we o ‘appear to be a success. traveling-"to’ Quebee: os 3 ‘champlonships iy Ste: Foy” and going winless. The flret is that I didn’t \ , _ elena way way we (|. _ DONSCHAFFER wanted to. |. ca Sports Editor : “The second thing 1s that ‘the face of it; a team the “CAHA™ . (Canadian t went to a major | hockey’ = Amateur , Hockey \ -; toitmament, lost all five of Association) has igot to. a {ts games and finished outof - decide if it want's to go with -. the "playoffs wouldn't - . gab teams, ‘which {a whet wet are\: or” “elite. ‘teams eV) Totern Ford: ‘midget: reps did just that last. week x . . dea organization)... partic|pate- in the Canadlan | matlonal midget, | |) Quebec ..were ‘very, very Lo . -teams were pretty close. _ Somehow, «-the. team —. “As for our tournament, members don't seem to feel think the only disappointing "Hike failures at all. In fact, did pretty well, despite their, 3). That game we should _ been there I think'we would . between the diviaions was.” (collections. “of: the. ‘best players from. a. provincial or - Like ihe difference between - Ontarlo; Saskatchewan end good, but the _ rest” of -the .. game was the-one against. said. phere’ were teams there that werent as ood us bat they. were lucky enough to. be: on; the other side.of the draw: “Had we that of no allstars, ‘They * want:to give everyone an equal chance of making the trip. They want emphnelza the partieipetion thing, ‘in that’ winning : the have finished first or second tournament. isn't: the ‘most at least. . The: difference ; while Quebec, say; was the: ‘oppoalie, They are in favor. of doing whatever it takes to ~ put together the beat’ ‘team. hoitse™ league: and rep,, to. watch: one game and. ‘then ° - another: was’ just “Different provirices ‘put unbelleveable. en different numbers behind “On the question of the elite, - their teama, | but. aing. teams” .ve.. club’ -teams, . Quebec, say,’ thelr.’ elite "Sharples: ‘said”.the’ B.C. teams are designated AAA. ‘concept: of - - the. Ontario, Quebec and chaniplonship was different Saskatchewan’ steams’ were from. that © of - other all AAA, while’ Manitoba provinces. : * and Thunder Bay . would” ethe BCAHA's concept is ’ have been AA teams, record. . have won, but there are no Take coach Cliff Sharples, excuses. Our team played . for. instance. Had the | well, but not consiatently.-. midgels come back from, well, and some of | the say, Prince George without’ players did well throughout winning a game in January,- the tournament. . it's quite possible he’d have: “we didn’t win the game Fe : been pretty upset. What we should’ have, and I say faee abbout this trip? - fame because I think we _ “No questicn about it, it: was a-fentastic week,’”’. he said.Monday evening after arriving in Terrace. ‘{ don't think any of us will forget it, and I’m.quite proud of our _ guys, you know, we got: our lives and never beat them. ‘The. Quebec game was our best game, the kids ‘ _ had that game, too. “People couldn't believe that a team from a town our | size could ever get to the tournament, “they kept, saying a town of 14,0007. You'd never havé made it from here. ““T- think people. here ’ should be proud of the group and the facilities here. We got to the tournament and - that was our goal at the beginning of the season. We were the only team there with nine first- -year midgets — and the only team there from a small town, and I think we did very well.” Sharples said he came. away from the tournament olth: mixed feelings about both ‘the team: and the tournament setup. - - ' “Basically I have two opinions on the whole thing. game series I think we'd probably win three or four games against them.” One of the problems in playing the elite teams waa that. they were so much bigger than the, Terrace team, Sharples said. had gone with all 16 year . olds, and by doing that you get. bigger boys, stronger have to finesse some of our smaller forwards, they'd and that made it fough.’