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Erie Panthers are
ready to prowl
by John Musser
Collegian Sports Editor
The Erie Panthers are
establishing themselves as the
"New York connection" in the
East Coast Hockey League.
The New York Rangers
announced early last week that
they have reached a working
agreement with the Panthers.
Erie had announced last month
that they would have a working
agreement with the New York
Islanders this year. Both
agreements will work
independently of each other.
In the Rangers deal, Erie
would receive both contracted
pros and free agents who fail to
make the Rangers club or New
York's top affiliate in Flint,
Michigan. Flint is a member
of the IHL (International
Hockey League).
According to Erie Panther's
Director of
Marketing/Operations Mike
Van Natten, it will be "tough
for free agents to make the
team" with the presence of
three to four contracted pros
from each New York NHL
club. Van Natten stressed that
the Panthers want to keep a
nucleus of players on the team
so that the fans will be able to
maintain a team identity.
Van Natten also said that it
will be difficult for members of
last year's squad to make the
team this year. "I'm guessing
that we'll have three to five
players from last years team
make this year's team," said
Van Natten.This was a team
that produced three of the
league's seven all-stars.
For Training camp this
year, which opens on October
16, Van Natten is expecting to
have 33 players try out. The
Panthers will probrably have
about eight free agents vying
for positions on the team.
The list of free agents
includes forwards Grant
Ottenbreit, voted most popular
player by the_ fans last year,
Darren Miciak, Chris Walsh,
Doug Stronvack, Doug
Marsden, and Harry Geary.
Other invitees are
defensemen Steve Weinke and
Antti Autery..Weinke, who is
six-foot two inches and 215
pounds, is expected to make
the team. "He was good last
year, and he should be super
this year."
One person Panther's fans
can count on being back is
head coach Ron Hansis, the
ECHL coach of the year last
winter. Hansis - took his team
from the gutter to the top of
the ECHL mountain by the end
of the regular season. With
Hansis at the helm, Erie would
be a competitive team with
marginal talent. Now with all
of the new talent coming in
this year, the Panthers will
challenge for the league
championship again.
"I think we'll be more than
competitive this year," said
Van Nauen.
wile Track club and ROTC
sponsored a 5-km cross country
race on September 20, the fast
such race held at Behrend in
nearly two years. Junior Steve
Vogt was the overall winner
with a time of 20:57, just ahead
of freshman Scott Brown. The
top female finisher was
freshman Susie Greco, who
finished seventh overall.
Other top finishers, by class,
were freshmen Bill Vonah and
Bob Barron, sophomores Mike
Lesher and Kyle Blakeslee,
junior Danny Piocquidio, and
seniors Bernie Jaros and Gary
Law.
Some stupid things I was
thinking about five minutes
before deadline:
-Is it just a coincidence
dept. You may remember a
couple of weeks ago that it was
mentioned in this column that
the Pittsburgh Steelers were
not one of the best teams in
football. In fact, I said they
really really suck. This was
after the _Steelers sot mangled
in their first two games by the
Browns and Bengals, and being
a long time Pittsburgh fan, I
was more than a little upset
when I wrote that. Since then,
the Steelers have gone 2-0 and
are back in the race for the
AFC central crown.
-Finally. That is what every
Browns fan is saying this week
after Bernie and the boys turned
the tables on the Broncos and
won the game in the final
seconds on a Matt Bahr field
goal. The win ended a 10-game
losing streak for Cleveland
against Denver that spanned 15
years, including the last two in
the AFC Champioship game,
which were also decided in the
final minutes.
•Note of bowling interest
dept. Behrend Freshman Greg
Berlin bowled a 300 game
Monday night at the Eastland
bowling alley. Berlin, who is
18 years old and is in his first
year of adult bowling, had a
736 series.
hate Astroturf.
hate to say it. I hate to
say I told you so. But last
spring I correctly predicted the
outcomes for first place in both
American League divisions.
You can look it up.
-While you're looking that
up, you may also notice that I
picked the Chicago Cubs fifth
and the San Francisco Giants
third, both winners in the NL
East and West, respectively.
-Assistant Editor Todd J.
Irwin has asked me who I think
will win the League
Championship Series this year
After several coin tosses, I've
come to these conclusions. The
Giants in six over the Cubs.
Who will the Giants face?
Oakland.
Women's tennis team
ups their record to 4-5
team 2-1 for the week
by Robert Kitchen
Collegian Staff Writer
The Lady netters won two
out of three matches last
week to improve their record
to 4-5.
The first win came against
SUNY-Fredonia (6-3) on
September 26. The lady
netters won four out of six in
singles and two of the three
doubles matches.
Double winners, those
players winning both in
singles and doubles play,
were Melissa Clark, Erika
Lloyd, and Victoria Rice.
Monica Michel, on the
Fredonia match, said, "We
played well because we knew
what to expect."
The Lady Lions easily
defeated visiting Thiel last
Thursday, 8-1. Thiel had to
forfeit 3 points due to
shortage in players, thus
giving the lady lions an early
3-0 lead.
The lady netters were
victorious in all of the four
singles matches that were
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Monica Michel (6-2, 6-1),
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Monica Michel said,
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On Saturday, the lady
netters next traveled to
Allegheny College, suffering
a 1-7 loss.
The netters were winless
in singles, but pulled out one
win in doubles play. Winning
in doubles was the team of
Clark and Lloyd (6-2, 6-3).
The doubles team of Monica
Michel and Steffani Rasche
Played well against
Allegheny, stretching the
Lady Gators to three sets (7-
5, 3-6, 4-6) before dropping
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