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Page 16 _ Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, Octotkr 31, 1979 Wilfrid Laurier hockey coach Wayne Gowing has adopted a "let's wait and see," approach to the up- coming university season. ‘Andireally, he's not in a position to do inner} else. Although Hawks have plenty of returnees from last year's squad which fin- ished second in the Western Division at 9-5-2, several no- table holes must be filled and so far in the exhibition season no one has really come to the fore to demon- strate tremendous leader- ship qualities. . Election of Officers TIME: Monday, November 5, 1979 - 8:00 p.m. PLACE: Woolwich Township Community Hall Parkside Drive, St. Jacobs. By Rick Campbell Chronic“ Sports Editor For further information, please phone: - Eileen Dyck 886-1384 Don Downie 664-2658 Peter Woolstencroft 576-1634 Now " teat for ” I U W, WLU pucksters EAR PIERCING ANNUAL MEETING Guest Speaker: Senator Lowell Murray Report from Walter McLean, MP "THE SIMPLE WAY" OUR .. mes ONLY .600 'i'flfi,N . 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But head coach Bob McKillop hopes a 7-6 win over York Yeomen in Toronto last week will be a confidence builder when Warriors open their season tonight at Wa- "INCLU DES STU DS" Takes Only Minutes Pro Storil izod Hawks, despite their winless pre-season have an abundance of potential and Gowing indicated early ex- perimentation will tell who on his team can carry the mail and who can't. Hawks open at home Thursday against a reputably-strong Western team. \“I don'thrare much about the scores of the exhibition games, even if it is nice to say you‘ve got a win under your belt. There wasn't one sihgle exhibition game that we played that we had our best team on the ice to- gether but Thursday we will against Western. We've lost a great deal of experience and leadership that will have to be replaced, I guess it just boils down to Thurs- day to see what's going to happen." terloo Arena against last year's provincial champion Guelph Gryphons. "To know that we can play with the good teams in the league will help our players as we get ready to open league play against Guelph. We feel that the Gryphons are beatable." "We got outstanding per- formances at York from the players who will have to play well for us this year," said McKillop. "Michael Longpre played one of his best ever games for us. He was just outstanding. Absent from last year's Hawks lineup will be former all-Canadian goalie Al Mac- Sorléy. defencemen Barry Musselman and Jim Towle. centre and captain Tom Butt and forwards Mike Col- lins, Mark Holbrook, Peter Mchead and Bob Schnurr, Gowihg noted that up front left wing is probably his strongest suit with re- turning four-year men Greg Ahbe and Perry Mark as well as veteran Dave North- em, Third-year man Daryl Benjamin, chosen captain for the season, is back to an- chor the pivot area as are centres Don Poulter and Al McCrae. On the right side, only leading scorer Dan Mc- Cafferty returns from last vear WLU coach Wayne Gowing expects big things this year out of former King ston Canadian goaltender Terry Thompson, pictured here in an exhibition game against Waterloo recently. . Defensively Gowing IS ex- pecting big things out of se- A complete decorating centre at your door K-W DRAPERIES LTD. c3ijlll FREE ESTIMATES 8 CONSULTATIONS WE GIVE PROMPT 8 PERSONAL ATTENTION ,g;._ CALL us TODAY AT ass-5530 iiiUri OPEN MON. To rm. SAVE 20% ON AU. CUSTOM MADE SHEERS 8 DRAPES cond-year man Brian Crom- been. who appears to be well over he shoulder problems that plagued him last cam- paign, Familiar names Mitch Edwards. Paul Mc- Sorley, Bert Leeder and Andy Huszar will also be back to cdntest blueline spots _ For the first time since he arrivgd at Laurier in 1973. Gowing figures he should have a strong two-man goal- tending system to replace MacSorlev Last year's backup Mark Healy has been outstanding in pre-season. and Gowing looks to former Kingston Canadian netminder Terry Thompson to come up with the big save needed to boost hlS club In close games Also back In vamp IS netminder Ken Scott. who backed up Phil McColeman a few sea- sons ago Up front centre Glen Me Clelland has performed well and should add greatly to Hawks offensive output if he can remain free of the pamr ful lendomhs and arthritis that cut short his season with Kitchener Rangers last Leading the rookie brr gado on the point will be Kitchener grad Ed Lynch. former Caledonia Corsair Steve Rnssner and Turn Car, scaddon. who played high school In Sault Ste Marlo “If we get the leadership and motivation from the players themselves. then we'll be able to pick our own spot- in the standings." said Gowing “Potentially we have even gained from last year's club But we have to get scoring off all our lines and most important. we have to concentrate on keep- ing the puck out of our net ., Warriors have ll retur- nees from last year's cl With the most promin being goaltender Rick Nic - olchok and centre Don Lang- lms, who attended Toronto Maple Leaf rookie camp The flashy centre will he joined by returning for- wards Archie Chase. Mr chael lnngpre. Barry Reyn- ard. Randy Swanson, no Templehagen and Bill Lang, while veteran delensemen Include Ted Kewley. John Vermeer. Randy Neal and Ed Azmla MCKIHOP Is also high on former junior A de- fenseman Paul Foley and left Winger George Blum year, Jeff Clark and Eric Powell have also altemated between centre and left wing, On the right side Tony Martindale has progressed well in camp while Gowing sees Greg Mills. Bill Ca- meron and Gilbert Janssens as other possitilities