Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nesbitt Burns 5 year govt guaranteed strip coupons resp eligible gov Bieber annual rite no to hinge 9432384 Scott Taylor lockout has t dulled jets Edge when Teemu Velanne stepped on the ice there was a feeling that All was Well in the realm of the Winnipeg Teemu looked he was laughing All the playing hockey with a particular Joy that has not been evident at Winnipeg Arena since the Spring of Teemu Practised with an a Good and it made his John feel All was Well with the world that the one thing that Ive been very pleased paddock said yesterday the attitude has been real we had a meeting about it on Friday and there has not been a had his concerns before training Camp ii the sequel opened on would a few still angry at the settlement Between the league and the nil players cause a problem would paddock have to move some people out because Money and the labor movement took priority Over hockey some players had taken pretty solid swipes at management during the player reps Nelson Emerson and Stephane quintal were Rock solid behind their Toronto based Bob Captain Keith entered the War of words late in the but scored a few Nasty right and tie never at a loss for seemed to upset everybody from diehard fans to disinterested but on the ice you would not have known the jets Practised hard and seemed to impress the 300 spectators who came to any fear that something Nasty would take place on the ice has not yet occurred As far As the Boss is is not Likely to think you would make a grave mistake if you let someone go because there was animosity Over the paddock said earlier this if a few players Are that would be understandable but they cant bring it on to the ice or into the room and i dont believe they if a players attitude negatively affected the attitudes of other then i think that would have to be but in not expecting that to it Hast so far As a the jets look like a sound of with a Mere 48game schedule the jets cant afford to let the dispute affect their this team opens the season with three games at Home and has a Chance to get off to the Type of Start that could quickly propel them into playoff on the other Side of the a bad Start could result in a Complete if the jets say they might never and neither would the this is a team that has missed the playoffs three times in the last six if there was one fear before the lockout it was the fear that a Long work stoppage would Dull the Edge of a potentially Strong what appears to have happened is just the the labor dispute allowed Dave Manson and Neil Wilkinson to get Velanne and Teppo Numminen to keep their games Sharp in Europe and the rest of the jets to get excited about playing what has become apparent Early in training Camp is that if Winnipeg gets off to a slow it will be a hockey not an attitude and on the upside of that scenario is the fact hockey Jacob lems can be Winnipeg free press sports Section Julian Rachey 6977285 c1 january this is the Way its supposed to before super fan hockey by Scott Taylor sports reporter Neil Boisclair is sort of a Winnipeg jets super beat him up with a Long losing hell still be ruin his Spring by missing the hell forget it by and yesterday it became apparent that you can make him miserable by shutting Down the National hockey league season for a few months and hell still find his Way Back to the Arena the first Chance he its great to have them Boisclair said As he sat right behind the jets Bench watching the teams open practice yesterday you can ask the Boss Boisclaire Shell Tell you How miserable i its great to have them Back on the Boisclair was one of about 100 fans who watched the morning session of the jets open training Camp yesterday and he was Back with about 200 others to watch the afternoon Early in the fans were lined up outside the Arena waiting to get and As they filed into the there were wide smiles and quiet cheers ail Over the old its Nice to be said Art a Winnipeg enterprises Security worker who has been at the Arena for 33 its Good to see old friends again and enjoy the excitement and activity that hockey brings to the More than anything i just enjoy the Hustle and Bustle and i really love the for the lockout Cost him a Little but As a Par time he enjoys the action More than the a lot of people really did get harder the kids who Hustle the Hotdog vendors outside the they All got especially before but for its just Nice to be that exactly How Boisclair Felt the 35yearold Foreman at Auto line products sits in the Eastside upper deck and has had season tickets since the Early Hes your Blu Collar Canadian hockey fan and yesterday hed already forgiven his tarnished heroes for their role in the bitter labor you know who was really super to the fans yesterday Boisclair said with a bit of Surprise in his representative Nelson he was a great Guy to he talked to us and laughed and he really played this is the Way its supposed to Nice for ducks stadium personnel scrape water off the turf at san Francisco candlestick Park yester Day in preparation for the 49ers nil showdown with the Dallas cowboys the stadium has been deluged by a steady downpour for almost two teems hunger heightens by