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, 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 Eric Durnford scored 28, Brian Peters 22, John Cassidy 19, along with 20 boards, Irv Cohen 18, Bruce Bourassa 10, Brock 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 Eric Durnford scored 22, John Cassidy 12, Bruce Bourassa 11, Irv Cohen 10, Brian Peters 10, Montagano 4, Howard Snow 3, Brock Savage 2, Smith 2 and Ritcey 1. Dave Wood paced the Hawks with 18. Ken Evans added 15, Doug Goss 8, Bud Coupland 3, Dougal Chisholm 6, Steve Phinney 2 and Fraser 2. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie edged Acadia 65-64 as Brian Peters scored 21, John Cassidy 16, along with 24 boards, Eric Durnford 14, Bruce Bourassa 8 and Irv Cohen 6. Rockaway Beach, NY-product Brian 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 Bruce Bourassa scored 26, Brian Peters 19, Eric Durnford 15, Irv Cohen 10, John Cassidy 9, Montagano 8, Mel Ritcey 6, Howard Snow 2 and Smith 2. Doug Goss paced the Hawks with 16. Dougal Chisholm added 12, Dave Wood 9, Bud Coupland 7, Ken Evans 6 and Steve Phinney 5. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie dispatched the St. Francis Xavier X-Men 81-64. John Cassidy paced the Tigers with 25, along with 13 boards. Irv Cohen added 21. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie nipped St. Mary’s 69-68 as Bruce Bourassa scored 23, Eric Durnford 16, Irv Cohen 8, John Cassidy 8, Brian Peters 8 and Brock Savage 6, along with 10 boards. Jim Daniels led the Huskies with 20. Joe O’Reilly added 15, Bill Thomas 14, Al Brown 9, Dennis Reardon 4, Don Harris 4 and Mike Van Auken 2. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie whipped the U.P.E.I. Panthers 95-78 as Brian Peters scored 29, Eric Durnford 24, John Cassidy 22, along with 32 boards, Bruce Bourassa 11, Brock Savage 5, Irv Cohen 2, Harold Snow 1 and Montagano 1. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie defeated the New Brunswick Varsity Reds (then the Red Raiders) 72-65 as John Cassidy scored 18, Irv Cohen 18, Bruce Bourassa 13, along with 14 boards, Brian Peters 11, Eric Durnford 10 and Brock Savage 2. …………………………………………………… The Acadia Axemen defeated the St. Mary’s Huskies 86-78 as Brian Heaney scored 28 and Tom Estabrook 21. Joe 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 Owen Cameron scored 25. Brian Peters led the Tigers with 16. …………………………………………………… Dalhousie defeated New Brunswick 71-61 as John Cassidy scored 23 and Eric Durnford 17. Rod Cox led the Red Raiders with 23. The Red Raiders also played in the Northeast Conference and finished 10-2 behind 11-1 Rickes. Dave Nutbrown and Dave Hill were named first team all-conference. …………………………………………………… The Acadia Axemen clipped the Dalhousie Tigers 51-43 as Brian Heaney scored 17, Hughie Bruce 9, Tom Estabrook 8, Don Smith 7, Scott Lumsden 6 and John Frohlich 4. Bruce Bourassa led the Tigers with 15. Eric Durnford added 12, John Cassidy 7, Irv Cohen 6 and Brian Peters 2. …………………………………………………… St. Mary’s nipped Dalhousie 72-70 on a Dennis Reardon jumper in the final minute. Joe O’Reilly led the Huskies with 19, while Al Brown nabbed 15 boards. John 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 Dave Nutbrown scored 22, Dave Hill 12, Bob Bonnell 9, Rod Cox 9, Blair Kennedy 2 and Peter Barr 2. The Varsity Reds outrebounded the Huskies 36-27. Jim Daniels led the Huskies with 22. Thomas added 9, Mike Van Auken 6, Al 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 Dave Hill hit the winner with two seconds to play. Dave 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 Owen Cameron scored 19. Rod 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 St. Mary’s Huskies clipped the St. FX X-Men 80-72. …………………………………………………… St. FX X-Men clubbed the UPEI Panthers 100-91. ……………………………………………………  The St. 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. …………………………………………………… The Saint Mary’s Huskies smacked the Mount Allison Hawks 122-84 as Jim Daniels scored 31, Bill Thomas 20, Joe O’Reilly 16, Dennis Reardon 16, Mike Van Auken 14, Al Brown 11, Bond 7, Harris 5 and Bill Alcorn 2. Coupland paced the Hawks with 26, along with 17 boards. …………………………………………………… Acadia thrashed New Brunswick 81-48 as Brian Heaney scored 32. …………………………………………………… New Brunswick nipped Acadia 60-58 as Rod Cox scored 7 in the final three minutes of play. Dave Hill led the Red Raiders with 17. Cox added 15 and Peter Barr 13. Brian Heaney paced the Axemen with 21. Tom Estabrooks added 20. …………………………………………………… St. Mary’s clocked New Brunswick 105-71. Rod Cox paced the Red Raiders with 17.

        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 St. 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. Eric Durnford led the Tigers with 11. Bruce Bourassa added 10, along with 17 boards. St. 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.

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

        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 Jim Logue; manager Dave 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; coach Les Goodwin; assistant Dick MacLean; manager Neary