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VA L I D O N LY AT T H E S E LO C AT I O N S : • 170 2 8 T H S T. • 70 5 2 2 N D S T. • 3 3 3 0 8 T H S T. Volume 14, Issue 42, Week of October 24, 2016
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Randy Smith
Hall of Fame induction icing on his hockey career
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askatoon’s Randy Smith was unbelievable for Smith. has represented Canada at “I had spent time in the misix international hockey nor league system of the Minchampionships and won medals nesota North Stars and I needed in five of them. to try something different. He shared in the bronze-medDave King called and asked if al success at the 1990 Goodwill I’d join the national team for Games in Seattle and Tacoma. the July 1990 Goodwill Games He gained a silver medal at the in the United States. At the end 1990 Spengler Cup in Davos, of the tournament, he said he’d Switzerland. He won gold at the like me to come back to the 1991 World University Games in national team and I played with Sapporo, Japan. He earned silver them through the 1991 season.” People at the 1991 world championships Even as the 1992 Olympics in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He drew near, Smith was never came home empty-handed from the 1992 certain of his future. There were always world championships held in Finland. additions to the team as King sought to The ultimate reward, reflecting the hard gather all the right parts for a winning work, dedication, intensity and the level combination. of patriotic fervour, came from taking the NHLer Joe Juneau played at the Goodsilver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games will Games, went back to school instead in Albertville, France. of going immediately to the Boston Bruins “We were in a scoreless tie after two and became a key asset. The highly-touted periods of the gold-medal game against the Eric Lindros wasn’t about to sign with the Unified team. With 20 minutes to go, we Quebec Nordiques and he played for the nawere still in the running for a gold medal,” tionals in about 45 of their 70 games. Goalie said Smith. “The Unified team, made up Sean Burke hadn’t yet signed with New of Russians, scored one goal on a lucky Jersey. Others, like Saskatchewan’s Dave bounce off the boards, got two more, and Tippett, and future NHL players Curt Giles we lost 3-1.” and Dave Hannan, gradually came on board. Smith, who will be inducted into the Smith played wing on a line with Juneau Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame on Nov. 5, and Chris Lindberg and scored one goal and hasn’t forgotten the feeling. had seven assists during the tournament. He “At the moment, we were devastated. also took turns on the power play. We were spent, exhausted, disappointed. Aside from the NHL influence on the We knew there were people back in team, the other unique factor in the tournaCanada watching on television. As our ment was the Unified team. They were game was finishing, the Olympic closing all the powerhouse Russians. There were ceremonies were starting. We consoled political problems in the Soviet Union, so ourselves at a pizza party. they decided not to wear the traditional “As we came back to Canada, we real- CCCP sweaters. Instead, they wore plain ized our performance was worthwhile and red. Smith admits that “maybe on paper, our team made an impact on history at the Canadians didn’t deserve to be there; the Olympics. After 24 years, Canada had but on the ice, we did.” been waiting to get a place on the Olympic There was an early turning point as hockey podium and we achieved that.” teams headed into the semi-finals. The journeyDarlene with the Canadian national “We needed a shoot-out to beat the DC102450 team, coached by Saskatoon’s Dave King, Germans 4-3. In those days, you could
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Randy Smith won medals in five of the six international hockey championships in which he played. (Photo by Steve Gibb) use the same shooter as many times as you wanted. Lindros took our first try and didn’t score. The Germans missed. Eric scored on the second one. The next German shooter bounced a puck off Burke’s arm, it rolled a bit but then stopped before it reached the goal line. We won.” The name of the second German shooter was Draisaitl, whose son, Leon, wasn’t born until 1995 and now is a prominent player with the Edmonton Oilers. Smith met the young Draisaitl on
a recent trip to Edmonton. “Dave King was the greatest coach I ever played for. He knew the game, he was a taskmaster and he saw everything on the ice. When a line came off the ice, he could tell each one of the players there was something he could have done better on the shift.” Smith has great respect for his teammates, too. Just this spring, nine of them, including Lindros, got together for a reunion in Toronto. (Continued on page 7)
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