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Wednesday, February 2, 1994 ' Southern-sty] Hockey Night in Carolina? Please! Wit Hockey Night in Canada? Yes! The Mon- being treal Canadians and the Toronto Maple night Leafs and the Saturday nights of my youth it's in spent in front of the television. After all, with a it had been two weeks since I had arrived the dri from Toronto for grad school, and I lotte t( missed the pickup hockey games; the Checki thud of an errant slapshot striking the from tl boards; and the postgame retirement to ton Be a local bar for heated debates on who's We the best fighter in the NHL or who should in a re be named MVP of the league. na anc I Of course, all of the talk being a vicar- sion ol ious exercise for those who fell far short lotte f of their boyhood dreams of Stanley Cup this n glory. Even though we are in our 20s, my cheere friends Gareth and Frank and I can still tened ponder over a beer the "what ifs," like They ji Kevin Costner in "Field of Dreams." eree n By their early 20s, most Canadians have calls, dropped their hopes of making it to the The big leagues. For the persistent few, there's seen a the spot farther down the professional gone a ladder: the East Coast Hockey League, forth a where Canadians, Americans, Russians can inc and Europeans all converge to give it one trippec last chance at the professional level. It's Alth< like minor league baseball, but the scars ods, tf are more numerous courtesy of the pucks, sportir sticks and opponents' fists. time ti< Go public Safety yOU p| that ot 7?^ NB r WU ^Refund No cash needed! All fees can be withheld ?? * -1?? uuui your loan cnecK Receive your refund anticipation loan within a matter of days Receive your South Carolina refund in about three weeks H&R BLOCK AMERICA S TAX TEAM NI of the /1 , Monthjf JLj wwmmmm Jfe November's ^Winne RA ' Hajera Syeda Advisor Anne Linstead Educational Program "Booze Cruise" RHA Social Program "Pajama Jam" Sims Hall Government Student Jesse Poorman Moore Hall i Correction for October Social Program "South of the Border Fiesta F Anne Linstead / Patrick Forte le hockey ne< h any live game rbe"cNN; Nigel Ravenhill to the car armed ?? radar detector for GUEST COLUMNIST ive north to Char5 see the first-year ers do battle against those invaders the players. D le frigid, unfriendly north...the Day- three shots ai >mbers Unfortunat soon arrived and found our seats a terrible plac mote corner of Independence Are- problem is tl 1 settled in for the Carolinian ver- ' far too shallo1 : hockey night in Canada. The Char- the field of vi; ans have the reauisite enerev for behind him I ew sport and applauded and dium, which :d when one of the Checkers flat- ing affording an opponent against the boards. action. The st cered and screamed when the ref- if you can st tade one of his many inexplicable arena in pro My second separation anxiety from not having dence Arena game in far too long was quickly At S3.25 a c: s we watched the puck fly back and asleep and w nd bodies flail, proving that man dome, which i leed fly, at least for seconds, if he's expensive and i while skating at high speeds. world. I hop< Dugh tedious for the first two peri- expansion g le game reached great heights of points if they'i tg excitement by going into over- chise. id at 4-4. Five minutes of overtime Charlestc )ui with friends and kee _ a u ^ ' a i? i ? uuiur. uun i uruauL , address or plans ir >. a first date, plan to r place. Let people km an to be and let your c :hers know. Stick to yoi TWOBK SC-FF BBSS Area H & R Block locati 1720 Broad River Rd. 3714 N River Center (803) 2! (803) 772-4022 1001 H 1505 Charleston Hwy. The Ma Granby Village (803) 7( (803) 796-1400 6840 G Town Square RdHwy. 378 - Lexington Landmj (803) 359-4297 (803) 7' Sears - Columbia Mall 1945-2 (803) 788-2558 (803)7* 647 St. Andrews Rd. Piggly Wiggle Center Sears (803) 772-0455 (803) Tc C JrdLI :rs December's ^ Tim WiseAngela Cook Community Service i-SL "Operation Santa ( Capstone RAs and G Educational Pre Nancy Fuller / M Staff Social Progrs "Bate Area Murder Anne Hunsberger /1 )inner nberry %\\i 6amccock ids improvei action was fruidess, and Stingrays, has pi the game was finally hockey in this sta decided by a penalty Stingrays have a shootout, which, ing out most of although it doesn t exist seat arena jt can in the NHL, is great fun ^ ? for fans and stressful for ? ? , r , . On Saturday ni ayton scored on two of their , . ' , id was declared the winner. are d"ve"V ely, Independence Arena is un re c 0 ars e to watch hockey. The chief 'arK' unt0'd r lat the angle of the seats is 's above Canad: tv; if only one fan stands ud, f?r on'y a $7 inv sion is blocked for everyone mix of bodychecl t's nothing like Chicago Sta- ries of controllec has frighteningly steep seat- Coke and Pizza everyone a great view of the Cy Kerrigans and adium is pleasandy intimate, few more value ty that about the loudest to see peop|e 0 hockey. dressed like gladi complaint about Indepen- , . . , , , , .K primed to send a is the absurd price of beer. . * i i * i j f ii ber at 100 mph in, I thought I had fallen K aken up in Toronto's Sky- heing whose jol undoubtedly serves the most hodv. 1 hat s hoc! I tasteless suds in the known sport to play, w; ; organizers of Columbia's roup take heed of these re ultimately awarded a fran- Nigel Raveiibi Rag," which ait >n, home of the ECHL's :Hk; ,M ;" gggg ions: gf orth Main St. 32-4405 jO arden St. 39-28(33 6 ijj arners Ferry J irk Square *7-8682 Columbiana Mall 12-7691 " ~y jj /inners ? : Program 5 Drin overnment gram 9 Rei late" GL ln 0ur 1 [RHH li Loca Mystery" ffL Be srr lates Staff jP AUA8CflK rents i|fl oved that minor-league I hmb mmmmm te can be successful. The new arena and are selltheir games in a 9,000happen here in Columight, we saw players who >ve of the game; at a few JL * i a week, it's hardly the 1MB iches. The level of play a's junior hockey, and pcfmpnf nrp cir\T Korlr n I ks, raised sticks and flur- I I Hut can kefp their NanKatarina Witts and sell a |||| meals, but when I pay m skates, I want them ators with wooden sticks piece of vulcanized rubtoward another human v b is to stop it with his cey, and it's a wonderful atch or just talk about. II is host of "Maple Leaf "s Fridays from 10 a.m. A Charlotte Checf to noon on WUSC-FM. Independence Aren; a ^ Mow Pneai: Tonight...' wmf SHRIMI OYSTE l-'jly Specials Ni \ You Absolutely Feel The N Come Out Of Your ( r* A t ^ boo & junior v TONIG Wednesday, Feb k Specials 2005 Beitlim 0^ Qraft (nextto Richland Fa: 75 Vodka 782-002 ax Your Feet Available for Priva. Jpstairs Balcony! and Functions. Call f lly Owned And Opera! lart - 21 and over - remem iULATlONS ENFORCED. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 ******* 9_ h'HMHB iflEl WmmmmMMm^m ^j ., 1 mm ^ jpr File photo' lers player battles with a Raleigh Icecaps player at 1 in Charlotte. 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