UPEI' November 11, 1982
Perhaps the fates might find us hard to please, as we can't be too hap- py over Panther activ— ities during the last week. Three wins, three losses and-a tie sounds not too bad, but, sad to say, the only two games that REALLY counted re- sulted in losses. In hockey, the Tigers from Dalhousie really clawed our Panthers in winning both Saturday's and Sun— day's contests by (un) comfortable margins. . .
. .although both games were closer than the score would indicate.
In the Saturday game, we trailed O—I after one. Tony MacKenzie evened things up late in‘ the second & we went into the third with high hopes that were soon dashed as the visitors enjoyed a most impres— . sive final period scor- ing six unanswered goals to win 7-1. They outshot us 48—18.
Sunday's game was quite different as Rob Mazzuca, Albert Roche,& Bob Hicks all scored in short time in the first & our boys went to the dressing roan enjoying a 3—1 lead. However, Dal got all three goals scored in the second & they led, 4—3: It was the first time this season that we tra— iled after two periods. We were again blanked
in th final session and we lost 5-3 ,although, in the unimportant SOG statistic, we were on top 36-24. More bad news reVeals that our prom- ising rookie, Ted Kozab, Who was ’hit in devastat- ing fashion when he was Crossing the blue line with his head down, suf- ferred a leg injury &
' will be out for some time.-
High—scoring Norman Beck is also on the sidelines as he injured his wrist in practice and is not expected back until play resumes after the Xmas break. Defenceman Kevin O'Brien is also out with an injured leg.
On Monday night we enter- tained the hockey team representing the People's Republic of China in a most interesting exhib— ition game at the Forum. After impressive openin- ceren‘onies which featur- ed John Neyille, now graduated but previously prcminent in Panther act— ivities, as host, and face-offs with the Prem— ier, the Mayor, the Pres-
ident & others participat-
ing, as well as our nat- ional anthen,&a new piece
of music to Island fans....
. .the national anthem of
lthe‘P.R. of C., and an
exchange of gifts between the players, they finally got down to hockey be-
fore a near-sellout crowd.
It was pretty much a no- hit-hard affair with the visitors being somewhat Chippy and, for once, we were outdone in the in the penalty column which, along with the scoring gave great difficulty to announcer Funnel MacLean. The vistors quickly jumped into a three
goal lead & have sympathy with poor ..- Funnel as, for in— stance) he announced
the third score which was scored by wang' Chung Jiang with as- sists by Zhang Zie
Nan & Tao Nai Feng!
It was a good fast
game & we trailed
3-4 in the final per- iodbut Bob Hicks
scored the tie maker with but 13 seconds
to go & the game end-
ad 4-4. No inter- national incidents:
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& two from Albert . Roche. We wonder if such players as Cchez Zi Guang and Yang Yang Ke went to their dress— ing rooms saying "Ricky Cameron & Bro- die Lantz. . .what the Hell kind of names
are they?" Both
teams appeared tired; UPEI after the two
Dal games over the weekend & the Chin- ese after their long jet—lagging trip &
the several hard con— tests they have played since their arrival
in Canada. The Hoc- key Panthers will play in the Forum on Thurs-
' day against Saint ‘ Mary's & will be in Fredericton on Sunday to face U.N.B.. They'll _ be at home on the 20th & let against St. F.X. The 1982-83 Lady Pan-—
I thers opened their season with two wins over the Capers from the College of Cape Breton. To test out his new players Coach George Morrison used his bench extensively in the the 64—52 and 72-45 tri— umphs. In the Saturday game Colleen Rosster en— joyed a big 18 point .1 first half and went on to lead the scorers with a game total of 30. Sue Betts & Libby Baldwin each had twelve. On Sunday Lib— by was high with 18 and Sue was right behind with 17. On Monday night it was a different story as the highly touted Brandon Bob Kittens (What a name!) invaded our gym and walked off with a 81-62 win after enjoying a 9 point lead at the half. We think it was .a
good game for our Lady Panthers, and even though
a loss, as it was very ob-
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against teams comparable to those they will en— counter when league play starts.Many on the team are in their first year & need to acquire the skills that only actual
playing the game can give.
They are small and fast but will have acquire ball control & must stop turnovers that are
liable to come when compet- ing against taller players. They will play in the Mount
Allison Tournament this weekend. we like to watch George
. during a game as he paces up and down the sidelines ' agonizing over plays. We
would estimate he covers
as much ground and expends as much energy as his play—
ers!
The volley ball team trav—
els to Fredericton this
weekend to open their sea—
son in a tournament at UNB.
Ed Hilton» unveiled his
Panther basketball team as they took on the Alumni in a 120—60 rout on Friday night. Former Panther (even S.D.U.) greats took on our young and fast team in what we at times feared might be a tragic mis—match as, trying to keep pace with their young opponents, we feared that a car— diac specialist might be needed. We were pleased to note that Postie Con- nolly still has his old skill at sinking shots from outside although we wondered why he play- ed with a tire under his jersey! Both teams lack height but the current ' Panthers certainly have speed and we think the nicest gift Santa could bring Coach Ed Hilton would be a 6'10" player who might not fit into Ed's stocking but could
be an answer to his pray— From the player list we are pleased to note that,
ers.
except for Bill Redmond (What an
or second year so we
should have an outstanding team for quite some time. they will play six exhib— ition games in Maine be— fore their first A.U.A.A. game here against St. F.X.
on 26 November.
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