24-The Canadian Champion Frîday Ociober I 2004 beieve... Just ajew tips to help with wri in Autunm's officially here, and that means reports. helping. rep hockey's back for another season. * Details are important, writing style Anyone. When it cornes 10 on-ice action of the eep isn't. Often coaches and parents spend Anywhere. variety, there are a lot of dedicated coach- boum agonizing over hoW to crafi a report es, managers and parents who help make when they should be focusing more atten- my job a lutte easier via teain reports. tion on including aIl Use peninnent infor- Unfortunately, flot evety team is represent- mation such as when and where Use game ed - oflen because sending in game wrtte- was played and who did Use scoring. ups seems taxing, or people sianply dont Reports are almost always re-wrinen any- ~notv me procedure. way, 50 don't worty about style. lii fart, So in order to make ihe process as clear point forni hand-ins are perfeciîy accept- holes ai Use story. and painlens as possible, heres a few quick able. I can always work wiUs sometbing if * Please dosi uiclude i suggestions iii regard 10 preparing rep Useres enough detail. but soi if Useres bîg same ai every report. Th ting rep reports from Use boys or girls who did stand out and - to be quite blunt about it I wos't isclude every name each week. That's not to say I won't mention every player over In the Use course of Use year, especially if some of Use supporting cast members are showing stands stgns of improvement or making contribu- tions oUser Usan scoring. But nobody wants to read a laundry list of names and who can blame Useni. Don't worry about includisg every ~vety players aspect of every smgle game. That may be s takes away what makes this iask seem daunîing at times. and that shouldn't be the case. Sure. some lacis lîke goal scorers and the 1maI score are vital. but other Usas Usai just point out some ol the highlights of each game. Anil try 10 mix i up a lutte and incitîde stuft you'd like 10 read about other trams. If your tram is on a lengUsy winning streak or a certain player bas thece hai-tricks in a «J. FT* certain number of games. Usrow thai is. Thais Use good stuif. * If your ieam plays both Monday and Tuesday, please jusi send one report on boUs games raUser than one Tuesday mom- isg and ose Wednesday moming. And if you haven't sent in a report for a week or two, please jusi Write about Use last two or 4 three games and flot half-a-dozen or more. OUserwise, Usings get ton watered down and borisg. Please include a phone sumber where you can be reached during Use day is case Usere are farts Usai need 10 be clartfied. Many s Use time Ive seen a 5-2 Milion Wmterhawks viciory yet only four goal scorers are lîsied. If Useres no way to rer- tîfy thîs the report simpiy cant be pub- lîshed Don i bother wiUs flowe rommesîs like Use tram played wetl or Sird Useir besi. hecause sobody wants to read Usem. If your tram made a guîsy comeback is the late stages of play or held its own againsi an opposent much higher is Use standings. then say Usai Remember. us hockey we're iatkîng about here sot a spelling ber. Reports cas be dropped off ai The Champion (191 Mais St. E.), faxed to (905) 878 4943 or e-mailed to sleblanc@haltonsearch.com That s ail tor sow. Thanks in advance for aIl of your help and Usose wishisg further suggesttons can contact me anytime ai (905) 878 2341, ext. 238. Ser you in Use stands * IceHawks (6-2) vs. Oakville Blades (5-O) Game lime: 7:30 p.m. ai Mesorial Who lu watcb: Rookie Mati Price saw some key ire lime n lasi week's over- urne win over front-running Georgetown. Will Usai continue agînssi anoîber conference powerhossr? The skinny: Handing Oakvitle its Orsi loss will meas mamniainisg Use strong ftrst-penod irend ihe tceHawks have quickly esiabltshed ibis season, as wetl as f nd ng a way to neutralize the Blade ohm overly.aggiessîve tarses. Tha s saiN a liii rasier wîîh home rn ce adva tage. Champion s pick: Mition by I