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The musicians lost. Here is an article about the game from the Winnipeg Free Press today:
Stars shine in Juno Cup hockey game
Ex-NHLers squeak by musicians in a fun-filled Selkirk fundraiser
Saturday, April 2nd, 2005
By Melissa Martin
JUNO parent organization CARAS spread the Juno excitement all the way up to Selkirk last night, the chosen locale for the fundraising Juno Cup celebrity hockey game.
Held in support of CARAS's MusiCan musical education program, which helps to fund music programs in Canadian schools, the game pitched a baker's dozen of former NHL stars against a 24-member team composed of Canadian musicians, performers and music industry members.
Last year in Edmonton, the debut Juno Cup raised more than $200,000 for MusiCan with a match that saw NHL veterans trounce the musicians 12-8.
Last night, the score was a bit closer but the NHL players prevailed again, winning 6-5.
As almost 2,500 fans flooded into the Selkirk Recreational Complex shortly before 7 p.m., the atmosphere in the arena was casually festive, though the lack of alcoholic beverages might have helped explain the easygoing vibe.
Big cheers greeted the on-ice introductions of NHL greats such as former Toronto Maple Leaf Doug Gilmour and Winnipeg Jets legend Dale Hawerchuk, and musicians and performers such as Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle, the Tragically Hip's Paul Langlois and Juno host Brent Butt.
After the puck dropped slightly behind schedule at 7:45, the action on the ice was brisk but good-natured.
Barrage of shots
Although the artists' team got powerhouse goaltending by Doyle, they faced a nearly constant barrage of shots launched by players such as Hawerchuk and Kris King.
After CBC announcer Ron MacLean opened the scoring for the NHL team, Doyle's bandmate Sean McCann managed to slip through the offence to nab the first goal for the artists.
The second period kicked off with former Whaler Wayne Babych neatly outsmarting Doyle for a second NHL team goal. But solid teamwork by Waking Eye Rusty Matyas and Billy Talent's Jon Gallant kept the game tight -- until the artists slipped behind at the end of the second, thanks to a goal by former Jet Ray Neufeld and rocker Barney Bentall's accidental score into his own team's net.
Starting off the final period with a 4-1 advantage, the NHLers kept on grinning, with Dave Babych netting a fifth goal.
The musicians, adopting a more playful attitude in the final minutes, narrowed the gap with penalty shots scored by NOW Magazine founder Michael Hollett and team captain Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo -- assisted by referees who assigned them five penalty shots in the space of a few minutes.
After a frantic last five minutes, the musicians turned on the heat, with Eagle and Hawk's Jay Bodner netting a fifth goal with less than a minute on the clock, leaving the score a respectable 6-5 for the NHL veterans. A celebratory mood prevailed as hockey stars and rock stars enthusiastically marked the end of the match.
Though the NHL greats were not without their supporters, crowd sympathies swayed primarily toward the musicians' team.
A few Tragically Hip fans in attendance gleefully sought autographs from members of the band who were in the audience, while 18-year-old Selkirk resident Amanda Dreibach professed faith in her idol, country singer George Canyon, who play-tussled with Neufeld at the end of the game.
"He's the main attraction for me," said Dreibach, noting that the Nova Scotian smiled and waved at her glittery Canyon banner. "He's going to make us proud."
