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The Canucks defeated New York Islanders and tied both Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames. “The trouble with this team is that we tend to play defensively when we have the lead,” Canuck defenceman Doug Halward said after Monday's 3-3 deadlock with the Guymer rink advances to provincials The Wes Guymer rink of Castlegar won the A event of the West Kootenay Zone Le- gion Curling Bonspiel held at the Castlegar Curling Club on the weekend. The win gave the team the right to advance to the Le- gion provincial champion- ships to be held in Terrace in early February. This will be the first occasion that a rink from Castlegar has repre- sented the zone in the pro- vincial playdowns. The Guymer rink consists of Wes Guymer, Dennis Greep, Les Allen and Gord Grieves. In other results, the La- Moel rink of Trail won the _senior event. The team con- sisted of Gil LaMoel, Al Me Gauley, Al Font and Bill Leman. Winners of the C event was the Vickers rink of Ross- land. Team included W. Vic- kers, T. Clark, C. Seefelt and F. Monro, The ion winners of Flames. “That's not the way to win in this league. “You can’t lay back in the third period and protect a lead. You've got to keep going at teams.” The Canucks had a 4-1 lead in the third period against the Islanders, a 4-2 advantage in the third against Edmonton and a 2-1 edge over the Flames. Vancouver trails fourth-place Los Angeles by 16 points in the Smythe Division standings and the Kings have two games in hand. The Canucks hope to cut the margin to 12 points by the end of the month and to six by early March. “It’s difficult in low-scoring games not to play defensively,” said Canuck coach Harry Neale. “I guess we have to be satisfied with the single points but we really do need the victories at this stage of the season. “We've set an objective for ourselves. This week we want five of six points from three home games. Now we've got to win the next two.” The Canucks play host to Winnipeg Jets tonight and Friday before a return match against the Flames in Calgary Saturday. Vancouver plays Los Angeles once in March and twice the last k of the regul: in early April. Vancouver's three overtime wins have come on goals by Gary Lupul Oct. 13 in Los Angeles, Peter McNab Dec. 8 at Vancouver against Edmonton and Jere Gillis Jan. 15 at home against the Islanders. BRUINS WON The Canucks’ lone overtime defeat came Dec. 23 in Boston when Bruin centre Ken Linseman scored at 33 seconds of sudden-death play. “It's a lot of fun to play in these tight games,” said Vancouver netminder Richard Brodeur, who has started 13 straight games. “I hope it’s a sign of things to come for us. “We've got to cut the margin between us and LA this week if we want to challenge for spot. I feel good about the situation and I'll keep if they want me to.” Brodeur suffered a charley horse to his right thigh in the Calgary game when ‘the post in a collision with Canuck captain Stan Smy! and Calgary's Jim Peplinski. The little netminder shook off the injury and in overtime robbed Calgary's Hakan Loob with a brilliant glove save on a breakaway. “It always seems we're coming up against the hot goal- tener,” added Neale. “Now it seems our goaltending will be influential in the stretch drive.” Brodeur has started 20 times since his recall Dec. 3 from Fredericton Express of the American Hockey League. He replaced the injured Frank Caprice, with John Garrett in reserve. GONSPIEL WINERS . . . Wes Guymer curling rink of Cast. the C event was the Bill Watt rink of Castlegar. Watt was helped by Bud Cooper; Jack Dunn and Jim Moore. Pee Wees defeat Trail 7-5 Castlegar Pee Wee B hoc key team defeated Trail 7-5 in weekend hockey action. In the first period, playing what may have been their best period of hockey all year, the Pee Wee Bs took a commanding 3-0 lead over Trail Constant forechecking by the line of Christ Stock, Rick Hawkins and Lonnie Schmidt kept the Trail team off bal. ance and resulted in each member of that line scoring goals. Castlegar went up 4-0 mid way through the second period on a goal Shane cutler. Two quick goals by Trail near the end of the period had the local squad up by a score of 4-2. If it had not been for the outstanding goalkeeping of the Trail goalies, the score would have been higher at this point in the game. With Hawkins and Cutler each scoring their second goals of the game, and a single by Chad Lahue, the local squad maintained its two-goal advantage and went on to the 7-5 vietory Assists in the.game went to Stock and Hawkins with three each, and singles to Schmidt, Lahve, Cutler, Sara Byers and Shane McAfee Next action for the Pee Wees is a game against Grand Forks at 7:15 p.m Friday night at the Castlegar Community Complex. This game helps kick off Minor Horkey Weekend won A event of Legion zone curling bonspiel on weekend, advancing to provincial finals. Pictured are (from left) curling rink members Les Allen, Gord Grieves, Wes Guymer and Dennis Greep. Skiers win medals at race Five racers from the local Nordic Ski Touring Club par- ticipated in the Larch Hills Loppett near Salmon Arm this past weekend. B.C.'s second largest mar- athon race attracted over 300 racers from B.C. and Alber- ta Mark Dascher’s time of $7 minutes