REGULAR SEASON

Saint Mary’s  9-3 18-5 Les Goodwin        
  Dalhousie  9-3 14-6 Al Yarr        
  Acadia  8-4 12-5 Gibb Chapman        
  St. FX  7-5   John McFarland        
  New Brunswick  6-6 18-10 Don Nelson        
  U.P.E.I.  3-9   Ed Hilton        
  Mt. Allison 0-12   Gus McFarlane        
                 

       Saint Mary’s took the title with a 51-50 victory over Dalhousie in the postseason playoff. In regular season play: Saint Mary’s defeated St. FX twice, Dalhousie two of three times and split with Acadia. Daniels scored 475 points on the season, Brown 342 and O’Reilly 343.

       Non-medalist rosters:

       Mount Allison Hawks: Doug Goss, Dougal Chisholm, Dave Wood, Bud Coupland, Ken Evans, Steve Phinney, John Jarvie, Ward, Fraser, J Estey

       New Brunswick Varsity Reds: Rod Cox, Dave Nutbrown, Dave Hill, Bob Bonnell, Cameron Starritt, Blair Kennedy, Kevin Parkinson, Fred MacMullin, Peter Barr, John Wallace, Gord Lebel, Alex Dingwall, D MacMullin, coach Don Nelson, assistant Dan Patterson, manager Ron Hicks, manager John Richardson

       PEI (then St. Dunstan’s Saints) Panthers: Dave MacNeil, Owen Jay, Eddie Lawlor, Mike Sullivan, Ronnie Diamond, Jim Fitzgerald, Jim Burke, John White, Vic Renfro, Rick Butler, Leon Berrouard, Tom Forrestall, Norman Murnaghan, Hermie MacNeil, coach Ed Hilton

       St. FX X-Men: Owen Cameron, Brian Buckley, Hugh Reid, Marty Lyons, Walt Szpilewski, Bob Martin, Joe Bedford, Hans Schamp, Phil Legere, John Power, John ‘Angel’ Gabriel, John Gorham, Jim Edgar, Dave Case, Charlie Edgar, coach Packy McFarland, manager Steve Boyd

