THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, November 11, 1995 TAG: 9511110686
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY HARRY MINIUM, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Medium: 64 lines
Roanoke coach Frank Anzalone was steamed at the Hampton Roads Admirals even before they dealt his Express a 7-2 shellacking Friday at Scope.
Anzalone said the Admirals were an hour late leaving the ice Friday morning during the team's skate-around practice, that the ice wasn't resurfaced prior to Roanoke's turn on the ice, and that his team had neither heat nor hot water in the locker room.
``I'm seeing things here I've never seen before,'' he said. ``We stood around for an hour (for the Admirals to leave the ice), waiting respectfully while they skated and skated.
``I think maybe in Roanoke we need to do things like cut holes in the ice, leave quarters and pennies on the ice, all the stupid, classless things that make no sense at all.''
Admirals coach John Brophy laughed when told of told of Anazone's comments.
``Tell him he's full of (bleep),'' Brophy said. ``He was supposed to be on the ice at 11:30. He got on at 11:45. Big deal.
``I don't know about the hot water. I do know that we have to skate through snowbanks in Roanoke. But we don't complain. That's the difference between us and them.''
PROMOTION DECLINED: While most of the Admirals aspire to move up to the Portland (Maine) Pirates, the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the same can't be said of Pete Michaud, the team's voice on WTAR radio. Michaud turned down an offer several months ago to become radio voice for the Pirates.
Michaud, a Chesapeake native and a graduate of Old Dominion University, has ties to Portland - he lived there as a child and has relatives there. But the Pirates wanted him to work year-around, selling advertisements and doing public relations work, and he'd rather spend his summers behind the microphone.
Michaud worked last summer as radio voice of the Vero Beach Dodgers of the Class-A Florida State League. He has applied to became radio voice of the Triple-A Richmond Braves and, like most minor league sportscasters, dreams of making it to the majors in either hockey or baseball.
``I just didn't want to give up baseball,'' he said. ``Staying with the Admirals gives me a chance to do both.
``There was certainly an allure with Portland more than any other AHL team because I have family there and used to live there. But I'm very happy here. This is my home and I work with a great organization.''
SAURDIFF BACK: Goalie Corwin Saurdiff made his first appearance at Scope since being hospitalized nearly two weeks ago with colitis and received a standing ovation from the near-sellout crowd of 8,362. Saurdiff was formally placed on the 60-day injured reserve list to make way for defenseman Ron Pascucci, who was assigned to Hampton Roads by the Pirates. ILLUSTRATION: [Photo]
TAMARA VONINSKI/The Virginian-Pilot
The Admirals' Jeff Kostuch, center, and Roanoke's Jon Larson, right,
tangle and tumble in a bid for the puck.
by CNB