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Result of brawlOfficials invited toclinicTORONTO (CP) — Still peevedwith the Norwegian referee who presided over the bench-clearing brawl between the Soviet and Canadian junior hockey teams last winter, federal sport minister Otto Jelinek announced Monday that two clinics will be conducted in Canada for up-and-coming international officials.Twelve B and C pool referees, including Dave Lynch of Toronto, have accepted invitations to one pre-Canada Cup clinic in Toronto. It is to open with a three-day seminar and extend through the week, Aug. 19-27.A second clinic with the theme, Officiating in the 90 s, will be con ducted in Calgary in mid-November, Jelinek saidJelinek said he didn’t think the clinics were going to solve problems related to officiating “but 1 think that this is the first step in Canada to . . . try to improve.Jelinek repeated his accusation that the brawl between the Soviets and Canadians could have beenprevented had referee Hans Running taken control of the game.The seminars are sanctioned b) the International Ice Hockey Federation, in co-operation with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) and the National Hockey League.The federal government is spending $45,000 to play host to the clinic.Gordon Renwick. the Canadian vice-president on the IMF. said the clinics will be used to identify talented young referees with a feel for the game, and to address a growingconcern.“We re seeing in the young players, especially where we've made it mandatory to wear face masks and helmets, that they become much more aggressive, said Renwick. “Some ot the players think they are invincible with all the added equipmentDefinitely the sticks have come up and the game has become much rougher over there . One of the priorities will be to talk to these officials '•nine up withstrategies to get those sticksdown. * WMWith J e I i n e k s c a m p a i g n against excessive violence in hockey, and the recent controversyr vover officiating during the Stanley Cup playoffs, Canada may appear to be a strange venue for clinics on the proper way to officiate hockey.“That's true, but it's such a big concern with the CAHA right now, said Renwick. “They have a lot of (anti-) high stick programs right now and we expect a lot of these guys to go back to their own countries as teachers, so we want to give them as much material aspossible.-Jelinek said it is not officials, but the svstem that is to blame forexcessive violence.Renwick also said the clinic in Toronto will provide an opportunity to preach consistent enforcement ■ot the rules.Murray Costello, president of CAHA, said the visiting referees will each have a turn at officiating a junior game.
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Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Aug 06, 1987
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