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Irelands short release By GARRY FORBES If The Examiner It seems nobody has told Bruce Ireland that to qualify for the Worlds Shortest Press Release Award the release must be longer than one sentence to investigate alleged roster irregularities against rillia Okay heres what were releasing The matter has been resolved hook But how did this come about llruce The matter has been resolved That it Aha Two sentences Now youregetting the idea More on Dixie arena Barrie olts who just recently managed to work their way out of the playoffs in the entral Junior ll league say that the Dixie facility is so small dark and gloomy that goaltender Dunc Ilrownell once appeared for warmvup with flashlight taped to his mask The Dixie crowd was not amused The invasion Iias started If you go near an arena or near the malls or within two blocks of the downtown area over the next few lays youll get glimpse of what Iloiig Kong is like at rush hour Approximately 1200 young hockey players from all over fair city for the next few days for the fifth annual Harrie Minor Hockey ssoeiation Winter arnival hockey tourna ment The monstrous event begins today and ends Sunday giv ing us about 48 hours breathing room until new wave pours in for the Winter arnival treeIea thon on the bay But watch youre elbows if you intend to clear path through push crowd in an arena corridor Possibly because there are so many teams In the HMHA tournament this year and so many crowds to control the associaion has asked for the services of Dan Maloiiey of the Toronto Maple Leafs as Honorary chairman and rudeness minitor To keep boy out of Iiot water put him on ice is the HMHA motto now but Maloncys op poiieiits over the years coitteiid only the second part of the motto existed when played in the association Four Barrie teams are entered in the tournament Harrie John Ellis on struction Minor Atoms ardinal ash and arry Iinor Ieewees ivitan Minor Bantams and Hell aiiada Minor lidgets DOUG FAYELL Best of luck to all quote of the week tourney clubs Well only another week and lay before the date of the hockey game to end all hockey games is upon is Yes local interest III the sport should show sharp decline after the Met onalds Media NoStars meet the Barrie Iolice team It benefit matchup at Harrie arena hildren will weep when they ltitlllt that they too may grow up to become No Star flockey clubs ill never send scout within miles of Harrie after they see what has been allowed to happen on the citys main ice surface Now we know why the llIll Winter anival Hockey tour namcnt was scheduled lays before the Winter ariiival You just cant ltlll thi risk of the NorStars highly con tagious affliction inabilititus lo play spreading throughout Ontario and intoa little bit of New York State In the NW edition of the Sport tintario tirectory of Sports Recreation and Physical Education there exists names ad llsts lltl contacts of agencies and associations which ltlisttlt ei jus about everything that mocs toiin probany heard mention of the ttntario Hockey tSSlKldUlll but how about the ttntario ltillcloading Slttltill tntario Amateur Netball Association intario ouncil ot Shooters tntario Smallbore lederation Amateur Tug of War Asstitlttlllttt of ttiitario of lllt Hilario lndeiwatertouncil How many dogs do you have to feed to be good muleloadcr How many tltt drama plots do you have to recite to before you re Iioiialide smalltiore First game of the hallenge up goes tonight as you may know Im calling ll leani NIII two games to one and figure the Russians will win tonight lut Im still little peeved that the latoiiabec Iiiets werent invited to make ll true representationof international hockey talent Quotes of the week John Ziegler Nlll president after an article appeared in Sports Illustrated billing the thallcngc up as Team against the Sowts The team is made up principally of anarlian born players tlll some Swedish players So far as Im concerned vc never thought of the NIH with 14 teams Ill the and three in tanada being an American or tana than or even Swedish player Hes North American Hep Huidolin lhiladelphia lircbirds coach on Doug lavcll He could help oloiado but they dont want him He got the front office made at liirii so they sent llllll down here Sure its eray but nobody ever said you gotta be geniustotuuihockey Doug Fanll Philadelphia lirebirds goalie on olorado Rockies general manager ltay Iiron He said lie was just sending me down for two weeks believed him That was November and here am still In the minors might not be real smart but know Ive been here helluva