[citation needed] The Barons won the league championship during the 1968–69 season, then played against the Flin Flon Bombers from the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) for the Canadian Hockey Association east-west final, and for the Father Athol Murray Trophy.

[5] The Barons withdrew from the championship series during the fourth game, played at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon on May 5.

[6] The Barons were escorted from the arena to their hotel by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police due to fear of violence.

[7] The Barons abandoned the series in the interest of player safety, and departed for home on May 6, despite a scheduled game on May 7 in Flin Flon.

The team paid its own expenses to get home, with assistance from some of its fans who made the road trip to Manitoba.