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the last several years. Proving, that
is, with profitable success.

’ Anyhow, it's nice to hear one of
the game’s management panjan-

. , drums state the essentials in these

~ terms, because most of them still
' Stand around mouthing the witest of
: hockey's many trite expressions:
“The Stanley Cup i is what it's all --
_ about.”
“Tf that's the case, then why place
84 games over a six-month period
"just to get there? Why make the reg-
ular season so meaningless? Why,
not introduce a comnion sense
change to the current setup that
would give equal status to both the
overall league winner and to the © Cup
champion? *
* Professional soccer at ‘the top
_ level found the answer years ago:
“make the cup competition an‘all-—.-;
comers knockcut event, with the var-
icus. rounds played on pre-selected
: dates during the regular season.
It has the advantage of giving
._ even the longest shots a chance ata
“ cup run. Because upsets are e the very.

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nature of sports competition, espe-
cially in single-game or home-and-
home elimination contests, playing
cup series this way adds piquancy to
what often can be drab stretches in it
long, long season.

Mearwhile, congratulations to
Quinn for making the Mogilny deal.
While New Jersey Devils proved

"that flash and dash don’t necessarily

win the Stanley Cup. they certainly
provide much better entertainment
than fast month's eminently forget
table final did. .

‘- Finally, for future reference —

~ say, about the turn of the century —

tuck away these two nantes: Jay
McKee and Todd Norman. McKee is
a defenceman from Niagara Falls.
Bulfalo chose him with that 14th
overall pick from the Canucks. -
Norman is a winger from Guelph.
The 120th pick overall, he’s the fifth
round throw-in who comes to
Vancouver with Mogilny.

The chances of either of them °

‘attaining NHL stardom? Better you

should buy a lottery ticket. On the
other hand, as they say in those 6/49
ads —- you never know.

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The directors of the W West Van Otters Swim Club a are ¢ pleased to announce the

- appointment of Sam Montgomery as head coach effective September’ 1, 1995. ‘Sam me
’ is one of only five coaches i in the country to hold level 4 NCCP certification and he...

has over 27 years of coaching experience. Sam recently coached the 1995 Pan oO
American swimming team and guided Andrea Moody (of the Fraser Valley Spartan :
Swim Club) t.a bronze medal. Sam has been named B. C. Coach of the Year four
times and is the current president of Canadian Swim Coaches Association. we

The Otters are also pleased to announce the appointment, of Suzanne Stanton 2 as:
Head Age Group Coach. Suzanne has a competi and coaching background, most

: recently with the University of Victoria tean

We welcome Sam and Suzanne’ io the Otters organization and look forward to an
exciting future, . or

There. are still some vacancies for .

-the 95/96 season ~ please call

Dorice Trasolini at 922-3593 for more information’ >