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Continued from page 26 ever had a drink the night before a Saturday night. Orval asked if I items and waited for Bill to go to his
game—ever.” Cam explained that wanted to go to the game and asked room and fall asleep. We then went
from his three years with the Royals,
in Jr hockey it’s usually the 3rd year if I had a phone to contact Gary. The into his room and grabbed his pants,
Cam said, “Highlights? – we could
write a book on those years. I guess players that get the most ice time information was forwarded on to suit jacket, and shoes. We filled the
– if you’re not getting any time on him and the Royals set it up so the shoes with shaving cream, tied his
it all started with Gary driving me
the power play or extra shifts, your entire team could go to the game. pants bottoms with tape, and his suit
to training camp my first year. I
remember asking him what advice numbers will be a little soft. My first After the game when we arrived jacket arms with tape as well. Then
game against Laval our line was to back at the hotel, Bill Gallant and we took a chair and put if over him
he could give me. He laughed and
said make sure you keep your head shadow Mike Bossy. It was a shift we Wayne Waldroff were sitting at the with a large bucket of ice-cold water
change on the fly. I jumped over the bar in the hotel. Bill asked me why I mixed with snow water. We then
up at all times on a swivel. And then
he said you will probably get some boards, and he started skating right didn’t get them tickets for the game. yelled fire and Bill woke up and hit
towards me just inside the blue line I explained that I didn’t arrange the his head on the chair and of course
extra attention-then he said don’t
in the middle of the ice. Just before tickets just provided a few phone the bucket of water went all over
worry just play through it, that’s
what he had to do. We’ll start with I reached him, he took a wrist hand numbers. He wasn’t happy that he him. Then he tried to put his pants
shot and scored. Our goalie Tim didn’t go to the game, and I keep on and fell because he couldn’t get
my first hat trick. The Royals had
a tradition that rookies would have Bernhardt (who was the best goalie explaining he should take it up with his foot into his pants and the same
in the league for all three years that his boss (Paul Emard). As young thing happened with his jacket.
their heads shaved. My mother
I played in Cornwall), came over to people do sometimes, they think of Then he tried to put his shoes on,
didn’t like that tradition, saying that
they didn’t do that in Kingston, so me and asked me if he even looked creative ways to get back at someone. but they were filled with shaving
at the net. I said no, he was looking So that night four of the players sat cream. For some unknown reason
the one condition that I had coming
to Cornwall was that my head didn’t at me all the way. He knew where around thinking of what we could the fire department showed up and
the net was at all times. During do to get back at Bill. We made sure in the middle of the night we had
get shaved. What did happen though
was some of the players took me his second year with the Royals, we had access to his room. Then we to change hotels. The next morning
Cam got some really good advice went to where room service keeps Orval held a meeting and wanted
out one night. My roommate was
from teammate Billy Smith. “Billy all their supplies. We found a few Continued on page 32
Danny Geoffrion, and somehow,
they excluded him. They had me dropped by one Sunday afternoon
and wanted to go for a walk. He
drink boilermakers which is a shot Cornwall’s Oldest Paint,
glass of whiskey, placed into a said, “We know that you have the Blind & Shutter Store.
talent, but we also know that you Family owned Business Since 1988
bigger glass and levelled up with
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The other guy’s faked drinking—I poured it on the rest of the year and
started to put up some points, then
drank a good portion of the bottle. It “I’m looking for players who make their teammates better. You
was freezing rain that night, the guys did pretty good in the playoffs, with
14 points in twelve games.” The do that with enthusiasm and passion.” Mike Krzyzewski
put me in a cab, then called Danny
and told him that I was on my way. I confidence that Cam gained during
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had no coat and no shoes and when SHUTTERS
season set him up for the next year.
I got out of the cab my socks stuck
right to the surface. Danny, who “That third year I was on a line with
Rick Paterson and Bobby Crawford,
was pretty upset with me, came out
SAVE
and got me into the house. I was so Ricky had 58 goals, Bobby had 54, SA VE
and I had 61 – we had a great line,
hungover the next day—Danny had
us walk to the rink for the game and it was a magical year for us.”
We all had exceptional speed, play
and I remember thinking that if % %
making, and scoring ability. The
anyone hit me, I’m going to throw 35 35
up. I had a hat trick night and after team racked up 100 points that year.
the 3rd goal all of the players were During one of our road trips to
laughing, but not our coach Orval Quebec City we always played on Since 1988
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was up and one of the trainers told City till Sunday morning, and then
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