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fi fft ir i c i the tribune september 20 1995 p 15 book offers affectionate look at oldtimers hockey by kate gilderdale correspondent this is a labor of love because it has been my recreation for 16 years author broadcaster and tribune columnist ted barris is referring to his latest book playing overtime an affectionate and absorbing look at oldtimers hockey which has been enjoying an incredible revival of interest since the first oldtimers tournament took place in peterbor ough ont in 1975 i came back to hockey when i was about 30 explained barris who played as a child like many of his peers given the opportunity he would never have left the game but the system is geared for those who excel not for the average play er iplayirig overtime is not about power struggles between the nhl board of governors and profession al hockey players said barris it is not about lawyers or players esca lating salary demands its about hockey in its purest grassroots form playing the game we loved as kids with at least the same exhilara tion as we did in our youth it is in short a celebration of adult people who play it and love it the most the average joe and josephine and oldtimer hockey is attracting i ted barris author broadcaster a substantial number of women some of whom barris interviewed for his book women have come at the game slightly differently because many of them have learned about it as hock ey moms theyve driven kids to games sat through practices and suddenly theyre wondering if they could get a group together them selves and play during his research for the book barris discovered that about 80000 people are registered with the canadian oldtimers hockey association and for every one of those theres got to be ten or a dozen who havent registered he also learned that recreational hockey has likely been around con siderably longer than was previous ly thought when i was down in windsor nova scotia i found a group that has discovered some interesting his torical facts about hockey he explained until now most histori- ans have credited kingston and montreal with the first ever game in canada dating back to about the middle of the 19th century the diaries of windsorborn author judge and politician thomas qiandler haliburton how ever trace its origins much further back to long pond in windsor at the turn of the century barris conducted between three and four hundred interviews with oldtimers among them a japanese player in his early 80s whom he met at the charles schulz senior world hockey tournament affec- tiohately referred to as the snoopy tournament in santa rosa cali fornia he talked to exprofessional players including tiger williams ken dryden henri richard and eddie shack to find out what had brought them back to the game hisi- travels took him across the mar- itimes ontario and the prairies up the ottawa valley to vancouver island and california i and through it all barris himself has continued to play oldtimers hockey with avid enthusiasm and varying degrees of success in uxbridge pickering and north york his passion for the game in all its grassroots glory remains undiminished when the americans have bought up the last canadian fran chise when the professional play ers are counting their salary in terms of millions and cant remem ber what team theyre playing for when the lawyers are fighting over the rules of franchises and players rights we will still be playing the game we love for the reasons we have been playing it since maybe 1800 barris will be reading excerpts from playing overtime a cele bration of oldimers hockey at the books and authors night at this years celebration of the arts autographed copies of the book will be available for sale at the event which takes place at uxbridge music hall at 8 pm sept 21 tickets are 5 each and are avail able now from presents and blue heron books in uxbridge and john lords books in stouffville any remaining tickets can be purchased at the door i wont be u mil it milk partly skimmed 4 litre bag butter salted f canada- first grade 1lbpkg eggs canada grade a white bread marvel white 6 loaf beatrice 2 milk 4 litre bag equality sockeye salmon 213 g tin super saver price 247 save up to 122 quaker quick cooking oats bonus 1 35 kg package 149 powdered ultra 6 litre lemon or tide original laundry detergent 12 litre box 0a i i cracked wheat 60 whole wheat or jane parker 1 00 whole wheat bread 675 g loaf 77 super saver price cut from canada aaaaaa grades chef style prime rib roasts 880 kg 399 lb folgers instant coffee 225 g jafi super saver price 587 save up to 212 product of nova scotia canada fancy grade tart crisp gravenstein apples 170 kg 77 lb prices effective wednesday september through saturday september 23 1995 s j in stouffville only mm