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April 5, 1991
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I’LL TAKE BLUES AND HAWKS OVER BASEBALL
Life is full of decisions, and some folks are going to have to make a big one in the next few weeks. Do they stake out a prime spot in front of the television set and settle in for the Stanley Cup playoffs to soak up the drama that is a rite of spring in this game? (Assuming, of course, they live in Canada or one of the 16 U.S. households that receives SportsChannel America.) Or do they switch channels and tune into some baseball, where much of the action consists of guys tugging at the crotch of their pants and dribbling tobacco juice down their chin? It doesn’t sound like a tough decision, but baseball devotees are quick to point out that their game is so slow-paced because it’s such a cerebral…


PRO FILE
DAVE HANNAN Born: Nov. 26, 1961, Sudbury. Ont. Height: 5-foot-10. Weight: 185 pounds. Team: Toronto Maple Leafs. Position: Center. Acquired: Claimed from Pittsburgh in NHL waiver draft Oct. 2, 1989. Career highlight: “Playing in the Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers. That’s what you work for your entire career and to finally make it is the greatest feeling you can have.” Nickname: Leo. “Dave Ellett nicknamed me Leo Getz after the character Mel Gibson was protecting in Lethal Weapon. Getz was always talking and I’m always talking and jabbering at the guys in the dressing room.” If he was NHL president for a day: “Do you have a couple of hours? If I have to pick one thing. I’d change the schedule. When you play 80 games, you’re always on the go and that’s…


WESTWARD HO
When NHL scouts moan about the shortage of marquee players in the Ontario League, it’s because they have already decided superman Eric Lindros is the product of another planet—not the OHL. The Oshawa Generals’ superstar is in a class by himself in the Canadian Hockey League. Apart from leap over tall buildings and outskate speeding bullets, Lindros does just about everything. In l½ years of major junior hockey, he has drawn more attention than Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux combined during their junior years. Other than Lindros, the OHL has few players considered among the CHL’s best. Nordoes the Quebec League for that matter, but the Western League makes up for those perceived shortfalls with an abundance of top-notch skaters. Maybe it’s because the WHL is hell-bent on offense. Maybe…


UQTR TRIUMPHS AT THE NATIONALS
The University of Quebec (Trois Rivieres) Patriotes lived up to their billing as the Canada Interuniversity Athletic Union’s No. 1 ranked team March 24, with a 7-2 victory over the Alberta Golden Bears in the championship game of The Nationals in Toronto. It was the second C1AU title in the last five seasons for the Patriotes, who captured the Ontario Universities Athletic Association title March 1416 with a two-game sweep over the Waterloo Warriors. The Patriotes last won the C1AU championship in 1986-87 with a 6-3 win over the Saskatchewan Huskies. “We knew coming in, Alberta was a bright team, a proven winner with a great tradition and great coaching,” said 29-year-old UQTR coach Dany Dube. “We just tried to execute the way we had all season long and we did. I’m in…