His 1981 Islanders lost the title game to Shadle Park, a team featuring Mark Rypien, Scott Poole, Tom Peterson and Mark Anderson and coached by Dave Robertson, when the Highlanders scored what appeared to many to be a late basket.

I remember watching the highlights of this game my senior year in HS. I thought the shot was late. Rypien was a good athlete and could throw a football 70 yards later at Wazzu.