Quacks! Imagine a day on the stream, a Fall day when the bugs are finished their mischief; when the river and air are clear and cool; when every pool, run and riffle holds salmon; a day when the fishing is challenging and reward- ing: when it is difficult to pry yourself away from the fishing, but you do be- cause the exercise has made you hungry and Mrs. Krieg] bas sand- wiched a stack of ham and cheese be- tween two pieces of dark rye in anticipation of the occasion. You wash down the sandwich with a rich blend of coffee, fish until the river gets shadowy, then toast the day - down with a warming sip from the flask, Then it’s home to top the day off wilh a rib-sticking supper and the hockey game. But, I fear, the harmonious whole, the glorious day, the day you would cheerfully die for because it is heaven anyway, Will soon be no more. - The Mighty Ducks are a signal that the Great Day of game fishing, gastro- nomic delights followed by ihe Great Canadian Game of Hockey are at an end. Fishing in this country will probably be reasonably good in my lifetime. Mrs. Kriegl’s sandwiches and _ Karen’s cooking will always be mag- nificent. But the Great Canadian Game is ina process of decay. If you are as old as I, you will recall the pames of pre-expansion days. These were not mere games, but epic ". struggles fought on ice where men without helmets attempted to blast _ pucks past men without masks, “There was Maurice "Richard “s Streaking’ ‘down “the: “wing, ' striking terror with his maniacal stare, ‘scoring 50 goals in 50 games in an ° ‘age when defencemen played defense. Who can forget Lome ‘‘Gump”’ Worsley, his face pitted with puck. scars, slopping cannonading drives off the stick of the Golden Jet. And what about Bobby Baun who played more than two periods on a broken leg. The majority of the games were - close in that bygone, much lamented era. Three to two, two to one. “When -the tensions became un- bearable, fights would break out, but they were relatively civil affairs of the drop-the-gloves Marquis of Queens- ‘ bury variety. In contrast to today’s practice of skating around with stick cocked at - Shoulder height, the NHLers of _ Yesteryear kept the lumber close to the ice, When the Rocket sinned by using his stick like an axe to fell Bruin defenceman Hal Laycoc, Clarence Campbell,. league president at. the time, suspended Richard during the _ Stanley Cup playoffs. Each year, hockey bears more and more resemblance to pseudo-circus ’ sports like All-Star wrestling than it _ does the great game of yore. _ What must men like the Gumper think of a giant, 200 Ib.-plus rookie sensation who refuses to play for the _ team which drafts him because his * Mommy doesn’t think it’s a good * idea? : |. And once he’s found a team to his ‘| . liking, misses a bunch of games be- cause .of a beer-slinging . brouhaha with a diminutive waitress? And now the league has expanded to Anaheim. The old league. had the Hawks, Bruins, Maple. Leafs, Rangers, Red Wings and Canadiens (known as the Habs to ‘real - fans), tough rugged names sulting a tough mugged sport. Now we will get the Mighty Ducks. Obmigawd, Disneyfied hockey! For uniforms, the Ducks will proba- bly don one of those sweet little sailor “tops Donald used to ‘wear. Perhaps Duck defencemen will carry the puck up ice on webbed skates and their goaltenders wear masks fashioned in “the likeness of Scrooge McDuck just to denionstrate their stingincss. Maybe Goofy or Mickey will coach — the marketing possibilities are end- : Tess. - “nlng of the end. “Rocket” “ . ‘To the connolsseur, it is the begin-_ “Like the railway, bocey is done. _ WINTER GAMES disdders There’s gold in them there hills! At least there was on Shames Mountain for Angela Rioux and Gyll Robertson. Despite avalanche proportion snow- falls on the second day of competition at the B.C. Winter Games, the duo outsped their rivals to take the gold medal in the the seniors doubles luge event. The victory put a special gleam on what was overall a shining performance by local sledders. _ Rioux had earlier clocked the secondest fastest time in the senior women’s singles while Ryan Prinz and Roy Shelford had just missed out on a bronze in the junior doubles, With none of the Terrace racers finish- ing further back than ninth in their events, the zone 7 contingent also came away with the team bronze, Joining Rioux, Robertson, Prinz and Shelford on the podium for that one were Ed Hess, Sam. MacKenzie, Yolanda Zimmer and Kitimat’s Red Rioux. Also bringing home gold to Terrace were wheelchair ‘basketball David Pereversoff and-Joe Sippel. And the Haisla Recreation Centre court also saw more Terrace medallists with Shannon Murdoch, June Ross and Deb- bie Scarborough picking up bronze in women’s basketball. No.surprise was the sight of Masters swimmer Joe Mandur, 58, collecting more medals to add to his already im- pressive collection. Mandur tumed in a strong leg in help- ing the zone team to silver in the 4x50m freestyle relay and his overall per- formance earned him