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Ofer webs ot perma iad cotties New clients only. fat Sa RR SE TR a Sn Tt ri a aI TELE ACER EGCG GO By ED MILLS Staff Writer If Verna Chernoff were a boxer, she'd be a knockout king. Never known to pull punches — with her players or anyone else — Chernoff is straight to the point Staff Writer Verna Chernoff hasn’t held her baby in 13 years, so tomorrow is going to be a special day for her. It was 13 years ago that Chernoff, as commissioner of girls high school field hockey, instituted a provincial championship in British Columbia. Tomorrow, Castlegar will host the 10-team event for the first time and it was Chernoff, a physical education teacher at Stanley Humphries secon- dary school, who was in charge of setting it all up. Funny thing about it is, although it will be a special moment for her, Chernoff can’t wait to get it over with — at least the organizing part anyway. “Stressed right out’’ is the way she describes her present condition as she sits in her office at SHSS. The office itself is an obstacle course cluttered with piles of papers, programs and sundry other items related to the provincials. “It’s a good way to lose weight, but please hurry up and blow that first whistle,” said Chernoff, who's had to make arrangements for 10 teams, not to mention Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks, various dignitaries and countless others. Banquets, speeches, awards ceremonies, programs, photos — the list goes on and on and Chernoff would just like to get on with playing her role as coach of the SHSS girls. As far as her team’s performance in the provincials goes Chernoff said it'd be nice if the players do well and she knows they'll play their hardest, which is all she’s asking for. “I'd be pretty disappointed if we didn’t place well, but as long as they play well and give the other teams a run for their money we'll be proud of that."” Most of the nine other teams in the tourney will arrive in Castlegar today — some by plane, others by bus, while Rossland will come when asked about Cadstlegar’s Prospects in the senior girls provin- cial field hockey championships which begin tomorrow at Kinnaird Park. | B.C.'s best comin “This is the most talented team I have coached, but they can be flighty. Which means we can play either for the bronze medal or dead last, depending on their state of mind,”’ says the Stanley Humphries secondary school's senior girls field hockey coach. In terms of personnel Chernoff, as usual, isn’t afraid to point fingers. SHSS's senior girls field hockey team is fit and ready to play in the 10-team ‘incial b Costtews photo by Ed Mills ere tomorrow, said coach Verna Chernoff. e P h Conditioning, said Chernoff, could be the difference in a short, multi-game tournament. “Kelly Davidoff and Amanda Fayant on the front line must lead Our team, and Denise Gray and Aimie Chernoff must lead on defen- ce. The rest of the players are all hard workers and they can be coun- ted on for that. But they (the four mentioned) are extremely talented players and they must produce at the best of their ability in every game.”” Asked if that kind of statement Puts any excess pressure on those players Chernoff said, simply, no. “They’re just like that. They do it every game and they do it quite well.’” There are a number of reasons Chernoff pegs the bronze medal game as a realistic goal for SHSS rather than the gold. Two of the biggest are the defending champions from KLO in Kelowna and West Kootenay rivals from Rossland “No question they’re (KLO) the Powerhouse of hockey in the provin- ce,”’ said Chernoff, who listed eight players on KLO who are members of the provincial team. Neither Rossland nor SHSS, the two best teams in the West Kootenay, have a provincial team player. She doesn’t give Rossland as much Praise — perhaps still stinging from three losses to that school’s team this season. But looking down the roster of teams coming here she can’t help but predict a Rossland-Kelowna final. As for SHSS, aside from the men- tal condition of the players, two other factors come into play — home-field advantage and the weather. Playing on its home field is double-edged sword for SHSS. On the one hand, Chernoff said, the girls are used to the surroundings so they should have an edge there, especially over coastal teams who've never played here. On the down side, the school is busing in 300 SHSS students a day to watch the event and Chernoff said her team has nevek had to perform in front of any crowd, never mind one made up of classiates and friends. But she believes her girls have just Leeman lifts Leafs over Sta By The Canadian Press Gary Leeman got the home fans beamin’ Tuesday night and made a winner of new Toronto Maple Leafs coach Tom