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Violence in hockey continues to be a problem and very little
seems to be done about it. '
The place to start would be in minor hockey blit this isn't hap-
pening. Recommendations have been made as far back as 1974
when The then Attorney General for Ontario William McMurtry
completed a study.
Since that time there have been six different reports plus a
letter to the OHA from former NHL referee Vern Buffet' who was
technical director of refereeing for Ontario Hockey.
Each of these briefs and some were not so brief suggested im-
portant changes, but very little has happened.
Why? It seems coaches, players, officials and parents don't
have the will to save our national sport.
We have learned that Buffey did not even receive the courtesy
of a reply to his letter.
In his letter Buffey suggested the OHA approach the CAHA
for rule changes saying, "not all officials possess good judgement
and certain rules must be revised to enspre mandatory enforce-
ment. These would include charging, boarding, high sticking and
cross checking. Each of these could carry an automatic -miscon-
duct penalty".
A recent survey of 31,302 parents of minor hockey players pro-
vided some interesting information. An across -Canada ban on body
checking for pee wee and under levels was supported by 63.5
percent.
Almost 84 percent urged that intimidation and violent acts by.
eed to check increasing violence
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players of all ages be changed and 76 percent felt there is too much
violence in amateur hockey.
A suggestion that minor hockey stresses winning rather than
recreation and fun was supported by 66.5 percent of those
questioned.
A report published jointly by the Ontario Hockey Council and
Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation in 1980 recommended
that body checking in aU house league hockey divisions be
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eliminated in order to stress hockey skills and to enable players
with disparate physical sizes to continue playing the game for fun.
The injury statistics from hockey would certainly dictate a
change in rules or at least in attitude of all concerned.
In Canada from 1976 to 1983, 48 spinal injuries occurred in
hockey and 29 were in Ontario. Of these 25 struck the boards, 19
were pushed or checked from behind and 27 were confined to a
wheelchair for life.
More accidents involve hockey than other sports activity and
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28 percent are in the five to 24 years of age group. Half of hockey
accidents seem to 'occur in the under 14 age group.
Is the will to win at all costs the reason for the goon -like
behaviour witnessed at almost every level of hockey competition.
It will be difficult to do, but attitudes and behaviour must
change. Let's not continue with studies and briefs, but do something
about it.
TirivIa answers
Here are the answers to last week's trivia:
The last player to win the Hart Trophy as the most valuable
player in the NHL before Wayne Gretzky took it for consecutive
years was Brian Trottier of the New York Islanders. Trottier did
it in 1979. •
Roger Clements with 20 strikeouts recently for the Boston Red
Sox broke the mark of 19 held jointly by Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan
and Steve Carlton.
Johnny Vandermeet of the Cincinnati Reds is the only major
league pitcher to throw two consecutive no-hitters in 1938 against
the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers.
This week's questions are:
Who are the only two major league hitters in recent times to
hit 20 or more doubles, triples and home runs in one season.
Babe Ruth was known for his power at six feet, two inches and
215 pounds. Did he steal any bases during his 22 year caieer?
In the 1957 major league all star game, eight of the nine regular
starting players on the National League were from which club?
WINS DOWLING AWARD — Pete McFaIIs of Exeter rolled the highest
score in a recit bowling tournament in Toronto for Bell Canada
employees in Ontario and Quebec. McFaIIs scored the high single
game of 245 in 10 pin bowling. T -A photo
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Royals open ------7WIt% .two
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White Sox giving. tip 12 hits while
striking out 5 batters. Brian Hodgins
picked up the win in relief of Dan
Exeter Royals opened up the first'
week of the 1966 fastball schedule with
a pair of wins. Tuesday they travell-
ed to Lieury and beat West Corners
14-2 while Thursday in Exeter they
edged the Lucan White Sox 5-4. .
This week they are in action only
once as they travelled to Poplar Hill
last night (Tuesday). Thursday's
game against Ilderton is postppgqnneedd
'Their next home game is Th day
May 22 against last year's champions,
the Lucan Irish.
Royals 14 West Corners 2
The Royals opened the season in
Lieury Tuesday with an impressive
14-2 win. Dan Heywood singled and
Randy Kraul doubled in the first inn-
ing to produce a run. West Corners
tied the score in the bottom of the
first.
The Royals added two runs in the
third inning with Willie Lamb's single
being the only hit. West Corners nar-
rowed the score to 3-2 with one run in
the bottom of the third.
The Royals upped the score to,4-2
in the fourth as Jeff Rowe and Jeff
Lindenfield both singled. They added
three morsruns•in the fifth as Brian
Sowerby,strigle and i;evefai walks
produced the runs.
They added a run in the sixth as
Jeff Pfaff walked and came around to
score.
They added six more runs in the
seventh as Brion Penhal' , Pete
Tuckey, Dan Heywood and Me Des-
iardine all had tuts
Dave Prout pitched a strong game
for the Royals allowing seven hits
while striking out ten batters. Rob
Dart champs
The playoff season of the Exeter
Legion mixed dart league was 'con-
cluded Friday night and the •Itchy
Niters emerged as champions.
Runnersup to the playoff title were
the Turtles while the consolation
championship was taken by Snyde
and Clyde with the A -Team as
runnerup.
Thoman took the loss for West
Corners. '
Royals 5 White Sox 4
The Royals scored a run in the bot-
tom of the seventh to edge the Lucan
White Sox 5-4. The White Sox opened
the scoring in the top of the first inn-
ing with a run.
The Royals notched two runs in the
second as Willie Lamb and Tom Tor -
doff singled and came around to score
as the centre fielders misplayed the
ball.
The Royals went ahead 3-1 in the
fourth as Dan Heywood singled And
came around to score. They went up
4-1 in the fifth on Jeff Rowe's single
and Dan)-Ieywood doubled.
The White Svc started their com-
back in the sixth as they notched two
runs to narrow the score to 4-3 and
scored the tying run in the top of the
seventh.
In the bottom of the seventh the
Royals notched the winner as Jeff
Lindenfield singled. Pete Tuckey
went in to run and stole second and
with two out and a full count Brian
Hodgins singled him in with the win-
ning run.
Rick Treentan tool; the toss for the
victories
Heywood who pitched a strong six in-
nings. They,combined to allow six hits
while striking out eight batters.
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