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I uesday, December 31 2002 Regina Celebrates 100 Years Advertising Feature Leader-Post C5 Alvin Horace 'Al' Ritchie Alvin Horace Ritche, 'the Silver Fox' coachedmanaged local baseball, hockey and football teams. He was manager of the Regina Pats teams that won the Memorial Cup in 1925 and 1930, and was the most successful coach of the Regina (later Saskatchewan) Roughriders football team. His success, along with his coonskin coat and ever-present cigar, made him one of Regina's most popular and colourful sports figures. He was elected to the Canada Sports Hall of Fame in 1964 and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. Pats capture junior hockey title Moore gets winning goal 40 seconds before going; Memorial Cup comes West Reflections moment, then that was it; and there was not a single supporter Toronto or Regina who did not doff his hat to the smiling and happy band of puck manipulators piloted by Al Ritchie at the moment.

The game was almost over, but not the excitement. Gracie, Toronto right winger, took possession of the rubber from the face-off and wended his way toward the Regina goal, only to land up in the comer of the rink where he and Moore came to blows. In an instant every player on the ice was implicated, along with a few spectators, but fortunately no serious injury had been occurred to anyone when they were finally separated by police a few minutes later. Gracie and Moore drew penalties for the balance of the contest but the bell sounded a few seconds later, and the Pats were monarchs of the junior hockey world for the year. Easterners Lose Early Lead One could not help but feel sorry for the unfortunate Easterners as they skated off the ice.

At one stage of the battle they held a two-goal lead, only to see it slowly fade away as the desperate Pats fought like demons. As the third alanza got under way, Bill Hancocks proteges were sitting pretty on The 1917 Patricia's hockey club. The Regina Pats are the oldest major junior hockey franchise in the world. Regina Pats more than just a hockey club Name drawn from both military and royalty By Nathan Morrison Regina Pats Hockey Club franchises. We are very proud of our roots, and have made a very concerted effort to maintain our Mar.

31, 1930 The Leader Regina youngsters stage dramatic third period rally to defeat west Toronto 3-2 in Winnipeg Win titular series in straight games For third time within six years, Saskatchewan capital corrals emblem of junior supremacy By Dave Dryburgh WINNIPEG, March 30 Forty seconds to go and the score tied; to one team a goal would mean the Dominion junior hockey championship to the other, an opportunity to force another contest before the holders of the Memorial Cup for 1930 could be decided. That was the situation which faced the Regina Pats and West Toronto at the Amphitheatre rink on Saturday night in the second game of the title series. And it was a tense moment for over 5,000 spectators who jammed the ice palace to capacity. The Pats won, 3 to 2, Suddenly two blue-and-white clad figures emerged from the midst of a horde of players at the Regina blue line and darted toward the opposing citadel as fast as steel blades would carry them. It was Pettinger and Moore, who had taken opportunity of this There was hardly a sound as they neared the defense.

I'ettinger slid the disc over to Moore on the right boards the winger seemed to skate too far into the comer but eventually took a shot which Geddes, the Toronto goalie, saved with his pads. Darting in after the rebound, the dusky Regina winger picked it up and slipped it across the goal mouth it was hardly more than a tap and the puck stopped dead less than three feet from the goal mouth. There was nobody on hand to pick it up and it seemed for a second that the opportunity was lost but everyone had forgotten about Moore. Skating around the cage at top speed in order to get back in the play again, the winger grabbed the rubber that he himself had slid across the mouth of the citadel and back-handed it over the prostrate form of Geddes to make the score 3-2 and to win for the Regina Pats the junior hockey championship of Canada after one of the most sensational finishes ever seen in the puck pastime. Just Like Fiction Bedlam broke loose finishes like this had been read about, but it is only once in a lifetime that the average hockey fan has the opportunity to witness one with his own eyes.

If ever there was a dramatic ties to the PPCLI and our past history." In wartime France, the PPCLI adopted a bulldog as its mascot. The Pats have since honoured the infantry by creating a bulldog mascot named "Reg," short for Regina. The Pats display their ties to the bulldog each time they step on the ice with a special patch worn on all of their jerseys. Pats fans have watched a steady stream of future NHL stars come through Regina over the years. Stars such as Clark Gillies, Doug Wickenheiser, Jeff Friesen, and Derek Morris have all been a part of the Pats gloried past.

Numerous Pats players have gone on to star in the NHL leaving a legacy and blazing a trail for current Pats players to continue their dream. In the spring of 2001, the Pats hosted the MasterCard Memorial Cup in the Agridome. The 2001 Memorial Cup has since been proclaimed by many across the country as "the best This great event added another chapter to the long history of the franchise, and has strengthened its roots in the community. The Pats have participated in 15 Memorial Cups, having won the championship four times. Aside from playing exciting and competitive hockey, the Pats organization has groomed young men and left a valuable imprint on the city.

