Saturday, December 7, 1991 @ AIDS, Ihave only one thing to say about a revelation this week from a doctor who said he treated a young woman, now deceased, with the AIDS virus, who claimed to have had carnal rela- tions with 50 or so professional hock- ey players — Merry Christmas guys. Continuing in that vein, pardon the pun, my favorite quote of the week came from Vancouver Canucks man of all titles Pat Quinn. Referring to his belief that mandatory AIDS testing must be done in the NHL, Quinn, in his ever-so delicate manner, descri hockey as “a game where blood gets splattered around.” Kinda makes a fan feel like a Roman in the days when lions were fed a steady diet of Chris- tian food. Again I have only one thing to say about AIDS and society’s apparent lack of respect for the deadliness of the disease — it should be a banner decade for casket makers and under- takers. eee Time for one of the more popular items in this space, (or at least so ’'ve heard) — handing out of the sought- after bouq' and dreaded brickb Bouquets: To all the hockey refer- ees, minor and otherwise, in this town and elsewhere during the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association’s Refer- ees Week, from Dec. 2 to 8. Since tak- ing up Gentleman's Hockey this win- ter I’ve noticed that a lot of the same bouquets and hurrays! referees of games in that league — and the Castlegar Recreational Hock- ey League — are also the same peo- ple who are umpires in the summer, and who volunteer their time in oth- er capacities in the city. (I know umps and refs are paid something, but inmy opinion no amount of money is worth the grief they go through in their jobs). Thanks to all the people who give their time so we can play. The slogan for the week is ‘Get On-Side’. Speaking of Gentleman's Hockey... Bouquets: to a pair of Coors Lite box- er shorts. Apparently these shorts, worn by a player who requested anonymity for obvious reasons, are the key ingredient in a six-game un- beaten streak enjoyed a couple of weeks ago by the Mallard’s team in that league. That streak was broken last week and the team has since lost two in a row. Makes you wonder if the magic the shorts held was just a, brief thing. Ba-dum-pum. Brickbats and Bouquets: To Bobby Bonilla. It’s the first time I've handed out a double-whammy in this space, but it’s just that I’m ambivalent about Bonilla. On the one hand, I say ‘congratulations Bobby on your five- year, $29 million contract with the New York Mets.’ (There, but for lack of talent, ambition and desire, go I.) On the other hand, I just can’t believe a guy who hit 13 homers and had 100 RBIs is the highest paid player in Ma- Free Agent jor League Baseball. If Bonilla de- serves $6 mil a year, how much does a guy like his old teammate in Pitts- burg Barry Bonds deserve? Even so, I don’t believe the Mets would have payed Bonilla that much money if they couldn't afford it. Which just goes to show how much coin some profes- sional ball clubs are making. Again, on the other hand, it all makes me a little ticked off that mediocre athletes today get millions when great ones of yesteryear got squat. Life is unfair isn’t it? Just ask the hockey players who slept with the bimbo. Brickbats: To some New York- based sports writer I saw on television the other day. This guy says that if Bobby Bonilla brings the Mets a World Series championship, the Mets have underpaid him. Since when has one player, even bonafide superstars like Wayne Gretzky, Joe Montana and Larry Bird, ever been able to bring a team a championship? If anyone be- lieves Bonilla is the ingredient that will take the Mets to the World Series, I'd suggest a look down the rest of that team’s roster is in order. If the Mets win the Series next year, I”ll eat my softball glove. Bouquets: To the Castlegar Rebels and their coach Kevin Cheveldave. I’ve had conversations with the Rebels coach and the players and what the player’s tell me is that they think Chevy’s great. A players coach, they say. What I hear from Cheveldave is sincerity, knowledge and true caring for the players. What I see in his hock- ey team is an improving product that is sure to go places if Cheveldave is allowed to do the job he knows how to do. Go for it Rebels! Brickbats: To those people who, knowingly or not, can have the fol- lowing saying applied to them: “The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ig- norance, but the illusion of knowl- edge.” I don’t know who said it, but I find myself thinking about the wis- dom of that saying more and more these days. Bouquets: To the Vancouver Canucks. With a win over the Mon- treal Canadiens Wednesday night, the Canucks moved into first overall in the National Hockey League. Is hock- ey’s holy grail coming to B.C.? @ Saturday, December 7, 1991 178 Realty has two roles in a tale of two leagues @ Castlegar Realty rules the court in the Kootenay West Men’s Basketball League, but their namesakes in the Trail league, where they are defending champions, have won just once this season News Staff In a tale of two leagues, Castlegar Realty is king in one and pauper in the other. The team wears the crown so far in the Kootenay West Men's Basketball League where it remains undefeated. Castlegar made it five in a row Tuesday night at Selkirk College beating RHC Realty 64-59. But Castlegar remains far from the palace in the Trail Men’s Basketball League, where they lost their third game in four starts, 88-60 to Rock Island