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( (INNERS 247 King St. "E "it!“ l coaching the North York secâ€" The way the world econrr ff (519)m-5351 l was just a young dude . ondary school leafs? my is going right now, Corpoâ€" flCHOlCEanKMHhM ) and my very 5m” mother l 4 For a city that hasn’t seen a rate lions may soon become ‘ Mmdlflhm.m-.a§ wouldn't let (“a stay up late at l . ? ‘ Stanley Cup hoisted or parad- corporate kitty kats and the “all? ”4" “a, “"“’°L"¢ ”W m” night,evenon weekends. ‘ £31? " ‘ ‘ ed by their beloved Buds for corporate suites may become However. because 1 was a l ‘ more than four decades, what sandboxes. But that may he a i film \/\/7 if? fl Toronto hockey fan from the l y could Wilson be thinking? story for anothertime. A U H U H l...) m», if: lkl‘ [Li beginning, she allowed me to l Had he fallen and hit his head l wasn't the only one l , u v v _ 2; r if) (um on the radio in the bed- 1 i,” l on the ice during practice that appalled by Wilson‘s comâ€" fr i ll! r U f "“ f C’ . room I shared with my l , ‘ day? merits. l Q1 leLl ill g‘idpcfi é younger sister â€"â€" I got the top r BILL “SKIP ' i Well. when the Leafs TV fashion icon Don (Sher- q bunk _ and listened to the l lOHNS opened the season with a vice ry slammed the position A N games during the season. ‘~â€"â€"‘â€"*-â€"â€"~â€"-â€"J tory over the defending Stan- taken by Wilson and Leafs" N UAL This was before we had a about? Well. it was really ley Cup champion Detroit GM Cliff Fletcher on his first telexnsion set in (he late 19405 about less complex times of Red Wings, 1 had it figured Coach's Corner segment, sugâ€" GENERAL MEET'NG and early [9505 and it was the six-team NHL hockey that out. gesting it was current manâ€" highlight of my Spoflslifg was simply the best game in Ron was using that old agement's way of blaming the WEdHGSdaV: October 22nd ’ 8pm When you hear ol' geeks the world. ploy of reverse motivation. Toronto woes on former GM at the Woodside Bible Fellowship like me tell about the good old Flash forward to the Set the bar low and don't lohn Ferguson. . . days of pro hockey, do you autumn of 2008. I am still a claim that you expect a loll He may very well have a 200 Barnswallow Dnv_e' Elmira wonder what they are talking hockey fan but not with the and the guys with the monster good point but i seldom delve FU’fhE’me'maf'O" at WWW-WOO’W’ChYOUthOCCWIO'" ‘ ' same passion I had in salaries will really get eager to into the workings that go on . those oldentimes. prove you wrong. That wasit. behind the scenes in pro Expansion, mind~ Well. that worked right up sports. C“ v’ ' numbing player salaries, until the Leafs' next game in any marketing opera- IJOCal sky'high ticket prices and when they got thumped by tion. they will try to put what- , . 1 a myriad of other things the Montreal (Ianadiens in a ever spin they can on the sitti- - have taken the shine, for 64 decision. ation and few of us will ever I t ‘ GO \/ ERNMEN I me. ottthe sport. By Wilson's reckoning. he's know the real truth. e.s___.,x , And, of course. bang on One win and one Oh. just for the record â€" w WEEK becoming a newspaper loss and neither one matters, no, not that Record ~ 1 more ' l sportswriter with a pasâ€" Except for the fact that this is or less support an NHL team l O l 2 F 2006; sion for the high school pro sports where winning and that might prove to be the g ‘ 1 ~ athletic scene and the losing is everything. High best when it comes to end-ofâ€" ‘ L to ‘7", I 9 to D ’ ‘ L competitors and coaches salaries are doled out to theâ€"season wagering. l . shifted to ' focus to those everybody to bring a winning Hey, an old ensioner has a l P Please join its at any of these upcoming meetings during Local Government w,“ wonderful young in en team tovthe home arena. to make a buck here or there. 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