Page C6 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 18, 1990

With the first week of the
Stanley Cup playoffs com-
pleted, hockey poolsters can do
little but watch and pray their
picks perform up to expecta-
tions. As part of this series on
those who live and die-on slap-
shots, backhands and glove
saves, a look this week at the
trials and tribulations of one
such group as. they went
through their pre-playoff draft.

They were found huddled in a

dark and quiet recess of a local
hostelry, faces a study in con-
centration as they scanned the
stats one last ‘time.

Asked why they were so few
— only four to be precise —~
they modestly suggested their
formidable reputations might
have had something to do with
it, It was of no consequence,
however.

The only numbers that really
mattered were the goals and
assists their players would sure-
ly amass as the playoffs pro-
aressed.

Solemnly they plucked scraps
of paper from a battered ball
cap to determine the order of
selection. Earl (not his real
name) smiled with quiet
satisfaction as he drew first pick
and quickly snapped up
Calgary’s Nieuwendyck. WNo-

Playoff

TERRACE — It's time to wash
aut those eyes, take a big stretch
and replenish the fridge.

This past week's banquet of
Stanley Cup playoff games con-
tinues for the next six weeks.

There’s a possible game a
night on television until mid-
May when the number of sur-
viving teams narrows down,
says CFTK-TV television opera-
tions manager Chris Holtom.

All told, if all series go to
their maximum seven games,
CFTK will carry 49 games, she
Says.

And while that may sound
like a lot of hockey, you can
pick up more games by turning
to CBUFT from Vancouver to
check up on the Montreal Cana-
diens and to TSN to catch those
playoffs in the States not car-
ried by CFTK.

‘The amount of games may be

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one appeared surprised.
That changed: quickiy,
however, when Cail followed
with Mark Messier.’ The choice
was greeted with audible gasps
of disbelief and looks that sug-
gested he had. been concen-
trating on the wrorig draft for

’ the past several hours,

The next few roumds proceed-
ed quickly and just. as quickly
patterns began to emerge. Earl.
and Martin were ‘carrying a
torch for the Flames, Stacy was
avoiding the Smythe division
like the plague ancl Carl was
hedging his bets by selecting
from a different team each
time. ;

The tension that had prevail-
ed to that point quickly vanish-
ed to be replaced by guffaws
and derision as Martin began to
scoop up Washington players
despite assurances the move was
suicidal.

By the ninth round, with
most of the obvious picks snap-
ped up, the pressure was begin-

time tube-fest

enjoyable for hockey fans but it
does cause problems for CBC-
affiliate television stations
across the country as they must
constantly adjust their broad-
cast schedules, says Holtom.

“They (CBC) change times
every day it seems. Some times
we don’t know until that morn-
ing what time the game will be
on that day. We take it one day
at a time,” she said.

That means programs
regularly scheduled might be
held back or, in the case of TK’s
newscast, be half an hour in-
stead of one hour and air at 4
p.m. or 4:30 p.m. instead of its
normal 5 p.m. slot.

And if watchers don’t. like
hockey, there’s not much they
can do about it because CFTK is
contractually bound to carry all

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ning to tell. Choices took longer.
now as the quartet attempted to:
anticipate what their’ op-.:
ponents’ next moves would be’
and whether they could delay’
taking certain players for one’
more round,
Barl guessed wrong. Having
already taken Leeman of
Toronto and apparently about
to add more Leafs, he muttered .
darkly as Stacy frustrated the.
plan with back-to-back selec-
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