Tape Centre, Wednesday night at the Com- inco gym. There are simple reasons Castlegar does well in one league and lousy in the other, according to Wayne McCarthy. “For starters, they’re not the same team in both leagues. And I think the one in the (Kootenay West) is a little stronger than the one in Trail,” said McCarthy, who is one of three players who plays on both teams. Brian Turlock and Wayne Tamelin are the other two. “The calibre of ball has probably come up in Trail, there’s an awful lot of good players who've come into that league,” he said. Greg Larson had 26 points for Castlegar in the loss to Rock Island. Mark MacConnell, who has been a scoring machine all sea- son in both leagues, scored 21 for Rock Island-while Jody White had 16. In the other game Tuesday, Selkirk College beat the Win- law Pistons. The scores from that game and the Wednesday night game between Flying Steamshovel and Victoria Place, weren't available at press time. Castlegar plays Cowan Of- fice Supplies at Kinnaird Ju- nior Secondary School Tues- day at 7 p.m. Balance prevails over stardom in CRHL tilt News Staff Balance prevailed over stardom in the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League Tuesday night. Banjo’s Pub got goals from eight different players in a 10-7 win over Woodland Park Shell at the Community Complex. Arron Postnikoff and Ian Stewart were the only multi- ple goal scorers for Banjo’s with two each. In comparison to Banjo’s balanced attack, Shell got all its production from three players in dropping it’s sixth game of the season in 15 starts. Bruno Tassone scored five of Shell’s seven goals, while Benton Hadley and Kelly Keraiff both got one goal and set up two others. Jim Nazaroff was the only other Shell player to get a point, with an assist on Hadley’s goal in the second period. Banjo’s remains in last place in the CRHL with a 6- 8 record, while Shell, which could have — into sole possession of first place, stayed tied with Castlegar Pressure Wash for top spot. CASTLEGAR RECREATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STATS TO DEC. 3 Pressure Wash Woodland Park Shell Sports Centre Kootenay Computers Banjo's Pub Scoring Leaders 8 7 7 6 @AGDAIE Walker, Pressure Wash @ 9 BRr ceo-nwa B8R8u8o8 Martini, Banjo's Pub Trubetskotf, Wood. Shell 18 Arisman, Banjo's Pub 19 Terhune, Koot. Computers 15 Soroke, Pressure Wash 12 Kinakin, Pressure Wash 10 Wayne Salekin and Larry Price both had a goal and three assists for Banjo’s, while Clay Martini had one goal and one assist. Bob Es- saunce, John Ostoforoff and Wayne Zino also scored for Banjo’s. Shell, which only had eight skaters dressed com- pared to Banjo’s 12, took five of seven minor penalties called in the game. Rick Rogerson got the win in goal for Banjo’s while Tim Horkoff took the loss for ll. Bantam Reps remain perfect this @ The Castlegar Bantam Reps keep their undefeated season going and re- main tied for first in WKMHA standings with home-ice wins over Beaver Valley and Spokane last weekend News Staff It’s six straight and counting for the Castle- gar Bantam Reps. The Reps kept their perfect record in tact at the C ity C lex last kend with victories over Spokane and Beaver Valley. Rick Fauth scored twice an set up another as Castl beat Spak 7-5 Sunday, while the battle of top-two bantam teams was less than a war Saturday as Castlegar beat Beaver Valley 8-2. The two wins give Castlegar a share of first place with Beaver Valley in the West Kootenay Minor Hockey Association standings. Beaver Valley also has 12 points but has played two more games than Castlegar. Castlegar started early in the win over Spokane as Brent Neumann and Bryan Yackel scored a minute apart in the first period to give the Bantams a 2-0 lead. But it was a short-lived lead as Spokane scored three times in the last four minutes of the first. Fauth’s first goal of the game, a powerplay marker two minutes into the second period, tied it for C. , then Craig S' made it 4-3 for the Reps. season Spokane once again fought back to tie it, then took the lead and held it until there was just six minutes left in the third. . At.that point, Ted Hunter tied it for Castle- gar and Darren Pottle scored the winner late in the period. Fauth’s second of the game was all the insurance the Reps needed. Vince Antignani, Pottle, Swanson and Yack- el finished the game with two assists each, while Jeff Moffat and Mike Myhra had one helper each. Myhra led things off for Castlegar against Beaver Valley scoring unassisted five minutes into the first period and then setting up Antig- nani to make it 2-0. Moffat also assisted on the team captain's goal. Beaver Valley tied the game midway through the second period but it was all Castle- gar after that as they scored six unanswered Antignani got his second of the game, while Mark Carlson, Fauth, Neumann, Pottle and Yackel did the rest of the scoring for Castlegar. Ryan Stoochnoff got the victory in goal for Castlegar against Spokane, while John Ray humbled the Beaver Valley offence between the pipes in that game. The Reps are at home for a pair of games this weekend as they meet the Rossland-Trail B at the C lex S: at 3:45 p.m. On Sunday, the Rossland-Trail Midget team will give it a try against the local Bantams in an 11 a.m. start. UM, EXCUSE ME PLEASE Nancy Chang plays some serious stand-up defence as Mandy Giraud looks for some place to go y at Stanley t tournament. 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