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The Cartada-US final for the Cup this The first is Lemieux's winning goal boards. Y year had. plenty of excitement and emo- (set up by Gretzky) in the 1986 Canada know what to buy hér tion (the check of Gretzky, for example) Cup) The second isthe game New Year's for Christrhas, but for me, it lacked the intensity of past Eve 1975 between the Canadiens and Red because she says she Army. It ended in a 3-3 tie and those who has everything she, It didn't seem quite the same without know hockey.say it ranks among the needs so every year, the Soviets. This Canada Cup has marked finest games ever. | agree. And the big she gets a trailer load the end of n era of that incgadible "take © memory? It has to be September, 1972, no prisoners" rivalry betweenCanada and Moscow with Paul Henderson scoring and tournaments. The Russiaris, on the other hand, are States. This one will pick up in ; ies, inhabitants of an evil over the years as the Yanks want so badly 2 = igh of other nasty things to beat the Canadians are our game. They N 0 L E D M E Cold*War jingoism may do it. Heck, they've taken everything pi U lf instilled in the minds offNorth Americans," ¢lS; might as well take that, 100. 8 y Y 8 x R Y They used to be all that. Today, with But losing to the Americans won't be the Soviet empire crumbling and the peo- quitg as traumatic as losing to the Soviets. ple facing their worst winter since 1941, 1 It was so easy to hate those Soviets play- actually felt sorry for the Soviet team that ers of the last two decades. It was classic showed up for the Canada Cup. "good vs. evil," and when we bedt then! On the ice, they looked, well, human, well, it meant that we are better hockey The players werd"confused, bewildered, players and more important that our sys- anyious, like they knew they were out of tem is superior to theirs. Lg their league. Players on Soviet teams in But hate the Americans? No way. Take the past exhibited no such human traits. the Gary Suter check on Gretzky for They were like machines on the ice, example. It was no big deal. Even Gretzky 'showing no fear and no pain, and said "don't blame Suter." Can you imag- strangest of all, no elation when a goal ine if that check had been delivered by a was scored or a fame won. That's proba-- Soviet in the 1986 Canada Cup final? It "godless comm empire" and all that 40 years bly why they were so easy to hate. would have touched off a war on the ice. Glasnost has, spelled the end of the The Soviet would have been lucky to get Soviet dynasty on ice. out of the rink alive. Now that the Soviet Union has discov- Frankly, I'm going to miss the old ered democracy, Victor Tikhonov's iron days. Maybe in 20 years or so, when the' grip has been broken. No longer will he Soviets get their house together, they'll be able to take the 20 best players in get back to doing what they did so well: country, lock them away in an old army developing some of the best hockey play- barracks for moriths on end and work erson the planet. them séyen days a week to one p hr But in i ional hockey, things will winning Olympic gold or a world champi- never be quite the same again. of perfume, slippers and housecoals from & a John B. McClelland RYT ic THE CANADA onship. Soviet players can now tell Hazel Hooper, my grandmother, is Ci ity Hall, CUP has come and Tikhonov to "take a hike" as they sign such a special lady, I am finding it diffi- where every spe- ¥ gone for another eplucrative pro contracts in Europe or North cult to fipd words to describe her. cial event in the four or five years. America. Had they tried that ten years She makes thesworld's best lemon Hooper family has And wasn't it exciting to see the "good ago, they'd be hiking cast to Siberia. meringue pic. She's ligle and soft and been held since the hall was built, years team" defeat those up-starts from south of But these days, what's a kid from huggable. She's strong, when she has to and years and years ago. 'At one time, the border in two straight games? What do Novosibirsk going to do, play for Mother be, but she can be a before Markham grew the: Yanks know about hockcyganyway. Russia to get a bigger apartment and a pushover too. She's ER and the airport took They should stick to baseball. Lada, or hop a jet to New York and play always trying to do over the Hooper farm, I'm joking, of course. The Untrled for $500,000 US? You tell me, something to help, Grandma's house was States has emerged as a hockey super- An era has ended, that's for sure. But and if you turn your right dcross from the power. Gone are the ays when the best "what a run it's been for the past 19"years. | | back on her, she'll be Buttonville hall. the States could put on the ice wasg team - The Canada-Soviet rivalry. has provided washing your walls, But that was a long 'of up collegians and a'few -aging players me with three memories that will remain dusting your furniture time ag®, and now, who had a "cup of coffee" in the NHL. * etched in my mind forever. or cleaning your cup- instead of farmland, the never hall is nestled among the big, trendy homes of the rich. Still, the hall itself hasn't changed, and nowhere on this earth could there have been a better place to say happy birthday .to my grand- the Soviet Union that started with the firstg Foster Hewitt describing it. That was the her five children, 30 0 mother. . "super series" 19 years ago this month. ¥ launch of an incredible era. or so grandchildren and all the grandchil- You may know her (I know she has For me, anyway, it wasn't the same to That cycle has been broken and I doubt dren -- as yet, uncounted. friends in the Port Perry area). If you do, see Canada square off against the itwill ever come back again. On Sunday, "Hurricane Hazel' (that's ~ you know how wonderful a person Hazel Americans. Nice to see them win (minus What we saw last week in the Canada what my father calls her) celebrated her. Hooper is. A 'lady' in every sense of the Gretzky) and all that, but the Americans Cup is the emerg@hce of a new era, a new 80th birthday. Her children organized an word. are like neighbours or cousins. rivalry between Canada and the United open house and held it at the Buttonvillé We all love her very much. A handsome young couple - but who are they? Maybe they're your long- lost grandparents. Maybe they had*lots of moriey. Hmmmm... If you think you can solve this week's unsolved mystery, call Gail Sheridan at Scugog Shores Museum -- - 985-3589. . 1 = : SNAPSHOT OF THE WEEK =| This rocker Is so wild, It requires a crash helmet! Or maybe Ricky Geer, who was 16 months when this photo was taken, Just likes the feel of big hats! Thanks to Ricky's mom, Bev Geer of Caesarea for sending us her photo. Send us your favorite snap- shots -- of your family, your ts, your vacation, whatever oto you've taken and you're proud of! Citizen staffers will select their favorite snaps and run them in this space. Then, at the 'end of the year, we'll have a panel of judges' chodse their favorite picture, and the photographer will win a brand new 35mm. camera. Our address is 36 Water St., Pog, Perry. Bring them inf Scu6Q6 CITIZENS This has got to be the sunniest smile in town! Meet Melisa Cox, a Scugog citi- zen for. three years now. When she's not working at a local grocery gtore, Melisa - likes sewing, crafts and espetially walk- % ing. She enjoys the, friendly pegple of - Port Perry 'and the convenience of hav- ing eberything closeby. Her daughter recently turned two and Melisa's thoughts on motherhood arg... It takes patience, understanding and hard work. Butit's worth #* _ Stuog Citizen -- Tuesday, September 3, 10T--7 4° VIEWPOINT/COUNTERPOINT