Men’s
      Hockey
      Underway
     
    
   
   
    
     
      After
      going
      an
      impressive
      3-0
      in
      exhibition
      play,
      the
      men’s
     
     
      hockey
      Panthers
      opened
      their
      season
      Friday
      against
      St.
     
     
      Thomas
      in
      MacLauchlan
      arena.
      The
      puck
      dropped
      7
      pm.
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Football,
      Baseball
      Debates
      Heat
      Up
      On
      Weblogs
     
    
   
   
    
     
      While
      baseball
      playoffs
      are
      nearing
      the
      World
     
     
      Series,
      it
      looks
      as
      though
      the
      Yankees
      are
      at
      it
     
     
      again.
      Red
      Sox
      fans
      are
      red-faced
      after
      crowing
     
     
      what
      would
      be
      “their
      year”
      to
      finally
      beat
      the
     
     
      Yanks
      and
      lift
      the
      curse
      of
      the
      Bambino.
      Loaded
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      :
      :
      The
      men
      hoped
      to
      carry
      their
      impressive
      pre-season
      play
      into
      the
      home
      opener
      under
      the
      tutelage
     
     
      with
      sane
      such
      as
      Pedro
      Martinez,
      Manny
      §
      of
      new
      coach
      and
      director
      of
      hockey
      Mike
      Kelly,
      who
      was
      quoted
      in
      the
      Guardian
      as
      saying
      the
     
     
      pie
      —
      Schilling,
      and
      David
      Ortiz,
      the
      Sox
      UPEI
      team
      needed
      to
      work
      hard,
      be
      competitive,
      and
      play
      with
      discipline,
      staples
      for
      any
      good
     
     
      PR:
      oe
      sapdb
      -
      hockey
      team.
      Unfortunately,
      the
      men
      suffered
      a
      disappointing
      2-1
      loss.
     
     
      BE
      d
      eran
      cc
      ae
      ae
      4th
      year
      Joel
      Ward,
      who
      collected
      33
      points
      in
      25
      games
      last
      year,
      has
      been
      named
      team
      captain.
     
     
      Veta
      ae
      1920.
      Since
      that
      day-the
      Yanks
      hove
      He
      has
      attended
      training
      camp
      for
      the
      Detroit
      Red
      Wings
      twice
      in
      his
     
     
      taken
      3h
      ties
      to
      Whe
      Had
      Sac
      Sane
      career,
      and
      has
      OHL
      experience
      playing
      for
      Owen
      Sound.
      Also
      added
      to
     
     
      Ward’s
      impressive
      resume
      is
      a
      rookie
      of
      the
      year
      award
      with
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Weblogs@upei
      posts
      showed
      an
      overwhelming
      Panthers
      in
      2001-2002
      and
      an
      MVP
      award
      in
      2002-2003.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      majority
      of
      fans
      wanted
      the
      Red
      Sox
      to
      win
      —
      one
     
     
      cited
      the
      Yankees
      as
      the
      “Goliaths
      of
      baseball”
      —
     
     
      but,
      well,
      it’s
      3-0
      Yanks
      in
      the
      series
      after
      a
      19-8
     
     
      blowout
      on
      Saturday
      night.
      Keep
      hoping,
      guys.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ward
      will
      be
      backed
      by
      alternates
      Adam
      Rivet
      and
      John
      Brioux.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Also
      on
      the
      new
      coaching
      staff
      are
      Doug
      Shepperd
      and
      former
      NHLer
     
     
      Al
      MacAdam,
      recently
      honored
      at
      the
      PEI
      Rocket
      game
      against
      Acadie-
     
     
      Bathurst
      in
      a
      heartwarming
      pre-game
      ceremony.
      =
      ‘inel
      Ward
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      for
      football,
      many
      are
      calling
      Sunday’s
     
     
      Seahawks-Patriots
      game
      a
      possible
      Super
      Bowl
      After
      kicking
      things
      off
      at
      home,
      the
      Panthers
      will
      hopefully
      improve
      when
      they
      travel
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      preview.
      The
      Patriots,
      who
      have
      won
      a
      record
      19
      §
      Moncton
      on
      Saturday
      to
      play
      the
      Blue
      Eagles.
     
     
      straight
      going
      back
      to
      last
      years
      playoffs,
      hope
      to
     
     
      continue
      their
      inspired
      play
      against
      Seattle,
      who
     
     
      suffered
      a
      veritable
      collective
      brain
      lapse
      last
     
     
      week
      when
      they
      surrendered
      a
      17
      point
      lead
      to
      the
     
     
      Rams
      in
      the
      final
      six
      minutes
      to
      lose
      in
      OT.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      They
      look
      to
      bounce
      back
      in
      Sunday’s
      big
      game.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Other
      football
      match-ups
      include
      Carolina
      taking
      —
     
     
      on
      New
      England
      and
      the
      undefeated
      Jets
      facing
      John
      Brioux
      Adam
      Rivet
     
     
      San
      Francisco,
      and
      in
      perhaps
      what
      will
      be
      the
     
     
      most
      entertaining
      to
      watch,
      the
      winless
      Buffalo
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Bills.
      take
      on
      the
      perpetually
      losing
      Miami
      UPEI
      Men’s
      Volleybal
     
     
      Dolphins.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      Panthers
      men’s
      volleyball
      club
      team
      convincingly
      defeated
      the
      UNB
      Saint
      John
     
     
      Seawolves
      during
      doubleheader
      play
      Saturday.
      In
      their
      first
      match,
      UPEI
      downed
      UNB
      3
      sets
      to
      2
     
     
      (19-25,
      25-17,
      25-19,
      25-19),
      while
      in
      the
      second
      match
      they
      beat
      them
      3
      straight
      (25-20,
      25-19,
     
     
      25-18).
      The
      wins
      put
      the
      Panthers
      season
      record
      at
      3
      wins,
      |
      loss.
      The
      team
      plays
      next
      in
      the
      ACAA
     
     
      tip-off
      tournament
      next
      weekend
      in
      Halifax.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Weblogs
      are
      split
      on
      the
      outcome
      of
      the
      Seattle-
     
     
      New
      England
      game,
      but
      the
      common
      consensus
      is
     
     
      that
      no
      one
      likes
      the
      CFL.
      This
      has
      been
      proven
      to
     
     
      greatly
      upset
      our
      news
      editor.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      UPEI
      Cadre
      October
      19,
      2004
      page
      14