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TheReview Wednesday, June 13, 1990

Mowat moves to coaching post for Junior A Warriors

Former Peninsula Eagles Junior
B hockey coach Mike Mowat
signed the papers making him the

| new head coach and assistant gen-
eral manager of a Victoria Junior
A team last week.

“I’m leaving behind a very
stable Junior B franchise and I’m
certain they will continue to be a
powerhouse in that league,”
Mowat said. “I’m hopeful that
some of the players on that team

@ Will find their way onto the big
team.”

Mowat takes a lifetime junior
hockey coaching record of 93

+ wins, 34 losses and 12 ties to the
new Victoria Warriors Junior A
franchise, which will be based at

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the Juan de Fuca Rec Centre this
season.

Warriors owner Bob Lynn said:
“He’s successful and motivated,
I’m happy with the enthusiasm
he’s displayed so far and I’m
really pleased with the recruiting
he’s done so far.”

Mowat has to fill a roster of 21
players, has 16 returning players,
including 10 20-year-olds, and is
looking to draw some talent from
the Peninsula.

Eagles Greg Wagnor, Eric Ojala
and Chris Wallace will be invited
to camp, along with some promis-
ing 17-year-olds who proved
themselves in a recent under-17
Best Ever camp in Osoyoos.

1988/89, one-fourth—$145 million—went

Craig Bentham, a six-foot, 175-
Ibs. mobile defenseman, and
Derrick Robinson, a five-foot-ten
150 Ibs. left winger, both Peninsula
Minor Hockey products, helped
the Vancouver Island under-17s to
a record of four wins and one loss
against other provincial under-17
teams.

Mowat sees the Warriors as a
stepping stone for players who
want to move to U.S. college teams
or major junior franchises.

“We want to be a strong compe-
titive hockey team and get our
players somewhere,” he said.
“You win by having talented and
smart hockey players. I’m not
interested in the Bruise Brothers

At what pointdowe

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This scenario 1s notas absurd as

the missing money would have solved

act the team portrayed in the past.”

Coaching Junior A isn’t new to
Mowat, although it’s his first stint
as head coach. He was assistant
coach with the Juan de Fuca
Whalers during the 1986 season.
Since ’86 the Whalers moved to
Cowichan Valley and last year
were called the Cowichan Valley
Warriors.

Eagles’ owner Larry Olson
wished Mowat all the best.

“Tm really happy to see him go,
he’s a great coach and I’m sure
he’ll do well,” Olson said. “He
works really hard, he’s young,
enthusiastic and he wants to
become a coach.”

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you might think.

The fact is, our elected officials
have been carving medical budgets to the
bone. And just about everyone is hurt-
ing, including doctors.

Did you know that of the $581

million in MSP premiums in B.C. in

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to things like roads, bridges and other
programs?

Everything, in other words, but
the Medical Services Plan.

It’s an outrage to you because you
paid those premiums in confidence.

It’s an outrage to doctors because

our current fee dispute.

This questionable accounting
comes after a 61% mecrease in premium rev-
enue over the past three years—while health
care as a portion of government bud-

Nothing's more important than your hell ;

All of which leads us to conclude
something we've suspected all along. Our =
provincial government is more interested
in its own health than yours.

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