-ing.in the Comox series.
"The Northmen were entitled held at Prince George.
The trip to Hawaii is for the

team spokesman Dave Hull. Harlequin International tourna-
“We went through the season ment, running Oct. 10 to 14 with
undefeated and were ticketed for finals on the 15th. ;
_ the Columbia Cup,’’ he told us. ) |
“But with a week-long trip fora represented, including many”
huge tournament in Hawaii. in Pacific Rim countries. They're

10. Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 31,1988

Instructors at the Terrace Summer Hockey School

ma

Rod has one-and-a-half years of |

junior background with Sydney
and Langley. This fall he heads
back to the University of Leth-

bridge for his second year as a

player in the Canada West uni-

Meet the guys who teach kid

Tony Hildebrand

Tony, with three years netminding -

experience at Summerland, Fort
St. John and Kelowna, will be try-
Ing out for the Western League's
Victoria Cougars this fall (he
could end up sharing duties with
‘ Wade Flaherty). If not, he goes

back to Kelowna to complete his -

final two junior years.

versity hockey league.

_ Wade Flaherty

The talented junior goaltender for
Victoria Cougars was drafted this
summer by the NHL’s Buffalo
Sabres. He reports to their training
camp In Buffalo on Sept. 8, Wade
feels they'll likely send him back to
Victoria for his final year of junior
eligibility.

Brad Trudeau
‘Brad grew up with Terrace Minor
Hockey, but left here four years
ago. In Bantam, his team went to.
the ‘Purolator Cup’ national series
where they lost in the final.: He

then went with Delta Flyers for a~

year, then Abbotsford Falcons last
year. His upcoming year in junior
hockey should provide Brad with
an athletic scholarship with which
he'll be able to pursue a career in
criminology. .

Tropical rugby for Northmen -

The Terrace Northmen Rugby books, we asked Smithers to go

Club won’t be going to the Col- as league reps.”
Hull pointed out that a team

ox on Labour Day weekend, but from the Northcoast League had
that’s okay because they will be to attend because Terrace is ex-_
going to a major tournament in pected to host the Columbia
Cup in 1989.

The Columbia Cup is
just too much for the bank ac- emblematic of supremacy for
count, the Northmen bowed to third division teams in B.C. Last .°

Smithers Camels insofar as tak- year Terrace took secoid place
at the Columbia Cup, which was

-umbia Cup tournament at Com-

Hawaii in October.
Finding two expensive trips

to go to Comox, according to

early October already on: the guaranteed a minimum of four

Up to 22 countries will b

!

‘

games. .

The Northmen are in. the
social division, as opposed to the
first division section which
features top talent. . oy
_The Northmen have'been on a -
_ lengthy fund-raising effort and -

have come up with close to

$20,000 for the trip.” Co
°. 1m quite proud to say that ..

we have not begged, borrowed ‘|
or asked for a donation of one |

lousy penny,” Hull said. .

“We raised it the hard way.
‘We've sponsored dances and
concerts, and acted as bouncers
at several events. The boys really,
came through.” oe

Hull said they hope-to play a
few exhibition games between
‘how and their departure date.

. Jim Klonarakis

The only Kitimat instructor at the

hockey school was young Jim
Klonarakis, who played defence
for the Summerland Buckaroos
this past season. The husky rear-
guard has a bright future ahead of

him, and we hope to see him back

lan Alger
A good season with the B.C. junior
hockey league’s Vernon franchise.
enabled lan to grab a scholarship
at an eastern college in the-:state.
of New York. This gives him the op-

_portunity to earn a degree and play

hockey at one of the better schools,

at the school next year.

Frank Biller

Frank Is a product of the Merritt
minor hockey system where he's
lived most of his life. His parents
moved here two years ago. He’s ex-
perienced in junior hockey with
New Westminster, Vernon and
Merritt. He'll. be back with Merritt
for the upcoming season. |

_

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Marlo Desjardins —s.
Marlo has experience with several
junior ‘A' hockey teams. The last
two weeks of August saw him take
time off from carpentry work to in-
struct at the hockey school. Not.
drafted by the NHL, and with no-
nibbles for free-agent tryouts,
Mario would like to play In Europe.
However, he'll likely go to B.C.I.T.
and take a course in carpentry
while, playing college hockey.

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