The 1968 Hardy Cup

Hardy Cup

The W. G. Hardy Trophy, more commonly referred to as the Hardy Cup, was the Canadian national Intermediate "A" ice hockey championship from 1967 until 1984. From 1985 until 1990, the Hardy Cup was the Canadian national senior championship for Senior "AA" after senior and intermediate hockey were...

was the 1968 edition of the Canadian

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 intermediate senior ice hockey

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 championship. The 1967-68 season was the first season of the Hardy Cup, which was awarded by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

Canadian Amateur Hockey Association

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 between 1968 and 1990.

The winners of the 1968 Cup were the Sept-Iles Mineurs, a hockey

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 team based in Sept-Iles

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, Quebec

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. In the final, they beat the Meadow Lake Stampeders from Saskatchewan

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3-1.

To reach the final, the Mineurs had won the East of Canada championship by beating Kapuskasing, while Meadow Lake had won the West of Canada championship by beating Fort Frances.

Hardy Cup final

North Battleford, Saskatchewan	Best out of 5 Series
Game 1 - Friday, 3 May 1968	Sept-Iles 4	Meadow Lake 3
Game 2 - Saturday 4 May 1968	Meadow Lake 5	Sept-Iles 1
Game 3 - Sunday 5 May 1968	Sept-Iles 6	Meadow Lake 1
Game 4 - Monday 6 May 1968	Sept-Iles 4	Meadow Lake 1

Sept-Iles wins the series 3-1.

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

Teams

Western Canada Regional Champions
British Columbia	Quesnel Kangaroos
Alberta	Vermillion Tigers
Saskatchewan	Meadow Lake Stampeders
Manitoba	Brandon
West Ontario	Fort Frances Canadians

Playdowns

Sept-Iles Mineurs 1968 Roster

Management: Jean Croteau, Arthur Levesque
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