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January 27, 1989
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COMPUTER GAME SIMULATES EXPERIENCE OF HOCKEY
If you can’t play a sport, be one, the old saying goes. But whoever coined that aphorism had never heard of Wayne Gretzky Hockey, a computer hockey simulation game that involves almost as much skill and strategy as the game itself. Each of the 12 players on the game screen has his unique blend of skill and intelligence programmed right in. The game operator can assume any of the positions—center, wing, defense, goal—at any given time. All he has to do is point and click. And then… “You will take over that player’s intelligence,” says Chris Weaver, president of Bethesda Softworks, the Maryland-based company which created the game. “And the computer will play the intelligence of your other teammates…The unique intelligence of the players makes them do things you never thought you’d programmed. “So…
BACK STRIP REDUCES SPINAL INJURIES
A prominent Canadian chiropractor has invented an innovative protective pad that will significantly reduce spinal injuries in contact sports. The Back Strip, developed by Dr. Howard Fisher of Toronto, is expected to become standard equipment for players in high contact sports such as football, hockey and lacrosse. “Few people realize that the spine has less natural protection than the head,” Dr. Fisher says. “If you wouldn’t play a contact sport without a helmet, you shouldn’t be playing it without spinal protection.” The Back Strip is especially effective for children involved in contact sports, where the potential for spinal injury is high. The Back Strip is available in retail stores across Canada. Dr. Fisher says he designed the Back Strip to absorb the sharp initial impact of a blow and spread the focus of the force…
RUUTTU ON SECOND-HALF SALVAGE TRIP
Christian Ruuttu won’t be getting a second kick at the AllStar Game. Not this season. The Buffalo Sabres’ third-year center does, however, have a chance to salvage a season and has started to make the most of that. Ruuttu, the Sabres’ lone representative in the All-Star Game at St. Louis last season, recently picked up Rick Vaive as a right winger on a line with Scott Amiel—a formation that has paid dividends for everyone. In his last 13 games, the 24-year-old Finn picked up 15 points (3-12). For the season, Ruuttu was 8-25-33 in 37 games. “It hasn’t been easy,” said Ruuttu, reflecting on a first half dominated by a pre-season knee injury and tom pectoral muscle that caused him to miss eight regular-season contests. “Right now I’m probably in the best shape I’ve been in…
SOVIET CAMP A UNIQUE VENTURE
This is the sixth year for this unique hockey training camp in the Soviet Union. It provides boys between the ages of 13 and 18 with the hockey experience of their lives. Participants come from all over North America and the group is limited to 34 boys (30 skaters and four goaltenders). The group leaves Aug. 4 and returns Aug. 25. For nearly three weeks the group trains in the Soviet Union. On-ice training is done in conjunction with Soviet bantams and midgets. We share ice with them. Instruction is given, in part, by Soviet division I coaches as well as Canadian instructors. Scrimmages are mixed for the majority of the camp, so in any block of five there will be at least two Soviet boys in each unit. To conclude, there…
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