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Most kids dream of wmmng the Manley Cup Most dont get the chance to Wm ll after a rabletop hockey toumament. But that's one of the perks of the job when your an offical keeper of the cup like Walt Neubrand, a Mryear-old Uuiver sat); of Wutedoo grad. Neubmnd has been protector of Canada's holy grail for the let, ler pan of three years. "You dream about wmmng thr, thing ‘5 a Mk kid but you never dream of guardmg IL" he sand. “his ban a great honour to do u aud I .1ppreoate every moment," And guarding Lord Stanley?, mug has given the former Grog- raphy mum d chance to see some of the world he studied while hat at school. Hts, oihcial swan dunes have taken hun as far away as Sweden, and have alsn made him a regular guest at the Whrte Howe. After a tour of Conestoga COL After nearly a decade In the Senior loop, Ian Buglass says he knows what u takes lo mm m an Intercounty league dommated by powerhouses like Toronto. Kitchener and Guelph And " doesrit Involve d lot of screammg and yellmg at players for making mstakes "As a former player I know they feel bad enough alreadyf smd Buglass. "I've never guns an mim- season " here d team has, nl made memal crmrs "The key Is to try to mlmmm‘ mental errors to the pulnl “here when (hey do happcn mu dunk Well we hawn'l dune (In: In a long umc tte UW grad gives white glove treatment to lord Stanley's mug A mcmbcr of lwo (lumpy nmhlp [cams m Guelph, the former kft-handcd slarttrr sand he knows d hula about hovs In [amnion the dcfouc In Luv same of the league's lug bur: Tigers bench boss on the prowl New Olympicfunding npt He'll also hr ahle to glve a Chronu le Sm” Bob b'rbanac (hymn-1" Stull gd cr .Mrww l (fy) ”"2 , . x" 'iM: lege, Wilfred Liuner University and lus old stomping gmunds d1 uw last week, he vsited the White House for the second ume last Thursday as the Dallas Stars where honoured by Prestdenl Bill Clinton for thee recent Stanley Cup v1ctory In lus natty blue blazer with the hall of fame crest, and his white gloves that aid a sense of data rum to publw events, Neubrand IS sull Impressed by the way pee ple react to the mp "They cant behave its tiw real tlung," he said, "I've seen people cry when they touch ll, they Just cant bellevc ll. "Some people wont touch tt because they respect It that much." Included m that group of untouchable, are NHL players u ho haven't won the cup. "They wonl touch it," said Ncubrdnd "They dont even like In go near ll. "That's the general rule - [I you havent won II then you won? touch n," While the players greet the cup Ian Buglass potentially good young pttcluag staff up oihow lo get them oui _ [halls mm of the big perks of bang familiar wrth the league and familiar wnh the hillcra." sald Buglass "You can give pitchers little htrus on how to gel out certain guys .. If those Mk ups work out, hrs hrsr-year squad should he able to compete against Anyonc In the Vague Buglav; said hawhall IS a lul dullcrctll llmn same other sports wlurre talent always wmtr. oui. and Ihe underdog always loses wah proper deference, a strung of beer commercial ais In the last few years suggest the cup has made a few crossrCandda mps wttlarut us official axons. Neubrand sad he's never run Into a problem wuh people trying to pilier the three-foot tall silver Won. "l be! you if somebody med lo grab the cup there would be ten guys there befor? I could get to them." "Nothing bad has really ever happened." he sand. "As you can tell it's looking pretty good for 107 years old. The cup travels in a nonde- script container thal allows for proper padding and protection. The container IS not contoured l0 mimic the shape of the cup and Isn't allowed to travel around g baggage carousel "It's m a very damn box." said Neubrand, "lt's not hke m the commercial where you see " coming out of the baggage area. " would hate to see what the cup looked like after that." Even the cup travels incognito. "In baseball the best Ieam doesn't always win," he sand "On any glven day anybody can bear anybody. "Tha1's why it goes back to the mental errors. You've got to play at you" best and not do things like that against the Torontos and the kitcheners of the league" The team IS Just In us first stages of pmpamlmn, as hope- fuls of the senior squad get some indoor work al a north Waterloo warehouse While the team looks like ll might have five or SIX good arms on the stall, Buglass hopes that nnc of them can step up to become lhc cluhs stopper “We have a lot of good mm. that will make us competitive," he said "But " would be really nice to gt! a dominalor" The one consolation IS that the Tigers shouldn'l have any pmhlcms swung runs "h bolcs hkc oikwuvcly there won't be any problems." said Hughes liking St. S. . Waterloo Town Square . 747-1424 REAL SUITS .‘yl-TNESS 6)LASSICS Ttred of lonlung all over for a wit that fts and looks great? Your mm): " over' for REAL WOMEN 20% - 70% on: All 1999 Swimwear Neubrand sand he sull gets strange looks when he's pushmg the container through the airport Most people who ask dont believe what he's gm in the box. " say it's grandma," laughed Neubmnd “When! tell them it's the Sianley Cup they say, ‘gel out ofhete."' Another myth that the cup keeper would like to dispel is the mistreatment the cup gels at the hands of players who have just won ll. Guy Carbonneau didnt throw it Into a swimming pool last year. "They'll ask me, Mhat have you got m that big use?” “We go around with all the players," said Neubrand, They're lust amazed to have their name on l "No one can ever take that an ay from them. Ys a great hom our." Neubrand Joked he's even had J chance to wm the cup. 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