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AS I SEE IT
WITH

HARRY PEPPER
This week's column will be
something of a mixture, and
my first item will be to congratulate Alfie AIbo Jr . and his
rink for their fine showing in
the Nelson Mens " Little "
Spiel.
Alfie and his rink of brother
Jim, Jimmy Driscoll and Ivan
"The Terrible " Bell wound up
with second prize in the "A"
competition, losing by the slimmest of margins in an extra
end game to the Benedetti rink
from Nelson . Second prize , incidentally was a matched set
of curling sweathers . Good going, fellas !
Next,
those north -bound
hockey players who form the
Rossland Intermediates have
been preppring for their trip
to the tundra with games against an all-star team from
the Creston District Intermediate League, whom they defeated 7-3. They will play a
second game if time permits
before the trip north . They
also played one game against
Laueners of the Trail Commercial League and won it 8-4 .
I'm sorry I don 't have details
of these games, so this will
have to suffice for now .
Between the second and third
periods of Saturday night' s
game against Trail at the Arena, Bev Berry, vice-prexy of
the West Kootenay Junior Hockey League made presentation
of ttie annual awards.
There were seven categories, the League Championship
Trophy, won this year by the
Junior Warriors , and accepted
by Captain Jimmy Cotton.
The Top Defenceman Award
was won by Cotton in a close
battle with Trail ' s Morris Reg-

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He has two younger brothers
who aspire to be hockey players. They are Kirk , a member
of this year' s Bantam Rep team
and Mike who plays on the Pee
Wee Reps . Both are also defenceman .
fencemen .
Lyle has played all his hockey in Rossland 's Minor Hockey
setup, a member of all Rep
teams from Peewee up . His
other sport is baseball, which
he started in Little League and
continued as a member of the
Rossland Colts for 3 years.
Lyle is a grade 9 student at
Rossland Secondary School and
would like to continue his education in conjunction with hockey if possible .
He was a member of the
1967-6 8 Peewee Champs which
won the East-West Kootenay
title , and he won the Most
Valuable Player Award in his
last s eason as a Peewee Pup.
Big enough to make a good
solid rear guard, Lyle moves
the puck out of his own end
very well and has quite a good
chance to make his mark in
local hockey circles.
One of a brother act on this
year's Warrior club, my next
candidate is a forward like his
older brother , Rick.
Eddie
Rosse is 16 years old and a
member of a family of sportsminded people .
His mother and father are
ardent curlers and brother Joe
is to coach the north bound

nier.
Intermediate team . Joe also
Doug Jones was the League 's had a fine Minor Hockey carleading goal and point-getter eer.
Eddie played baseball, with
and took home the trophy awarded for the leading scorer. his first organized play in Jr .
Trail's Howie Wirsch won Babe Ruth . He started in Pee
the Top Goalie Award for his Wee Pup in hockey and has
iron-man role as Trail's lone been a forward on all Rep teams
goalie and the fact that Trail all through his Minor League
were the least scored on team career.
in the League .
His early education was takThe other three awards were en in Rossland and at present
all won by Nelson' s Brian Wat- he is attending Vocational Tech
son. The diminutive , bespec- at J . Lloyd Crowe in Trail,
tacles young centre, and captain where he is a grade II student.
of the Oilers , was on hand to
Like Lyle , he was a member
accept trophies for the Rookie of the East-West Kootenay Peeof the Year, Most Valuable to wee Champs ; and also would
his Team and Most Improved like to combine hockey and
Player, and for my money he education.
was deserving of every one of
This young fellow carries
them.
himself well on the ice and will
Well, I rounded up three out score a lot of goals for the
of tbe four remaining Warriors Warriors in the next few years.
about whom I have not go around Possessing a quick shot and
to writing a few words of tri- accurate, Eddie does not shy
bute and introduction.
away from the heavy going.
Now only one remains on my
Eddie 's brother, Rick, is
list. Jim Stuart was unavailEddie's brother , Rick , is one
able, being out of town until of the veterans of the Warriors ,
after my deadline.
and at age 19 could make a
Two rookies and one original comeback when his suspension
Warrior make up my cast this is lifted in January 1973 .
week .
He has been one of the most
First, there is Lyle " Tink- colorful players on the team
er" Oliver. This youngster is for the past few years , digging
taking his turn on the Warrior hard and more than wqling to
defence and he certainly does mix it at the slightest provonot look lost out there.
cation .
Lyle is the oldest son of
Rick broke into Minor HockLyle and Maureen Oliver and ey as a goal tender but abanat 15 years of age is one of doned this role after a couple
the youngest players on this of seasons , and in 69 - 70 was
year 's edition of the Rossland selected as the Warriors ' Most
Improved Player.
club .