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12 Fort McMurray Today Saturday November 25 2006 CURTIS PHILLIPS on your top ten list? The Hartford Whalers tagged Buchanan in the 10th round of die 1989 NHL draftHe would go on to have a stellar 13-year career in the minors His home base is now Shreveport Louisiana where he has laced his skates for the last 10 years first as a player and now as a coach Headon was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 11th round in 1985 and played his NCAA hockey at Boston University Harpe was the top scorer for die Erie Panthers of the ECHL in 1988-89 with 38 goals and 84 assists in 60 games He was also in the sin bin for 189 minutes that year Strand believed in higher education and he played for die University of Alberta Golden Bears for five years before heading off to a solid semi-pro career Wheeler no doubt the most all-around athlete on this list was nicknamed die "Chocolate Rocket" and after strutting his talent at the University erf Wisconsin in Stevens roint he became a mainstay with the Charlotte Checkers Other names tossed in for consideration were Tyler Romanchuk Chad Siebel and Troy Seibel And die list of names could go on and on A few quick notes from die local sports scene Condolences to the family of Mike St Germain St Germain was one of the movers and shakers who got the ball rolling for local youth football and was always upbeat He left us way too early Hie recent Ultimate Sports Trivia Challenge held at Hodgson also earned gold with Canada's national junior team in 1985 and was named Canadian Major Junior Player of the Year also in 1985 After cups of coffee with NHL teams in Toronto and Vancouver he spent more then a decade as a top star in Europe Upshall who was part of the Oil Barons championship Royal Bank Cup season in 1999-2000 also spent time the WHL before moving up to the show He honed his skills in Milwaukee with the AHL before finding a spot with the Nashville Predators After those foui we get into a bit of dark territory We mostly agreed on Bobby Stewart Brian Shantz and Colin Murphy filling the next three spots to give us our top seven Stewart has an NCAA ring from his time with the Maine Bladkbears not to mention accolades from the semi-pro ranks Shantz is a legend in San Antonio from his days in the Central Hockey League Murphy now playing for the jgffnf Toronto Marlies of the AHL also gained national fame in die NCAA ranks while playing with Michigan Tech and was one of the leaders during the Royal Bank Cup run The bottom three are the most difficult to pick Names tossed about included AJ Aitken Trevor Buchanan Peter Headon Daryl Harpe Brad Mueller Paul Strand and Shawn Wheeler to name a few TP Aitken would team up with good buddy Muller for four years at Michigan Tech before the duo headed Had an interesting debate recently with local sports pundits Bob Campbell and Garth Phillips (A few years i would have called it a di but I've mellowed a bit) The point in question: Who would make die list of the Top 10 local hockey players of all time? Now we weren't talking about imports who only wear Oil Barons colours for a couple of seasons and then move on but kids or more gender-specifically males who went through the minor nockey system and have roots planted firmly in the local tarsands If we were looking at female players the answer would be simple Suzette Gillingham would definitely grab the top spot The early hit list for the guys is also an easy one: Chris Phillips followed closely by Nolan Pratt Danny Hodgson and Scotti Upshall Phillips was a two-time gold medal winner with Canadas national junior team He was also WHL rookie of the year for 1995-96 Phillips was S' eked first overall by fire ttawa Senators still his current team in the 1996 NHL draft and has captured the hearts of all fans in Fort McMurray Pratt who left town around bantam age earned two Stanley Cup rings playing the for Colorado ana Tampa Bay Not a bad resume either Longshots Sports Bai was won by die "Go Seahawks" which was composed of Gary Parsons Derek Rolstoner and Marc Whelan I'm looking forward to hosting another trivia fundraiser in the New Year itch you on the rebound south to play some hockey in Memphis Tsjntram this advice to offer: "Not to start it too young not to feel like you're unacceptable if you're not all waxed and perfect" she said A spokesman for which makes the newly popular Always Wipes says there is nothing nefarious at work in any of the company's products "That would be the complete opposite of what the Always campaign would stand for" says Michelle Vaeth "our 'Have a Happy Period' campaign is very much about embracing your bodv and embracing being a woman" Though no one is advocating a return to the bra-burning '70s there may be a small backlash brewing Recently in Esquire writer Jessica Pressler tackled Hair storm people Ceetteseti tram geie Jalbert saidheTiad no idea justhow common a problem he has struggled with personally would turn out to be "When I went to my mother-in-law's I had to shut the door" he said "I put the fan on and hoped to God nobody would come in for 10 minutes" Drugstore shelves are filling up with more and more personal washes douche-like products body spravs and feminine cleansing wipes The hairlessness Kilboume believes is part and parcel of the mainstreaming of pornography which nas been written about extensively in books like Ariel Lew's Female Chauvinist Pigs She says the hairlesslv-airb rushed pom world has about as much to do with all that is erotic as does a cleansing product targeting our private parts "We know pheremones are an incredibly impor- ellinglike tant part of sexuality "The Return of Chest Hair' "The bald male chest is disconcerting to me in the same way that a hairless dog is" she wrote "It seems unnatural as though it's been engineered by science and it's sort of vain" And refreshingly Whittall indicates men may be FREE! 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