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It Is What It Is
Harv’s Diner SPORTS By Peter Collins Gainey in 1989 were the last two to

retire as captain. Where have you
THE BREAKFAST PLACE WORD gone Ted Kennedy and Jean Beliveau?
Harold Ballard, (the Eugene Melynk
brings you SEARCH of the Toronto hockey scene from the
60’s to 80’s) staged a verbal war with
All About Sports n 1865 American poet Walt two of the Leafs’ greatest captains;
IWhitman wrote, “O Captain! My Dave Keon and Darryl Sittler. Under
Captain!” as a mournful tribute to
A Y E A U S E I L L I H P S R E G N A R A Ballard’s rule Toronto went into a
the recently assassinated President losing tailspin that they’re just now
S S S L A G N E B H J C L I P P E R S R S Abraham Lincoln. If Walt were recovering from. Now the Toronto
E T T S E L G A E W J T S L M S A M J R G alive today he could have easily brain trust has come up with a three
written about the death and dearth of
V P E R R E C C O S U K E I L A N N K E N alternate captain arrangement; which
NHL hockey captains, specifically
is confusing since their best player
L C T E O A A R R K C P S X Z A R U M D I in Canada. Once a treasured, time Auston Matthews isn’t even an
honoured tradition, NHL teams now
O A S K L S W S L A N O I T A N B L S S K alternate. In Ottawa the captain was
avoid naming a captain, like a gambler
W R E A Y E Z E B B V V B C R N N T I F I avoids filing income tax. In fact too expensive, and the previously
R D E L N E R D A J L S R R O I S F O N V before Aleksander Barkov was named mentioned penny pinching owner
captain of the Panthers in September, Eugene Melnyk would have none of
E I K Q J B N S X L K X K I O L K R A O S that, so he showed Erik the way to
10 of the 31 NHL teams were sans
B N N Z W O K G U S O W R W E W T E N G F captain. Yeah your math is correct, San Jose. Montreal’s true leader and

M A A E M E S S R S S U T Z A Y N S G I S that’s about a third of all NHL teams. captain is their goalie Carey Price,
In Canada 4 of 7 franchises have no and he’s not allowed to wear the “C”.
I L Y A T Y E E E R G C J A N H Y S E A D on-ice leader. Hallowed franchises I guess that having no captain is just a

T S I B A T G T A B Y B I I M F A Y L N R like Montreal and Toronto have a sign of the times. Few seem to want
nasty history of captains not finishing the responsibility, and even fewer
Z D A R A R I V Y P H S N T R P N E S T O
their careers with their respective wear the title well. Oh well, we can
S L W R A H E S C O T E U Y L E A E S S C teams. The last eight Maple Leaf and always celebrate Ovie, he’s a captain
L A I H W N L E P O R U G Q S E D B W T K the last nine Habs captains have not in the old-time tradition, a great leader

retired as captains with their teams. for others to emulate! Otherwise in the
B P C H S L Z P I S U K I N G S C S A P E
George Armstrong in 1971 and Bob NHL it’s “O Captain! No Captain!”
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ANGELS SOCCER PHILLIES
FOOTBALL BILLS TIMBERWOLVES Age: 16 Grade: 11
REDS MARLINS COLTS School: La Citadelle
ASTROS STEELERS PIRATES Hometown: Cornwall
FORTY NINERS BROWNS Question: This month’s question is for SDG
REDSKINS METS VIKINGS Taekwondo instructor and sparring coach
BASEBALL STRIKE CUBS Brent Stang:
GIANTS CARDINALS RANGERS “Why is it important for young people like
ROCKETS NATIONALS WHITE SOX
BASKETBALL SUNS DIAMONDBACKS kids and teens to do a martial art?”
HOPPING CELTICS RAVENS Answer:
RUGBY ORIOLES YANKEES There are many reasons, but two important ones for kids really stand out.

BEARS TAMPA BAY First, it allows kids to experience success and build self-confidence.
KINGS CHARGERS DODGERS Martial art is all about self-improvement and doing increasingly complex

SEAHAWKS PATRIOTS RAYS things. It encourages children to finish things.
BENGALS TEXANS EAGLES Second, martial art encourages its students to be disciplined. A lot of my
LAKERS CLIPPERS RED SOX students are very good martial artists who train several times a week while
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