by
      Gail
      Moore
     
     
      (Apologia
      pro
      scriptis
      meis)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      My
      words
      are
      nearly
      always
      an
      offense
     
     
      I
      don’t
      know
      how
      to
      speak
      of
      anything
     
     
      So
      as
      to
      please
      you...
      .
     
     
      -
      Robert
      Frost
      ‘Home
      Burial’’
      11.44-46.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      much.
      I
      am
      using
      it
      to
      say
      that
      I
      never
     
    

    
     
      intended
      for
      the
      ‘‘Offsider’’
      to
      please
     
     
      anyone
      save
      myself.
      Over
      the
      past
      two
      years
      I
     
     
      tried
      to
      write
      about
      hockey.
      My
      subjects
      have
     
     
      been
      the
      Panthers,
      the
      NHL,
      the
      AHL,
      hockey
     
     
      cards,
      and
      certain
      women.
      I
      did
      not
      have
      either
     
     
      time
      or
      room
      to
      write
      about
      everything
      so
      |
     
     
      wrote
      about
      what
      I
      thought
      was
      important.
      My
     
     
      only
      personal
      rule
      was
      to
      avoid
      writing
      about
     
     
      superstars.
      They
      get
      enough
      press
      anyway
      and
     
     
      certain
      non-stars
      deserve
      media
      attention,
      too.
     
     
      |
      broke
      that
      rule
      when
      Mario
      Lemieux
      told
      the
     
     
      world
      about
      his
      Hodgkin’s
      Disease,
      but
      that
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      O
      kay,
      maybe
      the
      Frost
      quotation
      is
      too
     
    
   
   
    
     
      special.
      My
      sole
      goal
      was
      to
      write
      about
      hockey.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      did
      that.
     
    

    
     
      I
      avoided
      signing
      my
      name
      for
      several
      rea-
     
     
      Sons.
      At
      first
      I
      was
      scared
      of
      people
      not
      liking
     
     
      me
      because
      of
      what
      I
      had
      written.
      After
      |
     
     
      outgrew
      that
      reason,
      I
      contemplated
      Signing
      the
     
     
      articles.
      Then
      one
      day
      in
      the
      Pit
      last
      year,
      a
      guy
     
     
      completely
      ignored
      me
      when
      I
      was
      talking
     
     
      about
      hockey.
      Since
      heresponded
      to
      my
      friends’
     
     
      comments
      and
      their
      reiterations
      of
      my
      com-
     
     
      Ments,
      I
      decided
      that
      he
      was
      ignoring
      me
      be-
     
     
      Cause
      I
      am
      a
      female.
      If
      Mr.
      Regular
      Guy
      did
     
     
      that,
      would
      everyone
      else?
      I
      decided
      that
      it
      was
     
     
      hot
      necessary
      for
      people
      to
      know
      who
      I
      am
      in
     
     
      order
      to
      read
      the
      “‘Offsider’’.
      Liking
      or
      not
     
     
      liking
      the
      ‘*Offsider’’
      has
      nothing
      to
      do
      with
     
     
      ne.
      I
      was
      not
      trying
      to
      please
      anyone.
     
    

    
     
      I
      know
      I
      annoyed
      some
      people,
      but
      I
      had
      to
     
     
      do
      it.
      It
      does
      not
      befit
      me
      to
      apologize
      to
     
     
      ‘tyone.
      I
      tried
      to
      be
      honest.
      I
      know
      at
      times
      I
     
     
      “as
      too
      hard
      on
      the
      Panthers
      but
      I
      did
      not
      want
     
     
      '0
      be
      accused
      of
      writing
      nice
      things
      about
      them
     
     
      ‘ll
      of
      the
      time
      simply
      because
      I
      g0
      to
      school
     
     
      With
      them.
      Sometimes
      they
      deserved
      it.
     
