1955-1956 Glace Bay Junior Miners

• Type: Team
• Sport(s): Hockey
• Year: 2021

The Glace Bay Junior Miners were actual coal miners. They put in an 8 hour day in the coal mines before practice or playing a game. Although their regular season was no great shakes, it was a totally different story during the playoffs.. They defeated the Northside Franklins and Sydney Millionaires to win the Cape Breton championship. Then they defeated the Halifax Junior Canadians in six games to win the Maritime Championship. The lost the Eastern Canadian Finals three games to two to the Montreal St. Jean Braves which included future Montreal Canadiens star Bobby Rousseau.

The Miners were called a Cinderella Team.  Six members of the team went on to coach, manage or work in executive positions with other teams.