lot longer than twowecks laul Savage overwhelming favourite at the ttntario turl ing hampionships in St Thomas after suggestion that his rink should win Maybe we wont tSavages rink lost llS first two games on opening day Wednesday tlrliiiiiiitiiri lllltlS coach tlen Sather alter ti Victory over Birmingham llulls in which Dave Sedenko injured Hulls rookie Rick aive during fight The Sedenko light turned the whole game around really dont know why anybody wants to fight with Sedenko ldont think hes ever lost fight It the Will When played the game the guys stayed clear of the hcayweights When asked what went on III the murky caverns of Dixie arena during special league meeting last Ihursday held Travelways entral lunior It convener Ireland said Later Ireland let up his namevrankand serialnuniber bit long enough to confirm that Iravelways had wriggled off the Ontario and little bit of New York State are visiting our oviets stay cool aver series NHL players put prideon Iine NEW YORK 01 mix ture of moods prevailed among officials and players awaiting tonights opener of the first Challenge Cup series tween Team NHL and the Soviet Un ion Some Soviet officials claimed the outcome is unimportant They saw the threegame series as simply another step towards the goal of retaining their hockey titles in the world cham pionships in April and the 1980 Winter Olympics President John Ziegler was confident his National Hockey League had struck vein of gold He estimated that the series will generate more than $3 million in income when you add up all the advertising dol lars plus the gate receipts Strict security precautions were in order for the game at Madison Square Garden to pre vent antiSoviet displays by dis sidents The respective coaches of the Soviet national squad and the NHL allstars kept their start ing lineups to themselves until after todays practice sessions TRETIAK STARTS Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov told news conference on Wednesday the biggest secret he is willing to give away was the fact that Vladislav Tretiak will be in goal Coach Scotty Bowman of the allstars said he prefers to name his starting goalie before the game As tonights 8pm EST start approached nerves were be comingfrayed The Soviets com tained about their cramped ressing rooms At one point even general manager Bill Torrey of the all stars was willing to agree with the Soviets on the unim portance of the series They always say that They look to the world tournament and the Olym ics According to them these ings are just an exercise Thats all they are for us too The only people who put any importance on these tour naments are the press But dont want to lose any games PRIDE AT STAKE This is not the case for most of the 25 pla ers on the allstar roster who see something at stakemainly their pride think this is very impor tant series said Guy Lafleur of Montreal Canadicns think the Russians have developed their best team and its challenge Nobody wants to get beat by them because we want to prove that we are the best team Bowman mentioned all kinds of combinations he may use for his forward lines because his players are so versatile He in dicated Lafleur will get lot of icetinie in the process The three games were sell outs in the 17500seat Garden except for cheaper seatssin gles and those with poor sight lines in the upper stands Quebec tourne nears With the house scaled at about $350000 the series will draw gross gate of about $1 million making it the most lucrativein NHLhistory PLAYERS GET $3000 Each member of Team NHL is getting $3000 for the series plus expenses Alan Eagleson executive di rector of the NHL Players Asso ciation estimated that the So viet players each will earn be tween $200 and $300 for the cup lineups NEW YORK CP Following are the sweater numbers of the players in Team NHL vs Soviet nationals for the Challenge Cup Team NHL 29 Ken Dr den goal 30Gerry heevers goal 35 Tony Esposito goal Barry Beck defence Denis Potvin defence Ron Grcschner defence 18 Serge Savard defence 19 Larry Robinson defence 24 Bob Picard defence 26Borje Salming defence Bill Barber left wing it Lanny McDonald right wing9 Clark Gillies left wing 10Guy Laflcur right wing 11 Gil Perreault centre 12 Ulf Nilsson centre 15 Anders Hedberg right wing16 Bobby Clarke centre 17 Marcel Dionne centre 20 Bryan Trottier centre 21 Don Marcotte left wing ZZStcve Shutt left wing 23 Bob Gainey left wing 25Mikc Bossy right wing 27 Darryl Sittler centre Soviet Nationals Vladimir Myshkin goal 20VIadislav Tretiak goal Yuri Fydorov defence Sergei Babinov defence Vasili Pervukhin defence Valeri