Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 11, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coaches debate arguing with refs Ihl Bench Bosses like Randy Carlyle can berate men in but find their protests can fall on deaf ears Buzz Mcmillan Falls out of the Lead Winnipeg Rob Mcmillan found the water in the third round of the South Carolina Challenge and dropped out of first Burtnyk poised to write history beats Odds with semifinal win can join greats with Victory Paul Wiecek Fred Chartrand Canadian press Burtnyk releases during semifinal win Over Ontario beating Alberta today would make him a Ottawa on he Over came the most beloved curler in Guy he overcame the most reviled in Wayne and so Kerry Burtnyk has earned a Chance to overcome nothing less than 72 years of Brier Burtnyk continued to defy the Odds stunning Brier Favourite Ontario 65 with a pressure packed double takeout in the 10th end of the semifinal to Advance to today Brier final against Alberta yesterdays win makes Mani Toba the first team since the Page playoff sys tem was introduced in 1995 to Advance to the Brier final after finishing fourth in the round but going from fourth place to a spot in the Brier final is Noth ing compared to the piece of history Burtnyk is hoping to write he looks to join Curling legends Ken wat son Matt Baldwin Alber Ron Northcott Alberta and Ernie Richardson Saskatchewan As the Only skips to Ever win three Canadian mens Curling that is some select company Burt Nyk will join if he can find a Way to beat an enigmatic Alberta team that has con founded both the pundits and their opponents All when you come out of youre Only going to come Here a few Burtnyk i feel very fortunate to have been Here four and so if we win tomorrow what for me would be the third i ask for any More than to win three out of four and if i dont it will be two wins and a so either Way it will be pretty but theres no doubt it will be a lot sweeter if its a but while Hes a two time Canadian Champ and this same rink won both Canada and the worlds in Burt Nyk said he still feels Alberta is the Favourite the pressures All on them because there supposed to win being the first place Burtnyk theres no question were the underdog and i look Forward to the Challenge to beat Alberta skip Randy Ferbey laughed at that Hes full of Ferbey laughed when informed of Burtnyk spin on today i say the pressures on Ferbey said he counts Burtnyk and his mates among his friends the teams have met often on the Cash Spiel circuit and Ferbey even took the unusual step yesterday of making it Clear who he was cheering for in yesterdays in a Kerry Burtnyk Ferbey More than a Wayne Middaugh and they were easy to cheer for yes jumping out to a 41 fourth end Lead Over Wayne Middaugh and then hanging on Long enough to give Burt Nyk a double takeout with his final Rock of the 10th for the Burtnyk made the but just Bare it have curled one More he yesterdays loss capped a Stormy week for who came in As the Favourite to win it All but did nothing to overcome the Public perception of him As cocky when he flipped his mid dle Finger to the fans earlier in the no regrets raising the question yesterday any regrets this Wayne not at Middaugh it was a great we had a lot of we won some we lost some and we met a lot of Nice Burtnyk had Middaugh and his mates off balance most of the game yester Day with Ontario third Graeme Mccar Rel bickering with Ontario second Ian Tetley and Middaugh even suggesting to Burtnyk at one Point that Manitoba third Jeff Ryan might have illegally swept a Rock in the fourth the conversation Between Middaugh and Burtnyk went out live on the Csc broadcast and seemed Only to Cement Middaugh reputation As a bit of a in not going to comment on Middaugh its too bad it went out Over the air but in not going to say Burtnyk chalked the comment up to frustration on Middaugh part and said there were no hard raiders in showdown for top title Oak Park River East ready for High school grudge match by Chris Cariou All season two hockey Powers at a pair of High schools renowned for their sports achievements have cockeyed for provincial supremacy Over who should rightly be those two teams will meet in the provincial final to at last set the the the River East champions of the Winnipeg High school league but seeded 2 at the provincials behind the team they beat convincingly to earn that will take on to seeded Oak Park raiders at James civic Centre in a tangle of titans who agree theres Little to choose Between the who Are hosting this beat the upstart Vincent Massey trojans 42 late last night to Advance to the 3 final against the who crushed the Virden Golden bears 81 in the other semifinal and appear to have their High powered offence in Dustin Dregers shorthanded break away goal in the second period gave the Kodiaks a precious 21 Lead Over the 6 who they had bombed 91 in the City Sean Cole made it 3 1 but the trojans narrowed the Lead to 32 before big Sean Ukrainec finished them Derek Bell also scored for River East while Ryan Garbutt and Pat Finley replied for Vincent so after a season of Back and Forth Over which team actually is the bet Ter it All comes Down to this after Kurt Huff gave me a Nice pass right up the i just jumped on it and and put it said an assistant Captain and one of the Kodiaks spark plugs on the Forward we were maybe getting a bit ahead of ourselves and looking to Oak but if we play like that were going to get huge rivalry its a huge rivalry weve got with Oak weve been trading games Back and Forth All i think we respect each we know were both very Good but once the puck were against the raiders blew the game open with three goals in a Span of less than three minutes in an 81 it was their Brilliant top line of Adam Chris Ribachuk and Harry Nott that led the with Ribachuk record ing his second consecutive six Point game three three assists to Lead the but the lines not Likely to enjoy the same amount of room against the the clubs split their own season with Oak Park winning the league title with one More thanks to a shootout loss and a forfeited game by the Kodi but River East beat the raiders con in the Winnipeg High school hockey league so they head into today final As seeds 1 and 1a More than As 1 and we did win the regular said named player of the game against we beat them they beat us so it was pretty we beat them in a tournament finals and they beat us in the finals for the City he i guess were feeling a Little but its pretty close to i think were on a real hot Streak right were averaging about 10 goals a and River East had a really hard game against were the top two teams in High school he said of the rivalry Between the two theres no fighting or anything its just clean Canadian just old time and i think they respect they play just like and till just be two great teams going head to head the in of Oliotti Winnipeg free press Virden Dustin Dunning and Oak Parks Harry Nott get tangled up during the High school hockey championships semifinal o 9 ;