In the quarterfinals, held in Fredericton, the 4th-seeded Rothesay Regional Red Hawks edged the 5th-seeded Moncton Harrison Trimble Trojans 39-37 as Messer scored 14, Stephen 12, Moore 5, Ross 4, Harding 2 and Fleiger 2. Scott Fowler led the Trojans with 16. Rod Mackenzie added 7, Bruce Steeves 4 and Gary Young 1, while nine points were unallocated and Dan Killam, Cliff Steeves, Bill Black, Rod Higgins, Terry Richard, Eric Fullerton, K Steeves, Jamieson and Price were scoreless.
The top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans dusted the 8th-seeded Sackville Tantramar Titans 59-32 as Hansen scored 19, Ingram 13, Seaman 12, Irving 4, Murphy 4, MacLeod 4 and McShane 3. Al Withers led the Titans with 8. David Trainer added 7, Mike Lannigan 6, Brian French 6, Brian LeBlanc 3 and Jim Faulkner 2, while Mal Bowes, Ralph Allen, Bill Hirtle, Frank Kingston, Fred Dube and Terry Hicks were scoreless.
The 2nd-seeded Fredericton Black Kats whipped the 7th-seeded Saint John Vocational Vultures 67-46 as Fagan scored 15, Amos 12, MacCormack 10, Sharp 7, Rosborough 5, Jardine 4, MacPherson 4, Keeling 3, Levesque 3, Slipp 2 and Scott 2. Rick Dixon paced Vocational with 22. Rick Walsh added 17, Jack Rourke 3, Doug Hewey 2 and Wayne Eatmon 1, while Gary Garrett, Albert Miner, Robert Sullivan, Mark Tracy, Barry Boyle and Tom Matheson were scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Moncton Purple Knights spanked the 6th-seeded Bathurst Phantoms 56-31 as Heffernan scored 20, C Bohan 12, M Bohan 8, Fougere 8, Teed 6 and MacFarlane 2. Jim Cormier led the Phantoms with 10. Don MacLaggan added 8, David Ross 6, Durk Kiy 5, Mike Cainan 1 and Ivan Smith 1, while Steve Kelly, John Nicholson, Gerard Noel, Buzz Grebenz, Mike Power and Boyd Jagoe were scoreless.
In the semis, the top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans clocked the 3rd-seeded Moncton Purple Knights 41-18 as Ingram scored 16, Seaman 8, Hansen 7, McLeod 5 and Irving 2. Teed led the Purple Knights with 9. Heffernan added 4, Fougere 3 and C Bohan 2.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Fredericton Black Kats dusted the 4th-seeded Rothesay Regional Red Hawks 67-34 as Sharpe scored 20, Fagan 13, MacPherson 8, Levesque 8, Amos 7, Rosborough 4, Slipp 2 and Freeze 1. Ross led the Red Hawks with 16. Stephen added 6, McCormack 4, Moore 2, Wilson 2, Doull 2 and Robinson 2.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Moncton Purple Knights clipped the 4th-seeded Rothesay Regional Red Hawks 64-53 as M Bohan scored 24, Heffernan 14, C Cohan 14, Fougere 7, Teed 4 and MacNeill 1. Dave Stephen led the Red Hawks with 18. Peter Ross added 8, Bruce Harding 8, Tim Wilson 5, Ron Moore 5, Ron Robinson 4, John Fleiger 3 and Paul Martin 2, while Lee Messer, Gary Connolly, John Miller and Rick Doull were scoreless.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Fredericton Black Kats clocked the top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans 62-37 on the strength of their man-to-man defence. Fagan led Fredericton with 23. MacCormack added 12, Amos 11, Sharpe 9, Jardine 5 and Slipp 2. The Black Kats finished (28-3) on the season. Hansen paced the Spartans with 12. Macleod added 7, Ingram 5, Seaman 4, Conley 4, Irving 4 and Christie 1.
The bronze medalist Moncton Purple Knights: Ken Hefferna; Carey Bohan; Mark Bohan; Dan Fougere; Gary Teed; Bruce MacFarlane; Jim Kelly; Gary Hicks; Henri Lanctin; Paul MacNeil; Dave MacAuley;
The silver medalist St. Stephen Spartans: Mark Hansen; Dave Seaman; Duane Ingram; Jim Irving; Tony Murphy; Dave Macleod; Joe McShane; Jeff Christie; Bert McCaffery; Steve Haley; Bob Conley; Peter Greenlaw.
The champion Fredericton Black Kats: Gary Keeling; Brian Rosborough; David Slipp; Brian Scott; Ralph Freeze; Rene Levesque; Paul Jardine; Charlie Sharp; Ken Amos; Bob Fagan; Ian MacPherson; Bruce McCormack; Pat Bourque; coach Rick Cotter; manager Shawn Malone; manager Bob Rosborough