Terracites swept aside |

THE AGONY continued for Terrace curling
teams at this year’s northwestern zone
_playdowns.

Even with the supposed advantage of home
ice, local quartets were unable even to make
the finals,

Kevin McDougall’s Terrace cashspicl win-
ning rink fell 8-6 to Gordie Judzentis of
Smithers and Keith Melanson couldn’t get by
Roger Atchison of Prince Rupert and his three
Smithereens.

In a final that went to the final rock of the
final end, Judzentis, Wolf DeSmet and Robert
Judzentis emerged triumphant and Atchison
was left to wonder what would have happened

if nerd made a diferent choice with that final
rock,

Down 8-6 with a definite counter and, sub-
ject to a measurement, a possible second one,
an eight foot draw by Atchison would have
guaranteed an extra end or, if the measurement
went his way, the zone title,

The alternative was to try a chip and stick on
Judzentis’ rock to take the three but there was
the danger of jamming that rock on his own

counter if it went wrong. '

Atchison went for the chip, threw inside and
the sweepers couldn’t save it. The danger be-
came a realily, leaving Judzentis with the
single for 2 9-6 victory,

The NHL slands for No Hockey
Lately and we're awash in a sea
of a walkaway arbitration so you
may have asked the question,
“Does anyone want to play this
game anymore?"

Well, yes, some do and one of
them has been the Vancouver
Canucks goaltender for the last
six months,

Ron Vite (pronounced Vest)
used to sult up for summer
games to help the Ganucks work
out but during the shutdown has
played more than Kirk MacLean.
He's a full-time target who loves
every second of it even if, mast
certainly, he wan't get work on
the players' bargaining
commiltee.

"I'd take room and board and a
jacket just to get a chance to play
pro,” he says with a smile,
reminding us that the love of the
game is still very much alive,

The Terrace Standard, commer, January 18, 1996 - C3

"DO \ we e play Yes ¢ or ‘No!!

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othe

The Voice of

Canucks

by Jim Hughson

one big charity game during the
lockout with close to 20 NHL
players from Adams to Sakic.

“| can hald my own in practice
but once the game starts it’s a
different story,” he said with a
smile and rolling his eyes, "In the
charity game they blew a couple
of quick ones by me and | knew |
had toe shape up in a hurry, then!
stopped Trevor. (Linden) on a
breakaway and that felt great. If |
stopped playing hockey now, that
game was probably the highlight
of my life.”

But there's no stopping him
now. Every day, Aon Vite is out

with the pros because he wants
to be better but mostly because
he loves (he game. He's
applied for citizenship and
hapes Germany will be his next
stop in goal ance all the NHL
players come home.

His marriage to hockey isn't
the only one he has planned
but aven.-his fiancee is
encouraging him to carry.on. “I
might be 35 years old and still
doing this,” says Vite, “They
can't drag me out of this
game,”

Now, what was that about
arbitration?

"Millions of players are more ©
talented than me and will never
see an NHL shot but whether I'm
good enough to play or net, (ll
have this for the rest of my life.
They can't take this away from
me."

He makes it sound like he's
some piece of plywood but Vite
can play a Iittle and has in a
place or two.

A lacrosse goalie, Vite didn’t
starl skating untif he was 15 but
in three years he was playing
junior hackey. He toiled in
Yorkton, Sask., Lethbridge, Alta.,
and Abbotsford, B.C., and when
his junior days were finished he
actually got paid in hot spots like
Columbus and Indianapolis.

Now, at 28, his friends are
working in offices and he could
be selling real estate but Ron is

Opening doors at a Vancouver
hotel when he's not trying to
close them on some of hackey's
best players.

“Here | am making $10 an hour
as a doorman and :'m sitting in
the dressing room with these
millianaires, but once they get ta
know you, dollars don’t make any
difference.”

Vite has been getting to know
the pros at empty practice rinks
s (he says Geolf Courtnall has the

hardest shot) but he did get into

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ag It’s their week

MINOR HOCKEY WEEK begins this Saturday, January 21. The PeeWee divi-
_ sion players will be taking part in a skills competition and Novice players will
split up into special teams for age group games. The Atoms will use their ice
time for regular games as they head into playoff action while the Bantams and
Tykes itineraries had not been finalized as of press time.

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