New·Loo~Cheetahs Open with Vipers the Cheetahs Host the St

VOL. 2, NO.1 UP-TO-DATE NEWS, NOTES, & STATS JUNE 9,1995 25¢ New·loo~Cheetahs Open With Vipers The Cheetahs host the St. louis tive. defenseman Alex Weinrich and Cheetahs face St. louis. So, bring a Vipers tonight in the season opener forward JanisTomans and defenseman party attitude along with your barbe- for both teams. The Cheetahs, who Ronalds Ozolinsh, who are both from cue grills and enjoy the music. were 12-10 last year, defeated the Riga, Latvia. Vipers (&-12-2 last season) in three of Boyd is excited about this year's Cheerleader Tryouts four meetings in 1994. team and feels the new players have The Cheetahs played two exhibi- brought a posttive attitude. Christina Granato, former Chicago tion games in Minnesota on May 30' 'We-have the talent to be ~Jfective. HoneyBear, will conduct cheerleader and May 31 against the Blue Ox. The offensively,· Boyd said. ~"MoSt irnpor- tryouts for the Cheetahs on Sunday at first game on Tuesday night ended in tantly, we've added some guys who the Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Mon- a shoot-out with Minnesota prevailing are willing to do the hard work needed roe St., Chicago, Il. Registration is at 10-9. The Cheetahs rebounded to win." 'r:-~;~ ~...... 'If 11:J0arn. Judging will be done by Wednesday morning, defeating the St. J0t1is f~afUres seven' re"tJ,frning Chi" , olunteer sports personalities Blue Ox 10-5. . playeFS'fromlast year~$':team,leerb):,for- too erous to mention. Randy Boyd returns-as the ~ee- war~ Ra!2dy Smith';th~, Vipers' Ie;~ing ~ .~ tahs' head coach this se~son. Boyd, scorer-...Iast seaSo~lth ~.2e-j)Qlnts. Open Spate who played eight yearS'-.'n tf1e~HL pthe~ top return~es H~clude a.~(ense- /' also coached in the (1-1l.frorr,l1992~ .m,an~ayne f\ochlk~?~k!(43 P?lnts last ",P"aren!;S.~,rl~C~il?re.n are encour- 1994. .... i e-: "'tii; season~and forward Frank tascata (40 age4Q:o bnng their In-line skates and The Cheetahs return six: QI~ets poin~last season). Go_altendef=Allain rollwith the pros on the open Odeum from last season's team, includinglpr- Roy·jolQs the Vipers this season after rinK before every home game. ward Ladislav Tresl, the Che.~t~!"s' win~ing a Sil.ve~-~E;dal in t~et...k994 T):;l~Odeum opens its doors at 4:45 1994 All-Star. Tresl scored 46 !:;>qwts~illl~n~e~captain in 1994, isJ:~ack. last season for the...VIp'ers. TLJrnbull Milian Recovering From Surgery He will serve as a player/assist~nt playeg, n10e yea!s;iru_h.~ NHl.",,~er'nie " : coach thi,s sea~on. Jeff Rohlice~~ ~h~ Fed~!.:k,$l,one .0f-ltl_e"JJlostprohfiG:SGq.r-ChicaJ]O basketball legend George Cheetahs leading scorer last seasol') ers"ln\NHl hlstory;fServes as tf:lecz tt;je MiKan who is chairman of the board with 51 points also returns. IIiio..; -,,',_ Vlpers'-g'eneral maci'ager. for th~ Cheetahs, is recovering from Other returnees include forWard ~ " ~urgery at his home in Minneapolis. Michael Martens, forward ~ob Tai/gale party" - ._i rMikan is anxious to get back to Granato, a Downers Grove native. . ~ ~, .:1. .:' Chicago, but doctors have recom- and goalie Greg Smith. . The 'QBeum parklng~lot opens 4:30 mended he stay off his feet for at least The rest of the roster consIsts of p.m."for a pre-gam.e tailgate party, fea- 'another week. newcomers. However, two of the turing entertainment by a great lineup new Cheetahs play~d in the RHI last of local music talent. The bands begin Looking Ahead season. Goalie Yannick Gosselin was their set at 5 p.m. on 5t. Louis, and defenseman John Tonight's tailgate party band is Sister The Cheetahs play three more home Pelletier played for the Sacramento Slingshot. Before the Cheetahs battle games before their first road trip. They River Rats. the Orlando Rollergators on June 15, face the Orlando Rollergators on June Other newcomers are forward fans can listen to the sounds of Cathy 15, the St. louis Vipers once again on Harry York, forward Rob Weingartner, Richardson. On June 17, Avenue Max June 17 and the Detroit City Mustangs forward Angelo Ricci, an Elmhurst na- will be the feature band before the on June 22.

