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Awareness of head injuries on the rise And while the Lindros saga drags on, the accumuâ€" lative effects of concussions have ended the careers of many other professional athletes, including Waterloo‘s own Steven Rice. A concussion is any head he message that the I mind is a terrible thing to waste is getting through to younger athletes, says a local sports medicine doctor, with certain high profile cases of head injury helping to raise the awareâ€" ness about concussions. The list of sports superâ€" stars battling this brain injury has grown in recent years to include quarterâ€" backs Steve Young and Troy Aikman, and hockey players like Pat Lafontaine and Eric Lindros. Dr. Robert Lee, of the Waterloo Sports Medicine Centre, was a special presenter at last week‘s Sports Injury and Care symposium SAMAKRA FOOLS & SPAS 490 Weber St. N., Waterloo Phone 884â€"5295 Fax $84â€"8641 884â€"8558 By Bos VrBanNAc Chronicle Staff (Westmount Place Shopping Centre} WATERLOO a little oasis in every backyard Pax<F" The growing awareness of concussions and their longâ€"term effects was part of the focus of last week‘s Sports Injury Prevention and Care symposium, hosted by the _ local _ Kâ€"W _ Sports Council One _ presenter _ last Wednesday night was Dr. Robert Lee of the Waterloo Sports Medicine Centre located at 65 University Ave. E. in Waterloo. injury that results in sympâ€" toms such as headache, dizziness, nausea and loss of concentration. And the effects are accuâ€" mulative, meaning the more concussions a player has had, the more severe they tend to become in the future. Repeated head injury can even lead to permanent brain damage. \g\/ ASf, One free kids meal with the purchase of an aduit entré Wed. Feb. 14th !' & V # Plus 2 free video games per kid Book today! & 7,,,y G::\c n 10®€ Jma‘...DONOVAN BAILEY, JARRETT SMITH, JOANNE MALAR, MIKE MORREALE, !TEV! E(!PAUI MASOTH O '!: Continued on page 30 MIKE O‘SHEA, VAL ST. GERMAIN, STEVE STAIOS, MIKE VANDERJAGT, CHRIS G1OSKOS, JEN BUTTON, AND COLIN DOYLE <) KMD$§ EAT FREE But the 500 fans that attended the school‘s last game played at the arena, affectionately known as the Bubble, got a taste of the playoff hockey set to come later this month in Kingston after the 3â€"1 win by the Ottawa GeeGees. "Just to win is on my mind," said the graduating winger, who‘ll leave the school with every major e bubble burst on the I Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks attempt to close out their play at the Waterloo Memorial Arena with a win Saturday night. Acknowledging the emoâ€" tional loss, the Hawks‘ leadâ€" ing scorer Lisa Backman said the only important win from now is the one that earns Laurier a berth to the nationâ€" al championships being held in Calgary. The Siskins got their own sensational play from forward Brent MacDermid in the third period, who scored his squad‘s final two goals to earn the tie. He turned away glorious opportunities by Siskins‘ capâ€" tain Simon Watson, linemate Sean Costigan and rookie senâ€" sation John Mitchell all on the door step of his goal crease to preserve the tie. that followed Hawks lose final Bubble battle e Guelph Dominators were living up to their name â€" Sunday night leading 5â€"2 heading into the final frame of their game against a sleepy Siskins squad. Blinkhorn proved to be the difference for the Royal City side, holding the Dominators in the game during the furious final frame and the overtime But the hometown side finally got their wakeâ€"up call in the third period, storming back to tie the game 6â€"6 after peppering â€" Guelph‘s _ Jeff Blinkhorn with 20 shots in the final 20 minutes. Siskins turn it on at the right time "In the third we got our act SPORTS Every Mlonday & 7 By Bos VrBANAC Chronicle Staff By Bos VrBANAC Chronicle Staff "We just want to leave everything on the ice, and play as hard as we can to win the games we need to win and get to Calgary." The Hawks kicked off the celebration of their final game in the 54â€"yearâ€"old 5 pm â€" 9 pm Launier‘s leading scorer Lisa Backman tries to get one by Ottawa‘s Amande Spence in the Hawks‘ final game at the Bubble Saturday. scoring record reflecting her _ Mecca of hockey memories name. by firing 14 shots at Ottawa 3â€"2 win over secondâ€"place Stratford in the Festival City on Friday night "That‘s big because the ting on our passes, said MacDermid. That capped off an imporâ€" tant three point weekend for the Siskins, which included a together and we‘re finally hitâ€" The Siskins‘ John Mitchell breaks in on Guelph‘s Jeff Blinkhom to score his second goal of the night. 411 Pagst s is w tb A i 3 c S * ldk P E S Li P3 w\ 14 5 * Ce a in 4 â€"â€" C A s 9 £ 4 4 ..% %, P F fe l AÂ¥ie. _ % e N * 5 @ $ Mecca of hockey memories by firing 14 shots at Ottawa GeeGees‘ goalie Amanda Spence, but none of them found their mark. The Hawks® Kate MacNamara finally got the homeside on the board in the second on a breakaway from the blueline, but the way the standings are right now we want to finish numâ€" ber two," said MacDermid, whose thirdâ€"place Siskins are now only two points behind the Cullitons. "We have to get all the points we can, so it was good to get one tonight rather than lose both of them." The Siskins only have two Valentine "It comes down to one game and you‘ve got to win," said Backman. "If you lose you‘re not going anywhere. The Hawks close out their regular season schedule this Saturday against the U of T Varsity Blues. __ "It‘s going to be tough, but I think everybody is going to step up to the challenge. losses since they resumed play after Christmas, and MacDermid has been a big part of that after reâ€"acquiring his goal scoring touch. "Since Christmas I‘ve been playing pretty good, and I‘ve got a lot more points than the first half, so hopefully that continues," he said. And all those missed opportunities came back to haunt the Hawks in the third, as the GeeGees got two goals from Karine Bombardier to give the visitors the win. With the Hawks earning an automatic berth to the QUA final four in Kingston, their mission now is to be the last team standing after facâ€" ing teams like Ottawa and the University of Toronto. One of the Hawks‘ eight penalties on the night helped the GeeGees tie it at one apiece at the end of the secâ€" ond period. lead was shortlived. Waterioo 7 DAYS A WEEK BEER STORE Monâ€"Fri 10â€"8; Sat 9â€"6; Sun 116 P+1