UPEI
      MEN’S
      SOCCER
      JUGGERNAUT
     
     
      DESTROYS
      MONCTON
      9-0
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      soccer,
      the
      Men’s
      Panthers
      put
      on
      a
      clinic
      of
     
     
      goal
      scoring
      prowess
      against
      a
      much
      more
      inexperienced
     
     
      Moncton
      team
      on
      Wednesday.
      “The
      boys
      worked
      hard,”
     
     
      said
      veteran
      Jordan
      Chandler.
      “Mattie
      T
      was
      outstand-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      33
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ing.
     
     
      Indeed
      he
      was.
      Matt
      Thompson,
      a
      UPEI
      striker,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      blitzed
      a
      shocked
      Moncton
      team
      for
      three
      goals,
      two
      of
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      which
      came
      about
      halfway
      through
      the
      first
      half
      as
      UPEI
     
     
      built
      up
      a
      5-0
      lead
      before
      adding
      four
      more
      in
      the
      second
     
     
      frame.
     
    

    
     
      It
      was
      the
      second
      romping
      of
      an
      opponent
      in
      two
     
     
      games
      for
      UPEI,
      as
      both
      veterans
      and
      rookies
      saw
      time
      on
     
     
      the
      field
      in
      the
      rout.
      But
      the
      fact
      that
      Moncton
      was
      an
      easy
     
     
      target
      definitely
      did
      not
      faze
      the
      men
      going
      into
      the
      game.
     
     
      Knowing
      that
      underdogs
      can
      be
      dangerous,
      Chandler
     
     
      pointed
      out
      that
      the
      men
      “go
      into
      every
      game
      with
      the
     
     
      same
      mindset,
      and
      that’s
      to
      do
      [their]
      job.”
     
     
      Communication
      was
      also
      key
      in
      the
      win,
      as
      the
      men
      read
     
     
      every
      play
      like
      they
      had
      books
      in
      front
      of
      them,
      dancing
     
     
      around
      a
      helpless
      Moncton
      defence.
     
    

    
     
      The
      young
      Moncton
      squad
      was
      not
      given
      much
     
     
      chance
      from
      most
      fans
      at
      the
      outset,
      being
      a
      young
      team
     
     
      full
      of
      rookies
      from
      a
      small
      university.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      men
      hope
      to
      continue
      the
      streak
      the
      weekend
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      18-19th,
      as
      they
      travel
      to
      Cape
      Breton
      to
      take
      on
      the
     
     
      Capers
      at
      UCCB.
      The
      girls
      will
      be
      traveling
      with
      them,
     
     
      and
      also
      playing
      the
      Capers.
      The
      women,
      at
      1-0-1
      so
      far
     
     
      this
      season,
      are
      looking
      to
      add
      to
      their
      win
      total
      this
     
     
      Friday
      versus
      Memorial
      here
      at
      home.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      EDITORIAL
      —
      SKATING
      JUST
      ANOTHER
      SPORT
      UNLIKE
      ANY
      OTHER
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      you
      see
      someone
      like
     
     
      Mitchell
      Arsenault,
      the
      first
     
     
      word
      that
      comes
      into
      mind
     
     
      probably
      isn’t
     
     
      though
      it
      may
      be
      more
      along
     
     
      the
      lines
      of
      “hoodlum.”
     
     
      Sporting
      ripped
      sleeves,
      ear-
     
     
      rings,
      baggy
      pants,
      and
      assort-
     
     
      ed
      jewelry
      including
      bracelets
     
     
      and
      chains,
      Mitch
      almost
     
     
      seems
      out
      of
      place
      in
      context
     
     
      with
      the
      aging
      buildings
      and
     
     
      air
      of
      intellectualism
      that
     
     
      breathes
      from
      the
      main
      floor
     
     
      of
      the
      main
      building.
      Bearing
     
     
      two
      large,
      obtuse
      rollerblades
     
     
      strapped
      to
      his
      backpack,
     
     
      Mitch
      Arsenault
      is
      a
      skater,
     
     
      and
      definitely
      not
      a
      hoodlum.
     
    

    
     
      “Some
      building
      owners
     
     
      call
      it
      vandalism,”
      laughs
     
     
      Arsenault.
      “What
      we
      skate
      on
     
     
      is
      plastic.”
     
    

    
     
      When
      asked
      about
      the
     
     
      recently
      built
      skating
      facility
     
     
      in
      Victoria
      Park,
      Arsenault
     
     
      says
      it
      has
      “greatly
      improved”
     
     
      the
      amount
      of,
      and
      tolerance
     
     
      for,
      skating
      in
      the
      greater
     
     
      Charlottetown
      area.
      “There
      are
     
     
      kids
      who
      get
      lessons
      to
      do
      it
     
     
      now,”
      he
      says.
      “OLS
      (Outer
     
     
      Limit
      Sports)
      puts
      on
      pro-
     
     
      grams
      to
      teach
      the
      how.
     
    

    
     
      “It’s
      great.”
     
     
      Arsenault
      was
      not
      as
      lucky
     
     
      as
      the
      new
      generation
      of
     
     
      skaters.
      Having
      played
      ice
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “athlete,”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      defenceman
      are
      two
      totally
     
     
      different
      things.
      It
      put
      a
      new
     
     
      perspective
      on
      it
      for
      him
      —
     
     
      having
      only
      seen
      skating
      tricks
     
     
      on
      ESPN.
      One
      of
      his
      friends
     
     
      opened
      his
      eyes,
      and
      it
      opened
     
     
      a
      whole
      new
      world
      up
      to
     
     
      Mitch.
      He
      hopes
      that
      one
      day
     
     
      it
      will
      be
      as
      popular
      in
      the
      cap-
     
     
      ital
      as
      it
      is
      elsewhere.
     
     
      Competitions
      are
      fre-
     
     
      quently
      held
      throughout
      the
     
     
      Maritimes,
      although
      Arsenault
     
     
      is
      quick
      to
      point
      out
      that
      there
     
     
      are
      not
      many
      participants
      from
     
     
      Charlottetown.
      “You’d
      be
      sur-
     
     
      prised
      at
      how
      many
      there
      are
     
     
      from
      smaller
      places,
      like
     
     
      Summerside
      and
      Truro.”
     
    

    
     
      All
      the
      same,
      he
      feels
      it
      is
     
     
      finally
      beginning
      to
      catch
      on
     
     
      with
      the
      youth,
      especially
     
     
      those
      under
      15.
      He
      thinks
      it
     
     
      provides
      a
      welcome
      relief
     
     
      from
      the
      hardcore
      competition
     
     
      found
      in
      other
      sports.
     
    

    
     
      “It’s
      different
      from
      hock-
     
     
      ey
      or
      soccer,
      more
      relaxed,
     
     
      more
      fun,
      you
      know...We’re
      |
     
     
      out
      there
      to
      progress
      --
      it’s
     
     
      kind
      of
      like
      learning
      to
      shoot
     
     
      top
      corner
      in
      a
      hockey
      net,
     
     
      [when
      you]
      learn
      to
      soul
      grind
     
     
      down
      a
      rail.
     
    

    
     
      “It’s
      a
      good
      feeling.”
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      roller
      hockey
      with
      friends
      for
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      10-11
      years,
      Arsenault
      was
      no
     
    
   
   
    
     
      stranger
      to
      skates,
      but
      doing
     
     
      tricks
      from
      a
      rail
      and
      deking
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
      September
      28,
      2004
      page
      22