# NAME POS HT wrAGE BIRTHPLACE

76 ALEX WEINRICH D 6-0 190 26 LEWISTON, ME 77 JEFF ROHLICEK F 6-0 185 29 CHICAGO,IL 78 JOHN PELLETIER D 6-0 185 22 MONTREAL, OC 79 YANNICK GOSSEUN G 5-9 170 27 MONTREAL, OC 80 STEVEN NALLY (Taxi) D 6-0 195 32 WASHINGTON, D.C. 84 HARRY YORK F 6-1 200 21 PONOKA, ALBERTA 87 JANIS TOMANS F 6-1 194 22 RIGA" LA1VIA 88 ANDY ROSS (Taxi) F 6-3 205 25 PHILADELPHIA, PA 89 ROB GRANATO F 5-7 170 26 DOWNERS GROVE, IL 90 RONALDS OZOUNSH D 6-0 187 22 RIGA, LA1VIA 91 ROB WEINGARTNER F 5-10 185 23 LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY 92 ANGELO RICCI F 5-8 175 23 ELMHURST,IL 93 GREG SMITH G 6-0 190 23 SOUTHGATE, MI 94 MICHAEL MARTENS F 6-0 200 27 MORRIS, MANITOBA 95 CARL VAUMONT D 6-0 195 29 SOUTHINGTON, CT 98 LADISLAV TRESL F 6-2 180 33 BURO, CZECH.

#95 CARLVALIMONT 6'·{f • 1951bs. • Defense Birthplace: Southington, a Age: 29

PROFILE: Was the Cheetahs Team Captain in 1994 ... Scored 33 points (11 goals, 22 assists) last season ... Will serve as a player/assistant coach this season ... Has played in the IHL for seven years, including six years with the Milwaukee Admirals and one year with the Houston Aeros ... Played collegiate ice hockey at the University of Massachusetts at Lowe.". Coach Boyd on carl Valimont: "Carlis the comerstone of the defense. He s a leader and one of the key players on the team." Valimont's 1994 RHI Game Highs Goals: 2 (6/29 Minn) Assists:5 (7/27 Pitt) Points: 6 (7/27 Pitt) . St. Louis Vipers 1995 Team Roster # NAME POS HT WT AGE BIRTHPLACE

'5 JEFF LINDSAY 0 5-9 185 30 KNOXVILLE, TN 7 FRANK CIRONE F 5-11 185 25 TORONTO,ONT. 10 PETERDALE F 5-8. 180 25 DES MOINES, IA 11 JEFF BEAUDIN (TAXI) F 6-2 220 29 ST. EUSTACHE, MAN 15 KEN FORD (TAXI) F 6-2 205 36 ST. LOUIS, MO 17 RUSSPARENT 0 5-9 185 27 WINNIPEG, MAN. 20 RANDY SMITH F 6-4 195 29 SASKATOON, SASK 22 WAYNE ANCHIKOSKI 0 6-4 220 24 ENDERBY, B.C. 23 BRIAN ROME 0 6-1 214 30 NIAGARA FALLS,ONT. 26 BRIAN IDALSKI 0 6-2 200 24 STERLING HGTS.,MI 27 FRANK LASCALA F 6-3 215 26 THOROLD, ONT. 31 CHRIS ROGLES G 5-11 175 26 ST. LOUIS, MO 42 ALLAlN ROY G 5-11 . 180 25 CAMPBELLTON, NB 55 STEVE HERNIMAN 0 6-4 215 24 KITCHENER, ONT. 61 CHRISTIAN SKORYNA F 5-10 185 26 ELGIN,ONT. 91 DEAN DALTERIO D 5-11 185 26 MONTREAL, QUE. CHAD ZOWIN (TAXI) F 5-9 180 24 SUPERIOR,WI ,DAVE DUPAS

