AS I SEE IT
WITH

HARRY PEPPER
Had a chat with newly-appointed coach of the local Junior "B" Warriors on Tuesday
evening and it turned out to be
quite informative.
Lloyd McLellan aired his
views on most every aspect
of the local hockey scene, and
one can tell by listening to him
year with the emphasis on im that he knows something about
provement by Grand Forks and
which he speaks.
Nelson and possibly a slight
First of all he went over the
weakening in the Trail line-up .
list of prospective players
The proposed exhibition
whom he expects into camp
~ames
with Cranbrook and Spowhen it opens on Monday or
kane Juniors loom as a chalTuesday.
lenge which could add a lot to
First, he will have what he
our hockey entertainment this
considers, and I agree with
winter .
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him, four of the top-notch candidates for coal-tending chores
that are to be found in this
district. They are Tommy Castle, Jackie Wert, Robby Richardson, all local youngsters,
and last but certainly not least
talented, the Thrums youngster
who did such an outstanding job
for the Castlegar Apollos last
year, Lorne Kinakin .
Coming back for another
year's action will be defencemen Bob Hook, Jimmy Cotton,
Joe Caron and Doug Davis . To
these we can add Ed Bradford
of Castlegar, who played some
for the Warriors last season
after the Apollos folded, his
former defence mate and Apollo captain, John Reith, Jay
Nastasi who also saw some
service with the 1970-71 Warriors and local midget star,
Lyle "Tinker" Oliver. Each
one, Lloyd tells me, will be
given a long look.
Up front two tried and tested
centremen will again don the
Warrior colors, Jimmy Stuart
and Mike Evans will be back at
centre, while the status of John
Stanton and Doug Jones, both of
whom have offers from Kelowna, is to say the least, rather
uncertain . Should they return to
Rossland, Lloyd' s centre ice
worries would be over.

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Returnees to the wing spots ·.
will be Rick Rosse, Ken Bertoia, Tom Stanton and Ernie
Jacobsen. Mike McCormack
and Eddie Rosse will also get
a good shot at a wing spot and
Gary Stanton could also find a
spot at centre or on the wing .
Two more former Castlegar
Minor Leaguers fill out the
present prospects and are Bill
Henne and a lad named Savinkoff, they tell me he is a brother of Bill, of ,the refereeing
staff, but about 2 sizes bigger.
Lloyd tells me he will welcome any new prospects and
each one will get that same
long loQk, while he hast not
been approached by any Trail
youngsters yet, he feels that
this is a distinct possibility
and will certainly welcome any
who wish to try out.
Hockey is a game which increases the pace of a youngster 's physical approach to adulthood and Lloyd feels that if
these kids can gauge their mental approach in the same manner, these youngsters could
turn out to be a pretty good
hockey team .
But, the whole team will have
to forget to be upset by things
which come up, whet~er it be
from the fans ; the city fathers,
rink management or even the
executive.
Their main job is to play
hockey and that' s a big enough
one without any added worries.
Lloyd thinks the league could
be a little better balanced this

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