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Brian Stemmile of Aurora, Ont., was third, a career best, and Felix Belezyk of Castlegar, B.C., finished 10th. Boyd, 21, of Whistler, B.C. and an upset winner here last year, demonstrated why he’s a favorite this year. He flashed down the 3,445-metre Saslong course, with a vertical drop of 839 metres, in two minutes, 2.29 is Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland, another favorite, was second with 2:02.50, while Stemmle took third with 2:03.07. “It means that I'm the defending champion and I've defended my title,” said Boyd, who had the fastest-times on two training runs this week. The victory is worth 25 World Cup points to Boyd, who moves into second place in downhill standings after two races with 36 points, four behind Zurbriggen. Stemmle has 16 points and moves into a fifth-place tie with West Germany's Markus Wasmaier. Beczyk is 15th with six points. Boyd's 36 points places him third in overall standings, behind Alberto Tomba of Italy with 50 and Zurbriggen with 49. “It was a great day for Canada,” Boyd said. “It's been a long time since we've taken two of the top three places in a downhill.” CHASES TEAMMATE Stemmle was down the course before Boyd or Zurbriggen and Boyd said he wasn't certain he could beat his teammate's time. “When I was in the start and I heard Brian's time, I thought ‘Wow, that’s fast. I don’t know if any of us will be able to beat that,’ ” Boyd said. “I was thinking that would be great for Brian to get a win. When I came down and saw my time, I just couldn't believe i He said it wasn’t a perfect run, however. “The first turn didn't go really well,” he said. “The first lefthander (turn) was iced down and I bounced Canada’s Boyd wins downhill ROB BOYD |AN STEMMLE . second win « best finish around a little bit and I got good air off the drop-off to the right. “I thought I might have lost a bit there, but I guess my skis were so fast on the flats that it made up all the lost time. “I absorbed the Camel Bumps again, just because it seemed to work last year and it was working in training runs. It wasn't the best I've done, but it went: well.” Stemmle, who was seventh here last year, said he felt he was headed for a good run. “I knew I was going fast in the flats because I was bouncing off everything,” he said. “Through the Camel Bumps, I flew really far so I knew I was going fast. I knew I had a good chance of being in there, but Boyd and Zurbriggen were a little Joo fast for me.” DOES WELL It was a strong showing for Belezyk, who had a dis- appointing 25th-place finish in the opening downhill in Val-d'Isere, France, last week. “The second turn into the course 'I fell on my side'and I lost some time up there,” said Belezyk. “But I think I skied the rest of it pretty well.” a i, Shell edges Hi Arrow Carson Grapham Eagles-during annual Blue and Gold Tournament Saturday at SHSS. —castews Photo by Phu! Catderbonk SATURDAY NIGHT NHL Oilers blitz Canucks VANCOUVER (CP) — The Edmonton Oilers blitzed the Vancouver power play for three goals — two of them by Wayne Gretzky — as they continued their mastery of the Canucks with a 6-3 NHL victory Saturday night. The powerful Oilers, who have not lost to-Vancouver in 23 consecutive games, took advantage of a fuzzy-cheeked Canuck lineup, turning critical rookie mistakes into goals. The Cnucks, who lost 2-1 to the Oilers in Edmonton on Friday night, had eight regulars out of the lineup, including key forwards Tony Tanti and Barry Pederson. Dave Hannan had the Oilers other shorthanded marker, Jari Kurri, Craig Simpson and Marty McSorley scored even-strength goals for the Oilers, 19-10-2, who moved into first place in the Smythe Division, two points ahead of the idle Calgary Flames. John LeBlanc, just called up from Fredericton of the American League and one of seven rookies in the Vancouver lineup, scored two goals for the Canucks. TORONTO 4 RANGERS 3 TORONTO (CP) — A spectacular goal boosted Al Iafrate into the NHL lead for goals by a defenceman and helped the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 NHL victory Saturday night over the New York Rangers. Iafrate took a head-long dive at a loose puck late in the second period and, stretching all of his six-foot-two frame, got the blade of his stick on the puck before onrushing Ranger goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck could get to it in the middle of New York's