REGULAR SEASON
| NOVA SCOTIA | NB-PEI | |||||||
| Acadia | 6-0 | 19-5 | Stu Aberdeen | U.P.E.I. | 3-1 | 5-8 | Ed Hilton | |
| St. FX | 3-3 | 9-10 | John McFarland | New Brunswick | 3-1 | 12-9 | Don Nelson | |
| Saint Mary’s | 3-3 | 4-6 | Frank Baldwin | Mt. Allison | 0-4 | 5-8 | Gus McFarlane | |
| Dalhousie | 0-6 | Joe Rutigliano | ||||||
With only four teams in the NSIBL, a decision was made not to conduct Nova Scotia semis.
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Dalhousie Tigers: Pete Herndorf, Nick Fraser, Ted Viele, Aubrey Browne, Schow, Brian Garland, Paul Gray, Sandy Cameron, Dwyer, Nadir Freedman, John Schiffman, Alan MacDonald, Henry Newman, Alex Shaw, Ashworth, Ron Hamada, coach Joe Rutigliano, manager Ken Glube
St. Mary’s Huskies: Bob Lahey, Bob Healy, Rick Dougherty, Bob Deluca, Bob Padden, John Sullivan, Dick Salinetti, Cloutier, Tom Walsh, Buzz McHale, Bob Clinton, Mike Cox, Louis Delvallet, John Dougherty, Dick MacLean, Shawn McCarthy, coach Clark
In the Nova Scotia finals, Acadia swept St. FX 57-55; 56-35 (2g-0). …………………………………………………… In game one, Acadia defeated St. FX 57-55 as Charlie Thomas hit a jumper in the lane with two seconds to go. St. FX was ahead 55-53 with 1:30 to go but Ritchie Spears hit a bucket to tie the contest. St. FX’s Paul Chenard missed a field goal from the top of the key with 17 seconds to go. Thomas grabbed the rebound and Acadia called time out to set up the winning play. Thomas finished with 23 points, including 10-13 from the floor, while Spears added 18, including 8-16 from the floor. St. FX was led by Paul Schonhart 21, including 8-12 from the floor and point guard Bob Nepolitano 8, including 3-5 from the floor. ………………………………………………………… In the second contest, Acadia’s tough 1-2-2 zone proved too much for St. FX to handle as the Axemen won 56-35 after taking a 24-15 halftime lead. Acadia’s Jim Kreutzer, from Buffalo, N.Y. led all scorers with 15, while Ritchie Spears added 14 and Charles Thomas 10. Thomas pulled down 10 rebounds in leading Acadia to a 40-30 rebound margin over St. FX. Paul Schonhart and Bernie Bouchey each scored 8 to pace St. FX. The X-Men (coached by John ‘Packy’ McFarland) also included Dave Barry, Kevin Kelly, Paul Chenard, Gregory Jordan, Robert Napolitano, Ronald Byrnes, Paul Coakley, Hugh Peters, Jay Ashe, Neil Bisson, Nick Camelio, Bob Theising, Roger Young and Patrick O’Leary.
U.P.E.I. captured the NB-PEI crown with a final regular season game victory at home over UNB 61-51 as Bob Francouer scored 26. Laird McLennan led UNB with 15.
Playoff non-qualifier:
Mount Allison Hawks: Ron Wallace, Mike Harrison, Dave McKinney, Bob Silver, Keith Wornell, Tom Storey, Bruce Malcolm, Dave Stothart, Marint Hayes, Dale Drost, R Allen, D Hicks, Al Stoddart, coach Angus MacFarlane, manager D Hickey
New Brunswick Red Raiders: Roland Labonte, Pete MacAleenan, John Hanusiak, Ted Tomchak, Bill Redden, Ken Harvey, Clary Lay, Alden Appleby, Eric Lakes, Laird McLennan, Bob McMurray, Gord Jones, Ken Cole (lost for most of season because of an ankle injury), coach Don Nelson (In Northeast Conference play, UNB’s Laird McLennan is again chosen MVP of the league).
In the Maritime finals, Acadia d’d U.P.E.I. 76-37; 65-44 (2g-0).
In the opening contest, Acadia took a 42-13 lead and breezed to a 76-37 win as Peter Simmonds scored 19, including 14 in the first half, and grabbed 8 rebounds. Ritchie Spears added 18, while Jim Kreutzer nabbed 10 boards. The Axemen included Buffalo, N.Y.-product Frank Kreutzer and Hampstead, Long Island-product Ronnie Ayes. Bob Francoeur paced UPEI with 18.
In the second contest, Acadia took a 33-26 lead at the half and were unchallenged as Ritchie Spears scored 21, Dan Parrinelli 17, Jim Kreutzer 13, Charlie Thomas 10 and Peter Simmonds 4, while I MacMillan, J Olinto, P Caron and S Konchalski were scoreless. UPEI was led by Bob Francoeur 17, Frank Garrity 10, Ripley 7, Dan DesRoches 5 and Joe Sassi 5, while Mclaughlin, Eaton and Farrell were scoreless. Acadia entered the national tourney 18-4, riding a five-game winning streak.
On March 22, 1963, the league voted to eliminate its divisions and commence playing a regular round robin with six teams: New Brunswick, Mount Allison; St. FX, Dalhousie, Acadia and Saint Mary’s.
The runner-up Prince Edward Island (then St. Dunstan’s) Panthers: Bob Francoeur; Frank Garrity; Fred Ripley; Dan DesRoches; Joe Sassi; W Buotte; Dan Eaton; L Farrell; Gene McLaughlin; coach Ed Hilton; manager John Hickey
The champion Acadia Axemen: Ritchie Spears; Ronald Ayes; Frank Kreutzer; Pete Simmonds; Charlie Thomas; John Olinto; Dan Parrinelli; Steve Konchalski; Ian MacMillan; Paul Carson; Travers; Forsythe; Andy Kranack; Gary Merrill; Mike Tzaqarakis; Bill White; coach Stu Aberdeen; manager Frank Pires, manager Harris; manager Phil Wright