In regular season play: …………………………………………………… Dalhousie dusted the U.P.E.I. Panthers 105-76 as Durnford scored 28, Peters 22, Cassidy 19, along with 20 boards, Cohen 18, Bourassa 10, Savage 2, Smith 2, Bethune 2 and Montagano 2. Fitzgerald paced the Panthers with 24. Sullivan added 15, Lawlor 8, Diamond 8, Jay 6, Butler 5, Burke 4 and McNeil 2. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie blasted Mount Allison 77-59 as Durnford scored 22, Cassidy 12, Bourassa 11, Cohen 10, Peters 10, Montagano 4, Snow 3, Savage 2, Smith 2 and Ritcey 1. Wood paced the Hawks with 18. Evans added 15, Goss 8, Coupland 3, Chisholm 6, Phinney 2 and Fraser 2. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie edged Acadia 65-64 as Peters scored 21, Cassidy 16, along with 24 boards, Durnford 14, Bourassa 8 and Cohen 6. Rockaway Beach, NY-product Heaney paced the Axemen with 24. Frohlich added 15, Smith 11, Estabrook 8 and McMullen 6. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie pounded the Mount Allison Hawks 97-55 as Bourassa scored 26, Peters 19, Durnford 15, Cohen 10, Cassidy 9, Montagano 8, Ritcey 6, Snow 2 and Smith 2. Goss paced the Hawks with 16. Chisholm added 12, Wood 9, Coupland 7, Evans 6 and Phinney 5. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie dispatched the St. Francis Xavier X-Men 81-64. Cassidy paced the Tigers with 25, along with 13 boards. Cohen added 21. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie nipped Saint Mary’s 69-68 as Bourassa scored 23, Durnford 16, Cohen 8, Cassidy 8, Peters 8 and Savage 6, along with 10 boards. Daniels led the Huskies with 20. O’Reilly added 15, Thomas 14, Brown 9, Reardon 4, Harris 4 and Van Auken 2. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie whipped the U.P.E.I. Panthers 95-78 as Peters scored 29, Durnford 24, Cassidy 22, along with 32 boards, Bourassa 11, Savage 5, Cohen 2, Snow 1 and Montagano 1. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie defeated the New Brunswick Varsity Reds (then the Red Raiders) 72-65 as Cassidy scored 18, Cohen 18, Bourassa 13, along with 14 boards, Peters 11, Durnford 10 and Savage 2. …………………………………………………… The Acadia Axemen defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies 86-78 as Heaney scored 28 and Estabrook 21. O’Reilly led the Huskies with 21. Daniels added 18, along with 12 boards, and Brown 18, along with 10 boards. The Axemen hit 33-70 from the floor, while the Huskies hit 34-52 (.415). …………………………………………………… St. Francis Xavier dispatched Dalhousie 64-55 as Cameron scored 25. Peters led the Tigers with 16. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie defeated New Brunswick 71-61 as Cassidy scored 23, Durnford 16, Peters 10, Cohen 10, Bourassa 10 and Savage 2. Cox led the Red Raiders with 23. Nutbrown added 16, Barr 10, Hill 7 and Bonnell 5. The Red Raiders also played in the Northeast Conference and finished 10-2 behind 11-1 Rickes. Nutbrown and Hill were named first team all-conference. …………………………………………………… The Acadia Axemen clipped the Dalhousie Tigers 51-43 as Heaney scored 17, Bruce 9, Estabrook 8, Smith 7, Lumsden 6 and Frohlich 4. Bourassa led the Tigers with 15. Durnford added 12, Cassidy 7, Cohen 6 and Peters 2. …………………………………………………… UPEI defeated New Brunswick 76-72 as Jay scored 25, Fitzgerald 22, Sullivan 18, Diamond 7, Lawlor 2 and Burke 2. Cox led the Red Raiders with 26. Barr added 15, Bonnell 10, Hill 6, Kennedy 6, Nutbrown 5, F MacMullin 2, Dingwall 1 and Wallace 1. …………………………………………………… Acadia clocked Mount Allison 123-56 as Heaney scored 74 and Estabrook 20. Wood led the Mounties with 17. …………………………………………………… New Brunswick clipped Mount Allison 84-67 as Cox scored 21 and Hill 19. Goss led the Hawks with 27. Wood added 15. …………………………………………………… Saint Mary’s nipped Dalhousie 72-70 on a Reardon jumper in the final minute. O’Reilly led the Huskies with 19, while Brown nabbed 15 boards. Cassidy led the Tigers with 20, along with 14 boards. The Huskies hit 23-70 from the floor and 26-31 (.830) from the line. The Tigers hit 29-64 (.450) from the floor and 12-21 (.570) from the line. …………………………………………………… The New Brunswick Varsity Reds clipped the Saint Mary’s Huskies 59-52 as Nutbrown scored 22, Hill 12, Bonnell 9, Cox 9, Kennedy 2 and Barr 2. The Varsity Reds outrebounded the Huskies 36-27. Daniels led the Huskies with 22. Thomas added 9, Van Auken 6, Brown 5, along with 12 boards, O’Reilly 5 and Reardon 5. …………………………………………………… The New Brunswick Varsity Reds edged the St. FX X-Men 68-66 as Hill hit the winner with two seconds to play. Hill led the Red Raiders 19. Nutbrown added 14, Bonnell 14 and Cox 11. …………………………………………………… The St. FX X-Men dispatched the New Brunswick Varsity Reds 85-81 as Cameron scored 19. Cox led the Red Raiders with 23. Nutbrown added 21 and Barr 10. …………………………………………………… The St. FX X-Men defeated Acadia 72-66. …………………………………………………… The St. FX X-Men edged Acadia 65-623. …………………………………………………… The Saint Mary’s Huskies clipped the St. FX X-Men 80-72. …………………………………………………… St. FX X-Men clubbed the UPEI Panthers 100-91. ……………………………………………………  The Saint Mary’s Huskies dispatched the St. FX X-Men 78-69. …………………………………………………… The St. FX X-Men blasted the Mount Allison Hawks 101-74. …………………………………………………… The St. FX X-Men defeated the UPEI Panthers 86-77. …………………………………………………… The St. FX X-Men spanked the Mount Allison Hawks 97-68 as Gorham scored 20 and Szpilewski 16. Goss led the Hawks with 22. Evans added 15. …………………………………………………… The Saint Mary’s Huskies smacked the Mount Allison Hawks 122-84 as Daniels scored 31, Thomas 20, O’Reilly 16, Reardon 16, Van Auken 14, Brown 11, Bond 7, Harris 5 and Alcorn 2. Coupland paced the Hawks with 26, along with 17 boards. …………………………………………………… Acadia thrashed New Brunswick 81-48 as Heaney scored 32. …………………………………………………… New Brunswick nipped Acadia 60-58 as Cox scored 7 in the final three minutes of play. Hill led the Red Raiders with 17. Cox added 15 and Barr 13. Heaney paced the Axemen with 21. Estabrooks added 20. …………………………………………………… Saint Mary’s clocked New Brunswick 105-71 as O’Reilly scored 26, Daniels 22, Reardon 19, Thomas 17, Brown 10, Van Auken 4, Alcorn 4, LaComte 2 and Jarvis 1. Cox paced the Red Raiders with 17. Nutbrown added 14, Hill 12, LaBel 8, Barr 7, F McMullin 4, Kennedy 3, Parkinson 2, D McMullin 2 and Wallace 2. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie edged Saint Mary’s 72-70 as Reardon hit a 15-foot jumper with 17 seconds to play. The win forced a sudden-death playoff.

