St John Beavers

'This page is about the senior team. For the junior team, please see Saint John Beavers (junior).'

History
The Saint John Beavers were a senior, junior and a major team.

They won the Maritimes Senior Championship in 1938-39, 1945-46, and 1952-53.

The Beavers also made it to the 1951-52 Alexander Cup Final which they lost to the Quebec Aces.

1938-39 Season
This season the Beavers played as an independent (non-league) team before entering the 1938-39 Maritimes Senior Playoffs.

This is an incomplete (?) list of exhibition games played:

Atlantic Coast Senior Hockey League
''On the 1955-56 ACSHL Final; The series was tied at 4 games each with one tie. Fredericton objected to the tenth game being played at St John, saying that five games had already been played there. Five Fredericton players carried it further - they refused to board the bus to go to the game. This caused the Capitals to default the game and the series. The team later sued these players.''

Beavers who played in the NHL



 * John Arundel
 * Dusty Blair
 * Marc Boileau
 * Tom Brennan
 * Al Buchanan
 * Joffre Desilets
 * Bill Dickie
 * Gordie Drillon
 * Ray Getliffe
 * Ron Hurst
 * George Johnston
 * Jackie Keating
 * Pete Kelly
 * Gus Kyle
 * Pete Langelle
 * Sammy McManus
 * Peanuts O'Flaherty
 * Charlie Phillips
 * Les Ramsay
 * Don Sweeney
 * Sherman White