Vasilyev defence Gennady Tsygankov defence 12 Sergei Starikov defence 14 Zinatula Bilyaletdinov de fence 181rek Gimayev defence 26 Aleksei Kasatonov defence 88ergei Kapustin forward Vladimir Kovin forward 10 Mikhail Varnakov for ward 11 Alexander Skvortsov for ward 13 Boris Mikhailov forward 16 Vladimir Petrov forward 17 Valeri Kharlamov for ward 19 Helmut Balderis forward 21 Viktor Tyumenev forward 22 Viktor Zhluktov forward 23 Alexander Golikov for ward24 Sergei Makarov forward 25 Vladimir Golikov forward series There have been rumors about the Soviets including one of reported Soviet hockey de tector which turned out to be hoax The media had easy access to the Soviet practice sessions in the Garden This would have been impossible if there was any defection Bowman will dress 20 players for tonights game which means sitting out five players One nonstarter is 1star de fenceman Denis Potvin of New York Islanders still bothered by shoulder separation suf fered in game against New York Rangers more than three weeks ago Potvin the leagues topscor ing defenceman with 60 points said doctors advised him that he shouldnt start tonight The second game is scheduled for 2pm Saturday with the third game at 8pm Sunday More than 250 million people are expected to watch the series on Canadian United States and European television It will be beamed to Canada by the CBC tonight and Saturday and by the CTV network on Sunday Meanwhile the Soviets will be able to play with the curved sticks they brought from home Although the series will be played under NHL rules ex ceptions were made on the sticks and the freezing of the puck by the goalkeepers Carsons peewees confident By GARR FORR ES fThe Examiner In tournament play most hockey coaches focus directly on their next match concen trating on ways to ensure stepping stone doesnt turn into stumbling block In an event such as the Quebec International Peewce hockey tournament one of the worlds premier minor hockey exhibitions careful lanning of immediate pro lems is often thrown off by the festive atmosphere which cl ings to the city during Quebec Winter Carnival days But Barrie Rotary Major Peewee coach Paul Torson is looking ahead past the weekend festivities which will greet his club on their arrival early Saturday morning even past the teams opening game of the tournament Paul orson has prepared himself well for what will pro bany be the most memorable hockey event in the lives of the entire personnel of the club He has already carefully con sidered immediate events and is planning strategy for his secondround match By the time the Rotary team leaves Barrie midnight Friday Cor son will probably be casing ptmsible thirdround opponents It was pride that motivated Carsons longrange planning Pride in the Barrie Minor Hockey Association have caus ed him to look past his teams opening game against hicago Jesters to secondround inat chup with Quebecs Ste Foy Last year Ste lioy knocked different Harrie Rotary Peewee team out of the tournament It is of course different Ste Foy team this year which or sons club may meet But the pride remains and the Quebec team is Corsons target For now The BMHA coaching veteran does have an advantage over some coaches who might like to consider possibilities few games ahead of time He has solid dependable team the 197879 International Silver Stick champions whichallow him to consider more than the next bridge STEWART GARNER Weve got good strong hockey club crson said Were as good as anybody anywhere when we play our game skating passing game Only three times this season has the Barrie squad been beaten and orson believes the Cole steps up scoring pace Hadley still hot in Ora win When youve already got one player scoring at breakneck pace it sure doesnt hurt to have another one pick up his pace 0m 77s Brian Cole one of the leading scorers in the Georgian Bay Junior hockey league scored twice and assisted on three other goals Wednesday to help his team to UN win over Huntsville Huskies at the 0m arena Murray Hadley 77s leading scorer in recent games can tinuncd his pace with three goals and an assist The pairs timing is impec cable with the final game of the season Friday and the playoffs starting Sunday Roeland Leigh Dave Mayor and Doug Shclswell also scored for 77s with Murray Clark ad dinga paii Gary Johnston and Del Ber tram assisted on goal each Rusty Hastings Doug Shelswell and Ernie umming assisted on two goals each Iark earned three assists Don Ricard stopped 41 shots for ro while Huskies Jim Meredith made 30 saves The win did little to affect ros secondplace standing in the league