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TEAM DOUGLAS WINS 1, TIES 1 AND LOSES 2.

Once again, the Douglas College Hockey Team (alias Team Douglas) has begun a new
season. This year, Team Douglas is one of four teams which have joined together to form
the Fraser Valley College Hockey League. So far, the team has played exhibition games
against two of the other teams, with mixed results. On Saturday, Sept. 29th, Team
Douglas journeyed to Abbotsford to play Columbia Bible Institute (CBI) and were soundly
trounced, 12-2. Enough said! The next game was played on Monday, Oct. 8th at Cloverdale
against Trinity Western College (TWC) and Team Douglas emerged triumphant by a score of
5-0. Goal scorers for Douglas were Ken Zakala (unassisted), Dave MacLaren (assisted by
Ron Ames), Keith McKenzie (unassisted), Al Lewis (assisted by Gene Giuricich and Ron
Ames) and Al Lewis again (unassisted). Douglas’ two goalies, Peter Collins and John
"Hot Hands' McKenzie were tested innumerable times but still managed to preserve their
shutout.

In their third exhibition game, Team Douglas gained some measure of revenge for
their humiliation at the hands of CBI by tying them 6-6 on Monday, Oct. 15th at Clover-
dale. Douglas started fast and led 2-0 at the end of the first period on goals by Ron
Hovey (assisted by Keith McKenzie) and John Tucker (assisted by Gene Della Mattia and
Bill Bonner). CBI, however, came roaring back in the second period and outscored Team
Douglas 4-1, making the score 4-3 in favour of CBI at the end of the second period.
Scoring for Douglas was Al Lewis (assisted by Ken Zakala and Gene Giuricich). The
third period was a see-saw battle all the way. Ron Hovey scored (assisted by Pat Ponti
and Keith McKenzie) to tie the score at 4-4 and then Al Lewis (assisted by Gene Giuri-
cich and Neil Tyerman) put Douglas ahead 5-4. CBI scored again to even the score at 5-5
but then Bill Bonner (assisted by Gary Cleverly and Gene Giuricich) put Douglas ahead
once more, 6-5. However, with less than three minutes to go in the game, CBI tied it up
6-6 to wind up the scoring. The game was an exciting one to watch and is a good indica-
tion of the calibre of hockey to which Douglas fans will be treated during the regular
season games which commence Oct. 27th at Abbotsford against CBI. Team Douglas' first
home game is on Monday, Oct, 29th against BCIT Forestry at Newton Arena. Game time:
8:00 p.m. Admission: $.75 for adults; $.50 for students; $.25 for children (under 12).
Please come - and bring a friend or two.

On Friday, Oct. 19th, Team Douglas played the BCIT Cougars of the Totem Conference
(not to be confused with BCIT Forestry of the FVCHL) and suffered a 12-3 defeat. In
spite of the absence of six regulars from the lineup, Douglas was very much in the game
until well into the second period. In the first period, BCIT scored twice in the early
stages but Douglas then scored to make it 2-1 before BCIT scored again to end the
period ahead 3-1. Douglas scored early in the second period to narrow the margin to
3-2 but after that it was all BCIT as the second period ended 8-2 in their favour. Final
score: 12-3 for BCIT. Scoring for Douglas were Rick Berry (assisted by Brian Galbraith),
Pat Ponti (assisted by Ron Hovey and Rick Berry) and Gary Cleverly (assisted by Len
Millis).

All in all, it looks as if Douglas has a competitive team and they should have a
good chance to win the FVCHL league championship. The team wishes to thank those fans
who turned out to cheer for them in the exhibition games and hopes that even more will
turn out to cheer them on during the league games. How about it, sports fans?