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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1998. PAGE 9.
From the sidelines
Bodyguards must adapt
By Hugh
Nichol
It now appears
that Jeff Kugel
will be playing
in the Ontario
Hockey League
next year.
Kugel, a
member of the Windsor Major "A"
Spitfires, gained instant recognition
in the hockey world when on Oct.
25 he came off the bench, sucker
punched a defenseless Owen Sound
player, then chased another across
the ice in an act of sheer lunacy.
Based on the above and following a
statement by Kugel that his role was
to strike fear into opposing players,
OHL commissioner David Branch
assessed the 6' 7", 255 lb winger the
stiffest penalty in Canadian Hockey
League history: a 25-game suspension
and banishment for life from the
Ontario Hockey League.
However, upon listening to
Kugel's appeal two weeks later
Branch apparently had a change of
heart and opened the door for a
possible return.
Will Kugel be reinstated for the
start of next season? Definitely!
Why? Because fighting is
accepted in hockey as is various
other types of aggression. Canadian
folklore is filled with stories of
toughness, roughness, and intimida-
tion; of fire and brimstone strategies
designed to eliminate the
opposition's effectiveness.
People have a fascination with
violence in sports, it repels and
attracts at, the same time. Canadian
hockey has always skated a thin line
between hard hitting and bodily
assault and while the hockey
establishment has taken steps to
reduce the unnecessary and
excessive violence too many of us
were raised on the Conn Smythe "If
you can't beat 'em in the alley, you
can't beat 'em on the ice" theory of
hockey evolution to completely
Brussels PeeWees have enjoyed
a good week recently with a regular
season win and solid play at a tour-
nament.
On Dec. 4, the squad hosted
Blyth. While holding their visitors
to just one goal, the home team tal-
lied seven for a big victory.
Scoring were Joel Hemingway
with two, Devon Blake with two,
Robbie McClure, Johnnie Engel,
and Tyler Campbell. Assists went
to Hemingway with two, Kyle
Stephenson and Brandon Blake.
On Saturday the team participat-
ed in the Blyth Legion tournament.
Their first match was against Luc-
know, which they whitewashed 3-
0.
Campbell, Szan Hoegy and Hem-
ingway notched the Brussels goals.
Hoegy and Blake got assists.
The team didn't do as well
The Brussels Novice B squad
suffered defeat off the sticks of
Blyth, Dec. 5, when the visitors
took home the 4-1 victory.
Blyth bulged the twine first when
Kendall Whitfield took a pass from
Byron Broome at 7:47 of the first.
.Brussels' Wade Stephenson,
assisted by Ryan Jutzi, evened the
score four minutes later, though
Blyth quickly retook the lead.
Anthony Peters beat the netmin-
dcr before the period was out.
cleanse the image of our pastime.
Old-time hockey is what allows
Canadian teams to succeed at the
Olympic and World Championship
level. It was responsible for the
return to respectability of the Boston
Bruins in the late 1960s and was the
guiding light behind the 1970s
Philadelphia Flyers. Led by Dave
"The Hammer" Schultz, the Broad
Street Bullies perfected the
controlled mayhem tactic winning
back-to-back Stanley Cups with a
lineup reminiscent of a World
Wrestling Federation pay per view.
It was the basis of success in the
Hanover Barons' 10-year dominance
of the Western Junior C League and
remains an integral part of WOAA
Senior Durham thundercats game
plan. And although not as successful
the playoff tactics used by Muncey
and Walpole Island will forever be
remembered in Blyth Minor Hockey
debates.
Kugel's willingness to protect his
teammates is admirable but his
methods should not be condoned
nor idolized by today's minor
hockey generation.
Although it is the Dave Semenko
type bodyguards that allows the
Wayne Gretzky's to reach stardom,
teams are unwilling to commit to a
player strictly for his pugilistic
abilities. As a player's enthusiasm
and effectiveness to engage in battle
begins to fade he must adapt or be
deemed expendable. For every Bob
Probert that matures into a full time
player there are 10 Dave Semenkos
that could not or would not change
their style.
Hockey is a passion that allows us
to escape from the realities of
everyday existence. Its
emotionalism allows two people to
become completely irrational over
what happened on the same play, at
the same time, in the same place. It
is for this reason we believe Jeff
Kugel when he says, "I never meant
to hurt anyone."
against Ripley. The opposition
showed they meant business early
scoring two quick goals in the first
before Hemingway finally man-
aged one to close the gap before
going into the second period.
Ripley took a two-point lead
back in the second which they held
through to the end of the period.
After Ripley opened the third
with their fourth goal, Brussels
started to turn it around with goals
in quick succession by Hemingway
and Campbell. Unable to capitalize
on any more scoring opportunities,
the team added to their woes by
allowing Ripley to knock in one
more point ending the game at 5-3
in their favour.
Assisting on these goals were
Campbell, Brandon Blake with two
and Engel with two.
Assists went to Whitfield and
Broome.
Blyth shutdown their opponent,
holding them scoreless through the
final periods while they popped
two of their own.
At 11:22 of the third, Cody Reid
passed to Curtis Robertson who
slid it in.
With only 16 seconds remaining,
Whitfield topped off the game with
her second goal. Peters and Roman
Sturzcnegger earned the assists.
Tykes
play
On ,)aturday, the Brussels Tykes
hosted Blyth in an exhibition game.
Four minutes into the game Ben
Gowing fired a shot into the bottom
corner of the net to give Brussels a
1-0 lead.
Two minutes later Matthew
Stevenson scored on a breakaway
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