except ensure lively season finale against leagueleading Kings Friday in Imctanguishcne ro will meet the same Hunt sville Huskies Sunday for the first game of the playoffs at the Elmvale arena starting at 115 The series is bestoffive games affair Italian wins World Cup race OSLO Router we Leonardo David scored Italys first vic tory in two years in mens World Cup slalom skiing chnes day when he withstood secondrun challenge by Ingcmar Stenmark of Sweden by sevenlooms of second The 18 yearold Italian had combined time of one minute 2915 seconds Stenmark finished with 12922 Wins ski race LAKE PLACID NY AP Oddvar Braa of Norway the current World Cup leader won preOlympic 30 kilometre crosscountry ski race Wednes day edging Soviet Nikolay Zimyatov by less than half second Braa 27 completed the course in one hour 26 minutes 541 seconds Zimyatov clocked 12253070 Swedes finished third and fourthSven Aake Lundbaeck in 12265090 followed by Thomas Wassbcrg in 265659 Yevgeniy Belyayev of the So viet Union was fifth in 1273304 Reino KeskiSalmi of Salmon Arm BC topped the fourman Canadian contingent in the 30 kilometre race finishing 35th in 11330328 Doug Gudwer of Prince George BC was 42nd in 12153091 Daniel Auclair of Sherbrooke Que 47th in 132550 and Gary Hartling of Halifax NS 50th in 374001 GREG LEHIANC losses were anything but harm ful When we lost our first two games of the season at Burl ingtons Golden Horseshoe tournament during the Christmas holidays we were missing couple of valuable players and we experimented with tournament tactics and situations Corson said In our only league loss first game of bestofthree semifinal series against Newmarketi we outshot the other team 387 but lost 32 doubt any of the teams that beat us could do it again in the same situation We learned from our mistakes learned some very valuable lessons Hotarys lost to Oakville and Wetland in Burlington The club now has 2437 wonIosttied record ne of the key factors to his teams success this year Cor son said is good club spirit Theyre great They dont argue they learn Carson said They have very unusual feeling of togetherness They listen to what is said and are keen to go along with it am disciplinarian they know it and they respect it Except for three players the team has been together since Novice Corson has coached the club each year except last year when Bill Clayden took over the We can grill for you chill for you broil for you stew for you even barbecue for you sauté flambé make paté prepare tray ice dice and treat you nice Ask us for more food ideas Who says ou have to serve what everyone else does At Holi ay Inn we like to do things differently And that means exciting and innovative food ideas to make your wedding banquet or other social gathering something that will be talked aboutand remembered in every mouthwatering detail Weve got the ideas Just ask us Then watch us put our experience to work making it all happen Holiday Inns handle more social and business functions every year than anyone else in Canada Talk to us Well give you some ideas to nibble on Hwy 400 on Fairview Rd Barrie Telephone 7286191 SHAYNE ORSON helm and guided the team to theAllOntario championship The team has went as far as they could go in OMHA playoffs each season since they started in the BMHA At the International Silver Stick in Port Huron Mich last month the team beat out Detroit Adray to capture the first Port Huron tournament ti tle for Barrie peewee team Three players Corsons son Shayne Stewart Garner and Greg LeBlanc were chosen to the tournaments sixman all star team Detroit Adray has beaten Chicagos top peewee club the Jets Barries first opponent in Quebec will be the Chicago Jesters who are rated lower than Jets Should the team lose they can choose to follow the con solation route Corson said he plans to follow the consolation route if the team loses against Jesters but were not going to lose Were going at least two games he added Well beat Ste Foy too We owe them one All RSPS are not alike the examiner Thursday Feb 1919 11 Hendersons goal nets ticket Tim Henderson scored with 143 remaining in the game to give Barrie Cardinal Cash and Carry Minor Peewees 43 semifinal victory over host Newmarket and ticket to the league funals Barrie was outshot 1942 in the YorkSimcoe minor hockey association playoff matchup Greg Smith guarded the Barrie net Barries opponent in the finals and game dates are not yet available Next game for the Cardinal squad is today against Hamilton Huskies at Barrie arena in the opening round hf the Barrie Minor Hockey Association Winter Carnival tour nament Game