This young fellow has played
about forty percent of the Warrior games this season, but I
consider the Thrums lad .the
classiest goalie in the league.
In the defence department
I take one Smokie and one
Warrior. My choice of the Trail
defenceman may come as a
surprise because he has spent
a lot of time away from the
team this season with an injury
to his leg, but Len Ircandia is
a fine young defenceman who
stands out on a team which has
some real good ones the past
3 ye_a rs.

AS I SEE IT
WITH

HARRY PEPPER

The weekend came and went
without our curling rink winning
any prizes at the Castlegar
Bonspiel.
My team, Jack "Foxy " Wil son, skip, Ray Bann, third,
Jimmy Bateman, second and
yours truly, lead, won only one
game out of 5 played, but we
enjoyed it all the way .
The supper was super and so
was Bert Wien's music and
thankfully the weather moderated enough to make it comfortable .
The only rink we managed to
edge was the Randy Moncrief
foursome , all young boys from
Montrose . Ed Harper, a fine
hand at his third spot, Paul
Plamondon and Ross Wilcox
at second and lead, filled out a
rink which , if they stay together, could be winners in the
near future .
Gene Dyson 's rink, composed
of Gene at skip, Danny Feeney
at third, George Beaudry, second and Julie Bilesky, lead,
got second in "A" competition,
being beaten in the final by the
very fine-curling Ed Gee rink .
Alfie Albo Jr. with brother
Jim, Ivan Bell and Jimmy Driscoll, won the " B" competition
beating_ out the Archambault
rink from the host club.
Well , last week I was supposed to give my choices for
an all-star team from the West
Kootenay J.unior Hockey League
but too much came up and I
didn't get around to it, so this
week I will postpone my writeups on the young Warriors for
one more week, to give my
picks .
On the first team I will have
to go along with Lorne Kinakin
of the Warriors for goalie .

I

lumped them into the second
string up front.
Despite a slow start, Jim
Stuart is still my choice for
the centre spot on this line.
Strong and possessing a wicket
shot, Jim does a lot of extra
duty for Coach McLellan and
does everything well.
For my wingers I'm picking
two players who can get goals
and play almost any spot on
the forward line. They are
Billy Vulcano of Trail and Brian
Watson of Nelson Oilers . Both
boys are clever stickhandlers
and don't miss many chances
in front of goal.
So, it's Castle, Regnier and
Hamilton, Stuart, Vulcano and
Watson for my number two
lineup. You probably have some
other ideas but that 's the way
I see 'em, and you know where
to find me if you want to discuss
it.

3

My other defenceman is
Rossland' s Jim Cotton. After
being most improved on the
Warriors last season, he has
kept right on going this year
and rates as good as any defenceman in the league.
Up front my centre would
have to be dynamic Don Szilagyi of the Smokies, a top
playmaker all season and a fine
back-checker. Don can make all
the plays for you and has a great
future in hockey if he wants it.
On left wing I'd like to have
hustling, tireless Doug Jones of
the Warriors ,
the league's
leading goal getter. Doug has
really proved his worth this
season. For my right winger
I' m going to go with the smart
youngster who plays that spot
with authority for the Grand
Forks Bruins , Pat McParlon.
Though somewhat on the small
side, Pat has improved as steadily as any player in the league,
and right now is as good as any
winger in sight.
So there they are, Kinakin
in goal, Ircandia and Cotton
on defence and Szilagyi, Jones
and McParlon on the front line .
If I had a team these are the
boys I'd like for my starting
lineup.
For my second team I'm
going to stay with the Warriors
second goalie, Tommy Castle.
Like Kinakin, he has played
about 40 percent of the Warrior games and can be as good
as any first stringer on any
given occasion.
Morris Regnier and John Hamilton are a sturdy pair of
defencemen for the Smokies,
and will form the defence duo
on the second team . As far as
l can see they have done a good
job for their team this season
and they get my second place
votes .
My forwards may not always
have played in the positions
I've placed them in but in order
lo get them on the team I have
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