.. ALK
On Tuesday evening I
travelled to Nelson with the
Junior Warriors to watch the
game between the Rossland
team and the Junior Maple
Leafs and I would like to pass
along some of the things that
occurred to me as I watched
the contest.
It seems to me that every
time these teams meet,
especially games played in
Nelson, the emphasis is on as
much rough stuff as the officials will let go. Two or
three times they were on the
verge of erupting and at the
game's end a Nelson player
wanted to take on Terry
Halisheff and when that was
prevented the teams headed
for their respective dressing
rooms without the benefit or
whatever, of the traditional
hand-shake.
The timing device in the
Nelson arena looks as if the
players who play there have
been taking deliberate potshots at it and apparently it is
out of order. The timekeepers
used a time clock in the box
and every once in a while they
would announce the time left
in penalties or the period over
the speaker system.
This worked out OK until
things got a little complicated
when Rick Woodhouse was
given a game misconduct plus
a major and a minor penalty.
Brian Edwards who was
supposed to sit out the seven
minutes ended up sitting out
nine minutes because of
confusion on the part of the
timekeeping crew.
After the match Coach Buhr
went to the referees room and
questioned this and the
referee admitted that the
volunteer staff had made a
boo-boo, but in .his words,
" these guys are all volunteers
and if we start correcting
them they'll stay away and
we'll have nobody."
It seems to me this is a
lame excuse. I know that
Nelson has had a Jot of trouble
attracting fans to their junior
games but actually on
Tuesday I thought they had a
resonably good crowd compared to some I've seen there.
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Peter McLellan.
utility a lot of times this
This pesky little guy is all season, he has a booming shot
heart and he gets his points from either his wing spot or
pretty
regularly.
His from defence.
linemates,
especially
I heard some talk on the
Halisheff, seem to have an bus of yet another import but
uncanny knack of hitting the we'll have to wait and see
net and when they score the what he looks like when he
little digger is going to get his shows up. Meanwhile I think
share of the spoils.
things are beginning to look
Allan Simm, between Bart up after that bad one last
Camaratta and Rob Martin, year.
makes some pretty nifty ·
It's Trail up here tonight
moves and when he adds a and Sparwood on Sunday then
few , more pounds will be a Grand Forks Nov. 4, in betreal good centre. What can ween the boys play a weekend
you say about his linemates? series in the East Kootenay
Rob is always in there against Sparwood and ugh!
whether the going is easy or Columbia Valley and a single
tough, little Bart has to be one game in Trail. Aiming for .500
of the best things that have or better, shouldn't be too
happened to the Warriors outrageous.
since Tommy Stanton and
that makes his usefulness a
To finish up this week, the
pretty big factor.
Phillies played some pretty
Tuesday Billy Nazaroff gutsy ball when the chips
operated between Dale Bailey were down and are real
and Peter Corrado. Bill digs worthy champions of the
all the time and can hit the National League. Now all that
net given the chance but remains is for them to conhasn't had too many so far tinue in the same vein against
this season, but rest assured, K.C. and they will keep the
he will, he'll make a lot of his World Series pennant in the
own. Whenever Dale Bailey National League. They
comes out on the ice you can started on the right foot with
be sure something is going to another come-from-behind
happen and it usually does.
win over the Royals in game
Dale comes to play and he one. Can they keep up this
does a pretty convincing job fantastic pace? Time will tell!

lame excuse. I know that
Nelson has had a lot of trouble
attracting fans to their junior
games but actually on
Tuesday I thought they had a
resonably good crowd compared to some I've seen there.
But wouldn't you think ihat a
city like Nelson could find
some responsible people to do
their timekeeping job? Most
other towns who have junior
or senior hockey have the
people to take care of this
vital part of the game and I
don't think many of them are
paid to do it either.
There's no doubt that
Nelson has a pretty strong
junior team this season, and I
saw a lot of good moves out
there on Tuesday night. Their
number seven, Richichi,
impressed me with some
really clever moves and the
defence seemed to know what
they were doing when moving
the puck out of their own end.
The play of the team as a
whole is geared to a lot of
heavy checking, not always
too refined, but for a while on
Tuesday it was effective.
When the big Rossland
defencemen started replying
in kind the Maple Leaf
defence sort of pulled in their
horns, so it looks as if that's
the way the Warriors will
have to contend with the
Leafs if they are to come out
winners in future games in
Nelson; that ipid staying out
of the penalty box.
Hopefully, the Civic Centre
will be equipped with a time
clock before too long. It would
prevent a lot of confusion for
the timekeepers and add to
the fans' enjoyment of the
game.
Meanwhile, the Warriors
are beginning to get it
together, from the goal out
where Hoss Drake and Syd
Harry cannot be faulted for
any team shortfalls, both are
playing fine goal. Hoss was in
fine shape in Nelson on
Tuesday and Syd could not be
charged with the 11-4 loss to
Barry Luce and company
from Columbia Valley.
The team has acquired
another big defenceman from
Penticton in the person of
John Jorgenson, who played
in Nelson and was pretty
impressive. When you put
him alongside the likes of Jim
N~roff, Dave Foyle, Rocky
Ponton, Rick Woodhouse,
Peter Corrado and Mike
Bolton you have defencemen
who are going to give o~
posing forwards a lot tQ think
about.
Up front two of the most
impressive players to date
are big boys too. Terry
Halisheff and Marty Lizotte
make a pretty good scoring
combination and they are