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Seldixn have we seen a hockey coach as mad as the usually imperturbable Jack Hynes appeared to be. en Sunday night as he argted, invain, togethis teamand the two vans under his charge on the ferry at Caribou, returning home after a tiring road. trip. Jack 'IHGJGH‘I' he had con— firmed reservations but the man in the booth claimed he knew nothing about the matter and, as the coming 6:30 ferry, as well as the last 8:00 p.m. ferry, would be filled by‘the vehicles already in the enclosure, Jack and the vans had little dqoice but to make the long and arduote trek Via the hilly and winding Sunset Trail to 'Ibrmentine in pelt- ing rain. We left the car in which we were travelling with" John Neville and Gus Gaudet and took Our chance by going on the ferry as a pedestrian, hiping to find a kind soul who would drive us to Charlottetown; lvbst of the already'exhausted hockey players did the same and all were successful in finding good Samaritans who understood their predicament Great credit should goto Wayne Squarebriggs, Shane Turner and Philip Clayborne who, going far beyond the call of duty, decided ‘to stick with Jack and Everett- Stewart jet to keep them ompany! We can aertainly sympathize with Jadc \and we think it is a situation . that should NEVER arise as there seems to be a lack.of cammmic’ation between the

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Charlottetown office and the two terminals. We were caught in a similar bind a few years ago when we were escorting a bus to a foot- ball game in Halifax. ‘ In that case, however, we were able to get 01 the next ferry and made the game just in time. Quite honestly, as an ‘oldtime Island-Mainland traveller we are never upset over difficulty encountered in crossing the Strait but, on the contrary, we are always AMAZED when a return trip is accmplished without difficulty! It does not happen very often!

Itwas a sad ending toa difficult weekend in which, oddly enough, we could take great satisfaction in. caning home with one point out of a potential of four. In Halifax, on Saturday night, we thought our boys lost the game in the first ten minutes when they cut— played Dalhousie by a wide margin and scored one goal (Brian'Cameron's) when four or five would have seemed reasonable on the balance of play. Dal e'Vened it up with but two minutes to go in the opening stanza and then exploded with no less than FIVE goals in the first ten

minutes of the second period. ‘

A succession of two—on—one plays gave our’goalkeeper Pierre Lavallee but

little dance to foil the fast-skating Tiger front line. The closing minutes of the session were greatly enlivened by a rough and tumble match between our 'Ilerry Devine and their'Ray Off. It seemed to us that it was a case of Off asking for treatment and then getting more than he had requested. . In the some- ~ what spectacular imbroglio ’Ilerry performed prodigies

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of terpsidlorean endeavour as he and Off waltzed, sans music, around and around the ice in one another's embrace, .Off, at the same time, systematically dis- robing 'Ilerry until all of the above-the—waist equipment littered the ice and Terry was. left with just his undershirt over his head. It was remin—

'iscent of Gypsy Rose Iee

(Oldtine stripper) and the final moments of "Slap Shot". Unfortunately, the referee was devoid of a sense of art appreciation and Terry had to depart the scene. later he was made to leave the Panther ‘ Bench although arrayed in street clothes. Our boys closed the gap, late in the third, to one goal but a closing Dal counter put the match beyond reach and we lost our second start by a 7—5 score. Goals, besides Cameron's, were scored by Danny Kinnear, who had a brace, Val Mitchell and Terry Devine. After the game, the two panel trucks with the players and some of us fans, travelling in our own vehicles, essayed the 130 mile trip to Antigonish through heavy rain, dark- ness and fog. With Gus Gaudet at the controls we certainly did NOT enjoy the trip, flying blind, in. a Toyota! Even the Rabbi /was scared and we suspect

I was busy saying his prayers

most of the way. However, the next day's game was worth the worry and dis- comfort. St. F.X., fresh off a 9—2 trummelling of mum: Allison may have ex- pected our travel—weary and Shorthanded warriors to roll over and play dead but, if so, they were very mud: surprised. Against the hometcwn nationally

' ranked X—men We came up with

one of our better games as we quickly assumed a 2—0 lead in the first period only to have them tie it up 4-4 in the middle of the third. Although outshot by a wide margin, we

‘ managed to hang on for the

tie and almost put the game

. aWay in the, closing

minutes of overtime as Louis Lortie, Val Mitchell and'Wayne Squarebriggs were all foiled by spectacular saves. Beyond a;. doubt, Snags McInnis was the out— standing player on the ice as he made miraculous

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The understandably partisan,but sportsmanlike, Spectators in the stadium gave him a resounding cheer as he left the ice after

the game. Scorers for the Panthers were Louis Lortie with two, while Mike Selleck and Danny Kinnear chipped in 4. with singles. The short- handed defence deserve particular credit as this was the second game the 'HTREE of them had to play in 18 hours! We might also mention that the Panthers played the seventy minute contest without a penalty! IThis weekend our heroes

again travel "Away" and will

play in Sackville and Monctcn. If you don't make the trip you can listen to the action on CINN,"Radio 700", as well as on Channel 12 on your cable ‘IV .

In basketball, George Birger took the wraps off of this year's edition of the Basketball Panthers and we feel they made an impressive debut albeit it a losing

' cause . Opening Acadia' 5

Tip Off Tournament against strong Husson College of Bangor, Maine, and coming from well behind they tied the score with but three minutes to go, only to have the New Englanders rally to a closing 85-75 count. Our Dave Arsenault, with 32 points, was the high scorer and it was quite prdaably this outstanding performance that earned him a place on the Tournament All Star Team. In the consolation round, the Panthers thrashed Concordia in a game in which our boys dominated play throughout the action. Dave Arsenault again led the way with 24 while the Flat— bush‘ flash (we love alliter— ation) Vince Murray had 20 and Dennis High 16. Acadia, by the way, won their own tournament by topping Husson 85-76 in the final. Our next action will pit the Panthers against Dal in Halifax on the 19th and 20th— 'Ihey will be at home to Mount A. on the 25th and U.EI.B. on the 26th.

The Panther Ladies open heir season on Friday night in our gym. playing hostess to Mount A- on Friday at 7:00.' Good luck, girls.

In case you are interested we got our ballpoint back. The borrower found it in his pocket and was wondering where in Hell he acquired such a nice pen. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE SUN!!!!