By David Hollinshead

n the new format of the NHL draft,

two captains are selected to fantasy

draft their peers to their respective
teams. Detroit Red Wings defenseman
Nicklas Lidstrom and Eric Staal of the
Carolina Hurricanes will be the captains
of their respective squads. Assistant
captains were also decided for their teams.
Team Lidstrom will have two assistant

 

Nicklas Lidstrom

captains of Martin St.Louis from the
Tampa Bay Lighting and Patrick Kane of
the Chicago Blackhawks, and Team Stall
will have Mike Green of the Washington
Capitals and Vancouver Canucks center
Ryan Kesler.

Kesler isn’t the only Canuck to be
involved in the All-Star game. Head coach
of the Canucks, Alain Vigneault, will be
an assistant coach on team Lidstrom, and
Swedish stars Daniel and Henrik Sedin

will also be eligible for draft, and for the
first time in their career, compete in a
heated battle against each other.

Lidstrom and Staal were set to draft
18 players each, with advising from
their assistants. The NHL All-star game
always comes and goes with absolutely
nothing coming from it, and the NHL has
taken some heat for it. The MLB All-Star
game decides which conference will have
home-field advantage in the World Series,

 

and the NFL pro-bow/l is at the end of

the year, so as much as it doesn’t mean
anything, if a player were to get hurt, it
wouldn’t affect his professional team, and
it’s the last chance to see your favourite
players play until next season. It’s still
always a fun experience to see players
who don’t normally play together to mix
it up in a usually high scoring affair.

 

Your weekly Royals update

By Josh Martin, Sports Editor

he Royals were back at it again last’
week. Here’s what went down:

Men’s Basketball - Battled against the
UBCO Heat last week on January 21 and

lost both matches with a 80-71 score on

-Friday night and then losing again on

Saturday night in overtime 84-77. They sit
at seventh spot in the standings with six
points and a 3-8 record.

Men’s Volleyball — Lost against the
UBCO Heat 3-1 on January 22 in their

only game that weekend which puts them
at third position in the standings with 12
points and a 6-3 record.

Women’s Volleyball —- The women’s
volleyball team lost 3-0 to UBCO in there
only game last weekend as well and sit

at seventh spot in the standings with four

points and a 2-7 record.

Women’s Basketball — They increased
their losing record to 0-11 with back-to-
back losses against the UBCO Heat last
weekend with an 86-43 performance on
January 21 and then an 83-39 match the
following night.

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