Watt. Leeman, loudly heckled as Toron- to fell behind 4-1, scored the winning goal with 49 seconds left to produce the Leafs’ 5-4 NHL victory over the — with fi d action set for Thursday morning. Second round play goes on Friday and the consolation and championship games on Saturday. All the games will be played on two fields at Kinnaird Park. North Stars. Minnesota goaltender Kari Takko stopped Leeman’s first shot. As the players crowded the crease, dislodging the net, Leeman lunged at Takko to send the loose puck into the goal. Wendel Clark’s goal at 13:36 of the third period had forged a 4-4 tie. Toronto (2-10-1) broke a four- game losing streak. It was the first win for Watt, who was named Mon- day as the team’s head coach. Dan Marois, Ed Olczyk and Kevin Maguire also scored for the Leafs. Neal Broten, with two goals, Brian Bellows and Larry DePalma scored for the North Stars, 2-7-4, who remain winless in seven road games. BLUES 5 RED WINGS 2 Brett Hull broke a second-period tie with his league-leading 15th goal as St. Louis extended its unbeaten Streak to seven games. Dave Lowry added two goals for St. Louis (8-3- 1). St. Louis goaltender Vincent Riendeau stopped Detroit's Steve Yzerman on a breakaway with 8:35 remaining in the game to preserve a 3-2 lead. KINGS 4 ISLANDERS 1 ‘Wayne Gretzky scored the winner and added an assist as Los Angeles continued its strong early-season play. Kings goaltender Kelly Hrudey stopped all but one of the 33 shots he faced as Los Angeles improved to 9-2-1. The Islanders have lost five of their last six games PENGUINS 6 FLYERS 2 Mark Recchi had one goal and three assists and Frank Pietrangelo stopped 33 shots for his fourth- straight win. The game saw the return of Flyers right winger Tim Kerr, who played in his first game since his wife Kathy died Oct. 16 of complications from child birth FLAMES 6 DEVILS 3 Joel Otto scored two power-play goals in the second period, including the 100th goal of his NHL career as g to Castlegar the right personality to handle the Pressure. “These are the kind of kids that I think will rise to the occasion. They kind of like to show off. They're quite confident in what they do and in their abilities.’’ As for the weather, if it rains the advantage goes to coastal teams because they're used to it, said Cher- noff. SHSS has played just one game in the rain this season. Before SHSS can be one of the four teams that will play in the final round Saturday it has to emerge from its five-team division which in- cludes St. Michaels University school of Victoria, Crofton House of Van- couver, Agassi of the Fraser Valley and the other Kelowna team in the event, Mount Boucherie. Of the teams in its division, SHSS has played two with mixed results. SHSS beat and was beaten by Mount Boucherie and tied St. Mike’s. In the other division is Lambrick Park of Victoria, Glen Lion- VERNA CHERNOFF . +. Straight forward Norfolk, KLO, Sentinel of Van- couver and Rossland. SHSS meets Agassi in its first game Thursday at 10:45 a.m. Then it’s Crofton House at 1:15 p.m Friday's schedule has SHSS against St. Michael’s at 11:30 a.m. and then a2 p.m. date with Mount Boucherie The games go on rain or shine rs Calgary defeated New Jersey. Otto, who had not scored in Calgary's six Previous games, now has three for the season. The loss ended New Jer- sey’s three-game winning streak CAPITALS 2 CANUCKS 1 Dave Tippett took a pass from Dale Hunter after a Vancouver tur- nover and scored at 16:05 of the third period for the win. It was the first loss of the season for rookie netminder Troy Gamble after four wins. Washington won its second- straight game to finish a five-game road trip with three victories. By ED MILLS Staff Writer They might have to start calling David Green the cardiac kid. For the second straight game Green scored the winner in over- time for the Castlegar Rebels as they beat the Elk Valley Raiders 3-2 Friday at the Community Complex. On the previous Tuesday, Green scored in OT in a 3-2 Rebels victory over the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks. And while beating the valley teams is one thing, the Rebels showed in an 11-4 loss Saturday to the Cranbrook Colts that they’re a team that still has some work to do before it will be a serious contender in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. But all in all it was a successful week of hockey for the Rebels who picked up four of six points and improved their record to 3-8- 2. Though they remain in last place in the KIJHL’s West Division, they didn’t lose any ground to the fourth-place Grand Green strikes again in Rebels OT victory Ky Jn Forks Border Bruins, 5-4, and sent a message around the league that they would not continue to play league doormats. Dwayne Dergousoff, who was in