    

    
     
      My
      only
      promise
      was
      to
      ‘‘go
      public’’
      at
      the
     
     
      “td
      of
      this
      year.
      Sol
      did.
      This
      is
      my
      last
      article
     
     
      for
      |
      shall
      be
      graduating
      in
      May
      (I
      feel
      this
     
     
      “cites
      more
      people
      than
      it
      upsets).
      I
      have
      had
     
     
      fn
      for
      the
      past
      two
      years
      and
      that
      is
      what
      I
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      wanted.
      Thanks
      to
      all
      who
      helped
      and
      encour-
     
     
      aged
      me.
      :
     
    

    
     
      The
      NHL
      playoffs
      look
      ike
      they
      could
      be
     
     
      more
      exciting
      this
      season
      than
      they
      have
      been
      in
     
     
      a
      few
      years.
      The
      Adams
      Division
      is
      the
      only
     
     
      division
      to
      have
      all
      of
      its
      playoff
      openings
     
     
      filled;
      Montreal,
      Quebec,
      Boston,
      and
      Buffalo
     
     
      are
      all
      guaranteed
      post-season
      play.
      Montreal
     
     
      probably
      has
      the
      best
      potential
      of
      these
      teams,
     
     
      but
      the
      Bruins
      might
      turn
      out
      to
      be
      a
      threat,
     
     
      especially
      if
      Cam
      Neely
      is
      healthy
      enough
      to
     
     
      last
      the
      playoffs.
     
    

    
     
      I
      like
      Toronto
      in
      the
      Norris.
      The
      Leafs
      are
     
     
      getting
      more
      impressive
      as
      each
      game
      goes
      by.
     
     
      The
      Chicago
      Blackhawks
      might
      be
      the
      only
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      team
      in
      the
      Leafs’
      way.
     
    

    
     
      I
      doubt
      the
      Pittsburgh
      Penguins
      will
      win
      a
     
     
      third-consecutive
      League
      championship,
      but
     
     
      they
      look
      better
      right
      now
      than
      any
      other
      Patrick
     
     
      Division
      team.
      The
      Rangers
      may
      surprise
      a
      lot
     
     
      of
      people
      once
      Brian
      Leetch
      is
      back
      to
      normal.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Smythe
      is
      a
      hard
      division
      about
      which
      to
     
     
      make
      any
      predictions.
      Calgary
      and
      Vancouver
     
     
      both
      look
      good,
      but
      the
      Winnipeg
      Jets,
      with
     
     
      record-setting
      rookie
      Teemu
      Selanne,
      may
      cause
     
     
      problems
      for
      the
      other
      teams.
     
    

    
     
      The
      last
      few
      weeks
      of
      the
      ’92-’93
      season
     
     
      will
      be
      very
      interestingf
      as
      teams
      fight
      for
      the
     
     
      playoffs.
      @
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Gigolos
      on
      top
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      Sunday,
      March
      28th
      the
      Gigolos
      won
     
     
      U.P.E.I.’s
      intramural
      basketball
      league,
      cruis-
     
     
      ing
      to
      an
      easy
      56-55
      victory
      over
      Wreckers.
      The
     
     
      Gigolos
      finished
      the
      round-robin
      6-1
      then
      went
     
     
      on
      to
      exterminate
      play-off
      opponents
      at
      ran-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dom.
      The
      Gigolos
      are:
      team
      captain
      George
     
     
      Anderson,
      ex-Panther.
      Mark
      Mullally,
      Kylie
     
     
      Gavard,
      Josh
      Weale,
      Andrew
      Walsh,
      Kirby
     
     
      Ferguson
      and
      Don
      Pendergast.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      L'ARCHE
      CAPE
      BRETON
      HAS
      OPENINGS
     
     
      FOR
      LIVE-IN
      ASSISTANTS.
      BENEFITS:
     
     
      LOTS
      OF
      WORK,
      LITTLE
      PAY,
      AND
      THE
     
     
      RICHNESS
      OF
      LIFE
      WITH
      MENTALLY
     
     
      CHALLENGED
      PEOPLE.
      FREE
      ROOM
     
     
      AND
      BOARD
      AND
      A
      MONTHLY
      STIPEND.
     
     
      IF
      YOU
      HAVE
      A
      STUDENT
      LOAN
      WE
     
     
      WILL
      CONSIDER
      COVERING
      THAT
      AS
     
     
      WELL.
      WE
      ALSO
      HAVE
      AN
      INTER-
     
     
      NATIONAL
      PROGRAM
      WITH
      L'ARCHE
     
    

    
     
      IN
      EUROPE,
      AND
      THE
      DEVELOPING
     
     
      COUNTRIES.
      FOR
      MORE
      INFORMATION
     
     
      CONTACT:
      TOM
      GUNN,
      L'ARCHE,
     
     
      WHYCOCOMAGH,
      N.S.
      BOE
      2K0
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
        
     
     
        
        
     
     
       
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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