#98 LADISLAV TRESL er • 180lbs • Forward Birthplace: soro. Czechoslovakia Age: 3 3

PROFILE: Was a member of the 1994 Cheetahs ... Was the Cheetahs 1994 Ail-Star ... Scored 46 points in only 16 games last season ... Led the team in goals with 26 ... Played for the Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) from 1990-93 ... Played for the Memphis Riverkings (CHL) for the 1993-94 season ... Played ice hockey in Czechoslovakia for the I 994-95 season ... Coach Boyd on Ladislav Trest "Ladislavis one of the most exciting players in the league. He has

the ability to control a game. H Tresl's 1994 RHI Game Highs Goals: 4 (7/27 Pitt) Assists:3 (twice) Points: 7 (7/27 Pitt) ord was ejected for a cross check in the sec- on Rohlicek led to George Wilcox's power ond quarter. Mer the Cheetahs rallied play goal, and it was shoot-out timel A Laali Bacli from a 7-3 deficit to take command 12-9 Smitty stopped all four Phantom shooters First season a big-time success with just 2:08 left, the heated game dis- while Wallwork and Rohlicek scored to put solved into a big-time brawl. the Cheetahs up 1-0 in the series. By Les Grobstein Valimont was stuck in the middle along Two nights later at the "Igloo" in Pitts- (Radio Voice of the Cheetahs) with Jamie Hearn and Ron Handy. It got so burgh, the Phantoms came out smoking wild that the two goalies skated to the face- and grabbed an unbelievable 23-5 win to "You might catch a PLANE,you might off circle, dropped their gloves and blockers force a 12-minute mini-game that was catch a TRAIN, but you can't catch a and duked it out. The Greg Smith versus scoreless through regulation. Pittsburgh CHEETAH on in-line skates." As the song Dennis Sproxton duel capped off a very handed the Cheetahs their only shoot-out goes, the Cheetahs debuted last season chippy game, but that was the exception loss of the season and advanced to the at the UIC Pavilion with a competitive not the rule in RHI play. second round, while the Cheetahs began squad that made the RHIPlayoff; did well The Cheetahs also had some excitinq preparing for this brand new season here during most shoot-outs, developed a games with their future playoff opponents, in the Odeum. nice rivalry ~ith the St. Louis Vipers and the Pittsburgh Phantoms. Tresl scored four Oh yes, stay tuned for information on defeated the eventual champions, the times on July 27 in Chicago to pace a 15-11 the 1995 Cheetahs Radio Network. which Buffalo Stampede. victory. Three nights later in Pittsburgh's will be forthcoming in the next few weeks. Some of the more exciting moments Civic Arena. Secord and Tresl scored in the (Les Grobstein can be heard Monday- last season include: the first-ever game - final quarter for an exciting 7-6 win. Friday evenings from 11 p.m. - 2 a.m. on a 10-5 rout of the New England Stingers The Phantoms would earn home-rink Sports Radio 1OOO-WMVP). on June 12 at the UIC Pavilion - and an advantage for the RHI Playoffs, which be- .i 1-f 0 decision over Minnesota on June ganonAugustl7. Cheetah ~ ~ ~=-_ .29 after the Cheetahs surged to a 7-1 fans got a preview of the fu- ,.' ~ __ .~ L _ ~ __11 ... halftime lead. Chicago used a pair of ture here at the Odeum. U Ifiii.~ Ifiii.~ fourth quarter goals by Tim Breslin and This would be the most ex- 3503 W. 63RDST, Bob Wallwork to pull out an exciting 9-8 citing game of the year. win over the Vipers in St. Louis Arena, It was 6-6 entering the CHICAGO, IL 60629 which is now closed down, on July 13. fourth quarter. The Phan- The wildest game of them all was on toms' Jeff Whittle broke the eRB July 22 in Tampa's Expo Hall. The tem- Eo~~aine O'Rou~ke, tie, but Secord and Eric Mu- CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL BROKER perature was 95 degrees outside and rano answered to give the 200 degrees in the arena as the Chee- Cheetahs an 8-7 lead. OFFICE (312)776-8855 tahs beat the Tampa Bay Tritons (a team A questionable penalty FAX (312)776-5958 owned by Mark Messier) 12-10. AI Sec- HOME (312)972-9053