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Ai 4 - The Canadian Champion, FrdaY, January 23, 2009 SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail aleblanc@ýmiltoflcafadiaflchamPioncOm OJPJAJ~ JWfI NHL Hall of Famers headline sports dinner By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF With an air of both humour and humihity, jean Beiveau haci ver>' simple response wheri asked about lis champtonsbip-rich career. l eertaînly came aiong at the night ime,- saîd the Moritreai Canadiens' great anid 17- tîme Stanley' Cup wnner (10 as player, seven as executive), who along with ex-Original Six rival Johnny Bower beadltned Tuesdays Mltoni Chamber of Commerce Sports Celebrit>' Dinner and Auction. -l was ver>' lueky" Witb mure than 500 goals and 1,200 tcotal points over a near two-deeade run, its safe to sas the lilabs svueeas fbit tnale lu base the big centremnan as lie ssas tu bc part id thit hevdas'. i don 't îhink lise (Stanies t.Ctlp sins) ti a rciw wil ever be dune againît. nul wxith tlle pias ers cbangtng teamns so mnueh now- Belîveari îold the t. iampioi belote the ses' entb annual event, whtcb was emicec bv Spcrtsnet Ortarios 1vanka lsmak and crew a reeord 288 sports entbtiasts tu Rattlesnakc Point Golf Clucb. fhat but ts the nueleus of your team.- Asked for bis thougbts on ltghtîngs place ti hoekey i lgbt of the reeent death of Wbitby Dunlops' delenceeman Don Sariderson, the Hall of Famer doesn't see it gong away anytîme sori "l," a part ol lice game iot that tt \vas mv 1tl enjus ed sconng goals more t than fighîing),. siîd the C.anadienss elebrated sntlpet s buntaîntatncd bis, cutn1utlîiet to the dînnet/aution despite a miedical scare oser the bolidas. s1l0 me, the cituss-cheek ing lromi behind is a lot mor e dangerous. ~Sonethmng bas ru be dune about that. \kbie sportng mndividual accolades that w'vould be the ensv of most Nii-ers pasi anci present, Beliveari stressed that one tbtng about bis iicstrious eareer stan(is out above everything else - hes ond regularly hoîsting Lord Stanlev's siver cup, that is. In 1961 when they eieeted me captaîn, and flot even an ahternate captain. To me that was sueh an honour. Il was great ]usi to be a member of the teati. Signing eouintless autographs over the cars, Belîs eau saîd there hav e heen a lew unusual item mted tri wiah ail the pucks. phiotographis andl erseyssplaced ti front ol [t dicînt happen tuu ulten. but sortie- times a ssoman w ould ask mne to autograph bier, sou know.. brassiere. Bosver adtnitted to occastonalit doing hikewise, though added, -i don't know, mas be i shouldu 't say that.- A regular vs itor to Milton îhrough his finendship wvitb justice of the Peace Mark ( urtts. the 'China Wall' a no doubt best known as betng between the pipes for the last Mapie Leafs' Stanley Cup triumph i 1967. Four decades and eounting later and he's stil wondering when belIl have to part wîth that dtstinction. -see GREAT on page A16