Bounce Shots and Backhands


January 9, 1998

From a reliable source I've heard that Jim Veltman of the NLL Ontario 
Raiders and Pat McCready of the Rochester Knighthawks have signed with 
the Brampton Excelciors Major team for the 98 summer season.

March 10/98

A update on this story from Major Commissioner - Jim Brady
                             
Jim Veltman has indicated that he would be available this season to play
for the Excelsiors and has been added to the protected list. Pat Mcready
has signed with Brampton and is on their protected list.
Troy Cordingley has been placed on the out of province list by Six Nations
Chiefs. Rumors are that Casey Zaph of PETERBORO, Bob Fisher of BUFFALO, and
Shaydon Santos of BROOKLIN are going out west also. Paul Gait will be
playing in the east this year. Probably with Buffalo.



OLA commissioner Jim Brady said Buffalo Gamblers owner Joe Anderson
is about to announce a new GM and head coach to replace Terry 
Sanderson, who left to take a similar position with the Brampton
Excelsiors. The Gamblers are also looking to replace Brian Allen of
St.Catharines, who stepped down as operations manager.

The Gamblers will play out of Marine Midland Arena and are seeking 
approval to hold the 1998 Mann Cup final there.

Brady said the Six Nations Chiefs are having difficulty organizing
a team, but added they will move home games from Brantford Civic
Centre back to Ohsweken. The Chiefs status will be determined by 
January 18 when teams must file their protected-players list.




More Rumours of the week


December 18, 1997

Terry Sanderson was fired as Gamblers coach.(Personality indifferences
with team owner Joe Anderson).Terry will be coaching Brampton in the
senior league.

Brian Allen (GM) Lincoln Fannell (President),and Don Jones (Vice Pres),
resigned as a result of Terry's dismissal.THATS OFFICIAL!
A number of players are in an uproar over the situation,indicating they
wont be playing for the Gamblers next year.
 
Update:  Lincoln Fannell DID NOT resign from the Gamblers.He is
still officially 
their President.Brian Allen(GM) was the only one that resigned.

Joe Anderson apparently has made it clear that he is looking to recruit
the top American box players to play on the team.
If this happens, look for a new senior team in either St. Catharines or
Hamilton.

The OLA will certainly be making an issue of this as the Gamblers are
still officially a St Catharines based team.




Rumours of the week


December 10, 1997

Jim Brady,former coach of the Athletics (2 Minto Cups early '90s),and 
former GM of 97 Minto Cup Champs Whitby Warriors,has been offered 
Head Coaching job for the Burlington Jr A's.

Update: Jim Brady is officially coaching Burlington Jr A.They will be 
a tough team to beat this year.

Coaches and administrators of the former Niagara Falls Gamblers are in
limbo.

Team owner Joe "Smoking Joe" Anderson,has cancelled a number of meetings 
between the parties,sending instead his representative to stickhandle 
around Coach Terry Sanderson and GM Brian Allen's concerns.My Buffalo 
sources indicate that the Marine Midland Staff will administer the 
Gamblers including Les Wakelin (Bandit coach and Six Nation (Major) coach),
as the new head coach.

My sources are also close to Joe Anderson.
John Tavares was also being courted by the Gamblers,but the major 
commissioner said that he would never allow the trade as it 
would upset the balance of the league.




Rumour Department


December 4, 1997

From the rumour department this: A reliable source tells me
that the Gamblers have made a deal to acquire Paul Gait. 
He played last year in 8 regular season games for the B.C. based
North Shore Indians scoring 32 goals.