Panthermaniettes By Phil Stanyer and Gus Hillstrom (With spiritual guidance from Bill Harwood)
"Boom-Chug-a-lug-a-lug-a Boom, {five as they march out onto the Item. Clad in ladies field hockey shirts, socks and skirts, and isguised in make-up and (wigs, the frolicking, fun-loving - intet cheers on the Panthers to victory over UNB at noise- aker day. A Little did the crowd, somewhat bewildered and totally
used, realize that they were witnessing the brainchild
Gus Hillstrom. " _ .‘ '
For the first 'time in UPEI’s history, dedicated male: erated students took matters into their own hands and ntured into a previously untapped obligation.
Yes . . . it was the beginning of a legacy . . .-the UPEI eerleaders. ‘
UPEI soccer fans Were still in shock follOwing the esome debut of the Panthermaniettes!
A fever had engulfed the UPEI populous and its environs! The Panthermaniettes had~gone where no man had gone fore!
After the UPEI soccer Panthers guaranteed themselves playoff final hosted at UPEI, the Panthermaniettes con— ued their quest of building up Panthermania! L With the support of athletic director Ed Hilton, the ys geared up for yet another performance.
As the Panthermaniettes cheered on close to 2,000 reaming fans hungry for victory over Dalhousie, it was - vious the crowd-would not tolerate a defeat.
And such was the case; they were not disappointed. The next day had an air of Christmas as the Panther- eniettes donned their long-johns in order to combat the ements that threatened cancellation of the biggest game e campus has ever seen. . You could. almost hear the late Bing Crosby crooning at old familiar song - “Here we go Panthers, here we , uh, uh!’: as volunteers crawled out of the woodwork shovel aWay snowflakes that had filtered down during e night and caressed the great green expanse of MacAdam ld. -
It was official! Panthermania had taken over!
The ominous white cover only gave the Panthermaniettes e opportunity to utilize the head—first-slidc, the 3.2 point ding and elegant tumbles to the ecstatic roars of the redibly raucous Panther fans.
Needless to say, the Panthers buried UNB with the snow at was shovelled off the pitch. The final read; Panthers
Red Sucks 0!
Then, as four of the‘quintet found themselves en route
Montreal, without their fearless leader, little did they lize he was on his way on an unexpected sidetrack from arketing conference in Halifax.
, “Thar she blows!” wailed Flyin’ Phil as he rendez- used with the rest of the team at the Sheraton Mont— yal (Boy they’ve got great towels, don’t they, Ian? But t’s okay, we won’t tell). I
The Panthermaniettes reluctantly found themselves in iendly) bars, strip joints and houses of ill-repute.
But they still managed to make it to thegame the next y (keep it up guys, if you don’t have drinker’s droop!) lthough they were not allowed onto the field, the Pan— rmaniettes cheered on the crowd (the majority of which re Panther fans who braved fan vans and treacherous hways to get to Montreal...Allright!) who were wanting anther victory.
ven though the soccer Panthers, the Panthermaniettes - the fans went down to’defeat on the scoreboard...we know in our hearts we accomplished a huge victory!
6 know for sure, next year, the soccer Panthers Will be A k; and with them will be...the Panthermaniettes. ' or your information...these are the gallant souls that de up the Panthermaniettes in 1983: Gus Hillstrom,
l Slanyer, Kent Thomson, Murray Culligan, Kevin 0N6“. Mark MacAdam, Philip Muise and ’3‘". Her- d, without. whose courage and patriotism we could not - 6 Provided proper moral support for the stun-3r tea‘ni y to go Panthers! We love you!
‘ ‘chants the group-
A capacity crowd looks on as Panthers’ Mike Morgan and Trevor Willock (40) leap above the out- stretched arm of Willie Hubbard (42) grabbing for a rebound in AUAA basketball action last Saturday at the Alumni Gym. Grey Williams (54) and Ron Valentine (23) brace themselves while Carl Doucet (44)"blocks out big Gary Bratty. The Panthers pulled away in the second half to upset the stunned and highly-rated, St. Mary’s Huskies 79-61. Willock led the'Panthers with 19 points and 11
rebounds and Curtis Brown and Mike Morgan chipped in with 18 and 16 points respectively. (Photo: Stanyer)
Hockey Panthers
By Phil Stanyer
The UPEI Panthers hoc— key team is for real.
