In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans edged the 8th-seeded Campbellton Cougars 45-44 on a pair of free throws by Randy White with 17 seconds to play. Pierce led the Spartans with 17. Canavan added 14, Barry 6, A Greenlaw 32, Egan 2, White 2 and B Greenlaw 1. Ralph McCully paced the Cougars with 15. Brian Flann added 12, Edward Poley 6, Barry Harquail 5, Fred McRae 4 and Ken Vye 2, while Cecil Aucoin, Dan Dugay, Paul Jardine, Jim Day, John McDonald and Doug Homer. The Cougars had entered the tourney with a (22-0) record.
The 2nd-seeded Saint John Greyhounds stomped the 7th-seeded Woodstock Thunder 77-35 as Cox scored 25, Goss 11, Jarvie 10, Wayne 10, Flemming 8, Steen 6, Todd 4, Lawton 2 and Richardson 1. John Depow led the Thunder with 9. Gary Stewart added 8, Eric Wheeler 8, Bill Reardon 7, Bob Reardon 2 and Wayne Kitchen 1, while Carl Strong, Gary Durling, Wayne Lenihan and Wayne Wilson were scoreless.
The 4th-seeded Saint John St. Malachy’s Memorial Saints clubbed the 5th-seeded Moncton Purple Knights 49-30 as Barry scored 23, MacNeill 11, Butler 7, Murphy 4 and Lynch 4. John Trainor scored 10 to pace the Purple Knights (coach Roger Wheaton). Bill Alcorn added 8, Bob Ward 5, Earl Arsenault 4 and Richard Steeves 3, while John MacDonald, Dave Parker, John Murphy, Ron Fraser, Gary Steeves, Ross Judd, Bill Abramson and Dave Wickwire were scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Fredericton Black Kats dispatched the 6th-seeded Sackville Kingfishers 54-44 as F McMullin scored 15, D McMullin 12, Reid 10, Arnold 7, Harding 4 and Turgeon 2. Steve Phinney paced the Kingfishers (coach Dick Hayden) with 9. Bruce Archibald added 7, Lee Dixon 7, Ron White 5, Bob Bent 5 and Duane Estabrooks 1, while Richard Anderson, Jim mcAuley, Charlie Glass and Dana Estabrooks were scoreless.
In the semis, the top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans defeated the 4th-seeded Saint John St. Malachy’s Memorial Saints 35-28 as Barr scored 16, Canavan 9, B Greenlaw 6 and Pierce 4. Barry led the Saints with 16. Lynch added 4, MacNeill 4, Butler 2 and Murphy 2.
In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Fredericton Black Kats edged the 2nd-seeded Saint John Greyhounds 55-51 as D McMullin scored 18, F MacMullin 13, Reid 9, Arnold 9, Harding 4 and Turgeon 2. Goss the Greyhounds with 25. Steen added 19, Fleming 6 and Wade 1.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded Saint John St. Malachy’s Memorial Saints defeated the 2nd-seeded Saint John Greyhounds 49-45 as Macneill scored 20, Barry 1, Murphy 6, Butler 4, Lynch 4 and MacAuley 4. Rod Cox led the Greyhounds with 25. Mike Steen added 11, Doug Goss 10, John Jarvie 6, Bruce Flemming 4 and Tom Wayne 2, while Dan Todd, John Lawton, John Richardson and Alex Maclellan were scoreless.
In the final, the top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans stormed back from a 17-10 half-time deficit to defeat 3rd-seeded Fredericton 33-30. Pierce led St. Stephen with 19. Barr added 9, Canavan 2, A Greenlaw 2 and B Greenlaw 1. F MacMullin led Fredericton with 11. D MacMullin added 6, Harding 5, Reid 4 and Arnold 2.
The bronze medalist Saint John St. Malachy’s Memorial Saints: Tom Barry; Dave MacNeill; Richard Butler; Terry Murphy; Brian Lynch; Andy Alexander; Eugene Lane; Al Maxwell; Dave McAuley; Kevin Bona; Bob Breen; Bob Cummings; coach Fran McHugh; manager Wilgar Savoie; manager Kevin Montague
The silver medalist Fredericton Black Kats: Fred MacMullin; Dave McMullin; Tom Reid; Bev Arnold; Gary Harding; Bill Turgeon; John Anderosn; Ron Wilkins; Ken Pike; Dave Baird; Ralph Holland; Clark Kilburn; coach Mal Early; co-manager Peter Crawford; co-manager Bob Brannen
The champion St. Stephen Spartans: Bob Pierce; Randy White; Dick Canavan; Peter Barry; Austin Greenlaw; Tom Egan; Bev Greenlaw; John Buchanan; Bill Brewer; John Robinson; John Biers; Jeff Mcleod; Larry Arsenault; Peter Kennedy; Ralph McCully; coach Paul DeWolfe; manager John Adams