ais Saturday, April 11, 1992 Dear Diary: The Hockey Strike: hockey back.Wife extremely chipper these days, put overflowing job jar on kitchen table. She did remember sex, Day 1. Ah, no big deal. They'll be back on the ice before I even miss them. Maybe the wife wouldn’t mind seeing that movie tonight. Maybe she remembers what sex was like. Gee, I haven't talked to my mom in a while. Could get around to that job jar. Nah! I'll be watching hockey tomorrow. - Strike — Day 2 Whoa! Have you checked these goobers out! Ziegler gives me the willies. Looks like a cross between David Duke and that Nazi math teacher whose class I was always skip- ping in high school. And who’s this Pillsbury Dough Boy Bob Goodenow? Ishe a tad strident, or is itjust me? As I remember, there was never any of this strike stuff when Eagleson was running the show. Anyway, they'll be out of the picture as soon as the boys get back on the ice. +128 Strike — Day 3 My first weekend without hockey. Watch CBC special strike coverage. Withdrawal setting in. Cranky, de- pressed. Looked in mirror for the first time since hockey season started — getting fat, going bald, hair growing out of my nose. Life stinks, I want my pressure’s on now. Please give me my hockey back. Strike — Day 4 What’s wrong with these guys? Don’t they know I'll actually have to do work around the house if they keep this up? Phone buddy for comfort, wife says he’s out shingling the roof. I have. to hold out. Make a statement by ac- tually sitting through entire Formula 1 auto race on CBC, then watch fish- ing show and World League of Amer- ican Football. Strike — Day 5 Wife asks me to go to Light Opera in Nelson. LIGHT OPERA? NEL- SON?! AAAGHGHG! But I don’t have an excuse. Somebody please help me. I’m trapped in a hockey-less world! Sob.Only solace is seeing a couple of pals in the audience. At intermission we talk about whether rotund singer could take Bob Probert. We all tell each other light opera isn’t that bad, then snicker like kids behind our wives’ backs. Atténd Tupperware par- ty later that night. Body check wife’s best friend over rights to Stay Fresh Salad Bowl. Strike — Day 6 Dear Diary: | just can’t take it | & Free Agent Whew! Major League Baseball ar- rives. And just in time too.Blue Jays win opener. Withdrawal symptoms ease. Have decided-I always liked baseball better than hockey anyway. Start recalling glory days with chan- nel changer when baseball, basketball and hockey were all on the tube at once. Status as coach potato king reaf- firmed. ; Strike — Day 7 Clean up around yard, fix hinges on door, rake leaves, dig flower bed, cut toe nails, take dog for walk, wash car, trim trees, paint and reside house. Wife’s offer to have me fill pot holes on city streets is thankfully declined by city hall. No! no! Not sex again! Strike — Day 8 : We’ve given up on season — defeat- ed we stand. Paid Gary Flemming who ran away (again) with local hock- ey pool. Contemplated holding out un- til season is completed, but was voted down. Wondered what other people were doing in big money pools. Go to the guys’ house to watch ju- nior A hockey game on’ TSN. Same beer, same guys, same place, but spark is lost. Can’t remember who played or who won. More bickering than usual. Guys seem distant. Strike — Day 9 Get letter from NDP Finance Min- ister Glen Clark saying government will have to raise taxes ifI don’t return to usual beer consumption rate. Says I’m blowing his budget projections right out of the water. T vow to save the province. Wife, talking about new car we were going to buy with extra mon- ey, rips off nasty letter to Clark. Strike — Day 10 It’s all over. No agreement. No playoffs. I can’t stand it. Perehudoff just misses triple in women’s curling Wi Club championship, league title and runner up in another, Perehudoff is skip extraordinaire. NEWS STAFF Skipping two different rinks, Mary Perehudoff was a two-time winner in the recent- ly completed Castlegar Wom- en’s Curling Club. ; Skipping a rink of Caroline Soukoroff, Mary Ish and Judy Soroke, Perehudoff beat Marg Van Yzerloo to win the eight- team Club Championship tourney. Van Yzerloo’s rink was made up of Shelly Van Yzer- loo, Judy MacLachlan and Laura Darnbrougb. Perehudoff also picked up the Castlegar Savings Credit made it a triple in the hotly contested Thursday Night League. But it was a rink skipped by Marie Prokop that edged out Perehudoff’s Club Champi- onship rink by a point to take the NRS Trophy. Prokop’s rink included Sharon Bystrom, Trish Hur- ford and Jane Kryczka. The Lindsay Brown Trophy for the Tuesday Night League went to Diony McArthur and her rink of Verona Walker, Clarisse McKinnon and Judy Wayling. McArthur. beat Yvonne Moore’s rink of Barb Kinakin, Bruna Horcoff and Kathy Swanson. The