named,

Iron Mike Keenan Comes To

Vancouver

by Jeremy Fung

Tom Renney was replaced
as head coach of the
Vancouver Canucks’ on
Thursday. The Canucks final-
ly won, after ten losses in a
row, and as a reward Tom
Renney was fired.

Mike Keenan was named
head coach of the Canucks
on Thursday. He admits that
he doesn’t really know the
strengths and weaknesses of
the team, but it wont take him
long to figure out who is stay-

Quinn Is Out

by Bart Wingerak

The Vancouver Canucks

have fired their ten year
General Manager, Pat
Quinn, after the teams worst
start in club history. Orca Bay
Sports and Entertainment
made the announcement at
an afternoon news confer-
ence on Tuesday, November
4. No replacement was
though Steve
Bellringer, the President and
CEO of Orca Bay Sports and
Entertainment, said an
immediate search is under
way. Until a replacement is
found, Bellringer will handle
Quinn’s day-to-day responsi-
bilities.
“Ownership and senior man-
agement are concerned
about the development of the
hockey organization,”
Bellringer said. “We conclud-
ed that a change in leader-
ship is required.”

Quinn was in his 11th year
as the Canuck’s President
and General Manager, in
which he coached twice for
the team, including the trip to
the Stanley Cup finals in
1994.

“We gratefully acknowledge
Pat Quinn’s more than 10

Vancouver

ing and who is going. He
doesn't have complete
power when it comes to mak-
ing trades, as he needs the
co-signature of the acting
general manager, however, |
expect we will see a very dif-
ferent team in Vancouver.
The Canucks are playing
their first game with the new
coach Nov. 14th in Anaheim.
They are no longer last in the
division either, the Calgary
Flames are a dismal 3-12-4.

years of dedication, accom-
plishment and service to the
Canuck organization and to
Vancouver,” Bellringer said.
The 54-year-old Quinn
played 14 seasons as an
NHL defenseman. He is most
remembered for the “suppos-
edly dirty” body check that
basically put Bobby Orr out
of the NHL. He also coached
the Philadelphia Flyers from
1979-82 and the Los Angeles
Kings from 1984-87 before
earning his law degree from
Widener University,
Delaware School of Law.
Quinn took the Canucks to
the brink of the Stanley Cup
in 1993-94, as they lost 3-2 in
Game Seven of the finals to
the New York Rangers. As a
coach, Quinn’s career record

is 357-285-102 during the

regular season and 53-50 in
the playoffs. He also lost in
the Stanley Cup Finals in
1980, falling in six games to
the New York Islanders. His
teams failed to make the
playoffs three times and
advanced past the opening
round all but three times.

Wins!

By Jeremy Fung

The Vancouver Canucks
finally broke out of their worst
ever losing streak. They
defeated the San Jose
sharks by a score of 5-2.
Artur Irbe started in goal and
held on to the four nothing
lead the Canucks built up.

Bure opened the scoring on
a penalty shot after a shark
defenceman covered the
puck in his own crease.
Staios, Sillinger, Linden, and
Lumme scored for the
Canucks as well.

Over The Edge - Page 11

HISTORY MADE IN BASEBALL

by Bart Wingerak:

History has been made in
Major League Baseball. The
first team ever to leave the
American, which was found-
ed in 1901, has left and
switched over to the National
League.

“This was not an easy deci-
sion,” Selig said. “To com-
plete Phase One of Major
League Baseball’s
Realignment, and create a
16-14 team format, it was
absolutely necessary for one
team to switch leagues.
Several teams were given
that opportunity, but none
accepted. The Milwaukee
Brewers, mindful of the city’s
National League heritage,
and after conducting exten-
sive local research that
showed our fans approved

such a move and receiving
considerable encouragement
from Major League clubs...
the Brewers volunteered to
make the switch.”

Milwaukee will move from
the American League Central
to the National League
Central. The owners gave
permission, on October 15,
by a telephone vote to make
way for a team from one of
the leagues to move over to
the other. This movement
allows the league to make
the schedule so that there
can be segments in the sea-
son for inter-league play,
rather then just playing the
games whenever the sched-
ule would allow them to play.

While Milwaukee has been
an American League town

since the Seattle Pilots
moved there prior to the
1970 season and became
the Brewers, its first team
played in the National
League. The Braves moved
from Boston and played in
Milwaukee from 1953 to
1965. They won the World
Series in 1957 over the
Yankees. They then moved
to Atlanta for the 1966 sea-

.Son.

“This is a day of both sad-
ness, and great anticipation,”
Selig said. “Sadness for the
prospect of leaving a 28-year
relationship with the
American League and its
member clubs, and (happi-
ness) anticipating returning
Milwaukee to its roots in the
National League.”

lron Mike Keenan Comes To Vancouver

by Jeremy Fung

Tom Renney was replaced
as head coach of the
Vancouver Canucks’ on
Thursday. The Canucks final-
ly won, after ten losses in a
row, and as a reward Tom
Renney was fired.

Mike Keenan was named
head coach of the Canucks
on Thursday. He admits that
he doesn’t really know the

SPORTS

strengths and weaknesses of
the team, but it wont take him
long to figure out who is stay-
ing and who is going. He
doesn't have complete
power when it comes to mak-
ing trades, as he needs the
co-signature of the acting
general manager, however, |
expect we will see a very dif-
ferent team in Vancouver.

The Canucks are playing
their first game with the new
coach Nov. 14th in Anaheim.
They are no longer last in the
division either, the Calgary
Flames are a dismal 3-12-4.

How Things Work In
The Sports Department
At Over The Edge.

Some of you may be wondering how articles get
chosen for the sports department here at OTE. It’s
really quite simple. Anything that catches my
attention will get in. If you have an interest in one
of the sports teams/clubs here at UNBC | would
be happy to put in articles about them. | currently
have no feedback from you as to what you want.
Remember that the newspaper (on good years)
gets put out once every two weeks. All you have
to do to submit an article is bring it to the OTE
office (across from the Wintergarden) and put it in
the sports editor box. | will accept written and
printed articles, but | would prefer they were on a
disk. (Microsoft Word is best - IBM format)

Thanks,

Jeremy Fung, Sports Editor