ROUND-ROBIN | ONT | N.S. | ALTA | SASK | MAN | Record | ||
Toronto Estonia | —— | 105-94 | 107-88 | 127-95 | 108-103 | (4-0) | ||
Nova Scotia Team Atlantic | 94-105 | —– | 109-91 | 73-71 | 87-103 | (2-2) | ||
Calgary 88s | 88-107 | 91-109 | —– | 80-77 | 91-89 | (2-2) | ||
Regina Shamrock Sports | 95-127 | 71-73 | 77-80 | —– | 67-65 | (1-3) | ||
Winnipeg St. Andrews | 103-108 | 103-87 | 89-91 | 65-67 | —– | (0-4) | ||
Bronze | Calgary 88s 109 Regina Shamrock Sports 71 | |
Final | Toronto Estonia 138 Nova Scotia Team Atlantic 87 | |
Winnipeg St. Andrews qualified by defeating Nicolett Inn 3g-2 in the Manitoba Senior A playoffs: 96-85; 84-79; 85-90; x-x; x-x; 79-88; 84-77 (4g-2).
In the Nova Scotia finals, Team Atlantic defeated Moosehead 90-88; 96-94 (2g-0). …………………………………………………… In game one, Team Atlantic edged Moosehead 90-88 on a last second bucket by Ross Quackenbush. …………………………………………………… In game two, Team Atlantic took the series with a narrow 96-94 win. Steve lambert led the Mooseheads with 31.
In national round robin play: …………………………………………………… Toronto Estonia beat Winnipeg St. Andrews 108-103 as Olympic captain Jay Triano scored 28 but St. Andrews coach Hymie Fox vowed the Super Saints would be back. “We can beat that Ontario team. We should have had them the first time. We just had a small lapse and dug ourselves a hole in the second half. We got down by 15 and had to fight to come back. We won’t let that happen again.” Martin Riley led St. Andrews with 33 points. …………………………………………………… Winnipeg St. Andrews defeated N.S. Team Atlantic 103-87 as Martin Riley scored 23. …………………………………………………… Toronto Estonia defeated Saskatchewan 127-95 as Jay Triano hit 36. …………………………………………………… Alberta defeated Winnipeg St. Andrews 91-89 as Tom Bishop scored 37 and Romel Raffin 22. Alberta was ahead 44-40 at the half, 57-46 at the three-quarter mark. Winnipeg had rallied to within one with 36 seconds to go. Martin Riley led St. Andrews with 27. …………………………………………………… Mickey Fox scored 28 as Nova Scotia Team Atlantic beat Saskatchewan 73-71. …………………………………………………… Nova Scotia Team Atlantic beat Alberta 109-91. …………………………………………………… The Regina Shamrock Sports defeated Winnipeg St. Andrew 67-65 as Ken Murray scored 26 and Jude Kelly 15.
In the bronze medal match, the Calgary 88s buried the Regina Shamrock Sports 109-71. Regina’s Glen Fekula told the Regina Leader-Post that “it would have been nice to win at least third. But overall, we didn’t embarrass ourselves. We missed going into the final by one basket. Outside of Ontario, we could have been the best team there.” Jude Kelly led Regina with 29. Shamrock Sports (coached by Terry Burns) also included Glen Fekula, Doug Kelsey, Wes Stevenson, Gary Beckie, Ray Jacoby, Chris Biegler, Murray Redekop, Jude Kelly.
In the final, Toronto Estonia captured its third straight national title by dumping Nova Scotia Team Atlantic 138-87 as Dave Coulthard scored 20 and Bo Pelech 20 to lead Ontario past Nova Scotia. Ross Quackenbush responded with 22 for Nova Scotia.
The all-tourney team featured: MVP Jay Triano (Toronto Estonia); David Coulthard (Toronto Estonia); Ross Quackenbush (Nova Scotia Team Atlantic); Tom Bishop (Alberta); Romel Raffin (Alberta); and Martin Riley (Winnipeg St. Andrews)
The runner-up Nova Scotia Team Atlantic: Ross Quackenbush;
The champion Toronto Estonia: Jay Triano; David Coulthard; Jim Zoet; Bo Pelech;