and 12 seconds for 16 km earned him the gold medal in the under 17-year- old category and John Wal- ton’s 1:6.43 performance was good for the bronze medal Phil Wallensteen also earn- ed a gold in the 30-39 age group posting a time of one hour and 48 minutes for 32 km. He placed fifth overall, nine minutes behind the grand winner Rene Murman, a former Swiss National Team member. Top. female finisher was Carina Engelbrecht of Kel- owna in one hour and 54 minutes. Two other Castlegar racers turned in commendable per- formances in their first mar- athon race of the season. Tauno Syrja placed fourth in his age group and Ben Thor- Larsen was 10th in his div. ision. Some of the most hotly contested racing took place in the older age groupings (SO- 60 and over 60 years of age) Race organizers had a novel idea by having racers raise pledges for the B.C Heart Foundation. Over $2,000 was raised by the par- ticipants. The next key race for the younger local racers will be as members of the Stanley Humphries High School contingent going to Whistler Mountain to take part in the B.C. High School Cross-Country Champion- ships early in February Rockers 4th in tourney Stanley Humphries Secondary School senior Rockers took part in the 13th annual Cagebow! basketball tourna ment held at Trail’s J.L. Crowe high school on the weekend. Rockers coach Kevin Morris said the best indicator of the type of weekend that the Rockers had was the fact that they beat the team that finished first, yet placed fourth themselves. This result, was made possible by the use of a round robin draw in the four-team event. The host Hawks and the Revelstoke Mountaineers had identical 2-1 win-loss records with the Trail squad claiming the championship by virtue of its win over Revelstoke. Rutland Voodoos tied SHSS in games won and lost (one and two), but placed third due to its victory over the Rockers. The play of first-year Rocker Gordon Babaeff kept Stanley Humphries in the Rutland game during the first half. Babseff used his height to advantage and chalked up 12 points. He started in all three games for the Rockers and played “very steadily” according to coach Morris. Co-captains Andy Lefurgey and Dan Godlien scored eight points each, followed by Clinton Johnson and Kerry Uchida with four points apiece. Thé Rutland squad edged the Rockers 44-41 in * rather “seambly game,” said Morris. After substituting freely during the first half, the Rockers trailed 25-20. Morris said the local team’s shooting was its eventual downfall, as they hit only nine shots out of 38 from the field during the second half. Saturday afternoon brought J.L. Crowe and Stanley Humphries together in an on-court “confrontation.” The intense play of both teams resulted in some scrappy basketball team and the Trail team getting into foul trouble, Morris said. He said the Rockers kept their cool, led 26-20 at half-time, and earned a “very satisfying” 57-44 win Morris added that the use of zone defense and domination of the rebounding statistics were key factors in the vietory. Godlien paced Stanley Humphries with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Lefurgey added nine points. Ivan Makortoff, used in a starting roll for the first time, responded with six points, as did Gordon Babseff. The ballhanding of Uchida and Merry and ‘allround hard work” of Jeff Allen completed the Rocker effort The tournament draw allowed Stanley Humphries only a one-game break before meeting Revelstoke. The team spent most of the first half trading baskets with the Mountaineers, who popped in three straight hoops just before the intermission to lead 32-26. Morris said the inability to score, combined with a solid effort by Revelstoke, was the Rockers’ eventual downfall, as the determined Mountaineers capitalized on every error and shot close to 50 per cent in the second half. The final store was a lopsided 71-46 victory for Revelstoke. Lefurgey was the top-scoring Rocker with 11 points. Uchida boosted his point production with 10 points and Godlien added eight. Cyril Kinakin, Makortoff and Merry each had four points. Godlien was selected to the Cagebow! all-star team. Edblad leads West division of alpine series By CasNews Staff Castlegar’s Hans Edblad finished first in a Super Giant Slalom event and second in two Canadian Alpine Ski Series downhill races at the cing fifth overall with a time of one minute, 18.72 seconds. He was the second best junior in Thursday's race, finishing fifth in a time of 1:18.52. Red in Thursday through Saturday. Edblad’s first and second place finishes, combined with a first-place victory in a Super Giant Slalom event held in Vernon earlier in the season makes him the leader of the Western Canadian section of the series with 65 points. Edblad, a member of the B.C. ski team, will compete in the Canadian Alpine Series final on Feb. 12 and 13 at Apex-Alpine near Penticton. Skiers from both Eastern and Western Canada will com pete in that event. Meanwhile, B.C. Ski team member Murray Greenwood of Castlegar won the overall junior downhill title during the Alpine Ski Series races. Greenwood was the top junior in Friday's race, pla- d was the third best junior in the Super Giant Slalom held Saturday. He finished ninth with a time of 1:20.25. Edblad was third overall in