Thursday, February 16,1995
Panthers down
wrong way street
by Brian Gregory
CoUeguut Staff
The woes are continuing into
February for the Erie Panthers.
The Panthers are 0-9-2 over their
last eleven games.
Last week on a three-game road
stand the Panthers played well
but dropped all three games.
On Thursday,
the Panthers
lost to the
Hampton ,
Roads Admirals
5-3. Friday
they lost to the
Richmond
Renegades 5-4,
and Saturday,
they fell behind
early and
dropped a tough
one to the
Express 6-2.
The Panthers former center and
ECHL leading scorer Scott
Burfoot saw his chance and left
the team early this month to
expand his horizons with Fort
Wayne of the IHL. While with
Erie this year, Burfoot had 28
goals and 60 assists for 90
points. So far with Fort Wayne,
the Mercyhurst star has 3 goals
in 5 games.
The good news for the team is
that right-winger Stephane
Charbonneau scored two goals
giving him 37 for the year and
tying him for first place in the
ECHL with Wheeling's Vadim
Slivchenko. His 70 points tie
him with teammate LW Kevin
McKinnon (33 goals, 37 assists)
for third on the overall points
list. McKinnon is first on the
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list with power play goals with
18 and netminder Francis
Ouellette is fifth in the league
with 1,059 saves.
The Panthers (14-37-3) took on
the archrival Johnstown Chiefs
last night in the first of three
home games at the Erie Civic
Center.
Despite a 2-0
lead with 5:30
to go in the
third period, the
Panthers ended
up on the short
end of a 3-2
shootout loss.
Netminder Paul
Krake had 32
saves in a
losing cause for
the Panthers.
Despite the
loss Erie picked
up one point
and unproved their record to 14-
37-4.
They will be in the friendly
confines of the Civic Center
Saturday for a game against
Richmond. Face-off is at 7:30.
Catch the Erie
Panthers at their
next game...
Feb. 18 Richmond
Feb. 19 Columbus
The Panthers'
games are played at
the Erie Civic Center
Game Time:
7:3opm
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Just My Opinion. . .
but if you need any Advil, icy
Hot or Ben Gay pick some up
soon because Senior, I mean
Major League Baseball camps
open today in Florida and
Arizona. Normally, this a
joyous time for me, but now 1
just feel sick.
Last year at this time my
Phillies were coming off an
incredible season and were getting
ready to defend their National
League crown. I was upset that a
former basketball star was
stealing all the attention away
from a season that introduced new
divisions and a new playoff
formaL
In retrospect, I would gladly
hear about Michael Jordan than
about this strike. The owners
and players are doing something
that 10 miserable losing seasons
(Phillies 1983-1993) could not
do. lam completely uninterested
inbasebalL
The Phillies have announced
that Jeff Stone, 34, Ken
Oberkfeil, 38, Marty Bystrom,
36, Todd Cruz, 39, and many
other less than household names
will be suiting up for the
reigning National League
Champions.
Anyone who is excited about
that roster compared to Lenny
Dykstra, Darren Daulton, Gregg
Jefferies and Kevin Stocker was
excited when Cheers went off the
air.
Baseball fans stop
reading... The strike will not
end soon.
The owners have made a
commitment to see what fans'
reaction to the replacement
players will be. They will not
settle because they don't have to.
They lost their money last
season.
The players had the advantage
until last November. Now, they
have nothing.
They have absolutely n 6
leverage until the owners realize
that fans will not settle for
washed-up, never were second-rate
athletes.
It is really sad that the majority
of baseball teams from places
like Omaha, Des Moines,
Nantuckett or Erie will have
more talent than places like New
York (actually, the Mets might
be better), St. Louis, Los
Angeles or Boston.
Sure George Foreman may be
happy that the average age of
major? league rosters will be
increased by 10 or IS years and
that he won't be the only
grandfather making a joke out of
his sport.
My only problem is that
boxing has been a joke for a long
time, baseball is just starting to
get funny.
Another top-ten list:
Due to the response I got to my
last top-10, my editors have
asked me to print it again. Just
kidding, here are my top ten
reasons that I refuse to watch the
replacement players.
10. If I want to watch old, fat
guys in suits I'd go to : a faculty
council meeting.,
9. Famous Behrend graduate
Tom Lawless (in 1986, 'B7 and
*9O was the last player on a major
league roster to get a hit) will
play.
8. Famous Behrend graduate
Joe Mycka may play.
7. There was more talent up
for grabs yesterday during the
NFL replacement draft than all
the replacement rosters will have
combined.
6. Mathematic formula-
Replacement Players. Pr
ofessionals = AFC:NFC.
S. Dr. Reber turned down an
offer to play on the Pirates
replacement team.
4. Madonna would rather sleep
«iut Newt Gingrich than a
replacement player.
3. After watching replacement
players, I might actually find
soccer interesting.
2. Prune juice is the official
drink of replacement players.
1. Brian Gregory hates replace
ment players.
Thumbs up!:
—To Sacramento guard Mitch
Richmond who shot 10-for-13
from the floor and scored 23
points to lead the West to a 139-
112 dismantling of the East in
Sunday's all-star game.
Richmond's performance was
enough to earn him MVP
honors.
—To the Washington area
college basketball teams who
have made life rough for number
one*ranked basketball teams.
First, George Washington
knocked off UMass. Then,
Maryland shocked North
Carolina. Tuesday night,
Georgetown almost performed the
trifecta, but faltered in the final
minutes and fell to No. 1 UConn
91-85.
To the Behrend men's
basketball team who are currently
on a six game win streak that has
raised their to 12-10. The Lions
are being led by point guard
Brandon George and forward
Steve Berger. Come out and root
for the Lions as they look for
number seven against Hilbert
College Saturday at 7:30 in Erie
Hall.
by Matthew D. Cissne
Collegian writer
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