women’s club handed out the hardware and held its* general meeting at its wind-up banquet March 26. Perehudoff became club ; the ice Shutek. Perehudoff edged out Ann Nazaroff’s rink of Leslie Jo- hanson, Betty Daigle and Asifthe club ier era one e “weren Shough, Perehudoff almost president in the election of its officers for next season. Johanson is the club’s new treasurer, Hurford is the the new secretary, Janie Phipps takes over the duties of draw master, MacLachlan and Cheryl Bachelor are in charge of social events and Vern Daw- gon is the club’s vice president and bonspiel chairperson. If your vehicle is pictu ____ Castlegar News to pick up your $20 CasBucks, which you can spend at any aan CE BAS red here, drop by the participating merchant. CASTLEGAR @ Saturday, April 11, 1992 19m. Minor hockey will stick | with Atom development Ed Mills SPORTS EDITOR When Atom Division Mana; i : a ger Phil An- a gave his report at the Castlegar Minor S ey Association’s annual general meeting Wednesday, he did so with a firm conviction in what he was saying. As the person responsible for overseeing Castlegar minor hockey’s m ov representative m obiale de haaad system and into Atoms hit wall in Spokane tourney “Out of 54 players, 32 signed up for th - velopment. We had to hace paste teak ree ie Cb said. : as opposed to last year when the Re team did just fine and the house beanie ees cee in en West Kootenay Minor Hock- ey Association, ults thi i pe av ay res' this year were posi- Four of the Atom House teams finished i 1 ed in the top 10 in the WKMHA and one, the Castle- the development ayeteri in ae ‘Out of 54 players, 32 signed up for the de- pap herietce oar velopment. We had to have two teams.’ Atom Division, Angrignon is un- equivocal as to gar Bruins, won the development fi teams, - one - Phil Angrignon Proved it is eng among the best in which he system he Yooh think it’s good system, mainly beca get more kids involved, and Ghose wide senithiag so much over the year,” Angrignon said. Rue that’s exactly what he told the 16 people who attended the Association’s final meeting of the year at the Community Complex. a “Before (in the Rep system) you either made e team or were cut, and stuck in house. Now three-fifths of our division decided they want- ed to have extra ice (that is usually only af- forded to Reps teams). Now they have power- skating for the first half of the year and extra instruction, and as a result their skating real- ly improved and their skills really improved.” Apparently it was also a popular move among parents as well. the province at a tournament in ’ Spares eS weekend. of which explains why, when it came tim« for the membership to decide which system = ht ae cary the Development system was In other developments at the meeting: _ _ eIrene Short replaced Debbie Fauth as reg- istrar. Bob Watt steps down as ice co-ordinator 2 Lien iog duties as coaching co-ordinator. Ri- errier steps down from parent’s group. Gra- ham Read replaces Brad Ashton as poesia -chief. °The Association will not vote in favor of motion put forward by the Canadian Aber Hockey Association to raise by a year the age News Staff After blowing like a hurri- cane through its first four games, the Castlegar Atom Development Team had the bialecr rte from its sails at a tournament in Spokan ane: weekend. : . ut it took a rep team from Calgary to tame the lo- cal Atoms and they didn’t do it by much. ‘Calgary scored a goal five minutes into overtime Sun- day ns ae them a 3-2 win over Cas' in the to gar umey Castlegar outscored its op- position 33-6 in its four games leading up to the final game. The Development Team beat High River 5-3 in its opening game, then demol- ished Penticton 17-0 before beating Invermere 6-2. Castlegar moved into the final with a 5-1 win over Kelowna. Castlegar got third period goals from Reed Byers and Brian McCormack to tie Cal- gary and send the game into groupings in the divisions of minor hockey. Brian McCormack Chris Kanigan got assists on both Castlegar goals in the loss, while Kevin Pacheco and Craig Davis got the oth- er assists. Playing in all five games, Jeff Craig was solid in net for Castlegar. The Development Team, which is made up of the best Atom players in the city, in- cludes: Stacy Bublitz, Kevin Carlson, Drew Ross, David Bell, Ryan Wenger, Brian Watt and Ryan Byers The team is coached by Bob Watt and Tim Keraiff. ~ vi = Coach and General Manager (separate) positions open for Castlegar Rebels Hockey Club A Must to Attend CASTLEGAR FIGURE for the 1992-93 Season. Send Applications to: Box 3451, Castlegar, B.C., VIN 3N8 SKATING CLUB Annual General Meeting Castlegar Savings Credit Union offers competitive rates on Term Deposits. 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