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HYNES' NAMED COACH or THE YEAR N,S PRESTIGOUS HONOR

PANITHER

UPEI hockey coach Jack Hynes has been selected as

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Atlantic Conference. ‘Ihe award, which is selected by the coaches themselves, marks the first tine that - a UPEI hockey coach has captured the honor. Although many students are mayare and unfamiliar with Jack Hynes, the players' reaction was me of extreme pleasure. mam captain Larry Arsenault felt that he was a most deserving candidate and stated that it was me of

the best things that happened to the club this

~ season. Senior netmin' der

Ron McInnis was not surprised at the selection

_ and stated just that,

"There was no one else \ that deserved the award more than Jack."

‘ For Hynes, the award

‘MEN‘TOR GM

{51. PATRICKS DAY _ ON,

PRINCE

me history of the Irish settlers of P.E.I. comes alive at L].P.E.I. this St. Patrick's my, thanks to Professor Brendan 0'— Grady and the Irish heri-

' tage society of P.E.I.

Again this year, sbadents can enjoy a series of recitations, poetry, and

music: dealin- with Irish

. and Sunday from 2-11 pm.

EDWARD

Saturday until 5:00 pm,

Professor O'Grady in- . fonres us that the exhi- bition's name is appro— priate, as, in 1779, the Island legislature, during the term of Gov. Patterson, voted to name the Island colony "New Ireland."

ISLAND

and music on Afternoon

The Irish Heritage Soc- iety was originally formed on St. Patrick's Day 1976 by a group of 13 persons including Prof. O'Grady.

comes after just his second season behind the Panther bench. In his two years at the helm he has guided the club to an overall record of 23 wins, 14 losses and three ties. In both years the r Panthers advanced to post season play. For Hynes: that is nothing new as

he has never coached a team that has failed to make the playoffs.

General manager John Neville was especially happy with the selecticn of Hynes. "People don't realize'hcw hard the man worked at his job. Just because he isn't around campus left the impressim that he wasn't

getting involved. This is not the case. The players worked very hard this season and got a lot of credit for their efforts; now finally Hynes gets the credit that he deserve deserves. "

As expected, Hynes was very pleased with his selection but had to pass on some of the credit for the award. "Certainly I am pleased to win this award, especially consid— ering that my fellow coaches voted for it.

However a good deal of the credit has to go to the players and my assistant Everett Stewart. 'Ihe club had some rough times this

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season with injuries and other things but they stuck together and made

my job an awful lot easier.

As far as I am concerned, this award is a reflection of our hockey program. "

Although there was no armomcen‘ent as to a formal presentation, we would like to extend our congratualtions to coad'l Hynes and say thanks for

making this year such a success. We are confident that with so many return.- ing players and Hynes as the coach that next year could be the‘big one.

' A JACK HYNE’S, COACH OF ME YEAR. L A I I E R s N o I

so F AB ULOU s

3" What had been billed as a top rate show certainly left mud'l to be desired as Fabulous Platters ; performed at last week's Pig and Whistle.

The band encountered several problems through— outthedayandintheend the UPEI students were the ones to suffer most. 'Jhe

_ band had some problems

everyone who paid to come see the Platters were given a free ticket to .

this week's Pig &’Whistle.

In addition, the powers that be decided that the band should not be fully paid and asked the band's agent to return the next morning for further discussions.

It was the next

from that point on are sketchy and apparently flue executive is working with a lawyer to see that the students' best interests are taken care of.

All in all, it was an mforttmate situation and one that neither our Union nor the entertainers