62 CastlegarNews October 3, 1990 SPORTS NFL fines offending coach SEATTLE (AP) — The NFL said Tuesday that Cincinnati coach Sam Wyche will be heavily fined for barring 4 woman repor- ter from the Bengals’ locker room — the second controversy this season involving the league and female sports writers Denise Tom of USA Today said she was blocked by a security guard when she tried to enter the room following the Bengals’ 31-16 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night “It’s a clear violation of a war ning he received from Pete Rozelle two years ago and from me last year about such things,"’ com- missioner Paul Tagliabue said “If he wants to make a stand on the issue, he can make a stand on the issue. He will be fined very heavily for it. If he wants to quit, he can quit, because he has been warned twice already." On Tuesday, Wyche defended his decision to bar Tom “I will not allow women to Another woman reporter banned walk in on 50 naked men, said. He also said he didn’t think he violated NFL policy on equal access. “I did everything I could to make sure that her rights weren't violated. The policy was not violated in this instance,"* he said “1 don’t think after last night that young lady has a complaint. 1 went out personally and made sure that she had every courtesy.-1 assumed she wanted to talk to me, but she said, ‘No, I just wanted to talk to Boomer.’ She asked a question or two and she said, ‘I've got to go.” She went upstairs, and let's be honest, she reported the story that she wanted reported She wasn't after anything with Boomer Esiason,"’ Wyche said Gene Policinski, managing editor for sports at USA Today, said, ‘That is just as ridiculous as Wyche's original decision to bar women reporters in the locker room Tagliabue, commenting before Wyche made his statements, said he thought Wyche’s actions Mon day were ‘a product of emotion. Sam doesn’t like to lose, none of = our coaches do.”* Cherry cheeses off feminists . EDMONTON (CP) — Feminists and minor hockey officials say a TV commercial for a new hockey lottery is sexist and they want it off the air The commercial for the new Sport Compliments of Castlegar News Select. game stars Don Cherry, a hockey broadcaster and former NHL coach. Objections were raised to Cherry’s line at the end of the com- mercial where he hip checks a male hockey player to the ice “Don’t forget to give those skates back to your sister, kid,"’ Cherry says to the sprawled player. Solving the Canucks puzzle After 4 years, coach hopes solution is near VANCOUVER (CP) — Fitting the available pieces into the NHL puzzle in Vancouver has always been a problem for head coach Bob Mc Cammon of the Canucks. In three seasons with the Canucks, McCammon has never managed more than 33 wins in 80 league games. Van- couver missed the playoffs last spring with a 25-41-14 record. “*We have to put the pieces together so that we're competitive and good,"* McCammon said this week on the eve of the 1990-91 schedule. Vancouver opens Thursday in Calgary against the Flames. The Canucks were 20th in_a 21- team league last season — in the stan- dings and in scoring goals. Vancouver scored 245 times, compared with 348 for Smythe Division-champion Calgary McCammon is trying to match skill players with corner workers in an at- tempt to get the Canucks back into the playoff picture Vancouver finished 11 points behind the fourth-place Los Angeles Kings last season and 21 back of the Winnipeg Jets Vancouver was 3-4-2 in pre-season games, including one-goal decisions over Los Angeles and the Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers during the last week “For us to play well, we're’ really going to have to be aggressive,”’ said McCammon. “We have to make other teams make mistakes.” He hopes to have several newcomers on his roster, including forwards Robert Kron from Czechoslovakia and Rob Murphy from Vancouver's farm team in Milwaukee. BOB McCAMMON - + - goals are the goal Top draft chon Peter Nedved from the junior Seattle Thunderbirds remained unsigned through training camp. Nedved had one solid “exhibition game when he had a goal and two assists during a victory over the Detroit Red Wings The Achilles heel for the Canucks could be defence, where the retirement of power-play specialist Paul Reinhart hurts the depth of the team. “‘Reinhart’s retirement gives Adrien Plavsic a chance to play that spot,"’ said McCammon, ‘‘and even Peter Nedved, if we sign him."’ Point play has been a nagging problem for the Canucks over the years, although the late-season isi of young : Plavsic and Jyrki Lumme last March may help. McCammon looks for an improved offence this season with better years from forwards Petri Skriko, Trevor Linden’ and Igor Larionov. Left- winger Greg Adams led Vancouver with 30 goals last season “I'd like to think that we're a better team,"" McCammon said. ‘Goal. scoring has been a concern since I got here, and I think we can score more goals this year with the people we have. “We've got speed and we're going to concentrate on putting the scoring lines together and let the other lines kill the clock, so to speak."’ The one strength of the Canucks is the goaltending of Kirk McLean, although the 24-year-old is playing out his option in search of a better contract . Habs sign goalie to 3-year deal MONTREAL (CP) Three days before he is to celebrate his 25th bir- thday, Montreal Canadiens goalten der Patrick Roy received an early Present — a lucrative three-year con- tract with the National Hockey League team Financial terms of the deal, which also carries an option year, were not disclosed, but Roy informed a repor- ter Tuesday that Montreal general manager Serge Savard had told him the contract made him the Canadiens’ highest-paid player Several weeks ago, centre Denis Savard had become the highest-paid Canadien when he was signed a long-term deal worth just over $1 million a season. “I think it’s always been important to be consistent, and that’s what I've been in the past,”” remarked Roy. Ron Hextall, the Philadelphia Flyers netininder, recently signed a contract which, with incentives, could earn him $1.5 million a season. But Roy said his base salary of $1 million guaranteed is higher than Hextall’s, and he, too, has bonus incentives, but they are related toaeam performance Roy is entering his sixth season with the Canadiens, the team which made him its fourth-round choice in the 1984 entry draft Regarded by many as the top goaltender in the game, Roy was in. strumental in the Canadiens winning the William Jennings Trophy — awarded to the team allowing the fewest goals — in each of the last three seasons. Roy has also won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s best goalten- der, in each of the last two seasons. In 241 regular-season games in his career, Roy has a 133-67-29 record and a 2.82 goals-against average. The signing of Roy has increased speculation that backup goaltender Brian ‘Hayward will be traded, especially since Jean-Claude Bergeron had a fine training camp and was kept on the roster Hayward has expressed a desire to be dealt because he doesn’t expect to get much playing time behind Roy. 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