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THE OTHER PRESS .

November 9th, 1984

 

Merv Bodnarchuk, coach of the
Douglas College Men’s Hockey team
was fired last week. Bodnarchuk, who

by JANE MUSKENS

was hired only two months ago, had’

 

not even coached long enough to see

The decision to dismiss Bodnarchuk,
came after the entire hockey team
signed a petition expressing that, as a
Douglas College team, they deserved a
better coach.

treated the players without respect,
and he favoured some players while he
harassed others.

The team even expressed their
extreme unhappiness over
Bodnarchuk’s conduct towards Bobby
Hull and Gordie Howe, during a fund

the team play their first league game.

The petition stated that Bodnarchuk

O LONG
MERVIN

raising expedition put on by the club
last month.

Betty Lou Hayes, athletic coor-
dinator, described Bodnarchuk as a
man ‘‘who had poor inter-relations
skills, which unfortunately extended to
the team.’’ She also stated that he was
‘unable to deal with the requirements
of a Douglas College coach.’’

Apparently, Bodnarchuk has been
fired before by other hockey clubs.

The Royals’ win over Trinity West-
ern College last Saturday has proved
that Merv’s coaching is not necessary
for the club. to begin the season
successfully.

So as we say goodbye to Merv, we
know he will not be missed.

Ted Hayes, last year’s coach, will

' take over as interim coach of the team

until a suitable replacement can be
found.

 

 

 

Soccer's

last whistle

S The Douglas College men’s soccer
team closed out their season last
weekend, after a week in which the

scheduling of games at times seemed
by STEWART WOOLVERTON

 

like a real comedy of errors.

Having been originally told that they
would have to play a sudden-death
game against Royal Roads to deter-
mine which one would get into the
playoffs, they found out that the game,
scheduled for the night of Wednesday,
October 31st,was postponed to Friday,
November 2nd.

Both of these games were to have
been played at Royal Roads College,
who had requested it as a protest of
Douglas’ 4 point game against Mala-

spina. However, both times, Royal
Roads ‘‘backed out.’’
Friday afternoon, when it was

learned that Royal Roads had forfeit-
ed, it was also made known that the
Totem Conference playoffs had been
moved from Kamloops, down to
Capilano College in North Vancouver,
due to ‘‘a couple of feet of snow.’’

In the first round of the tournament
on Saturday, November 3rd, Douglas
drew Cariboo College as an opponent,
and even though they did end up
losing, 3-0, the game was much better
played than the ones up in Kamloops
had been. Until Cariboo managed to
put in two quick goals, only minutes
before half-time, the game was a
toss-up and could have gone either
way.

As a result of the two goals,
however, the Royals suffered a bit of a
let-down, and it was only the half-time
whistle that kept the score from going
to 3-0.

Douglas had a number of saa to

_get closer, but couldn’t capitalize on

any of them, and Cariboo eventually
put the game away in the 70th minute,
with a ball that went just through goal-
keeper Don Lobo’s fingertips.

In the other first-round game,
Capilano Blues won a_ hard-fought
game 3-0 over Malaspina Mariners.
Cap and Cariboo advanced to the final
on Sunday, the 4th, while Douglas was
to have played the Mariners in the
consolation round.

Sunday, Cariboo made up for having
to travel down through the Fraser
Canyon and all that snow by clinching
the Totem Champion in convincing
fashion, 3-0, and earning a berth in the
Canadian Championship Tournament,
to be held in Toronto.

Douglas’ game against Malaspina
was forfeited, due to a severe lack of
players, which did not go over well
with Coach McCluskie. He also sug-
gested that for next year, he would like
to get an earlier start - possibly in
mid-August - and that he would
require players to play only for the
college team for the duration of the
season.

FINAL PLACINGS

TOTEM CONFERENCE:

1) Cariboo College Chiefs

2) Capilano College Blues

3) Malaspina College Mariners
4) Douglas College Royals

 

ROYALS START THE SEASON WITH A BANG

In their first league game of the
1984/85 season, the Douglas College
Royals Men’s Hockey team showed

_ great promise by defeating Trinity

by JANE MUSKENS

 

 

Western College by a score of seven to
one, on Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Port
Moody arena. The club played a
winning game, despite the fact that
they had a total of 32 minutes in
penalties.

Glenn Hampton and Ron therman
scored two goals a piece for the
Royals, while Lawrence Carlson, Rob

- Western College, in Langley.

 

 

Angus, Chris Klovan and Rob Jeeves
each scored one goal.

Goalie Paul Flamont played ex-
tremely well and should have had a
shut-out.

The Douglas College Royals have
only six players from last year’s team,
so they are virtually a new team.
They've also had coaching problems
this season, but in spite of this they are
playing well as a team, and may prove
to be victorious this season.

At the moment, they are now up two
points in league standings. Their next
game is scheduled for Nov. 26, when
they will again play against Trinity