Thursday's downhill with a time of 1:17.70. He was third in Friday's race in 12:12. In Saturday's Super Giant Sla- lom, Edblad had a time of 1:18.01 in his first-place fin- ish. In other results, Darrell Fry of Rossland placed 23rd in Thursday's downhill event. He was 24th in Friday's downhill with a time of 1:22.89 and 22nd in Satur- day's Super G in 1:22.77. Dean Bulfone of Warfield placed 24th in Thursday's hil in Saturday's Super G in 1:22.58. Mark Anderson of War. field placed 26th in Thurs. day's downhill, 3ist in Fri- day's race in 1:23.27, and 30th in Saturday’s Super G in 1:28.59. Michael Kennedy of Castle- gar was 32nd in Thursday's race, 23rd in Friday's down- hill in 1:22.87, and in Sat- urday’s Super G he was 42nd in 1:24.56. Ryan McLellan of Trail was 38th in Thursday's race and 14th in Saturday's Super G in 1:22.05. Ward Steckle of Rossland 48th in Thursday's downhill, 45th on Friday in 1:24.15, and 45th in Satur- day's race in 1:24.83. Stan Hanson placed 13th in Saturday's Super G in 1:21.96. The high-calibre races at- tracted competitors from the US., Great Britain and New Zealand, as well as from Canada. In the women's section of the races, Red Mountain Ra- cer Tracy Haight placed 14th in Friday's women's race. She placed seventh in the Super G on Saturday with a time of 1:27.58. Busy week in Rec Hockey League action By CasNews Staff Five games were played in the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League over the’ past week. On Sunday, Sandman Inn and Williams Moving played to a 4-4 tie. In an afternoon game, Valley Contractors de- feated Carling O'Keefe 8-2. On Friday night, Sandman Inn defeated Carling O'Keefe 8-5. On Thursday night Wil liams Moving beat Valley Contractors 12-1. Last Tues day, Sandman Inn beat Castlegar Playboys 9-4. In Sunday's 44 tie be tween Sandman Inn and Wil liams Moving the first period was scoreless, but in the sec ond frame Sandman Inn scored four goals and Wil liams Moving notched one goal. Williams Moving added three goals in the third period to tie the game. Scoring the goals for Wil. liams Moving were Frank Costa, Dave McKinnon, Don Savinkoff and Alan Akselson. Gord Pace, Miteh Quaedv. lieg, and Bob Keraiff had two assists each. Singles went to Akselson and Dean MacKin. non. Dan Walker and Mike Nevakshonoff scored two goals each for Sandman Inn. Dan Markin collected three assists, Walker had two and Nevakshonoff and Dan Frie- del had one each. In Valle - Contractor’s 8-2 win over Carling O'Keefe, the Contractors led 2-1 after the first period, then made it 52 after the second frame before scoring three more goals in the third period for an 82 final. Dean Keller scored three times for Valley Contractors, James Verigin got two goals, while Yuri Jmaeff, Vie Jma. eff and Nick Voykin added singles. Assists went to Brian Sag. riff with three, Gerald Klas. sen, Kelly Keraiff, Voykin and Richard Klassen with two each, and Brett McGuire and Yuri Jmaeff with singles. Wayne Kinakin scored both O'Keefe goals. Chief Mercer assisted on two and Mal Stelck had one assist. In Sandman Inn's 8-5 win over Carling O'Keefe on Fri day night, Sandman Inn seored four goals in the first frame and while holding Carling O'Keefe to one mar. ker In the second period, O'Keefe held Sandman Inn to just one goal, but scored three times to pull to within one goal. Sandman Inn broke away in the third frame, scoring three goals, and allowing O'Keefe only one to make the final 8-5. Goalscorers for Sandman Inn were John Obetkoff with three, and Sheldon Sooka. choff, Perry Klit, Vince An tignani, Dan Walker and mike Nevakshonoff with sin gles. Klit got two assists, and singles went to Tony Da- Rosa, Aaron Stoushnow, Sookachoff, Bill Van Yzerloo, Nevakshonoff, Obetkoff. Kevin Kirby and Walkere. Chuck Bucknell scored the hat trick for O'Keefe. Team. mates Mal Stelck and Wayne Kinakin scored one goal each. John Horcoff was credited with three assists, while Kinakin, Elmer Williams, Mercer, Dick Braun and Bill Sloan got singles. Williams Moving’s 12-1 crushing of Valley Contrac. tors saw the score tied 1-1 at the end of the first period. In the second frame Williams Moving scored four goals, making the score 5-1, and added seven more goals for the 12-1 final. Scoring for Williams Mov ing were Don Savinkoff and Dean MacKinnon, each with a hat trick, Bob Keraiff and Alan Akselson with two goals each, and Terry Sander and Dave MacKinnon with one each. Getting the assists were Frank Costa, Dean MacKin- non, Dave MacKinnon and Terry Sander with three each, and Akselson, Keraiff and Savinkoff two each. Quaedviieg and goaltender Lawrence Chernoff had sin gles Gerald Klassen scored for Valley Contractors, with Vie Jmaeff and Rick Shukin as sisting. Sandman Inn's 9-4 victory over Castlegar Playboys Tuesday night saw Sandman Inn take a commanding 4-0 lead after 20 minutes. In the second period, Sandman Inn scored five unanswered goals to make the score 9-0. The Playboys finally came to life in the third frame, holding Sandman Inn, while scoring four goals. Obetkoff, Walker, Friedel and Sookachoff scored_two goals each for Sandman Inn Klit scored once. Nevak shonoff got four assists, Kir by three, Sookachoff and Ob- etkoff two, and Walker and Klit one each. Terry Halisheff scored twice for the Playboys.