time is 815 pm Lions stave off bombing ro Lions atoms managed to stave off lategame bom bardment by host Sutton to win their recent YorkSimcoe minor hockey association matchup 43 David Gillespie scored twice for Oro and single goals were contributed by Cory Andrews and Craig Stewart Steven Johnson faced 16 shots in the Oro net while his counterpart at the Sutton end took 13 shots The win was Lions mm of the season against four losses and one tie The team holds top spot in their YSMHA livi SlOll Eastview girls still first Eastview Secondary School girls volleyball team main tained its firstplace Georgian Bay Secondary Schools Athletic Association standing by downing both North ol Iegiate and Stayncr Collegiate Institute in roundrobin play at North Tuesday The Eastview seniors knocked off the host team in two straight matches 157 17715 hcfor posting comefrom behind win over Stayner 1015 1543 139 In junior aciton each of the three schools lost one game and won the other Stayner defeater North lStt 715 1517 North dumped Eastview 1512 915 Its14 and Eastview beat Stayner Iiill IZHS ISIIl Stayner took top honors in midget play beating IIastviiw 1213 157 157 and North 1317 1312 $55 In the other midget game Eastview defeated North 13 11 159 Striders Win at Orillia Three lluronia Striders Track and Field club runners ap pearcd in the winners circle at the rillia Winter arnival recently Margaret Mulder of Harrie won the Juvenile girls two mile run in time of 1213 Julie Insley also of Harrie won the Bantam girls class in 12 11 Stuart Allington finished second in the juvenile boys class Bell Can Midgets confident Bell Canada Midgets are confident they can beat Thornhill Sunday in the fourth game of the playoffs They must be theyre playing Barrie Minor Hockey tournament game in the afternoon and coming back the arena that night to play Ihornhill Barrie leads the series five points to one after Wednes days 53 win in Thornhill Kevin Tustin Gary White Peter Whelan Kelly umin ings and Mike Hoffman scored the goals Whelan and White assisted on two each with single assists going toDave yr Bill Maguirc Hoffman and lthysavil Goaltender Wayne Lynn stopped the Thornhill shooters for Barrie Game time for the fourth playoff game is pm Sunday ll the tournament championship is over in time Messersmith signs with LA LOS ANGELES AP Pitcher Andy Messersmith who played out his option with Los Angeles Dodgers in 1976 and won court case that led to the freeagent revolution in baseball signed again with Los Angeles on Wednesday agreeing to twoyear contract Twins complete pitcher deal BLOOMINGTON Minn AP Minnesota Twins of baseballs American League have completed deal with New York Mets for pitcher Jerry Koosman by sending another minorleague pitcher to the Mets The Twins sent pitcher Jesse Orosco to the Mets on Wednesday Orosco 21 was the player to be named later in the trade for Koosman in December Napier undergoes surgery MONTREAL CP Right winger Mark Napier under went surgery Tuesday on his broken nose and is making satisfactory progress spokesman for Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League said Wednesday Meanwhile defenceman Guy Lapointe dropped from the Challenge Cup team that will face the Soviet Union in New York starting Thursday night because of virus received the green light to resume skating Stars settle with Hogaboam BLOOMINGTON Minn AP Minnesota North Stars settled Bill Hogaboams contract Wednesday giving him chance to negotiate with other National Hockey League clubs for his services Hogaboam was captain of the North Stars Oklahoma City farm club Earlier this season he played 10 games with the North Stars scoring one goal and adding one assist Nets trade guards to 76ers RUTHERFORD NJ AP New Jersey Nets traded guards Eric Money and AI Skinner to Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday in exchange for centre Harvey Catchings guard Ralph Simpson and future considerations Money whom the Nets ac uired in the offseason from Detroit Pistons in ex change or guard Kevin Porter was averaging 166 points playing in 46 of New Jerseys 49 games Big Sky guy ioins Eskies BOISE Idaho AP Bob Macauley Big Sky Con ference allstar linebacker from Boise State said Wednes day he has agreed to contract terms with Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League Macauley 212 pounder from Huntington Beach Cali shared the title of defensive player of the year in the Big Sky RSP COSTS AT CANADA TRUST Opening retirement savings plan doesnt have to be costly iiiroposmon Canada Trust RSP there IS 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