with very few doubts as to who would emerge as the Maritime Intercollegiate Hockey Champions . The score halfway through the first period was 3-1 for St.F.X Then Cart McDonald scored and Joe Mahar and Cart combined "on a beautiful play that ended with Mahar drawing the goalie to shoot the disc into an empty net" At the end of the first period the score was tied. At the beginning of the second period the Saints continued to press and "at 3:35 Mahar on a beautiful piece of stickhandling worked his way into the clear, outsped the opposition to the goalmouth, before drawing McDonald (the St. F.X . goalie) out and depositing the rubber in the empty net." The Xaverians surged back but Shorty MacKinnon blocked their drives. Then McDonald and Mahar came back again with Cart feeding Joe inside the Xaverian line and Mahar made no mistake. "Four minutes later the same pair came back once more to score another beautiful counter with Mahar again on the scoring end." The second period ended with the score 6-3 for the Saints. In the third period the brilliant defenceman Bert Methot , took an accidental tripping penalty which nearly proved disastrous to SDU. St. F.X. scored twice and it was only when Cart McDonald got a penalty shot and scored, that the Saints recovered their drive. With St. F.X. adding another score the last ten minutes brought the Xaverians roaring back intent on putting the game on ice. "The final minutes and then seconds were ticking off as the two teams battled it out to the finish when Rodgers came through with the all important goal. Just after coming off to relieve Blanchard the stocky forward gained possession at centre ice, raced into the clear and then slid the puck under the falling body of the Xaverian goalie to salt away the three province title for the St.Dunstan's team." "It was a thrilling finish to a thrilling game of hockey that kept upwards of 2000 hockey fans in a wild state of excitement all during the encounter. As the final whistle blew the fans swarmed onto the ice to mob the victorious St Dunstan's team. It was scenes reminiscent of Big Four days and late into the night the hockey-crazed SDU students were still celebrating their squad's uphill victory." The crowd spilled into the street cheering and singing with a march down to the Spain where Father Ted Butler mounted a parked car, and standing on the roof led the singing and cheering late into the night. The Rector, Rt. Rev. R.V. MacKenzie in a moment of unexpected exuberance declared the following day a class holiday. This was a day to remember and one that is most often mentioned in discussions between students who were at SDU that year. Quoted excerpts above are taken from the Guardian Sports page of March 13th, 1947