zone. The puck skipped into the empty net 35 feet away, breaking a 2-2 tie, giving the Leafs a lead they never relinquished and providing Iafrate with his 14th goal of the season. Russ Courtnall, Vincent Damphousse and Miroslav Frycer scored Toronto's other goals. ISLANDERS 5 DEVIL'S 3 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Bryan Trottier and Pat LaFontaine scored less than two minutes apart in the second period as the New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Saturday night to strengthen their hold on first place in the NHL's Patrick Division. The victory improved the Islanders lead over the The last time the Blackhawks lost eight straight was in 1976-77. Washington took a 1-0 lead when defenceman Kevin Hatcher banged in a rebound off the second of two shots by Gartner 8:38 into the game. HARTFORD 3 LOS ANGELES 2 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP ) — Second-period goals by Ron Francis and Dave Babych gave the Hartford Whalers their fourth consecutive NHL victory, a 3-2 decision over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday hight. The loss was the seventh in a row for the Kings — and third straight by one goal. The Kings have the league's worst record at 7-20-4 and have allowed a league-high 152 goals in 31 games. It was also their third straight defeat under new coach Robbie Ftorek. MONTREAL 5 DETROIT 3 MONTREAL (CP) — Stephane Richer fired two power-play goals and added an assist and Bobby Smith set up three Montreal goals as the Canadiens defeated by the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in a National Hockey League game Saturday night. The Canadiens, who were outshot 44-25, and owed a debt of gratitude to goaltender Patrick Roy, were locked in a 2-2 tie when Claude Lemieux notched his 12th goal midway through the second period. Prior to the Lemieux goal, Richer produced his 19th and 20th of the season, matching his output for last year, and pulling within one of his career high, reached during the 1985-86 schedule. ST. LOUIS 5 PITTSBURGH 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bernie Fedrko scored goal and set up two others to help the St. Louis Blues beat the injury-riddled Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 in NHL action Saturday night. Doug Gilmour, Doug Evans, Tony McKegney and Brian Sutter also scored for the Blues, Dave Hunter and Norm Schmidt scored for the Penguins, who watched their three-game NHL winning streak come to a halt. Lemieux, who was a doubtful starter because of the ion he suffered last Wednesday night, sent Montreal runnerup Devils to three points, and e mastery over the Devils at the Nassau Coliseum, where the Devils are 1-34-3 since the franchise was founded in 1974. The Devils are 0-14-1 at the Coliseum since their only win on Dec. 11, 1984 The game was not as close as the score indicated, with the Islanders outshooting the Devils 45-28. WASHINGTON 2 CHICAGO 1 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Mike Gartner scored one goal and assisted on another and Pete Peeters made 26 saves as the Washington Capitals extended Chicago's NHL losing streak to eight games by defeating the Blackhawks 2-1 Saturday night. The Blackhawks are winless in their last 15 road games. The are 0-14-1 away from Chicago Stadium since a 5-1 vietory in Detroit on Oct. 21 ahead 3-2 at 11:22 of the middle period. He was stationed in front of Detroit. Boston 3 Buffalo 3 BOSTON (AP) — Randy Burridge scored on a pass from Steve Kasper in the opening minute of the third period Saturday as the Boston Bruins rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 3-8 tie with the Buffalo Sabres. The Bruins outshot Buffalo 33-20 but had to settle for the tie in the first meeting of the season between the Adams Division rivals. Buffalo's Adam Creighton and Boston's Geoff Courtnall had two goals apiece before Burridge tied the score by taking Kasper’s passout from the corner and beating goalie Tom Barrasso from close-in for his 14th goal of the season 57 seconds into the third period. By CasN. Woodland Park Bball 6 scored two goals late in the third period to edge Hi-Arrow Arms 5-4 in Castlegar Re- creational Hockey League play Thurs- day night at the Community Complex. Vince Antignani scored the win- ning goal, with help from Mike Mc- Cormack and Martin Sander. Hi Arrow took a 1-0 lead in the first period on an unassisted goal by Robin King. King added a second