another silver in the Men’s 50-59 years category. Showing her talent involved water of the frozen variety, lone Terracite Alison Stewart was on her game all tournament as the zone 7 team took second spot in women’s hockey. Martial, arts exponents provided the final yO. silvers picked up by local athletes" Paul Fleming in Boys 13-14 years Orange/Green belt Kumite and Rosy Sanghera in Girls 17-18 years Brown/Black belt Kata. The duo also brought | home a bronze each, Sanghera in Kata‘and Fleming In’ Kumite, . Noteworthy performances which un- fortunately did not result in a medal were ~ put in by Caroline Brown (Sth in junior team badminton), Jennifer Kuehne (6th ‘in Artistic Silver figure skating) and Leah Graham and Trina Mateus (4th in female Provincial ‘B’ team gymnastics), Zone 7 emerged from the three day Games with 13 gold, 49 silver and 40 bronze. That 102 medal tally was the fourth highest among the eight .competing zones. “‘Thompson-Okanagan mined the most gold (80) while the Vancouver Island- Central Coast delegation, the largest at the event, picked up the most medals with 195: 64 gold, 78 silver and 53 bronze, players . The Terrace Standard. Wednesday, March 10, 1993 - Page C1 “Rough “diamonds, Page C3 BOTH ARENAS in Kitimat were the.scene of non-stop action as. hockey players, figure skaters and speed skaters vied for medals at the B.C,. Winter Games. Above, the local Tri-City ‘Bears find themselves un- der pressure again in a Men's game which belonged to thelr North Is- land opponents. Zone 7 did pick up a medal, however, when the Women’s team came away with silver. Im- portant as the competition was, the Games are also known for their lighter side. At. right, Kitimat’s Adrian Tryssenaar, was one of many who tent his talents to the entertainment. Youth swimmers go three for two Terrace DBluebacks sent only two swimmers to the 1993 B.C. Winter Games, but brought back three medals. Aimee Peacock picked up silver in both the 100m and 200m breast stroke while Tori MacKenzie added a bronze in the 100m back stroke. Good as their performances were, conch Mike Carlyle ssid the medals were nearly a different, shinier colour. * (Senior Women’s Singles) _, LUGE Peacock was only a hair's breadth out in her 100m race, missing the win- ning touch by just 6/100ths of a sec- ond. In the 200m, it was only a half second difference, Carlyle added. For MacKenzie, the biggest problem was not her opponents but the fact - she’s fallen victim to a bug at Just the wrong time. “She was feeling pretty sick all weekend,"’ Carlyle said, adding it had CHEESE! The crowds will love these meeces to pieces, as they will all the '. other cartoon characters soon to be ap- pearing here. To find out what it’s all about, turn to the story on page C10, then mark the dates on your calendar. Terrace medalists GOLD WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL: David Pereversoff Joe Sippel | LUGE Angela Rioux Gyll Robertson (Senior doubles) SILVER WOMEN’S HOCKEY: Alison Stewart KARATE Paul Fleming (Boy’s 13-14 yrs Kumite) Rosy Sanghera (Girl's 17-18 yrs. Brown/Bluc Kata) LUGE Angela Rioux Ora nge/Green MASTERS SWIMMING Joe Mandur (4x50m Freestyle Men's 50-59 years) YOUTH SWIMMING Aimee Peacock (Girls 100m Breast; Breast) Relay; overall Girls 200m BRONZE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Shannon Murdoch June Ross Debbie Scarborough KARATE Paul Fleming (Boys’ 13-14 yrs. Orange/Green Kau) Rosy Sanghera (Girls 17-18 yr. . Kuniite) Brown/Black Ed Hess Sam MacKenzie Ryan Prinz Angela Rioux Gyll Robertson Roy Shelford Yolanda Zinvmer (Overall team) YOUTH SWIMMING Tori MacKenzie . a (Girls 200m Back) oe ‘ really hit her in the 200m back event. There, MacKenzie went out strong “hut didn’t have the legs coming back.” He was also impressed she had maintained her times despite the Il- ness. Meanwhile, Peacock had showed she was adjusting well to a recent change in stroke style by recording best times in both her medal events, Last gasp goals — enough The Recreational hockey division has a new scoring champ, but Troy Farkvam waited until the very end to snatch the crown, When he and his Norm’s Auta Refinishing teammates skated out for their final game March 4, Farkvam’s stats stood at 63 goals, 41 assists for a 104 point total. That was just one shy of All Scasons sharp shooter Mario Desjardins, whose season had ended two nights earlier, Norm’s finale game tumed Into a lower scoring affair than expected, the Refinishers being held to four goals. However, two of them belonged to Farkvam, and so did the 1992-93 scoring crown, This year’s performance was a marked improvement for Farkvam who'd tallied only 75 points the previous season for fourth spot. With the regular scason over, rec teams entered playoff action last night with season champs All Seasons taking. on Precision Builders and Norm's facing off against cellar dweller Coast Inn of the — West. The five-game round-robin ends Tues- day, March 23, the top. two finishers: March 28, going to a sudden « death final Sunday, ip