Trail Times-Friday, November 19. 1982- 7

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Right o~ the bat I may as
well admit that, what with
one thing and another I have
not had a chance to do that
profile on Rossland' Karate
Club.

I have had a pretty busy
time of late,· if it isn't one
type of meeting it's another.
One gets a little fed up with
rushing out after supper
every night. I did hear

however, that some members of the club had a trip to
the Coast that was marred
by a bad accident on the way
back.
It seems that a patch of

black ice was the cause.
Luckily none of the occupants of the car were
badly hurt. The bouts in
which they engaged in at the
Coast were a first for some
of the boys and all gave a
better-than-average showing. I am told this club is
proving to be a real boon to
youngsters around the
district.
One of these days I'd like
to spend some time at the
club, watch them work out
and get to talk to some of the
participants. The man who
) makes it all possible, Torn
Smillie, is probably an interesting chap.
I have spent a lot of time
over the years in watching
our Warriors play hockey.
This year the team has a
bunch of youngsters, who, at
season's start could hardly
have known one another.
They were pretty shaky at
first but after a couple of
close wins they have begun
to show a lot of confidence.
On Sunday last they gave
the high-flying Cranbrook
Colts all they wanted before
the Terry Minnis-coached
crew pulled out a close 6-3
win. It could have gone
either way. When the
Warriors scored at the
seven-minute mark of the
third,. ~ey put on a drive

have brought together a
group of youngsters whom I
believe are capable of
showing Rossland fans some
pretty good hockey. Starting
back at goal we have the
little netminder from Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan who has
earned raves from everyone.
Wee Bert Brooker's play
often borders on the
miraculous.
Backing up Bert is local
boy Darryl Lindgren. The
opposite of Brooker in size,
Darryl has not seen too
much ice-time, but in the
Grand Forks game he came
on to fill in when Brooker
was hurt, and did a really
creditable job. The Warriors
have had a lot of good netminders since I started
watching hockey here. I
would venture a guess this
year's duo rate pretty well
over-all.
Back on the blueline WE:
have two veterans. They
have more than one season
with the -team, that makes
them veterans on this year's
Warrior lineup. Scott Armour
and
Rodger
Woodhouse are both home
brew products. Scot's
mother, Barb, and Rodger's
dad, Terry, are long-time
executive ,members of the
Warriors' management.

husky lad, he wears No. 20
and makes some moves that
would be a credit to a
youngster with a lot more
hockey behind him. Diebert
and Cahoon are both big
boys and can use the body
and even score the odd goal
for you.
Up front we have Michigan
native, 8art Camaratta,
back again and he has shown
a lot of good moves and
ability to score goals. Peter
McLellan is a little guy with
a lot of heart. Ken David,
another local boy who is no
giant in stature, but is a real
digger with a wicked shot: A
kid who could be Rossland's
rookie of the year, Gordie
Stanton, has a lot to live.up to
with a name like that. From
what we've seen so far he is
going to do just that.
Rounding out the roster
are Kevin McMaster, who
revels in the heavy going and
can score goals too, Murray
Walters, this year's team
captain and pretty good
player to have around in any
circumstance,
Danny
Ferguson, who is from a real
athletic family, Terry
Karenko, who played some
minor hockey in Trail but is
a Rossland boy and Danny
Demchuk of Trail. This
youngster is about as cool a
customer as y:ou'll find in

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!wry

Pepper
Right o,t the bat I may as
well admit that, what with
one thing and another I have
not bad a chance to do that
profile on Rossland' Karate
Club.

I have had a pretty busy
time of late,' if it isn't one
type of meeting it's another·.
One gets a little fed up with
rushing out after supper
every night. I did hear

however, that some members of the club had a trip to
the Coast that was marred
by a bad accident on the way
back.
It seems that a patch of

black ice was the cause.
Luckily none of the occupants of the car were
badly hurt. The bouts in
which they engaged in at the
Coast were a first for some
of the boys and all gave a
better-than-average showing. I am told this club is
proving to be a real boon to
youngsters around the
district.
One of these days I'd like
to spend some time at the
club, watch them work out
and get to talk to some of the
participants. The man who
) makes it all possible, Tom
Smillie, is probably an interesting chap.
I have spent a lot of time
over the years in watching
our Warriors play hockey.
This year the team has a
bunch of youngsters, who, at
season's start could hardly
have known one another.
They were pretty shaky at
first but after a couple of
close wins they have begun
to show a lot of confidence.
On Sunday last they gave
the high-flying Cranbrook
Colts all they wanted before
the Terry Minnis-coached
crew pulled out a close 5-3
win. It could have gone
either way. When the
Warriors scored at the
seven-minute mark of the
third, they put on a drive
that did everything but score
the tying marker. In all they
fired 17 shots at Dan Cloarec
in the Colt net in the period
but they could only come up
with one marker.
On Friday night they ran
roughshod over Grand Forks
Border Bruins 10-3. That was
one of their best efforts of the
year.
_
The Warriors this season

have brought together a
group of youngsters whom I
believe are capable of
showing Rossland fans some
pretty good hockey. Starting
back at goal we have the
little netminder from Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan who bas
earned raves from everyone.
Wee Bert Brooker's play
often borders on the
miraculous.
Backing up Bert is local
boy Darryl Lindgren. The
opposite of Brooker in size,
Darryl has not seen too
much ice-time, but in the
Grand Forks game he came
on to fill in when Brooker
was hurt, and did a really
creditable job. The Warriors
have had a lot of good netminders since I started
watching hockey here. I
would venture a guess this
year's duo rate pretty well
over-all.
Back on the blueline W(l
have two veterans. They
have more than one season
with the , team, that makes
them veterans on this year's
Warrior lineup. Scott Armour
and
Rodger
Woodhouse are both home
brew products. Scot's
mother, Barb, and Rodger's
dad, Terry, are long-time
executive -members of the
Warriors' management.
Both boys can turn in a
pretty good game, hitting
and puck-carrying.
The rest of the defence has
another Moose Jaw boy, Rod
Diebert, Trail product, Gary
Cahoon and another
Rossland youngster, John
Howes. This last youngster
has really shown that he
knows what this game of
hockey is all about. A real

husky lad, he wears No. 20
and makes some moves that
would be a credit to a
youngster with a lot more
hockey behind him. Diebert
and Cahoon are both big
boys and can use the body
and even score the odd goal
for you.
Up front we have Michigan
native, Sart Camaratta,
back again and he has shown
a lot of good moves and
ability to score goals. Peter
McLellan is a little guy with
a lot of heart. Ken David,
another local boy who is no
giant in stature, but is a real
digger with a wicked shot: A
kid who could be Rossland's
rookie of the year, Gordie
Stanton, has a lot to live.up to
with a name like that. From
what we've seen so far he is
going to do just that.
Rounding out the roster
are Kevin McMaster, who
revels in the heavy going and
can score goals too, Murray
Walters, this year's team
captain and pretty good
player to have around in any
circumstance,
Danny
Ferguson, who is from a real
athletic family, Terry
Karenko, who played some
minor hockey in Trail but is
a Rossland boy and Danny
Demchuk of Trail. This
youngster is about as cool a
customer as you'll find in
any game and he can score
with the best of them.
All in all, I have to agree
that this Warrior team is not
a basement-dweller. Before
this season is over they will
make this fact known. I
thank coach Lloyd McLellan
for giving us a pretty exciting brand of entertainment.
Thank you, Warriors!