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DAVE PEREHUDOFF.
“Dave,'17, is in ‘his: firat
Sear with. the Rebels. He ;
played. on‘rep: teams’
> minor hockey, before join:

ing the Rebels. Dave's
4 ans include

left ‘wing and defence. The. :
20-year-old, who: played;

improves with every game.
Other: interests.’ include
golf, baseball, softball and
frisbee-throwing. ! ‘He is en-

t

Selkirk College.

‘TERRY NAZEROFF
> Terry, a speedy, | hard-:
working ight winger, isin

his fourth «and. final -year |

with the’ Rebels, The. 20-

year-old thinks the Rebels: :
are’a’ young.and talented:

a ing experience includes rep
i includ

ests include “tastball, golf,

skiing. and water skiing. He -
nding Sel-

ectronics.
~ to see an improvement in
| the Rebels team, which he:

re; the higher: you
‘most | European. players, ‘avoids fighting. “Now it has gone.
3 locke:

in the NHL are from

a Europe, despite the fact Europeans total less than 11 per,
486

players. Only, bad NHL plarees 2 are
U.8.-born. ' The rest,

The’ European acoring leaders include three broths

from Czech Marian, Peter and Anton Stastny —
who play, for Quebec; Nordiques, and Swede Kent, Nilsson,
who skates for Calgary, ‘Flames.

However, for. some Europeans, life in North. America
not been all ‘scoring goals and earning money.

LEVO WANTED OUT, 5
Defenceman Tapio Leyo of Finland. considered . not
returning to New, Jersey. Devils this season. Levo, who
‘speaks almost no’ English, was frustrated last year, — his

./, first in the NHL — because he ‘was unable to help his wife

in hopes of fin Dee ies dany Busopoan

‘for'whom hockey is more a. Tobby than ‘a job, high: paying

ezuela;: Taiwan and: Paraguay. :
Ne ‘coach in in the NHL has received more attention for his
adaptation of the international game than Herb Brooks, who

: :Jed the?1980'U.8, Olympic team to the gold medal and now

‘coaches ‘New York-Rangers. ° ~

‘¥0( Brooks is moulding New York intoa fast, puek-controll-
ing unit that exhibits ‘a: creative ‘offence; by: allowing the
forwards ‘to weave in and’ out of positions t fuse the

and’ three-year-old son adapt to life 'in the United States.

‘nu?MIt's not easy,” said :teammate Jukka Porvari of his:
fellow: Finn. “Maybe Tcan handle, it, :

: “Ita s0 different. The sys, the playing, everything is

* different. I can't explain.”

Levo eventually reported, but. not \until..after, the

< Finnish Ice Hockey'Association banned him from playing in
}, Finland for the year. because he was under contract to play

in the NHL.

Brooks, who coached in ‘Switzerland | before. coming to
New York, said some. Europeans find it difficult, making the
switch from ataateur: to professional hockey.

“The European ‘player coming over here has to

+ defence: Brooks, 45; believes the Rangers are playing. the

game ‘of the 1980s.
«1i@The ‘game of the "70s was @ very slow, unimaginative
“che says. “Ti ‘think the really talented players in the

league never got a chance to express those: talents.”

#2 One of the highest-paid Europeans is Anders Hedberg,
a 81-year-old Swede who earns more than $800, 000 a year

playing: ‘for Brooks.:

2 CHANGING FHILOSOPHIES

'Hedberg’s first: seasons in North ‘America. was with
Winnipeg Jets, then in the now-defunct : World | Hockey:

wily ‘the ‘defensive style.

that'this is.their total job. There’s an awful lot
riding: ‘on each and’every game.”

The» Rangers } ‘coach believes the hybrid- type’ game
resulting fromthe mix. of Europeans, Canadians and
‘Americans on NHL teams is adding a new dimension to the
sport be: calls the, fastest and most beautiful” in the world,

“Maybe comin the Stanley Cup will encompass the:
league’ champions of. Europe — the Russians, the Czechs,
the Swedes,” he said. “It would be very, very, sees for the:
‘game of: hoeker f

‘aly four assist tn’ i7, games

BG (

feceman Don’ Spring. of the
Winnipeg. Jets is a National
Hockey League Yarity,on two
counts, — he was: born. in
Venezuela and. has scored
only one goal. in'.175 NHL
games...

_ Spring, 28, takes, a lot of
ribbing for: his .scoring .rec-

‘Last season, the Univer-
sity: of "Alberta “ graduate
played 18 games ‘for Winni-
peg and didn’t’ score’ a ‘goal.’

“I'm: not the’ first player
who's ever ‘done’ it, and I
‘won't be the last,” he'said. “I
get ribbed about,” but Tye
never’ been a big ‘offensive
threat.’ I've always tried ' to

header tho previous evenin *
Martin now has two goals
and) six, assists for eight:
points; in eight games this,

{. season,”

Winnipeg coach Tom Watt
says when. he ‘needs some
scoring punch from the blue-
line during a close | ‘game, he's
likely to look past’ Spring to
Dave Babych or another Jet
defenceman.

“There ‘aren't ‘any ‘nevers’
or absolutes in this game,”
said “Watt, ‘who ‘‘coached
Spring when the two were
part of ‘the 1980 Canadian
olympic team. ° ”

“But unless we're in a de-
fensive position late in the
game s trying to rotect a lead,
you.can -almogt’\be certain
that Don Sp: 2g won't be‘on
the powerplay.”

PLAYED TO FORM’. ©

This season,” Spring: ue

played: to

but’ remaining the’ steady
force ‘he has' always’ been
since being’ signed asa ‘free
agent in 1980.

“My job on this team, as I
see ‘it, ‘Is: to. prevent’ goals
from being scored against us
and to move the puck quickly
out of our'end,” he said. -

“If 'T°can help out’ offen-
sively, then that’s’ fine,” he
added. “But basically. I'm'a
stay-at-home type of player.”

"Despite his steady defen-

evitics at the Winnipeg Arena,

who want save’ abil

pane the rink, put they ke
not know my. role on this
team. I believe I'm playing:

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reliable and who ."probably.
plays’ the defensive two-on-.
one game a as well as anyone in in
the NHL.”

The coach said 1 Spring has.
more confidence now, despite
the fact he has not mastered
‘the art. of. scoring:

“They, all ‘kid Donny
his shot,” said-‘Watt. “But he

_ worked hard’over the sum-
Mer, and when'he came back

to .camp, he’ ‘learned to,

shoot raisers,”

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