       In the postseason playoff game, the Saint Mary’s Huskies nipped the Dalhousie Tigers 51-50. The start of the game was delayed 41 minutes because of a circuit failure in the lighting system, a development which the Tigers claimed determined the outcome. The Huskies led 20-6 early and 23-16 at the half as both squads shot the ball poorly. The Tigers opened the second half with a 12-0 run and Eric Durnford rallied the Tigers to a six-point lead in the second half bu the Huskies fought back to knot the score at 48 with 1:51 to play. Al Brown gave the Huskies the lead with a free throw and then Tiger Brian Peters was called out-of-bounds on a rebound, giving Saint Mary’s the ball. Joe O’Reilly hit a 20-footer with 28 seconds to play. It proved to be the winner. Durnford responded with a runner. Reardon missed an open 10-footer, giving Dalhousie the ball off a rebound with 42 seconds to play. Bruce Bourassa missed a pair of jumpers and Huskie Bill Thomas nabbed the rebound with 2 seconds to play to ice the win. Al Brown paced the Huskies with 15 points and 15 boards. Jim Daniels added 12. Eric Durnford led the Tigers with 11. Brian Peters added 11 and Bruce Bourassa 10, along with 17 boards. Saint Mary’s hit 20-59 (.340) from the floor, while the Tigers hit 19-39 (.490). Early in the season, Tigers Kevin White and captain Thomas Beattie, along with two female passengers, died when their convertible crashed through a guard rail on the highway and ran into a gully on the outskirts of Halifax. All four students were thrown an estimated 100 feet into a grove of trees.

       The bronze medalist Acadia Axemen: Brian Heaney; Hughie Bruce; Tom Estabrook; Don Smith; Scott Lumsden; John Frohlich; Terry McMullen; Bruce Black; Brian Forsythe; John Hale; Ron Mitton; Garth Spinney; coach Gibb Chapman; assistant Dr. Logue; manager Hind

The runner-up Dalhousie Tigers: Eric Durnford; Bruce Bourassa; John Cassidy; Irv Cohen; Brian Peters; Drew Bethune; Gay; David Montagano; Mel Ritcey; Brock Savage; Jerry Smith; Howard Snow; Kevin White; Thomas Beattie; coach Al Yarr

       The champion Saint Mary’s Huskies: Jim Daniels; Al Brown; Bill Thomas; Mike Van Auken; Joe O’Reilly; Don Harris; Dennis Reardon; John Bond; Bill Alcorn; John Jarvis; Don Smith; LaComte; coach Les Goodwin; assistant Dick MacLean; manager Neary

       Memorial is admitted to the AUAA on March 22, 1968.