Langley Times, January 10, 2013

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Linesmen ready to hit the ice Pair of Langley NHL officials look forward to getting back to work, even for half a season Gary ahuja Times Reporter

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At this time last week, Lonnie Cameron was refereeing a bantam minor hockey tournament game at the Langley Twin Rinks. But with the National Hockey League and the NHLPA agreeing on a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement early Sunday morning, Cameron and another local official, Brad Lazarowich, are finally gearing up to hit the ice. All they’re awaiting is ratification of the agreement by the owners and players, which is expected to happen by Saturday. “Always happy to be going back to work,” said the 48-year-old Cameron, who enters his 17th year as an NHL linesman. Cameron did his first game in 1996 and has officiated 1,039 regular season games and another 43 playoff matches. “It is nice to see us to get back to having a season and everyone doing what they like to do,” said Lazarowich, a 50-year-old going into his 27th season. He did his first game in 1986 and he has done 1,720 regular season games and another 176 in the playoffs. The officials are expected to go to Toronto next week for two days of instruction before departing to whichever NHL city they are assigned for the anticipated Jan. 19 season start date. The season will be 48 games. “The players always say there is no substitute for games, and that is the same with us,” Cameron said. “Game speed and all that, we are going to try and get caught up as quick as we can.” With no pre-season games expected, they will endure a massive change. “We are basically going from zero to one thousand miles per hour in the span of a puck drop,” Cameron said. continued, PAGE 6

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NHL linesman and Langley resident Brad Lazarowich is looking forward to getting back to work at the top level of hockey, now that the league and the players’ union have come to a tentative agreement. Lazarowich is entering his 27th season and fellow local linesman Lonnie Cameron his 17th season at the NHL level.

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In front of a large contingent of bus drivers and his parents, Steven Fayant was sentenced to 22 months in jail and three years probation for what the judge called “shocking and senseless attacks.” In a Provincial courtroom in Surrey on Tuesday, a gauntlooking Fayant stood to hear his punishment for stabbing an innocent man who was getting off a transit bus in Aldergrove last February. Fayant was also sentenced to time served plus a day in jail for choking a bus driver. That attack took place in Surrey, a few days before the stabbing. He was given three years probation and numerous strict conditions after his release, including not being allowed to ride public transit without permission from his probation officer. Last year, the 20-year-old crack cocaine addict pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and assault. The Crown was asking for three years in jail and his defense lawyer asked for 14 months. Judge Paul Dohm sentenced Fayant to 33 months but brought it down to 22 months for time served. Fayant had requested he be credited for even more time served because “it has been difficult in jail.” Dohm rejected that request and said Fayant needs “to be segregated from society.” “This [sentence] sends a message to the accused that random attacks on unsuspecting individuals will not be tolerated,” said Dohm. Fayant said nothing in the court. The bus driver he choked was present in the courtroom. continued, PAGE 6

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