REGULAR SEASON
| NOVA SCOTIA | NB-PEI | |||||||
| St. FX | 3-1 | Ambrose Gilmet | U.P.E.I. | 3-1 | Jack Reardon | |||
| Acadia | 3-1 | Bob Douglas | Mount Allison | 2-2 | Bill Cunningham | |||
| Dalhousie | Keith King | New Brunswick | 1-3 | Doug Rogers | ||||
In NB/PEI play, U.P.E.I. captured the crown with (3-1) record.
In league play: …………………………………………………… UPEI dispatched Mount Allison 67-47 as Dorais scored 23, Slowley 17, Reardon 14, Taylor 7, Shea 2, Mooney 2 and Lawlor 2. McLennan paced the Mounties with 22. Trafford added 9, McEwen 6, Bain 3, Whit e3, Stewart 2 and Bishop 2. …………………………………………………… UPEI defeated Mount Allison 55-49 as Reardon scored 27, Dorais 13, Mooney 7, Lawlor 4 and Taylor 4. McLennan led the Mounties with 24. Trafford added 11, Stewart 8, McEwen 2, Bain 2 and Bishop 2. …………………………………………………… UPEI clipped New Brunswick 51-40 as Reardon scored 20, Taylor 11, Slowey 10, Dorais 7 and Mooney 3, while Lalor, Fisher and Shea were scoreless. Brannen led the Varsity Reds with 13. Milligan added 12, Patterson 4, Stairs 3, Ronan 2, Hayworth 2 and Cheesman 2, while Gorman, O’Blenis, Garland, McAlary and Forbes were scoreless. …………………………………………………… New Brunswick edged PEI 57-51. …………………………………………………… Mount Allison defeated New Brunswick 82-74 as Mouse McLennan scored 26, Bill Stewart 22, White 11, Bain 6, Naylor 4, Nicholson 2, Daniels 2 and McEwan 1, while Trafford and Bishop were scoreless. Stairs led the Varsity Reds with 19. Patterson added 18, Gorman 11, Milligan 10 and Cheeseman 5, while Garland, O’Blenis, Forbes, Ronan and Hayward were scoreless. …………………………………………………… Mount Allison dispatched New Brunswick 83-66 as White scored 21, McLennan 17, Stewart 16, Bain 12, Trafford 7, Nicholson 4, McEwan 4 and Naylor 3, while Daniels and Bishop were scoreless. Brannen led the Varsity Reds with 28. Gorman added Gorman 13, Patterson 10, Stairs 6, O’Blenis 4, Milligan 2, McAlary 2 and Hayworth 1, while Garland, Ronan, Cheeseman and Forbes were scoreless.
New Brunswick/UPEI division rosters:
Mount Allison Mounties: Mouse Maclennan; Morton Bain; Thomas Trafford, Arthur Naylor, Blenis Nicholson, Bill Stewart, Peter Daniels, Lloyd McEwen, William Bishop, Kenneth White, Edward Jones, Laird Matheson, coach Bill Cunningham, assistant manager Warren Bruleigh
New Brunswick Varsity Reds: Jim Milligan; Brandy Brannan; Jack Patterson; Gordon Stairs; Tom Gorman; George O’Blenis; Eric Garland; Eric McAlary; Charlie Cheeseman; John Forbes; John Ronan; Doug Hayward; John Abernethy; coach Doug Rogers; manager Ted Stevens; assistant manager Hugh Donald
In the Nova Scotia league: …………………………………………………… St. FX and Acadia finished (3-1), splitting their two games, necessitating a single-game playoff, which the X-Men won 74-52.
Nova Scotia rosters:
Acadia Axemen: Bob Douglas, Ron Nickerson, Claude ‘Varse’ MacLachlan, Mike Nowlan, Jack Garnett, E ‘Bunty’ Forde, Roy Dingle, Jack Clarke, Ron Lewis, coach Bob Douglas, manager D Swim
Dalhousie Tigers: Deke Jones, Gordie Rankin, Butch Sutherland, Bob Goss, Carl Webb, Ken Gladwin, Ron Franklin, Paul Goldman, Al Sullivan, Dave Jannigan, Pete MacGregor, A Sinclair, Jeanes, Jim Gilmore, Dave MacLaughlin, coach Keith King, manager Kempton Hayes
In the Maritime final, St. Francis Xavier defeated the U.P.E.I. Panthers 55-50; 43-45 (Total: 98-95).
In game one, St. FX prevailed 55-50. Jack Reardon led the Panthers with 18. Gus Dorais added 11, Bob Mooney 8, Danny Shea 5, Frank Slowey 4 and Johnny Taylor 4. St. FX hit 17-24 from the line, while UPEI was 10-22.
In game two, UPEI prevailed 45-43 as Jack Reardon scored 19, Johnny Taylor 10, Danny Shea 6, Gus Dorais 6 and Bob Mooney 4. Frank Korbut paced St. FX with 25. Packy McFarland added 6, Franey Shea 4, Al Grassi 3, Jack Sullivan 3 and Julian Richards 2. The X-Men led 22-19 at the half. The X-Men had just three Canadians on their roster.
The runner-up Prince Edward Island Panthers: Bob Mooney, Andre (Gus) Dorais, John Fisher; Johnny Taylor; Frank Slowley; Danny Shea; Bud Lawlor; playing coach Jack Reardon; faculty advisor W.F. MacGuigan; manager Gerald Johnston
The champion St. Francis Xavier X-Men: Frank Korbut; Al Grassi; Julian Richards; John ‘Packy’ McFarland; Franey Shea; Jack Sullivan; Joe Pezzareallo; Tom Conley; Mike McNeil; MacIsaac; Thompson; Connolly; coach Ambrose Gilmet; manager Ralph Bolduc; assistant manager Mel Shea