Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

A team that lost 13 veterans from the previous season and had a slow start emerged as the most accomplished men's hockey team in the history of all three university traditions.

Under the direction of head coach Bob Philip, the 1973-74 Sir George Williams Georgians finished the QUAA regular season in third place with a 14-4-4 record. In the quarterfinals, Bishop's was easily disposed of by a score of 9-1. In the semifinals, the Georgians upset the Loyola Warriors 5-4 prompting Dean of Students Mag Flynn to declare it "the greatest night in Sir George Williams history."In the QUAA championship series, the Georgians swept the Sherbrooke Vert & Or in two games by scores of 6-3 and 4-3.

Next was a best-of-hree series with the Saint Mary's Huskies to determine the Eastern Canadian representative in the CIAU national championship game. Sir George won the series two games to one. All three games were decided by one goal.

On March 16, 1974 at Varsity Arena before 3615 fans, including more than 1000 Sir George Williams students who made their way to Toronto by bus and train, the Georgians lost the national championship game 6-5 in overtime to the University of Waterloo. The score was 4-4 at the end of regulation time forcing a 10-minute overtime period. Waterloo scored twice and Alain Vendette replied but time ran out. The Georgians were silver medallists.

Team Members

Marcel Lapierre (R.W.), Maurice Desfosses (R.W.), Alain Vendette (Centre), Rory McKay (Centre), Ken Brown (Def.), Brian Morin (R.W.), Brian Belland (Centre), Ron Lapointe (def.), Don Atkinson (R.W.), Alan King (Centre), John Logan (L.W.), Gerry Dufort (L.W.), Kevin Devereux (Def.), Brian Martin, Robin Andrews (Def.), Tim Armstrong (Def.), Gilles Perno (L.W.), Bernie Wolfe (goal), John Mallek (Centre), John Boyce (Goal), Jean Deschene, Norm Evans, Bill Hattem (Def.). Coach: Bob Philip. Assistant coach: Wayne Halliwell. Trainer: Gary Cummings. Manager: Maury Simms