Maritime Senior Hockey League (1991-92)

The Maritime Senior Hockey League was played in the Maritimes during the 1991-92 season after the senior hockey leagues in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia merged together in August of 1991. 
Following the end of the 1990-1991 season, the New Brunswick Senior Hockey League (1968-1992) was down to only two teams after the Miramichi Packers and the Campbellton Tigers (senior) folded. Leaving only the Charlottetown Islanders and Saint John Vito's.
In the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1982-1995), the Port Hood Bees folded leaving only the Dartmouth Mounties, Truro Bearcats and the Bridgewater Blues.
Charlottetown finished first with a win-loss-tie record of 21-9-2, Saint John was second with a record of 21-9-2, Dartmouth was third (18-13-1), Truro was fourth (12-19-1) and Bridgewater was fifth (5-27).
The Islanders finished one point ahead of the Vito's due to one of their losses coming in overtime.
The Blues actually forfeiting their final six games and decided not to play out the remainder of the season. 
The Charlottetown Islanders advanced to the 1992 Allan Cup, losing to the Vitos 3-1 in the Maritime final. The Islanders would go 1-2-0 in the round robin and advance to the semifinal where they lost 5-1 to the Stony Plain Eagles.
The Vito's won the 1992 Allan Cup, defeating the Eagles 6-2 in the finals.
==Participating teams==
Team 	Location 	Arena 	Tenure 	Notes
Charlottetown Islanders	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown Civic Centre	1991-1992	Folded following 1991-1992 season
Dartmouth Mounties 	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 	Dartmouth Sportsplex 	1991-1992	re-joined Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1982-1995)
Saint John Vito's 	Saint John, New Brunswick 	 	1991-1992	Folded following 1991-992 season
Truro Bearcats 	Truro, Nova Scotia 	Colchester Legion Stadium 	1991-1992	re-joined the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1982-1995)
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Charlottetown Islanders	32	21	9 	2	151	114	45
Saint John Vito's 	32	21	9 	2	153	110	44
Dartmouth Mounties 	32	18	13	1	149	123	37
Truro Bearcats 	32	12	19	1	141	168	23
Bridgewater Blues 	32	5 	27	0	78 	157	11
==Playoffs==
;Semifinals
Best of 7
*Saint John - Dartmouth 4:0 on series
*Charlottetown - Truro 4:1 on series
;Final
Best of 5
*Saint John - Charlottetown 3:1 on series
Note: Series was originally going to be best of 7, became best of 5 after Saint John had their first two wins annulled due to an ineligible player. 
==Leading Scorers==
1991-92 PLAYER / TEAM 	GP	G 	A 	PTS.	PIM
1. Ron Carragher, Charlottetown   	29	28*	32 	  60	  45
2. Matt Ripley, Truro Bearcats 	32	28*	30 	  58	  30
3. Rodney MacIntosh, Truro 	31	20 	30 	  50	  26
4. Craig Jenkins, Charlottetown 	29	15 	34*	  49	    4
5. Dave Cameron, Charlottetown 	28	19 	28 	  47	  93
6. Bob Brown, Saint John Vitos 	29	16 	28 	  44	  19
7. Todd Stark, Saint John Vitos 	30	21 	21 	  42	  12
8. D Robert MacInnes, Truro 	30	11 	25 	  36	172
9. Derek Switzer, Dartmouth 	27	14 	20 	  34	    8
10. Andrew MacVicar, Dartmouth 	25	23 	10 	  33	  40
==Sources==
*SIHR - League Directory
*Telegraph Journal archives 
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Category:Maritime Senior Hockey League (1991-92)