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& r i 18 wears of age were While there were few surprises at this Year‘s draft, but players year‘s NHL Entry Draft in Detrolt, the Washington . U&ible only in the first three rounds this year. l Capitals made things interesting by trading their "He was victimizred by the new rule change, firstâ€"round pick to the Quebec Nordiques. Rogers said. "I know a few teams were considerâ€" ‘The Capitals sent their firstâ€"pick (15th overâ€"all) ing John because be had a pretty good year. to the Nordiques along with forwards Alan . «410‘, pig and he‘s strong, and came on a lot Haworth and Gaetan Duchesne for centre DAl# ;,,4er than people expected. By the end of the year Huster and goalie Clint Malarchuk. he was contributing, which is really good for a Waterioo native Hugh Rogers, who is 8D â€" rookie" Ontariobased scout with the Capitals, said that East thought he had a shot at being drafted, and Washington was very pleased with the deal. from what he understood, Calgary and Washington **Basically we‘ve been interested in a player like _ wore interested in his services. Daile Hunter for quite a while,"" Rogers said. "He‘s But instead, now he‘ll have to wait a year to see a spunky forward, and he gets involved. He was which NHL team he gets a chance to play for. something we thought we were lacking On OU muring the summer he pJans to work on his upper hockey team." ____ _ ____________________ body strength and skating, for the upcoming OHL Ontariobased scout with the Capitals, said that Washington was very pleased with the deal. *"Basically we‘ve been interested in a player like Dale Hunter for quite a while," Rogers said. ‘"He‘s a spunky forward, and he gets involved. He was probably play on the team before that, but we don‘t expect contribution before that time period." Although it is hard to tell which teams had the better drafts, Rogers pointed out that he thought were around Hunter , but when the Capitals learned that their freeâ€"agent goalitender Bob Mason was going to sign with another team (Chicago), Maiarchuk made the trade even more attractive. The Capitals were also pleased with players they drafted after the trade which included defenceman Jeff Ballantyne, an Elmira product. "Obviously we are looking three or four years down the line before our draft choices contribute, Calgary, Detroit and St. Louis looked to have the best draft on paper. We liked the Calgary‘s draft because they took a lot of players we were interested in. They took a lot of big, strong hockey players, something we were looking for." Although he wasn‘t drafted, 18â€"yearâ€"old Waterioo native John East‘was not discouraged, and added he was pleased with his play this season for the Ottawa 67‘s. Capitals were happy to trade for Hunter Besides being one of Ontario‘s largest futon manutacturers, we also carry a complete line of futon @accessories such as frames, comforters, duvets, covers, pillows, cushions, etc. Custom orders on 55 ERB ST. E. 23 WELLINGTON ST. E. (the futon shop) ‘‘Natural Sieep Centre" 1â€"836â€"1883 There whs some speculation <that ‘the 6â€"1, $robunt Oiiencommes might af youn tihen in ts Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks standout defenceâ€" man Eric Calder will have another shot at cracking an NHL lineâ€"up this fall. The former Waterioo Siskin will be attending the New York Ranger camp in September. Calder was the Washington Capitals 2nd pick (45th overâ€"all) in the 1982 entry draft. But after spending a couple of seasons toiling in the Capitails minor system, he decided to come back to Waterioo and attend WLU and play varsity His steady play for the Golden Hawks the past two seasons has warranted him another shot at the stronger and more mature than before." camp, and has already started training hard by lifting weights, attending an aerobics class, and playing some ball hockey. He also hopés to take some power skating lessons in August. ‘The 24â€"yearâ€"oid Calder is looking forward to *"I‘d like to see how I‘d perform the second time LARGE INDOOR SHOWROOMS HOME HEALTH CARq SALES & RENTALS For Spring Installation SUPERIOR MEMORIALS 528 Victoria St. N.. Kitchener PARKDALE MEDICAL 465 PHILLIP ST . (PARKDALE 4) WATERLOO, QONT. N2L 6C7 (Beside Weston Bakeries) 1456136 Hundreds to Chogse From VIT AMINS 15" OFF CCE (Exp. Juby 30/87) »4 @ MONDAY ‘ 1:00â€"4:00 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SKATE K 7:00â€"9:30 9:00â€"11 :30 TUESDAY JULY 21 CHRIS SHEPPARD FRIDAY JULY 24 PARENTS & TOTS . 10:00â€"NOON ‘ VIDEO SKATE _ CFNY DJ CFNY DJ IVAR HAMILTON SUNDAY 1:00â€"4:00 FAMILY SKATE 6:00â€"8:00 18 & OVER 8:30â€"1 1 :00 ATURDA Air Conditioned Comftort /OPEN SKATE 7:30â€"10:30 VIDEO SKATE ULY 8, 1987 â€"â€" PAGE