Coach Doug Peters had the Bruins reach the Ontario finals 3 out of his first four years. In his 4th year he only had 5 players from the previous year to build the team around, and yet they managed to end the regular season at the top of the league with a 15-3 record. They accomplished this feat through a process of team building that involved a remarkable Christmas hockey tour of Switzerland. The educational potential was enormous but a positive attitude was established long before the trip. This was a very unique experience at the time and the Bruins performed with pride, skill and clean play, which were a credit to the college and the Canadian game of hockey. They completed the tour with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses and were acknowledged to have displayed outstanding sportsmanship throughout the series. Rated as underdogs by most of the college national teams, the Bruins came up with a win over Dawson College of Quebec to earn a spot in the tournament. Their next game was a semi-final against the college of Cape Breton which saw them fight for five periods in what was described as the most exciting game of the tournament. They won the game 4-3 to advance to the championship final. The Bruins had their hearts in the right place for the final, but they left a lot of their legs in that double overtime semifinal win. The Bruins tournament schedule required them to play 3 games in 3 nights, an impossible task when facing an outstanding Red Deer Kings team in the final, losing 5-1. John Falcon was a First-Team All Star and All-Canadian and was the team’s leading scorer that season. Steve Cronkwright was the team MVP and goaltender Bill Allen won the Coach’s Award.