on all the Rebels’ goals against Elk Valley, set up Green in over- time. After a scoreless first period, Stathis Dimopoulos opened the scoring for Castlegar converting a pass from Cory Ross. Cranbrook tied it but Dergousoff and defenceman Rick Crowe combined to set up Dale Bonderud to give the Rebels a 2-1 lead heading into the third. In a replay of the Tuesday night encounter with the Nite Hawks, the Rebels failed to hold the one-goal lead in the third, buy did manage to keep it tied and send it into extra time for Green's heroics. In Cranbrook the Rebels dressed only nine skaters and two goalies. Some players had to stay in Castlegar to work while Dimopoulos, Pete Semenoff, Mike Korzenowski and Dave Healey were all injured. Scorers in the Cranbrook game were unavailable at press time. The Rebels host the Border Bruins at the Complex Friday in a game that gives Castlegar a chance to move into a fourth place tie with the Border Bruins. Grand Forks has played four less games than Castlegar. The next night, the Rebels travel down the road for their fir- st matchup of the season with the West Division leading Trail Smoke Eaters. NOTES: Two players brought in for a tryout with the Rebels from Clearwater, were sent home after the practise the next day. Manager Don Joice said the players, both 19-year-olds, hadn’t played competitive hockey for a couple of years and it showed. Korzenowski may return from the injury list this weekend while Semenoff is listed day to day with a shoulder problem and Healey is out indefinitely, also with a shoulder injury Hi Arrow is a hockey pool dream machine By CasNews Staff If there was a hockey pool in the Castlegar Recfeational Hockey League, whoever plaked Hi Arrow players would just about have it wrapped up by now How would you like these guys in your hockey pool? Hi Arrow's Clay Martini: last three games, five goals, 10 assists. Or Martini’s teammate Frank Costa who's racked up four goals, seven assists and Kelly Keraiff with three goals and seven assists in the last three games. Then there's Steve Simonen who played in only two of Hi Arrow’s last three games and still collected nine points. Eat your heart out John Cullen. The amazing thing is that despite the Hi Arrow’s proclivity for goal scoring — 31 goals over those three games — only one of those games was a blowout. Which probably says something about the team’s defensive philsophy,_ Still, Hi Arrow did win two and tie one and moved into second place in the CRHL with a 2-3-2 record. Ban- jo’s Pub remains in first at 3-1-2 while Sandman Inn and Woodland Park Sheil are tied for last with four Points apiece Shell was the victim of Hi Arrow’s only thumping getting popped 13-3 last night at the Community Com- plex. Simonen scored the hattrick and had three assists while Martini and Keraiff both had a goal and four assists. Costa contributed with one goal and three assists and Jeff Town- send and Rod Zavaduk both scored twice and added an assist. Gary Sauer and Tony Rego also scored for Hi Arrow which led 4-1 in the first and 8-2 after two. Neil Archambault, Dan Walker and Joe Bell all had a goal and two assists for Shell while Dean MacKin. non had one and one. Against Banjo’s on Monday, Hi Arrow was flying again scoring five first-period goals to take a 5-2 lead heading into the second. But the best defence is a good offence philosophy failed this time as Banjo’s came back with three goals in both the second and third periods to salvage an 8-8 tie. Martini led the Hi Arrow scoring race again with three goals and two assists while Jeff Townsend had two and two and Costa, Mitch Quaed- vlieg and Dave Terhune had two assists each. George Roberts, Keraiff and Sauer scored the other goals Chief Mercer led Banjo’s with two goals and three assists while Vince Antignani Sr. had two goals and one assist and Don Soroke scored twice. Lorne Anderson and James Verigin scored the other goals for Banjo’s and Chris Brodman set up three In a 10-8 win over Shell last Friday, Martini let Costa, with three goals and two assists, have the spotlight for a game. But Martini, as usual, wasn’t idle,, scoring a goal and four assists of his own while Simonen had three assists. Sauer also had a five-point night with two goals and three assists while Roberts had two goals, Rego had one and added three assists and Keraiff had one and two. 4 MacKinnon led for Shell with two goals and four assists while Walker had two and two and Grant Pilla had two goals and one assist. Bruno Tassone scored the other two goals for Shell. Sandman Inn gets back on the ice with two straight games beginning Thursday against Shell at the Com- plex. The next night Sandman meets Banjo’s. Fi games start at 9:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. respectively