? ‘The Don Mills, Ontarto team that was in the same _ division as Terrace, for instance, had its emailest __ player listed in the program at 5'10" and 160 pounds, . They averaged 611" and 175 _pounds and were the biggest ‘team there. ‘There's no. question it was big league,” Sharples think the team played as well as it could all the time, but then again I don’t know - if the other teams there | Save 5 o 0% “off regular price ~~~ - until April 30 Choose from | a wide range of samples. Ho i th i to gat “your suit for Mele, Graduation or that - Souci Occasion. - - ALLOW 7 WEEKS FOR seve ‘could play Ontario and . Saskatchewan for the reat of. . playedhard, hit well, skated & . well, Maybe we should have E “Manitoba. was “allghty ahead of us, but in a ten-' “Most of the: ‘teams’ thera players. . They didn't even. Just muscle right past them ; Terrace Totem Ford head coach Cliff Sharples ‘(far left) and‘ assistant coach Vic Zaporzan flank several of the team’s players on the -PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HEART FUND VOLUNTEER =» ‘important thing - about: ‘ity \ crowns aie | ‘populations. See, in. Queb at! | we'd bea CC team, and. the itam i better players, would ‘ha been moved to a AA town, doesn ; bumber ; y-. al et a chance’ - elght majot mildget teams, to, “the. ‘national: "AAA teams, in Quebec,and |. ch -they all play in, their-own - e. league. That's it, they just“ ~ thing és, th nat is balay play each other and the — Air Canada other teams there don't get hat in effect: Western provinces to see them. © They sell — season tickets on almost a. will‘playofffot aberth, and - sunior hockey “basis; and — if Alberta is going elite and’ they charge $5:a'game, . BC,’ snot, it. may be a long “They run ‘er just Ike a — time. “before: “B.C. sends a! business, and it's the other . team to the. nationals again: areas " job to supply the good “There'll be quite a bit of: " teams. with . ‘players... » Controversy In the next few. bench during the Nova Scotia -game fast ete. at the. Alr Canada Cup In Ste. Pov. bec Le down 8a: should ' rim.) \-'Some- ‘places tern : tearne: cant pick. up players; some :-are -mad because they ‘want ‘the. ‘elite teams out, and: others. are -mad because: they, want the “ehub teams diit, It should be * dnteres _ Sharples: ‘sald he. wouldn't , change-muich if he ‘had the chuince ‘to go to Ste. Foy It’s important for a.team tp - over dgalii, “One. ‘thing. I would to: is go _ nderground ‘and. arrange . like everyineelse did. They weren't supposed to and I. _ didn't mow it was ‘done anyway, but it would have helped us quite a bit: Halifax. “4s far as the team goes, ‘I wouldn't change, Very ‘much. -I think we got! as much out of the kids as their , Sd levels would allow. “They all “had - the!’ right - . attitude; their behavior off — -the. ice: was good, andfor what they’e achieved this . year: and in .the past they . “should be congratulated. 1° mean, it’s really; the players that go out and ‘pla games,. ‘and when it dames down. to dt all. Tecan do is ‘Brepare them: and ‘open the gate, ..” : “One thing we don’t have up here is a way to assess the progress of the team in* comparison io «averyone.. alge. Others :! ‘CAN Apsess where- they - are, ‘bit. we: couldn’tdo thet on a regular . ‘Elway top ' NEW YORK’ (AP) " Baltimore Colts" selected Stanford quarterback John Elway” as. the ‘firat pick - today - in “the ' National . Football | e.: college drat. . The selection came after. weeks of intrigue involving . : the ail-America who -was | “about ‘how. things - for "separate °. practica ice time Saturday - We .- were flat on Sunday against Ido rely on the ee all: 2 work. Shore at-. Christman” and . struggled: through to the B. .. final, but. ff we could’. have... gone back and played the same‘teams later it would. have’ been ‘a different story: - get into a good cireult where. you ean tell where you ‘are, you mow, IF you play a bad: gaine and ‘the other. team beats you you have another - chance toimprove and-beat — them.again later, =\) | mo yt alo try to.get-more teams up here so that people here could see just how good this’ ‘team < was. . ~ Burnaby team wasn't. ‘quite “what'-we” expected ' ‘and The. Seafairwouldn't.come and | they wouldn't come, : but: It would have been nice to ‘get more-home games In,’ ny fa don’t think you come out of something like that a loser, even if your, record . isn't that impressive.*. “The kids that might have an eye on moving to junior. hockey Kot a taste of what they've got to do and where they've Bot to get to succeed. 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