marker when he beat Shell goalie Tim Swanson. Frank Costa and Chief Mercer recorded assists. Hi Arrow opened a three-goal bulge in the second period when Mercer and Wayne Zino set up Costa. But Shell stormed back with three straight goals to tie the game at 3:3 after 40 minutes of play. Rick Chris- tensen netted the first Shell goal with help from Kelly Keraiff and Sander. Then Keraiff beat Hi Arrow net- minder Dan Wallace, with Christensen and Doug Knowler figuring in the scoring. Bob Larsh tied the game with a goal from McCormack and Pete Tischler. Hi Arrow regained the lead in the third period when Randy Martin con- nected from Bill Nazaroff and Mercer. But they Wayne’ Popoff pulled: Shell even again. Keraiff picked up his third point of the evening with an assist. Another assist went to Knowler. That set the stage for Antignani's game winner. Hi Arrow meets Sandman Inn tonight at 9:30 while Sandman and Shell face off Monday at 9:15 p.m. Both games are at the Community Complex. RATTAN SAYS HIS GOODBYE I celebrated an anniversary last Wednesday. That day marked exactly one year from the time I moved from North Vancouver to Castlegar. There was — and still is — plenty of sports to see on the Lower Main- land, whether professional or ama teur. You can always go to a Vancouver Canucks game, although it is beyond me why anyone with half a brain would want to do a dumb thing like that. And high school sports, well those events are a dime a dozen in the big city. Naturally, Castlegar proved to be a lot different. About the thing nearing a “professional” team — and that is a much too strong word in this case — are the Castlegar Rebels. Before you start cursing at me, T'm not putting the Rebels down. They're a good Kootenay Interna- tional Junior Hoekey League team, but please don’t call them pro fessional, because they're not. Other than the Rebels there's a good mix of college and high school sports happening in Castlegar. But while some — actually a lot — of people in Castlegar can view sports with a sense of humor, whether it be the Rebels or the Stanley Humphries Rockettes, I still can't figure out why other people Surj Rattan have to think of sports as a religion. Tve always taken sports with a grain of salt and I guess I always will. I don't like to get worked up into a frenzy about little things, and sports is a little thing in life. I remember one of the first columns I wrote when I came here was about the upcoming Super Bow! game. I poked some good-natured fun at the game and the sport and a lot of people laughed along with me. I know they did because a majority of the people I've met during my year in Castlegar all seem to haye a sense of humor, But there were others who thought by poking fun at the Super Bow! I was poking fun at God. I feel sorry for these kinds of people. And then there was the column I wrote about the Vancouver Canucks and Arthur Griffiths, the former executive assistant to the chairman of the board of the Canucks — his dad, in other words. I poked some fun at Griffiths by saying that since Pat Quinn was coming in to take over as president and general manager of the Can- ucks, the owner's son would he out pounding the pavement looking for work. I also suggested some of the jobs he might like applying for. Low and behold, I get letters saying a rich guy like Griffiths would not have to apply for U.I.C. Well, no kidding! But wait, it got better. Remember the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks?This was a bad team last year — a really bad team —and I said so. What's wrong with that? When the Canucks consistently lose, does the sports department of the Vancouver Sun run out and praise them?0f course not. Those who argued with me about Beaver Valley said I shouldn't attacks the players or the team because the players were all young and doing their best? That's true, but it’s also true that they ask me — and everyone else — to pay money to see them play. I've always maintained that if you expect people to pay to see you, then you better be ready to take some criticism. All of that aside, I've really enjoyed my stay in Castlegar and I've met some very nice people. Granted, I've also met some strange ones, but that’s alright, too. This will be my last column for the Castlegar News as I have decided to take a job elsewhere. Castlegar's a good sports tewn and sports should be encouraged and supported here. Just don't take it too seriously.