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      fan
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      take
      a
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      or
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      write
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      Canada’s
      latest
      champions,
      baseball’s
      Toronto
      Blue
      Jays.
     
     
      This
      weekend,
      the
      biggest
      party
      in
      the
      world
      was
      in
      Toronto
      to
     
     
      celebrate
      the
      first-ever
      Canadian
      World
      Series
      champions.
     
     
      Saturday
      night,
      the
      Jays
      finally
      chopped
      down
      the
      hopes
      of
      the
     
     
      Atlanta
      Braves
      and
      Braves’
      fans
      with
      a
      4
      -
      3
      extra-innings
      win
     
     
      inAtlanta.
      Jane
      Fonda’s
      prayers
      could
      not
      help
      the
      Braves
      past
     
     
      forty-one
      year
      old
      Jay
      Dave
      4
     
     
      Winfield’s
      eleventh-inning
     
     
      double
      which
      scored
      two
      runs.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      Ithough
      this
      is
      a
      hockey
      column
      and
      I
      am
      above
      alla
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Post-game
      interviews
      with
     
     
      several
      Blue
      Jays,
      including
     
     
      Juan
      Guzman
      and
      Joe
      Carter,
     
     
      were
      very
      impressive.
      The
     
     
      boys
      wanted
      to
      go
      ‘‘home’”’
     
     
      (to
      Canada)
      that
      night
      to
      help
     
     
      their
      loyal
      fan
      celebrate.
     
     
      They
      were
      very
      appreciative
     
     
      of
      the
      Canadian
      fans.
      To-
     
     
      ‘onto
      catcher
      Pat
      Borders
      was
     
     
      amed
      the
      Series
      MVP
      to
      the
     
     
      clight
      of
      American
      journalists;
      they
      punned
      on
      Borders
      and
      the
     
     
      anada/U.S.
      border
      more
      times
      than
      they
      spoke
      of
      the
      Braves’
     
     
      hop-chop.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      mmmm.
      The
      Argonauts
      won
      the
      Grey
      Cup
      last
      season;
      the
     
    

    
     
      lue
      Jays
      just
      won
      the
      World
      Series.
      Does
      this
      mean
      that
      Maple
     
    

    
     
      taf
      fans
      should
      start
      dusting
      off
      their
      caps
      and
      wearing
      them
     
     
      Public
      again?
      Is
      this
      Toronto’s
      year
      to
      celebrate?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ©
      UPEI
      hockey
      Panthers’
      season
      is
      off
      to
      aless-then-wonder-
     
     
      \start.
      The
      team
      played
      its
      first
      two
      home
      games,
      numbers
     
     
      ce
      and
      four
      of
      the
      season,
      this
      past
      weekend.
      Friday
      night
      the
     
     
      anthers
      lost
      9-4
      to
      the
      Dalhousie
      Tigers
      in
      front
      of
      a
      good
     
     
      ‘owd.
      The
      game
      was
      slow
      due
      to
      many
      penalties
      and
      boring
     
     
      °ckey.
      (I’m
      sorry
      guys,
      but
      I’ve
      seen
      better
      hockey
      played
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      between
      the
      tow
      horses
      in
      my
      back
      yard.)
      Sunday’s
      game
      was
     
     
      sheer
      excitement
      as
      the
      Panthers
      fought
      back
      froma
      4-0
      disad-
     
     
      vantage
      after
      two
      periods
      to
      end
      with
      a
      5-5
      tie.
      |
      was
      amazed.
     
     
      One
      of
      the
      Panthers’
      problems
      this
      year
      will
      be
      goaltending.
     
     
      Both
      Scott
      and
      Jamie
      Blanchard
      are
      playing
      in
      the
      last
      year
      of
     
     
      AUAA
      eligibility;
      coach
      Billy
      MacMillan
      has
      no
      choice
      but
      to
     
     
      play
      rookie
      Kevin
      MacDougall
      once
      in
      a
      while.
      If
      MacMillan
     
     
      opted
      for
      the
      double-Blanchard
      option,
      he
      would
      be
      left
      next
     
     
      season
      with
      no
      experienced
     
     
      goaltenders.
      Playing
     
     
      MacDougall
      now
      is
      a
      good
     
     
      move
      if
      he
      can
      catch
      on
      to
     
     
      high-scoring
      AUAA
      play
     
     
      early.
      As
      fans,
      we
      have
      to
     
     
      help
      MacDougall’s
      confi-
     
     
      dence
      at
      a
      performance
     
     
      level
      and
      give
      him
      the
      time
     
     
      he
      may
      need
      to
      adjust.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      took
      the
      week
      off
      with
      re-
     
     
      gards
      to
      NHLhockey.
      I
      was
     
     
      very
      surprised
      when
      I
     
    

    
     
      \
      checked
      the
      standings
      this
     
     
      morning.
      Here
      are
      the
      top
      two
      teams
      of
      each
      division
      as
      of
     
     
      October
      26:
      Adams,
      Boston
      and
      Montreal;
      Norris,
      Toronto
      and
     
     
      Minnesota;
      Patrick,
      Pittsburgh
      and
      the
      Rangers;
      Smythe,
      Los
     
     
      Angeles
      and
      Calgary.
      The
      top
      two
      teams
      overall
      are
      Pittsburgh
     
     
      and
      Boston.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      the
      Bruins
      finally
      signed
      their
      ’92
      draft
      pick
      Dmitri
     
     
      Kvartalnov,
      Boston
      fans
      applauded
      the
      move.
      Kvartalnov
      has
     
     
      since
      rewarded
      Harry
      Sinden
      with
      his
      play;
      in
      eight
      games,
     
     
      Kvartalnov
      has
      scored
      eight
      goals.
      He
      is
      becoming
      the
      goal-
     
     
      scorer
      the
      Bruins
      need
      in
      Cam
      Neely’s
      absence.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Next
      Panther
      home
      action
      is
      November
      seventh
      against
     
     
      St.Mary’s.
      Let’s
      get
      a
      good
      group
      there
      to
      show
      them
      we’re
     
     
      behind
      them.
      See
      you
      there.
      Hi