||||||
| NO | Kapuskasing | 1 | ||||||||||||
| QC | Sept-Îles | 2 | ||||||||||||
| QC | Sept-Îles | 2 | ||||||||||||
| NB | Fredericton | 0 | ||||||||||||
| NB | Fredericton | 2 | ||||||||||||
| NL | Labrador City | 0 | ||||||||||||
Western Canada Championship 1968[]
Teams[]
| Western Canada Regional Champions | ||
| British Columbia | Quesnel Kangaroos | |
| Alberta | Vermillion Tigers | |
| Saskatchewan | Meadow Lake Stampeders | |
| Manitoba | Brandon | |
| West Ontario | Fort Frances Canadians | |
Playdowns[]
| Final | Semi-final | Quarter-final | ||||||||||||
| BC | Quesnel | 1 | ||||||||||||
| AB | Vermilion | 3 | ||||||||||||
| AB | Vermilion | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Sk | Meadow Lake | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Sk | Meadow Lake | 3 | ||||||||||||
| TB | Fort Frances | 0 | ||||||||||||
| MN | Brandon | |||||||||||||
| TB | Fort Frances | |||||||||||||
Sept-Îles Mineurs 1968 Roster[]
Management: Jean Croteau, Arthur Levesque, Lucien Ruest. Coach: Jean-Guy Normand.
| Pos | # | Player |
| G | 1 | Ronald Gilbert |
| G | 30 | Gordon Theriault |
| D | 2 | Ghislain Bouchard (A) |
| D | 3 | Yvan Flibotte |
| D | 5 | Denis Gagnon |
| D | 6 | Willie Shuglo |
| F | 4 | Claude Roy (C) |
| F | 7 | Amedee Larrivee |
| F | 8 | Omer Ouellet |
| F | 9 | Jean-Paul Bouchard (A) |
| F | 10 | Henri Roy |
| F | 11 | Yvon Juneau |
| F | 12 | Jacques Mercier |
| F | 14 | Magella Dubois |
| F | 15 | Andre Lamontagne |
| F | 16 | Bertrand Lepage |
| F | 17 | Jacques Bergeron |
| F | 18 | Gilbert Larorest |
Mineurs de Sept-Îles 1968 Hardy Cup Champions
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