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A call from Gary Stanley
infonns me that Rossland's
annual Play-for-Fun hockey
tournament will be taking
place on the weekend of Feb.
16-17 at the arena with the
usual Saturday night dance at
the_ high school. This is
always a weekend which is
enjoyed by everyone and
most of all by the players who
take part in the usually robust
but always sportsmanlike
games.
As usual there will be eight
' teams taking part, four from
Rossland, two from Spokane
and one each .from Salmo and
Trail with the host reps the
Skidders, Labatts, Al Gulf
and Trend Construction. I do
not have team names from
the Trail, Salmo, and Spokane
entries.
Along with Gary the others
who head up this energetic
group of fun athletes are
Albert Bruce, Jim Hill, Blaine
Mccuaig and Howie Karn.
This is always a real fun
weekend so make plans now
to reserve it to enjoy all the
goings-on at the arena and be
sure to attend the dance at the
high school and mix with our
out-of-town visitors. That date
againisFeb.16-17.
Saturday night's game at
the a r ena WllS one of
tremendous frustration for
the Warriors. Though having
a big share of the over-all
play, their scoring attempts
were thwarted by a really
close-knit Nelson defence and
a young fellow by the name of
Dan McDonald who was
absolutely superb in the
Nelson net.
The Warriors did manage to
squeeze one past him in the
second period but apart from
that one he was sensational on
48 other shots. The Rossland
forwards led by Rob Martin,
Billy Nazaroff, John MacMaster and John Caron had
quite a lot of chances but
when they did manage to
elude the Nelson checking
there was McDonald with
glove, skate a~d stick sa.,;es that took away their
best efforts.

with
Harry
Pepper

skiing take care of keeping
At the other end of the rink
that big body in pretty good
Kenny Anderson got in front
condition. Any forward who
of 29 shots but was the victim
didn't keep his head up had
of quick scores starting the
good reason to remember
game and in the third period
Don's bone-crunching checks.
which I don't think he ever
got his eye on. Over-all I
Well the Super Bowl is now
thought the Warrior defence
history and the Steelers have
cleared pretty well . but the
added another championship
persistence of the Nelson
for the steel town in Pennfowards paid off with seven
sylvania, but it was not
opportunities they didn't
without a titanic struggle. The
miss.
Rams gave a really gutsy
The new defenceman the
performance and it took all
team has acquired, Robin
the Steelers' know-how to pull
Buck from Eastern Canada,
it out in the last quarter. One
adds quite a bit of life to the
had to feel a little sorry for
Warrior rearguard. It's too
young Ferragamo who had
bad that he and veteran
called a helluva game until
mainstay, David Espenhain,
that interception by Jack
are playing their last season
Lambert. All in all though, it
of junior eligibility.
_> - YOOI~i~Elf
was a pleasing spectacle for
That hair-pulling incident in
... once with Beliveau
all us Steeler fans, I sure
Saturday night's game was a
.very unsportsmanlike per- · Ferguson were the best enjoyed it anyhow.
The Canucks continue their
formance on th~ part of the defence in the WIHL.
Nelson player who paid for it
An interesting note here slide, the Colorado win which
with a misconduct, plus. says that "Yogi" was at one came after the Vancouver
Talking with a league official time the co-captain of the team had a lead going into the
afterward I was informed Quebec Aces along with the · final period would tend to lead
that this incident may be fabulous Jean Beliveau. How ohe to believe that the team
are not in the kind of shape
dealt with a lot more severely many of you knew that?
when it is reviewed. It seems
While mentioning George they need to be in. Most of
funny to me but this season Ferguson, I should mention their recent slump has
these two teams have a
that the burly defenceman featured losses in the lastrecord of quite a bit of the
who played some tremendous period surge by the opuncalled for variety of play in
hockey for the Warriors was position.
their matchups; it's too bad intending to play on the '61
The Retirees' Curling Club
because both teams play
Smokie team against those has issued its members with
otherwise good entertaining same Canadiens.
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membership cards in the
hockey.
I don't know if his bout with Interior Senior Curlers'
the doctors in the Rossland Association of B.C. This will
"Chow" Sdao sent me along . hospital has changed his mind enable its members who are
a Penticton Herald which has
or not. He is on the road to paid up in club membership
an article listing the players recovery and doing quite well, to take part in the Seniors'
who will take part in the
maybe we will see his Bonspiel to be held in Nelson
game against the Montreal familiar figure out there on Feb. 19-20-21. After the gor -'
time we had in Trail on tf.
Canadien Oldtimers. There the ice again.
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are quite a number of the
Another member of the invitational it would seem '
names which are familiar to foursome we get to see quite an excellent idea t
us who remember the Vees
regularly is big Don Fletcher, something like it agai
when they won the World there's one guy that sure the Nelson do would ap
Championship for Canada.
keeps in shape; his work as a be our chance.
Among them are , Jim
'Til next week then
fireman at Cominco and
Fairburn and Don Moog who
played with that team and
closer to home we notice the
names of Ab Cronie, who
played his minor hockey in
Trail, and the ever-colorful
"Yogi" Kraiger, a mainstay
of the senior Warriors in the
days when the foursome of
Kraiger, Lofvendal'J, Don
Fl etche r a n d Ge or ge