You didn’t have to be at
the Forum Saturday or Sun- day to hear the blasts escap- ing out the doors.
The green machine explod- ed for two AUAA victories to up their record to five wins against just one loss on the year.
St. Francis Xavier were the victims Saturday, absorbing a 7-1 drubbing.
Then the Panthers shocked
the powerful University of Moncton Blue Eagles l0-2 Sunday.
Against St. FX, the Pan- thers erased a 1—0 deficit to post the victory.
Ron Carragher led the way with two goals, while Greg Gravel, UPEIs male athlete of the week, added a goal and two assists.
John Panasuk, who just might be the fastest skater. in the AUAA, jammed in the winning goal following a goal-mouth scramble late in
Male and Female athletes of the week
fter two big Panther hockey victories last weekend over FX and MOncton at the Forum, Greg Gravel left ,the k smiling. i ' he big, Strapping centreman from Kapuskasing, ,Ontario red four times/and added'five assists in two games,.and I achievements did not go unnoticed. " n . YaVCl became the first UPEI varsity sports participant the history'-0£uais.».s‘choot to be elected the CIAU. male. lete-of—the-weekl '
uite an accomplishment! Andwe want youto know we
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apprectate your enorts Greg! -
And.if you haven’t put two and two together by now, the local athletic department also saw in their infinite wis— dom to present Gravel UPEIs male athlete-of—the-week.
- . Debbie McAloney came out of nowhere, Sunday, to lead
our Panthers lady’s basketball team to a 72-61 victory’over
' King’s College of Halifax.
AllDebbie did was-score 20 points and pull down 11 re- bounds’for her female athlete-of—the-week award.
Way to go Debbie! We’re all UPEI athletes!
pulling for you and Greg and
the second period.
The Panthers dominated the game, peppering the op- position with 53 shots on the afternoon, including 29 in the final frame.
Meanwhile, Dave Reid played very well in the Pan- ther net, turning aside 17 shots, allowing only a back— hander midway through the second period off the stick of Ken Taylor.
It was almost the same story in Sunday’s game.
After the Panthers scored
,five unanswered goals in the
third period against St. FX, all they did was put six past a bewildered Blue Eagle goaler, Sunday.
It was 4-0 for the Panthers before the defending AUAA champions got on the score- board.
.And they struck quickly near the end of the second period.
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Two goals 23 seconds apart, the first one on a pow- erplay, ‘cut the locals lead in half as they headed for the dressing room.
But Greg Gravel was flying out of the gate in the final
session.
He took a lead pass from Steve Fulton and scored Shorthanded on a breakaway to give the Panthers a three- goal lead.
And they didn’t stop there.
With the crowd going wild, Norman Beck rapped in two goals within 12 seconds to give his team a 7-2 margin with about 12 minutes to play.
It was John Butler’s turn two minutes later, and then Gravel again.
John Pocock sent the fans into delirium when he put the Panthers into double V figures for the first time this season at the 15-minute mark.
It was simply the biggest victory for a Panther hockey team in years.
It defied logic that they would beat the second best team in the country last year by such a lopsided advan-
tage. Gravel played like a mat. possessed. and his inces—
sant style of play really typr fies the kind 0t hockey that we are going to see from the Panthers this season.
In the first period, when the green shirts were really flying, Gravel stroked a slap- per so hard that it sent starter Daniel Berube to the dressing room with an injured knee.
Avellino Gomez was sup- erb in the Panther net, and kept his team in the game in the first period when the Blue Eagles had numerous scoring chances.
The momentum could have swung either way early, actually, but Gomez and the defence avoided letting the puck into their own net, one time with the help of the goal post.
And the Panther power- play worked to perfection, accounting for their first four goals.
The Panthers next play Saint Mary’s Huskies tonight in Halifax, and then take on the St. Francis Xavier X-Men in a return match to— morrow in Antigonish. GOAL-LINES Coach Vince Mulligan has got to be happy with the effort of his Panthers. Monday’s prac- tice was nothing more than a light skate and shooting the puck around. And they just might have a new motto; we’re not chasing anybody, from now on they’re chasing us. They’re a confident bunch of boys and it’s going to take a lot to knock the Panthers off their pedestal right now. The potential is there for a winner and every Panther knows it; they just have to pl 1y cousistent hoc- key the rest of"_thc season and be ready come playoff
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