WEST ROUND ROBIN BC MAN SASK ALTA Record
British Columbia —– 86-49 130-66 100-49 (3-0)
Manitoba 49-86 —– 78-58 65-58 (2-1)
Saskatchewan 66-130 58-78 —– 101-96 (1-2)
Alberta 49-100 58-65 96-101 —– (0-3)
Bronze Alberta 105 Saskatchewan 68
Final British Columbia 103 Manitoba 61

        In West round robin play, held in Regina: …………………………………………………… Manitoba spanked Saskatchewan 78-58 after leading 40-18 at the half. Dennis Skrabur paced Manitoba with 18. Darren Slobodian added 16. Chris Warnecke and Ryan Leier each notched 8 for Saskatchewan. Warnecke told the Regina Leader-Post that “we just couldn’t shoot. Nothing was working out. We just couldn’t run our offence. I don’t think we were executing at all. It must have been opening game jitters or something.” …………………………………………………… British Columbia thrashed Alberta 100-49 as Eric Hinrichsen scored 21. Mike Henry led Alberta with 13. …………………………………………………… Saskatchewan edged Alberta 101-96 (also reported as 101-98) as Craig Kihn scored 32. Skousan Harker paced Alberta with 21. Ryan Baldry added 18. …………………………………………………… British Columbia torched Saskatchewan 130-66 as Eric Hinrichsen scored 31. BC led 70-31 at the half. Steve Kummerfeld paced Saskatchewan with 15. Hinrichsen told the Regina Leader-Post that “we slacked off a bit on defence for 10 minutes or so. From what we heard, they were a good shooting team. They proved it to us.” Kummerfeld said “BC is just so good. They have everything covered. We didn’t do anything against their team.” Saskatchewan coach Greg Jockims said “it’s a situation where you have to approach the game and try to control the thing have controlled. We just wanted to focus on what we were trying to do. We knew it was a long shot. We tried to tell them there are situations in life where it seems like insurmountable odds.” …………………………………………………… Manitoba dispatched Alberta 65-58 as Darren Slobodian scored 17. Skousan Harker paced Alberta with 15. Mike Henry added 15.

        In the West bronze medal match, Alberta defeated Saskatchewan 105-68 (also reported as 104-68) as Ryan Baldry socred 17. Chris Warnecke led Saskatchewan with 14. Ryan Leier added 10 and Steve Kummerfeld 10. Saskatchewan (coached by Greg Jockims) also included Craig Kihn.

        In the West final, British Columbia thrashed Manitoba 103-61 as Nathan Bailey scored 32. Darren Slobodian paced Manitoba with 20.

        The all-tournament team featured MVP Eric Hinrichsen (British Columbia); Ryan Baldry (Alberta); Steve Kummerfeld (Saskatchewan); Lenin Mangaron (Manitoba); Nathan Bailey (British Columbia); and Vic Grigore (British Columbia)

        The bronze medalist Alberta: Mike Henry; Skousan Harker; Ryan Baldry; Robert Izsak; Bob Erickson; Charlton Weaselhead; Jared Heidinger; coach Allen Gallup; assistant Shawn Gilborn

        The silver medalist Manitoba: Lenin Mangaron; Darren Slobodian; Dennis Skrabek; Rob Penner; Juphell Falcis; Chris Taylor; Ken Piech; Rob Thimm; Vernis Blair; Chris Lucas; Marlin Kraus; Clarence Vigilance; Darren Slobodian; coach Scott Martin; assistant Neil Taylor; assistant Joel Themmen

        The gold medalist British Columbia: Nathan Bailey; Andy Dunn; Victor Grigore; Eric Hinrichsen; Chris Lake; Ben Mayan; Jason McIvor; Dan McMillan; Curtis Mephan; Jeff Sharma; coach Paul Eberhardt; assistant J.J. Hyde

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        In round-robin play, held in Torbay:

        Newfoundland: coach Rick McNeish