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Dale K. Johnson, 34,
Christopher Hahn,

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86, GMC Suburban
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an the Hope-Princeton
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es cast of Hope.
"Hope RCMP Highway Patrol Const. Bob Gledhill said the truck left no
id marks on the road. The vehicle was heading cast.

Three other men in the truck, including Hahn's brother Andrew, 16,
ere taken to the Fraser Canyon Hospital in Hope with non-life threatening
juries.
2The other two surviving passengers were Jason Maudsicy, 16 and Bill
‘allock, 24.

“The surviving passengers were released from hospital a short time after
Bing admitted, said Gledhill

All the truck’s occupants lived in North Vancouver.

“They were heading for a secret fishing spot up the Hope- Princeton high-
May, said the RCMP corstable.
_A police investigator on Tuesday said that no one in the truck was wear-

JASON Maudsley (laft) and Andrew
Hahn were injured in the crash.

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Aboussafty. The new Junior B hockey team opens the season next Monday night in West Van.

New North Shore Jun

or B

hockey team laces ‘em up

By Andrew McCredie

Associate Editor
andrew@nsnews.com

A 30-year tradition was renewed
Monday night at West Vancouver
Arena as the North Shore Griffins
Junior B hockey team played their
first-ever home game.

The Griftins are one of nvo new expansion teams to
join the Pacific International Junior Hockey League
(PISHL) this season, and this week's game marked the
return of junior boys hockey to the North Shore after
the North Shore Flames pulled up stakes four years
ago.
And despite having fallen on rough times lately —
alue mostly to a dire lack of ice Gme — junior hockey
on the North Shore has a long and storied history.

The Nor-Wes Caps started the puck rolling in
1967, and over the past three decades hundreds of
players have learned about hockey and life as members

of North Shore junior teams.

Junior B is the third tier of junior hockey played in
Western Canada, with the highest calibre being Junior
A (ic. the Kamloops Blazers), the next the B.C. Junior
League, or Tier Two Junior (ie. the Surrey Eagles).

The concept behind the PIJHL is to allow junior
age players a chance to stay at home and still continue
to enjoy a high calibre of hockey. Many of the players
hope to work their way into college scholarships south
of the border or just develop their skills.

Typically, the only difference in players from one
tier to another is size and speed.

Griffins team owner Ken Wilson, a West Vancouver
businessman, and ccam general manager Phil De
Grandpre of North Vancouver sought the new fran-
chise to give North Shore players a place to play, and
from all accounts Monday night their plans have been
well received.

According to the volunteer ticket-seller, 107 people
paid to watch the historic game, and a quick head
count revealed attendance somewhere in the 175
range.

See Griffins page §