Randy Turner sports reporter Teemu Velanne had just finished but he has re turned to Winnipeg with an appetite that will not be satisfied by this is the third time in my life that Ive been so hungry As i am the Winnipeg jets Star right Winger said the first time was when i broke my leg five years ago playing in and i missed one when i started to play hockey i was so hungry and so the second time was when i injured my Tendon last and came Back last this is the third in really looking Forward to starting the season next it should be has no intentions of being a finnish Flash in the after a dazzling Rookie year in when he lit up the nil with a league High 76 his Sopho More season went from mediocre to Velanne scored 25 goals and added 29 assists in 51 games last year for the but his Winnipeg pm and coach John made no secret of the fact he was not overjoyed with Sel Annes the criticism stung while the jets floundered in route to a pitiful 24519 on 26 in be Lannes season ended in a scary split second when his Achilles ten Don was sliced accidentally by the skate of mighty ducks defence Man it was a serious injury that raised questions about the Fleet wingers but any apprehension vanished at the jets training Camp last when Velanne led the jets with 10 Points in six exhibition Velanne appeared poised for a then yet another set when nil owners padlocked the doors Velanne returned to his there he joined Velanne forget the past of the finnish elite where he scored seven goals and 19 Points in 20 playing along Side los Angeles Kings Winger Jari it was a very important time for me to go and play because of my who arrived in Winnipeg late Friday it would have been too Long a break to Start the season now i feel and Velanne has no regrets about playing in Finland during the 103 Day while most of his team mates weathered the storm Back in i know for some players it was a Tough of when you cant do what you love to its he if i didst have that maybe i would have stayed but it was so important for that Why i went i cant say that i feel of i was thinking of our play ers very How they were doing he it is a new sea son i want to forget the he and think about the provinces Best honoured staff olympic Silver medallist Speed skater Susan Auch and world racquetball Champion Sherman Green Feld have been named the 1994 Manitoba female and male athletes of the the University of Winnipeg Westmen women basketball which compiled a record setting 88game winning was presented with the Maurice Smith memo rial award As the team of the the awards were presented at the 39th an Nual Manitoba sportswriters and sports casters association awards dinner at the Holiday inn crowne Plaza last was just the second Canadian woman to win a medal in Long track Speed skating and the first since 1976 when she took the Silver in the 500 metres at the olym pics last february in who was the female athlete of the year in was unable to attend the Din she is in Switzerland competing in a world cup Auch also won a Silver medal at last Winters world sprint championship in became the first Manito Auch top picks ban to win a mens singles title at the world racquetball championship in Mexico City last september and was the first Canadian in the mens final since he also won the pan american games qualification tournament in Argentina and the Canadian championship for the seventh tying a record set by Lindsay the Westmen women basketball team was named team of the year for the second straight year after winning its second consecutive National University the Westmen team was also the recipient of the Cyclone Mcalpine Impact award for its 88game winning Streak which set a North University women record and tied the North american record for consecutive a special award was presented to the Northern league Champion Winnipeg Gold eyes baseball team in recognition pact of the return of professional baseball to former Brandon Sun sports editor and Winnipeg Tribune sportswriter Laurie Artiss was inducted into the Mesa Media Roll of Sharon marketing director for Assiniboia was presented with the Dallis Beck Good Gal the Mesa also presented a Cheque to the Rainbow society proceeds from its annual fundraising event at the red River winners of the awards were selected by members of the a Winnipeg based association of radio and television sports other nominees for the female athlete included two time world rowing Champion Colleen world handball Champion Lisa National University female ath Lete of the year and two time female National University basketball player the year Sandra Carroll and Canadian women Amateur Golf Champion Aileen other male nominees were world Junior Golf Champion and two time Manitoba male Rob Canadian Susan Auch athlete of the year football league outstanding Canadian Ger Ald National University basketball player the year Jeff Foreman and bran Don wheat Kings Captain Marty who helped Canada win Gold medals at the 1994 and 1995 world Junior hockey Champi other team nominees included the Gold the Jennifer Jones Canadian Junior women Curling Champion the Cana Dian Junior women Champion obsession softball team and the National Champion University of Manitoba mens track and Field ;