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Nobody said it was going to
be easy. But the Sidney Capitais
mew coach -Barry Rice is
prepared to play with the cards
he is dealt.

Rice was hired to coach the.

B.C. Junior Hockey League
Club as. of Jan. 26: when
Capitals owner Charlie. Mac-
Farlane relieved Robb McInnis
of his.coaching duties.:

Before Rice could hold. his

first team. practice, three. key |

players quit, each for different

dealt «

Because of school exams,
other Capitals missed some
practices last week prior to
Rice’s debut behind the bench
against Coastal Division leaders
Richmond Sockeyes last. Thurs-
day. a

‘“‘There is no easy way to
replace. another coach _par-
ticularly in this instance as I
know Robb very well. But there

“is only one way to go for this

team based on our record and
that'is to improve,’’ Rice said.

him.

to Rice’s first practice Jan. 28,
team captain defenceman Brent
Polischuk informed his team-
mates his intention to leave. the
team. me
Polischuk, 18, may finish the
season with Sidney’s Junior B
affiliate Oak Bay. However, he
says his first priority will be to
find a job..
Polischuk. said the firing of
McInnis was the last straw for

‘I ‘have certain principles I

reasons.

‘Sidney. Capitals won. ‘two. of
“their first. three B.C. Junior
«Hockey. League games. under :
na “new. head coach: ‘Barry, Rice last.
ooweek,
Sidney upset. coastal division:
me leaders Richmond Sockeyes 4-3"
‘last Thursday as centre Micah
Aivazoff provided ° the winning
margin scoring .a. ‘shorthanded
~. goal with: 3:23" left in the third:
Boshi
Sidney then played back- tO-
back’. road: games

_ before running out of steam ina
6-4 loss to Delta Flyers...
Depleted by injuries, Sidney
_ played. with only two ‘forward
lines and = four
against Langley.and Delta.
‘Missing from the line-up due
to’ injuries were® left wingers
Greg Davies, and Keith Fair,
defenceman’ Rick Hunt
right wing Greg Montgomery.
Centre Kevin. Arnold, suf fer-
ing from a hip, pointer, was used,
only. sparingly.

Sidney was also. without: fore .

wards Kody Nelson and. Bruce
‘Pritchard and:

fo “team | for personal reasons.

Rose said he was: not sure

» how the club would ‘respond to J
anew coach after Robb Meln= -
nis was relieved of the coaching 7

duties Jan. 26:

“The guys: came out against

~ Richmond, put their noses to

2 cathe grindstone‘and: played: with. |
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_defencemen :

Sand.

& defenceman:
- Brent.Polischuk. ‘who. left. the Gj

At a team meeting held prior

“The teams were tied: 1-1 after
the first period and Sidney. led
3-2 after two. ©

The third period saw Rich-:
‘mond tie the ‘score.3-3 setting
the stage for Aivazof f ’s winning _
goal.

After Richmond had evened
the score, the game turned chip-

stand by and I was not happy

~ Goaltender’ Dean. ‘Cook’ was
2 ” outstanding against Richmond
x blocking 40. shots. Glen Pencer -
was called. upon to make only. 13
saves for Richmond:

" Sidney goaltender Dean Cook blocks a shot from Richmond Sockeye Darren Matias.

-Coultish; -Arnold and Aivazoff

also scored for Sidney. :
‘Dean. Cook’ enjoyed: another

strong performance: in «the

~ Sidney goal stopping 35 shots...

py with Sockeye defenceman’

~ Jim Gunn prowling most of the
stickwork.,

“Rob Coultish, Soukeroff and:

Montgomery. also’ scored for...
Sidney while Sean Harder, Dar- ©

‘ren. Matias: and ° David Holmes —
replied for Richmond,
~- ‘Soukoroff scored — the first
three goals for Sidney, between ©
the 14-minute and 17:30: marks
of the’ first: period, against
Langley,

Playing their third’ game in
three nights, Sidney. fell behind
3-0. in. the first period against
Delta.

a minute to play in the final
period but couldn’t. score. the
equalizer.

‘We just ran’ out of gas play-

_ing with only two lines and four

aoe

’. defencemen

for. the second
straight night,’” Rice said..

Graham ~ Bewley, Arnold,

-Aivazoff and Williams scored.

the Sidney markers.
Kelly Meredith started in goal

for Sidney but-a stomach aii-.,

ment forced him to sit out the

final two periods in favor of

Cook. Both goaltenders com-
_ bined to make 47 saves. -

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The Capitals fought back to
‘trail Delta by 5-4.with less than

GERRY FLINT | :

dissatisfaction an

~ terests we pack it in.’

the way things were going. I
don’t think it would be fair to
the new coach for me to stay
with the team feeling the way I
do.”’

Polischuk felt McInnis was
not ‘given the full reins’’ to
coach the team.

“It was a really tough deci-
sion for me as I don’t like to
quit anything,’’ he said.

- Polischuk, who still has.two -
years of BCJHL eligibility re--
maining, indicated he wants to
continue playing hockey next

_ season.

Right wing Bruce Pritchard
“decided to pack it in’’ after
Sidney’s 6-4 loss to Naniamo
Clippers Jan. 26.

Pritchard. said he planned to
quit. earlier this season . but
McInnis talked him into. stay-
ing.

Pritchard, 19, said he . was
unhappy Mcinnis was let go.

But he also was disappointed
‘at not being able to stick with
the. Western Hockey League
‘Victoria Cougars this season.

‘Iam going back home to
_Campbell River and then I am
going to Australia in October
with a friend of mine for six
months,”’ Pritchard said..

Pritchard started the 1985- 86
season with Victoria, was sent
down. to Sidney, ‘returned. to
Victoria briefly last “month
- before returning to the Capitals. ,

“E talked with Brent about
the whole situation and we both

agreed because of our own feel-

ings, it, was in the team’ s best i in-,

The two * wins: sank a loss, im- |
“proved Sidney’s s. record: ‘to: 14

Both Polischuk and Pritchard
wished their teammates and new
coach Rice well for the re-
mainder of the season.

Kody Nelson, 20, another
Victoria Cougar dispatched to
Sids ey, decided to return home
to Calgary for personal reasons.

The left winger had played
only three games with the
Capitals but scored four goals.

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Farlane expressed some hope
Nelson may return to the club
before the season ends.

With the roster freeze affec-
tive Jan. 10, the Capitals can re-
ly only on Cougars cuts or Oak
‘Bay players to fill out the roster.

The club is. also missing
defenceman John Shaw, out for
a month with mononucleosis,
and left wing Keith Fair, outfit-
ted. with a cast on his injured

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