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38 — Wednesday, January 14, 1998 - North Shore News

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David Allen Weir
Contributing Writer

PORT Coquitlam
Buckeroos goaltender,
Daniel Meneghin led
his team to a 4-0 victo-
ry over the North
Shore Griffins in
Pacific International
Junior Hockey League
action Monday night in
West Vancouver.

Mathematically out of the
playoffs, the Griffins came out
and skated stride for. stride
with their opponents, but
could not buy a goal.

Tomohiro Ushida had his
third straight start in goal for
with Jordan
Sigaler still suffering from a
nagging shoulder injury.

John Morlang opened the
scoring at the 10:26 mark of
the first. Striding across the
blue line, Morlang unleashed
a booming slap-shot that beat
Ushida over his shoulder on
the stick side, glancing off the
post and into the net. Cart
Paddock made it 2-0 just 1:33
later, as he finished off a
scramble in front of Ushida.

The score at the end of the
first did not reflect the effort
the Griffins were putting into
the game. North Shore kept
testing Meneghin, but could
not find a way to put it past
the Buckeroos’ goalie.

The second period saw
more physical play as both
teams came out looking to
control the offensive zones,
but neither team could turn
on the red light.

Ushida was beat at 16:08
of the third by Rob Corea
making it 3-0. And with 1:59
left in the third, Corea won a
face off to the right of Ushida

and passed it back to Marshall
Brown in the Mot who let a
one-timer go, beating
Ushida’s glove hand.

After the game, Buckeroos
coach Grant Kerr praised the
Griffins’ work ethic: “They
always come and cry to work
hard, and that says alot about
what they are uving to
accomplish, its just not all
going to happen in one year.”

Griffins coach | Norm
MeNamara was pleased with
his team’s performance and
really thought they could beat
the Buckeroos right up until
the final minutes of the game.

With his team mathemati-
cally climinated from the play-
offs, McNamara said he has
told his players that they are
playing for next year.

“We told the kids that if
they want to move onte
another league or be on our
hockey club next year they
have to play it our way which
is tough torecheck, physical
game, so we set some goals
for them period by period,”
said McNamara.

In building for next year
the Griffins made some roster
moves prior to Monday's
game that MeNamara believes
will make them a stronger
team in the future. The
Griffins acquired defenseman
Devon Walshe from the Delta
icehawks and returned Devon
Carson to his Hollyburn
midget team. McNamara said
they agonized over the deci-
sion to send Carson down,
but that they felt that it was
important for him to get as
much ice time as possible, and
that they look forward to wel-
coming him back nest season.

The Griffins nest game is
Friday night in Abbotsford,
followed by a Monday night
game at West Van Arena.

north shore news

KEN Wilson is taking
the high road in the
ownership wrangle
over the North Shore
Griffins Junior B
hockey team.

During the second inter-
mission of Monday night's
game at West Vancouver
Arena, the owner of the
hockey club said he wasn’t
going to get into a name-call-
ing contest with former gen-
eral manager Phil De
Grandpre.

Two Mondays — ago,
Wilson called West Vancouver
police in an atremprt to get De
Grandpre removed from the

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Say ‘Aunt’

KRISTEN McFee pins her opponent during the North Shore All-Stars vs. Vancouver All-Stars high school
wrestling tournament at Carson Graham fast Friday afternoon. Carson's McFee, a two-time champion,
helped lead the North Shore All-Stars to a resounding 14-6 match victory.

League stands behind Wilson

from the
cheap seats

Griffins games against Ridge
Meadows.

De Grandpre claims he
has ownership rights of the
Griffins, but according to
Wilson, De Grandpre hasn't
been involved in the first-year
team since fast summer when
he began serving a BC.

Amateur Hockey imposed
suspension,

“Phil knew months ago
that we, and the league, did-
n't want him back,” Wilson
said Monday. “And that's
about all f have to sav.”

Wilson has the backing of
the Pacific International
Junior Hockey League.

“AN the dealings we've
had with the Griffins have
been with the governor of the
team, Ken Wilson,” POHL
president Tom Shaw. said
Monday afternoon. “And we
have reaffirmed our position
thar Mr. Wilson is the gover-
nor and franchise holder (of
the team.)”

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

Shaw added he hasn't had
dealings with De Grandpre
since last suinmer, “because
he was under suspension”
when the Griffins were grant-
ed a league franchise.

De Grandpre’s chim of
ownership is based on the fact
that back in October he
incorporated othe North
Shore Griffins in his name.
The lease for West Vancouver
Arena, according to De
Grandpre, is also in his name.

The tormer general man-
ager was no where to be seen
on Monday night, though
one gets the feeling that we
haven't heard the last of this
office battle.

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