"When you have as many years of history as we do you have many alumni that have gone on to have successful careers in the NHL, and in the business community. We take tremendous pride in the people that have been here before us and hope that we can leave a legacy behind for those that come after us," boasts Parker. The Pats and their rich tradition are much more than a hockey team in Regina they are a part of Regina. The Regina Pats Hockey Club is the oldest major the long end of a part of the time but they were junior hockey franchise in the world, first stepping badly outcleaned at the critical moments. The Regi- on the ice in 1917.

As a result, the organization na defense bumped the local forwards hard and carries with it a deep history for which it is very plenty with the result that they seldom looked dan- proud. One important part of this 85-year history gerous once they got inside die blue line, while at is in the actual team name and how it was the other end. It was just the opposite story acquired. those last few yards between the Elmwood rear The Pats took its name from both Princess guard and Roy Musgrove were where the Pats Patricia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the shone. Princess Patricia Light Infantry (PPCLI) regiment, All hopes of the homesters getting an early goal which was organized at the outbreak of the World and cutting down the goal lead carried over from War in 1914.

the first contest by the Pats were shattered in less The PPCLI was the first Canadian regiment to than three minutes, when Gilhooly picked up the see service in the war and was Canada's most puck after Acaster had tried in vain to work into esteemed army corps. The Regiment began with position for a shot to dash in and nestle the disc in nearly 1,100 officers and men, almost all whom the twine behind Musgrove. This sudden reverse were bom in England and immigrated to Canada, stunned the fans for the Millionaires looked for all Many of these men were living in Regina and the world like they were out to reduce the leeway vicinity at the time the war broke out. Princess in the opening exchanges, but play was very even Patricia, the honourary colonel of the regiment, for a long spell after this, although Acaster gave was born St. Patrick's Day in 1886.

She was Regina an edge with his generalship in the centre popular in Regina having officiated at the opening ice position. It fell to the lot of the little centreman of the new Legislative Building in 1912. to give the pass for the second goal near the end of Three members of the regiment won the Victoria the first period, for he drew the Elmwood defense Cross for bravery for their efforts in both France over to one side and then slipped the disc over to an Belgium, which is a very rare feat. The the eager Dutkowski, who had no difficulty in reg- regiment received so much fame and thus led the istering the fifth tally of the series. junior hockey team to honour the unit by taking the name The hockey club went by the name Patricia's until 1923 when it was shortened to the Pats.

The ju- honouring the efforts of the infantry nior hockey and in the quartet of contests they de- the lon8 hlhtory of franchise something nied the rigging at the opposite and of the rink 14 ha 8enfral manager and vice president Brent times to set a scoring record which has never been farker. ery warf.of:. Thue hlstory' and accomplished before and one which may never be of ou fanch'se 19 what us agajn from many of the other top junior hockey Pain Deserve Win The Elmwoods were on the short end of a 5-0 score on Monday and the Pats were just that much better, fully deserving to win by that margin and stamping themselves as one of the greatest junior hockey machines that the wind-swept prairies have ever sent against the East in quest of the O.H.A. Memorial Cup. Not a slip was made by the blue and white warriors in the final contest.

They were out to help Kenny Campbell, between the gas pipeschalk up his fifth consecutive victory via the shutout route and with the aid of Coach Alvin Horace Ritchie booming forth orders here, there and everywhere from the box, everything ran along smoothly, much to the delight of some 5,000 spectators who cheered the victors at every turn. It's not hard to see why Regina is such a great Regina Pats win western hockey title Reflections against the best that the East could produce in Mar. 25, 1930 The Leader Four straight shutouts make hockey record. Enter Dominion Finals after wonderful display Beat Elmwoods 5-0, Winning round 8-0 Dutkowski gets three goals as 5,000 fans look on By Dave Dryburgh WINNIPEG, March 24 Many records have been set by hockey teams, professional, senior, amateur and junior, and many of these same records will stand for years, but one which can probably be termed the peer of them all was set at the Amphitheatre rink here on Monday night when Al Ritchie's spirited band of young hockey ists, the Regina Pats, hung up another shutout over the Elmwood Millionaires to annex the Abbot Cup and the Western Canada championship by a round score of 8-0. Four times in as many games, the Regina puckchasers have skated off the ice without a tally being registered against them to the playoffs to decide which team would represent the prairies place to live.

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