~~ being held. Fanuary 2-5 at-the . Royal City, Curling Club, 75. Minster. Many of the top > ladies ‘Curling ‘rinks in the lower mainland have _ entered, including Sixth _Avenue, ‘New . West- . Opening ceremonies were A held yesterday with draws at © 9:30:a.m., 12 noon‘and 2:30 . p-m.”: “Draws today and - ” However, it. would: be an over-simplification to totally “ ‘the - - diagaosis by Philadelphia: ° * Flyers’ im-* _mediaté past'créase lurker is. buy the-Dornhoefer version correct, then -theCanucks and-hail this swap as the first made themselves a good trade the Canucks Have ever c.° made in which h they've come : “As out ontop. That's. the one in which. they sent’. right winger - Dennis Ververgaert to the Flyers - defenceman “For one thing, Philly had to be-looking for more than “return for just ruggedness and Kevin Mc- winger, Drew Callander. in the tough” Adams Division. The fact they are The immediate pastcrease getting little goal production . from their right side makes. lurker is Gary. Dornhoefer, now a color commentator on —Sense out of the’ trade. _ the Hockey Night in Canada . telecasts from Toronto and— Montreal. He retired last’ Reg Leach was their top summer after seasons at Philly, where he ' Don Saleski, wi ith séven, and - spent most of his time in \P: front of opposing goal creases, wrestling with defencemen and otherwise ha creating diversions’ while Flyer shooters threaded the puck througti legs and past falling bodies. -~half gone, thats, lyenough. . ~ Ververgaert can score. been His position: was. tight _ perseverance; also not being. . wing,. so he. qualifies: ‘as'an .‘much ‘of a: “factor : ‘when be expert on the trade. - He - . doesn’t have the puck... claims it is a bad one—for his old team. What they If the Philly centres can were after, he says, was a. make. the. plays, he'll score. big, rugged right winger But if he doesn’t improve the . (presumably in the Dor- work: yate he showed in five nhoefer mold), adding that seasons with the Canucks, ‘they had such a player in opposing teams also will young Callandar, a 22-year- | score’ when he’ son thei ice. old prospect from Regina. ProsPe ™ ‘Callander is the one who ~ will decide, over the second What the Flyers have _ half of the schedule, if the done, in his view, is givehim Canucks mad¢ themselves a away, plus a defence © good:deal. If he can step into prospect, in returm for a guy Ververgaert's position, make who doesn’t quite fulfill. a’ useful_ contribution and those requirements. Ver thus. become a permanent vergaert is big and strong, -team member, then the but one reason the Canucks- Canucks could be laughing. found him expendable is. that . Defenceman McCarthy then he doesn’t translate these... would become the bonus. assets into the abrasive, os aggressive play that coach Harry Neale wants. _ “TT ey, how d’you keep that terrific shines” He’ $ just 21 and this is only his second year as a pro. ry aggressiveness. The Flyers’ Carthy .and another right are the lowest-scoring: team. At the time. of ‘the deal, 11°.-NHL -right winger, with 15 goals. - aul Hoimgrer , with five, - Se next best. With the. goals. He’s a natural in that’. . respect. His problems have | consistency and. buffed into the surface of the that seals out the harmful eff costs less than you'd expect. you are, and just about whenever you want. - Call_and find out how soon we can get to your car, van, boat or plane. Ask about our interior and vinyl roof services too. We think you'll take a shine to us. He’ sa fine skater, a talented Stickhandler, passer - and shooter; but 1 suspect he has much™ to. learn” about defending. Lalso suspect this is ‘the ‘reason’ the Flyers found him to be:expendable, despite. the fact he was their first draft: choice i in 1977. .: “in three years of jyfior. | with” Winnipeg: “Monarchs, McCarthy was listed as a defenceman: But’ he did precious ° little defending. ‘Mostly he. carried the puck, — scoring goals~ arid . setting them pp. He had 105 points _in is final Season; 356 in the — ans “AS far ‘and. away. » the best - “player on the team, his lack. of defensive training was defending ~ The. Canucks now are i in their ninth. season and Ververgaert is: the” fourth first round draft choice. they have traded. The others are Dale Tallon! Guevremont_ | and Bob Dailey. tees! eo: They haven't - 7 Tallon went to Chicago for defenceman Gerry. Korab and goalie Gary Smith. They got one good season-out of “three from Smith before dealing him to Minnesota for now retired Cesare Maniago. ' Korab didn’t ‘like it, here, ‘threatened to jump to the «. WHA, :so: was traded to Buffalo for John Gould and Tracy Pratt. Pratt now is masked. by. the ‘fact ‘he had retired’ while Gould was - “the piick so often ‘he seldomi—moved along to Atlanta for #was required to play defence ~~. Yin the: normal; manner... ‘goes ‘in “junior “necessarily work, “among the | pros. He played almost. every. ‘game for the What, . aoesn’ t- Flyers: ‘last: séason, bu this “semester he was d d for _ just a little more than half of . them. . The word on him is that he's intelligent, works hard and is eager to improve. His attitude certainly won't hurt the Canucks. The fact he is good with the puck also should help ona defence that. -seems to have an inordinate amount of guys with concrete wrists. One of them, Randy Holt, was dealt a day later to Los Angeles for a forward named Don Kozak. Kozak, too, is a right winter, who had six seasons with the Kings as a 1S to 20-goal scorer each year. No flash. Just a dependable workman. And good insurance in the event Callander can’t make the team. ‘Meehan was -Hilliard Graves and ‘Larry | . Caryiere. Carriere was given his felease a year ago, ‘so, in* effect, through all its. per- mutations, the trade worked - out to Tallon for Graves: Guevremont. went to Buffalo for Gerry Meehan and Mike Robitaille. He is still playing there. Robitaille is all through as the result of a spinal injury sustained in a game here two years ago. traded to Atlanta for defenceman Bob Murray, who has since been released. . Dailey > went to Philadelphia for Larry Goodenough and Jack Mcllhargey. Larry didn’t live up to his name. He wasn't good enough and is in the minors. So, as it worked out, the trade was Dailey for Mclihargey. Now, there is this newest one. If nathing else, the law of averages says the Canucks have to be a winner. It’s Preserv-A-Shine, and it keeps itself. 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