In the quarterfinals, held in Fredericton, the top-seeded Quispamsis Kennebecasis Valley Crusacers clubbed the 8th-seeded St. John Millidgeville North Stars 79-42 as Marley scored 14, D Armstrong 11, Hebert 11, Thorne 9, M Armstrong 8, Langevin 8, Stuart 6, Foley 4, Vaughan 4 and Miller 4. John McMaster led the Stars with 14. John Buckley added 7, Paul Zacharuk 6, Keith Estey 4, Brian O’Neill 4, Peter Wilkins 3. Brian Coalman 2 and Mark Nickerson 2.
The 5th-seeded Fredericton Black Kats dispatched the 4th-seeded Moncton Purple Knights 64-54 as Walker scored 15, Banks 14, Carty 12, Staples 10, Meng 8, Adair 3 and White 2. Neil Smith led the Purple Knights with 15. Dave Logan added 10, David Goguen 9, Peter Donahue 8, Stephen Lebans 6 and Greg McDonald 6, while John Boyd, Brent Smith, Kenny Marsden and MacFarlane were scoreless.
The 3rd-seeded Saint John Greyhounds spanked the 6th-seeded Moncton Harrison Trimble Trojans 100-76 as James scored 28, Ferris 23, Currie 16, Scott 13, Kean 9, Swageman 6, Meltzer 1, Houser 2 and Nowlan 1. Allan Abbass paced the Trojans with 35. Chris Skinner added 12, Ed McNally 9, Steve Curwin 8, Mike Campbell 2, Harold Grant 2, Lorne Steeves 2, David Campbell 2 and Bob Frazier 2, while Mark Arsenault was scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the 7th-seeded Miramichi James M. Hill Tommies edged the 2nd-seeded Oromocto Blues 72-70 as Corlett scored 34, Wilt 16, Baldwin 8, Fraser 8, Kerr 4 and Stacey 2. Pete Austin scored 20 to lead the Blues (coach Art Murphy). Mike Vincent added 8, Bob Whynot 7, Rick Darrah 7, Dave Wilson 6, Mike Kilbride 6 and Joey Randall 4, while Gerry Dickenson and Hubert Harrington were scoreless.
In the semis, the top-seeded Quispamsis Kennebecasis Valley Crusaders defeated the 5th-seeded Fredericton Black Kats 60-56 as M Armstrong scored 25, Vaughan 16, Hebert 8, D Armstrong 4, Miller 2, Langevin 2 and Hebert 2. The Crusaders led 23-20 at the half. Staples led the Black Kats with 23. Walker added 12, DeMerchant 8, White 6, Carty 5, and Banks 2. Black Kats co-coach Rick Cotter told the Fredericton Daily Gleaner that “you’ve got to have a real good combination of outside shooting and inside shooting to break that zone. We got a bit from David Stamples. We didn’t get anything inside in the first half. David went a little cold for a while and we didn’t have anyone to pick up the slack. Against a team like that, especially when they’re playing zone, you’ve got have more than one player putting the ball in the basket persistently and we just didn’t have that tonight.” Black Kats co-coach Greg Gould added that “I think th efface that they were a little bigger than us probably helped them in the sense that we had a hard time rebounding offensively. Defensively, I think you can overcome the height advantage with a good job of blocking out. We did a pretty job on our defensive boards, particularly in the second half.”
In the other semi, the Saint John Greyhounds defeated the Miramichi James M. Hill Tommies 80-62 as Scott scored 24, Currie 19, James 15, Ferris 14 and Nowlan 8. The Greyhounds led 37-31 at the half. Greyhounds coach David McPherson told the Fredericton Daily Gleaner that “I thought we took an awful long time to settle down. We did what we wanted to do (in the first half), holdm them to 31 points. The surprise wasn’t that we have up 31 points, the surprise to us was that we only scored 37 because basically, we had more much diverse scoring power. It took us about 32 minutes to put the game on ice. Once we settled down, the offence came and we did well.”
In the bronze medal match, the 5th-seeded Fredericton Black Kats defeated the 7th-seeded Miramichi James M. Hill Tommies 64-55 as Walker scored 25, Carty 23, DeMerchant 8, Staples 6, Young 4, Adair 4, White 2 and MacDonald 2. The Black Kats led 35-25 at the half and hit 8-15 from the line. Rob Corlett led the Tommies with 35. Frank Wilt added 18 and Steve Baldwin 2. The Tommies also included Paul Fraser, Alan Kerr, Mike Stacey. The Tomies hit 7-13 from the line.
In the final, the top-seeded Quispamsis Kennebecasis Valley Crusaders crushed the 3rd-seeded Saint John Greyhounds 92-71 as M Armstrong scored 27, Thorne 22, D Armstrong 14, Vaughan 14, Miller 7, Langevin 6 and Marley 2. The Crusaders hit 26-41 from the line. Crusader Mike Armstrong told the Fredericton Daily Gleaner that “it’s unbelievable, that’s all you can say.” Teammate John Miller said “this the first time all year we had been down at the half. I dind’t really think we had enough to come back but I’m quite pleased with the way things turned out. We really hoped that we could come back but I think deep in our hearts, some us didn’t think we were going to. We hoped to. But I think there was a lot of doubt there.” Crusaders coach Ted Corby said “it was just a matter of saying ‘hey, we’re still in this. Just go out and play your hardest and things will turn around.’ We didn’t get too many breaks in the first half. Nobody had given up hope. It was just a few fellows got made that they weren’t playing well and that made the difference in the game.” James led the Greyhounds with 22. Nowlan added 16, Currie 14, Scott 8, Ferris 6 and Kean 5. The Greyhounds led 44-35 at the half and 8-15 from the line.
The bronze medalist Fredericton Black Kats: David Staples; Tony Carter; Brian Carty; Kevin White; Terry Adair; Young; Randy DeMerchant; McDonald; Tony Walker; Wally Banks; Julien Meng; coach Rick Cotter; coach Greg Gould
The silver medalist Saint John Greyhounds: Ken Scott; John Currie; Brent James; Mike Meltzer; Robert Ferris; Scott Kean Peter Nowlen; Alan Swageman; Richard Houser; coach David McPherson
The champion Quispamsis Kennebecasis Valley Crusaders: Mike Armstrong; Greg Thorne; John Miller; Dwayne Armstrong; Grant Marley; Tim Langevin; Rick Donahue; Ian Britten; Mark Hebert; Mike Foley; Paul Vaughan; Brian Hebert; Gregor Stuart; Glen Conacher; coach Ted Corby; manager John Brisbois; manager Glenn Goucher