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B The most emotional moment in Calgary to date? Like everyone else, I‘ve been more than caught up with Eddiemaâ€" nia and certainly felt a lump in the throat as the British ski jumper known as the Eagle, Eddie Edwards, received thunderous applause from 50,000 spectators assembled around the 70â€"metre hill As everyone is fully aware, the partâ€"time plasterer finished deadâ€"last. That‘s fine with Eddie, all he wanted to do was survive. & On the topic of goid medais, it would be nice to see Labatt‘s receive one for its public relations gesture that flew the parents of each and every Canadian athlete to the Games W Television coverage of the Games has been as predictâ€" able. ABC is once again telling viewers how great it is to be an American and CTV has showed how disorganized Canadians can be. I‘d be interested to find out how many people watched Monday night‘s Czechlosovakiaâ€"U.S. hockey game and flipped between the two channels to catch the different reactions of the playâ€"byâ€"play men. To his credit, ABC‘s Al Michaels managed to hide his flag more convincâ€" ingly than did CTV‘s Dan Kelly,who has spent the past 20 odd years as the voice of the St. Lowuis Blues B One has to wonder who you give credit to for the amazing turnaround by Wilfrid Laurier‘s hockey Hawks. For that matter. who was at fault for the miserable earlyâ€"season performances. It appears coach Wayne Gowing and his players have hashed out there differences and are ready to make the most against York in the playoffs. There‘s no question the team has an abundance of talent. you just have to wonder whether the plavers have waited too long to use it & Fans of the Junior B hockey ranks will be glad to Know that I‘ve finally learned why Burlington and Barrie from the Central League i(firstâ€"place finishers in their respective divisions! are squaring off in a firstâ€"round "Super Series." The two teams are engaged in a bestâ€"offive series to determine which division will have homeâ€"ice advantage come the final round of the playoffs. The teams were awarded firstâ€" round byes but the league‘s brains decided this would be the ideal way to settle the squabble. So much for the notion that the Midwestern league had sole rights to ridiculous plavoff formats. Barrie leads the series 2â€"1 and may have wrapped up home ice advantage for its division with a win Tuesday night in Burlington Let‘s hope no plavers are injured doing something that should and could have been settled by flipping a coin. & Congratulations to University of Waterloo indoor track runner Harvey Mitro. In a strong field at Michigan State last week. Mitro destroved the UW record in the mile by five seconds. running the distance in 4:06 He followed that Monday with an £:15 clocking in the 3000M, breaking Paul Ernst‘s recentivâ€"established school record by 1( seconds Mitro now owns UW records in the 800M. 1000M. 1500M. the Mile. 3000M and a share of the 4X4 and 4X® events B Still with the Calgary Games, you have to wonder if the opening ceremonies could have been any more predictable. CTV‘s Lloyd Robertson seemed to enjoy them, but most of the people I‘ve talked to feel they were far from exciting. Did anyone take a headâ€"count on the number of cowboys, Indians and horses in McMahon Stadium throughout the course of the afternoon? & Still on the Junior B beat, Siskins‘ forward Bob Shelp was honored as Spanish, Ontarmio‘s athlete of the year recently. Spanish is located along Highway 17. west of Massey and southeast of Elliot Lake. Its population hovers around 900 B Waterloo skater Christine Hough and partner Doug Ladret from Vancouver have no reason to be disappointed with their performance this week in the pairs competition at the Calgary Olympics No duc compared with the Soviet team of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, but second through eighth (Hough and Ladret® placing after the first round) was too close to call. The competition‘s judging left a lot to be desired, particularly from the Canadian judge who consistently gave our skaters the lowest marks on the board. No inferiority complex there & It‘s unfortunate,. but sometimes a team can go unnoticed despite an impressive wonâ€"lost record. Such is the case for George Hunsberger‘s junior cage Knights from Bluevale collegiate. Because the school‘s semior team had put together an awesome 12â€"0 record prior to Tuesday night‘s game at Cameron Heights. the junmors have received very little ink. A sad situation considering the junior Knights were 11â€"1 as of Tuesday morning Just a few little tidbits to help lighten the February blahs with Mark Bryson The rapid turnaround by WLU is all the more surprising when you consider it was only three weeks ago that they appeared destined for a fifthâ€" place finish after a disastrous 5â€"5 tie with Universiâ€" ty of Toronto Blues. The result left the two teams tied for fourth place but the Blues had two games in hand. Since then (excluding a loss to McGill a few days later) Hawks have been tremendous and the Blues have been awful. University of Waterloo Warriors are still in a longâ€"shot position to capture second place in the Central, but are likely to settle for third after an 8â€"3 win over Ottawa Saturday and a 3â€"3 tie with UQTR Sunday . It‘s a whole lot better "I really don‘t know what happened," said WLU coach Wayne Gowing Whatever the cause, WLU is suddenly turning heads around the Ontario Universities Athletic Association after posting backâ€"toâ€"back wins over Trois Rivieres Patriots and Ottawa Gee Gees this weekend. The 8â€"5 win Saturday over UQTR and Sunday‘s 8â€"3 win helped WLU capture the fourth and final playoff spot in the tough Central Division. Hawks have now won five straight. "Perhaps the players and the coach took a little look in the mirror and finally realized they weren‘t happy with what was going on." The coach can‘t explain it, but all of a sudden the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey team is not the same It‘s a whole lot better Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff ‘Making the playoffs isn‘t that important if uck Hawks put together lateâ€"season turnaround WLU‘s Paul Gehl (17) has an unkind look returned by a Trois Rivieres player during Saturday‘s chippy affair at Waterloo Arena. Laurier defeated UQTR and Ottawa on the weekend, clinching the fourth and final playoff spot in the OUAA Central in the process. Scott Gardner photo WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1988 â€" PAGE "Chris Luscombe has certainly turned things around in net and it seems to be rubbing off on everyone. The forwards are making the most of their scoring opportunities," said Gowing. Warriors almost came away from their weekend games with a pair of wins but allowed a goal with five seconds remaining in the third period to UQTR forward Yvan Genereux that sealed the tie. Dan Tsandelis, Andrew Smith and John Dietrich scored for UW. Against Ottawa, UW received twoâ€"goal performances from Steve Linseman and John Goodman while David Long, Chris Glover, Jamie Maki and Clinton Ellicott added singles. Warriors will meet Western in the opening round of the playoffs. Steve Cote, Doug Marsden, Scott McCulloch and Tom Jackson scored two each for WLU in the win over UQTR. Against Ottawa, Marsden and Brad Sparkes had two each and singles went to Cote, McCulloch, Steve Handy and Dave Aitchison. Hawks currently sport a 129â€"4 record for 28 points, seven better than the 8â€"11â€"5 Blues. The two teams meet Friday in Toronto. Warriors saw their record improve to 14â€"5â€"6 for 34 points, one behind the 15â€"4â€"5 Western Mustangs. Hawks‘ forward Joel Curtis was taken to Kâ€"W Hospital after being slammed into the boards by UQTR‘s Martin Lacroix. He suffered a concussion. Lacroix received an inbent-wimre match penalty you‘re going to make an early exit. But the way we‘re playing now, we just might give York an interesting series," said Gowing in reference to the Hawks‘ openingâ€"round, bestâ€"of three playoff series with the first place York Yeomen. 31