Editing Campbellton, New Brunswick (section)

==Sports==

The [[Memorial Civic Center|Memorial Civic Centre]] is the most important sporting infrastructure in the city. The Memorial Civic Centre opened in downtown Campbellton on the bank of the Restigouche River in 1992, following a fire to the 1950s era Memorial Arena located on Arran Street. Its 3,500 seat multi-purpose arena with Olympic size ice surface is home to the [[Maritime Junior Hockey League]]'s Junior A [[ice hockey]] team, the [[Campbellton Tigers]]. The complex is equipped to accommodate sporting events, entertainment, commercial functions and trade shows on a local, regional or national basis.

*The 2003 [[Canada Winter Games]] took place in the facility and [[Sidney Crosby]] was present to represent his native [[Nova Scotia]] in the sport of [[ice hockey]].
*In 2006, the city was host to the [[Acadian Games]].
*In 2009, [[CBC Television|CBC]]'s [[Hockey Day in Canada]] was broadcast from Campbellton, where [[Ron MacLean]] and [[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]] did their segment of [[Coach's Corner]] at the Memorial Civic Centre.

Campbellton has an 18-hole golf course, the Restigouche Golf Club which was founded in 1923 and overlooks the [[Restigouche River]].

===Campbellton Tigers===
From 1967–68 to 1989–90, the [[Hardy Cup (ice hockey)|Hardy Cup]] was awarded to the Intermediate "A" and later Senior "AA" champion of Canada. The Tigers won more championships than any other team with three titles, in 1972, 1977 and 1988. In fact, only the [[Charlottetown Islanders]] won the cup more than once with two titles. The Tigers won the Col. J. Bourque Trophy as Eastern Canada Champions a record 4 times. The Eastern Canada champions faced the Western Canada champions for the Hardy Cup for the title of Champions of Canada. The 1972 and 1977 teams were inducted into the [[New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame]] as part of the Campbellton hockey dynasty of the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honoured Members - C |url=http://www.honouredmembers.com/name/?letter_order=18&submit=Submit |publisher=New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref> [[Gerry Ouellette]], former member of the [[Boston Bruins]], coached all three championship teams and the fourth team in 1978 which lost in the finals. Ouellette was a player-coach for the first title in 1972.

'''1971–1972'''
The 1972 Campbellton Tigers defeated the [[Rosetown Red Wings]] 3 games to 2 in the best of five finals which were held in [[Rosetown, Saskatchewan]]. The team was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, and included [[Gord Gallant]] and [[Peter Maher (hockey announcer)|Peter Maher]].

'''1976–1977'''
The 1977 Campbellton Tigers defeated the [[Warroad Lakers]] of [[Warroad, Minnesota]] 3 games to 1 in the best of five finals which were held in Campbellton, New Brunswick. The Tigers had a record of 49 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie during the regular season and a record of 24 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs. The team was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.