1973-74 RSEQ – men

REGULAR SEASON

	Loyola	16-1		Doug Daigneault
	Laval	15-2		Bob Descheneaux
	S.G.W.	14-3		Mike Hickey
	McGill	8-9	12-15	Lionel Staples
	Sherbrooke	8-9
	Bishop’s	6-12		Garth Smith
	Col.Militaire Royal	6-12
	Macdonald Abbott	4-14
	U.Q.T.R.	1-16		Yvon Lamarche

        In the regular season, Loyola finished atop the standings with a (17-1) record.

        Playoff non-qualifiers:

        College Militaire Royale:

        MacDonald College:

        UQTR: Gilles Bisson, Berthi Desrochers, Serge Roy, Gilles Paradis, Pierre Benoit, Roch Turcotte, Andre Vallerand, Rob Vallerand, Michel Charlebois, Michel Boyer, Sylvain Charlebois

In the quarterfinals, both Bishop’s and College Militaire Royal believed they’d finished sixth and showed up dressed for quarterfinal match against Sir George Williams. Bishop’s, by virtue of their two regular season wins over CMR was allowed to play. SGW romped 96-62 as Zan Pelzer scored 26, Eddie Fields 21, Charlie Chambers 16 and Tom Brethel 13. Bishop’s was led by Mike Dudgeon’s 17 points. Bob Dixon added 12. The Gaiters also included Morgan Quinn, Chris Ritchie.

In the other quarterfinal, McGill defeated Sherbrooke Vert et Or 88-61 as guard Chad Gaffield bombed for 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. George Peredy added 18 and 6-10 Kit Kennard 15. Sherbrooke was paced by Alain Champoux’ 19. Rick Charpentier added 17. McGill shot .365 from the floor while Sherbrooke was an even more abysmal .342. But they out-rebounded the Vert et Or 64-31 and nabbed 28 on the offensive glass. Peredy grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked five shots. The Vert or Or also included Bob Brownrigg, Alain Chaput.

In the semis, Sir George Williams upset regular season champ Loyola 69-67 as Tom Brethel hit a 17-foot jumper at the buzzer. But it was guard Charlie Chambers, from Yonkers, N.Y., who made the difference. He’d originally ventured north to play for Loyola but quit the team at Christmas and transferred to SGW over the summer. He nailed 14 of 16 from the floor and finished with a game high 28 points. SGW was ahead 30-29 at the half but fell behind 33-32 and never led again until the final Brethel bucket. Loyola had taken a 49-41 lead but then eased up in a bid to run out the clock. Both Dave Kurtz and John Erglis had each picked up four fouls, so coach Doug Daigneault tried to slow it down for the last eight minutes. With the scored tied at 67, Loyola held the ball for a last shot. But Georgian subs John Zukauskas and Bob Brix forced a bad pass and SGW took over with 43 seconds to go. They held it the final buzzer when Brethel drilled the jumper. “We won it on guts,” coach Mike Hickey told Canadian Press. Hickey told the Montreal Gazette that “yeah the ball was supposed to go to Chambers.” Chambers said “I was off balance when I got the ball. I didn’t want to take the shot that say, so I gave it to Tommy.” Brethel said “I knew that I had to shoot it. I didn’t rush it.” Warriors coach Doug Daigneault said “we’ve done our thing well all year, and that is to control the ball. Tonight, we didn’t do it.” Eddie Field scored 14 to pace the Georgians. Tom Brethel added 10, Zan Pelzer 9 and Randy Phillips 8. Greg Gill led the Warriors with 25. John Erglis added 15 and Ron Puskarich 14.

In the other semi, McGill avenged two regular season losses while knocking off Laval 85-71 as George Peredy lit the scoreboard for 31 points. Kit Kennard and Chad Gaffield each added 20. Laval was paced by Andre Charron’s 20 points. Serge Talbot added 14 and Pierre Dion 13.

In the final, Sir George Williams defeated McGill 76-72 for the fifth time in the season. The first half was a thriller, with Charlie Chambers bombing from the perimeter and Redmen George Peredy and Kit Kennard holding a hot hand in the paint, as each scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. But the Georgians took a one-point lead at the break 35-34. McGill took the early lead in the second frame, moving ahead by 43-41 three minutes into the second half and stretching their margin to 56-50 with 13 minutes to go. Georgian all-star guard Tom Brethel looked at the scoreboard and couldn’t believe his team was losing. “Are we losing?” he cried to Georgian bench in disbelief. He needn’t have worried. The Georgians pressure defence keyed a 12-0 run over the next three minutes. SGW stretched its margin to ten but McGill rallied to cut the margin to 70-68 with three minutes to play. The Georgians hit two field goals but the Redmen responded with two of their own to cut the margin to 74-72 with 13 seconds to go. Brethel was fouled on the full-court press and nailed both ends of the one-and-one. The Georgians dominated the offensive boards in the second half. “That’s the best game they’ve played against us this season,” said rookie Georgian coach Mike Hickey. “Kennard was super out there and so was Peredy. They controlled the boards and they made us work. We should have put it out of reach on several occasions but they kept coming.” Brethel led the Georgians with 21, while Zan Pelzer added 19, Charlie Chambers 18, Eddie Fields 15 and Randy Phillips 3. The Redmen were led by 6-7 George Peredy’s 22 points. Kit Kennard added 19 and 12 rebounds. Chad Gaffield pitched in 12. Larry Kaiser added 10 and three steals. Dave Yarock scored 9 and dished off four assists. Hickey told the Montreal Gazette “my players have a lot of personal pride. They just wouldn’t give up.” Phillips said the Kennard “physically beat me. There wasn’t anything I could do. Every time he turned to make a shot, I’d end up on the floor.” Charlie Chambers said Kennard “made a fool out of me. He just held the ball up in the air and laughed at me. Before, he used to bring the ball down where I could knock it away. Tonight, he didn’t make any mistake.” Hickey said “it’s hard to get up after we beat them four times (during the regular season). But you can’t take anything away from them. They played a great game.” Pelzer said “we made them look good. We just went out there thinking we could walk to a win. We just stood around jiving and not playing like we can.” Wimismer, who retired after the game and was replaced by Butch Staples, said: “what can I say? We played our best game of the year. We were beaten by a better team.”

The co-bronze medalist Loyola Warriors: Greg Gill; John Erglis; Ron Puskarich; Wayne Hussey; Bob Brix; Dave Kurtz; Jack Kalinkewiczk; Ken Passerella; coach Doug Daigneault; assistant Steve Konchalski

The co-bronze medalist Laval Rouge et Or: Andre Charron; Serge Talbot; Pierre Dion; Gilles Bellemare

The runner-up McGill Redmen: George Peredy; Kit Kennard; Chad Gaffield; Larry Kaiser; Dave Yarock; Cliff Bochner; Jeff Sahimerdan; Bob Wylie; Howard Drobetsky; Dave Kassie; Rolly Brisset; Glen Newel; Joe Dylewski; Tom Kovacs; Ralph Ludwig; Art McMillan; Harold Ludwig; Peter Radman; Ben Borteck; John Darby; coach Sam Wimisner, assistant Ira Turetsky

The champion Sir George Williams Georgians: Zan Pelzer; Eddie Fields; Tom Brethel; Randy Phillips; Charlie Chambers; John Zukauskas; Peter Hargrove; Norm Einheiber; Jeff Neiman; Patrick Hickey; Al Cunningham; Stanley Cyrankowski; Bob Brix; coach Mike Hickey, assistant Mike Dawson