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@ Castlegar native promoted as big club phones up

Jonathan Green
SPORTS REPORTER

Travis Green flew into New York City Tuesday afternoon, but visiting the
Statue of Liberty was probably the last thing on the Castlegar native’s mind.

The 22-year-old star of the American. Hockey League's Capital District Is-
landers, Green arrived in the Big Apple to join the team’s parent club on Long
Island as they head out for a 10-day National Hockey League road trip.

Reached at the NHL club’s office Tuesday, a weary Green said things are just

starting to sink in.

“I’m pretty happy,” he said. “That’s an understatement.” :

Playing with the farm team in St. John’s, Nfld. Monday, Green said he re-
ceived a message upon returning the team’s hotel early Tuesday that the big

club was calling him up.

But as much as the call might have had some players doing handstands in
the elevator, the three-year AHL veteran said he just

took it in stride.

“To tell you the truth, I was trying not to think about

it this year,” he said.

: Green said by worrying about when the phone was go-
ing to ring the last two years, he wasn’t concentrating

100 per cent on his game.

But by working harder and letting fate run its course
this season, he said his game has improved.
“I’m a lot more confident this year than the last cou-

ple of years,” he said.

And the confidence was evident in his play, as Green
was leading the junior Islanders in scoring with 10 goals
and eight assists through 17 games when he got the call.

Green said he wasn’t sure of what role the team would ———___
be asking him to play on the five-game trip that starts in Boston tomorrow and

Travis Green

ends in Philadelphia next Friday, but said he’s ready for anything.
“I haven’t been told anything,” he said. “I don’t know what they’re expect-

in

g.
‘Tl just take it one day at a time.”

With Golden Rockets all
around, Rebels goalie
Vaughn Welychko was
stuck between whether to
come out to play the puck
or to sit back and make
the save. He chose to
come out and the Rebels
scored shortly after on
their way to a 7-6 win.

News photo by Jonathan Green

Rebels forget to show up in weekend with KIJHL weaklings

NEWS STAFF
The Castlegar Rebels did some-
thing at home Friday they hadn’t done
yet this year and it doesn’t look like
they'll want to do it again anytime
soon.
They lost.
Entertaining the Columbia Valley
Rockies, the Rebels were anything but
entertaining as they dropped an ugly
3-1 Kootenay International Junior
Hockey League decision.
Playing like a team that thought all
it had to do was make an appearance
to win, the hosts were humbled at both
ends of the rink by the East Division’s
cellar dweller, who left town with just
their fourth win in 14 games.
Rebels coach Gordie Walker said
thinking automatic victory cost them
dearly.
“Just show up and win’. I think
that has a lot to do with it,” he said.
“The guys didn’t come out and work at
all.”
Columbia Valley opened the scoring
at 9:35 of the first on a two-on-one, a
luxury they would be afforded time
again it the evening.
Leading 1-0 after one, the visitors
continued to frustrate the hosts in the
second, forcing Rebel goalie J.C.
Moore to do cartwheels while counter-

part Richie Kohurst read a good book
at the other end.

The Rockies increased the lead to 2-
0 on the power play at 13:14, making
the Rebel penalty killers look like
statues as they worked the puck
around before scoring the only goal of
the second period.

The Rebels were handed a golden
opportunity to mount a comeback to
start the third period

year.

Walker said the performance
against the Rockies proves that get-
ting up for and working hard in each
game is needed to win in the KIJHL.

“The guys weren't ready to go, they
weren't mentally prepared,” he said.
“They have to learn to play for 60 min-
utes to win in this league.”

Looking for revenge, the Rebels

came out flying

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make it 3-0 at 11:16.
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Grand Forks 13
Spokane 12
Castlegar 10
Beaver Valley 7
Rossland 3

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sign of life when they made it 3-1 at
3:35.

Nino Da Costa walked around the
Rockie defence and slid a neat pass to
Mark Graff, who banged it by Kohurst
for his 15th goal of the year.

But that was all she wrote for the
Rebels, as the loss marked the first
time they had failed to score more
than five goals in a home game this

before the Rockets
narrowed the gap to 3-1 at 1:57.

Gropp got things going again at
15:55 of the second, firing one through
Troy Sigvoldason’s legs to make it 4-
1, a lead that would stretch to 6-1 on
goals by Graff and Corey Ross to send
the Golden goalie to the showers at
9:18.

Content to sit on their lead, the
Rebels watched it dwindle to 6-4 be-

fore Derek Lalonde made it 7-4 at
10:34 of the third.

Walker said shifting into neutral
with the big lead wasn’t typical of the
way the Rebels have been playing this
year.

“The discipline sort of left us
against Golden,” he said. “They
weren't doing the sort of things they
were doing in earlier games.”

Never saying die, the Rockets
turned it up a notch in the last 10 min-
utes, beating Vaughn Welychko a cou-
ple more times only to finish ‘a goal
short at 7-6.

Walker said showing up for some
games and relaxing in others will cost
the Rebels if they hope to challenge for
first in the KIJHL West.

“You have to be consistent, espe-
cially if you’re winning,” he said.
“When you've got something, you’ve
got to do it game in and game out.”

And with divisional games in Nel-
son Friday and home to Spokane Sat-
urday, Walker said a repeat of last
weekend’s effort just won't cut it.

“We were fortunate to come out (of
last weekend) with two points,” he
said. “A similar performance this week-
end will get us a 15-0 loss to Nelson and
about a 10-0 loss to Spokane here.”

Game time Saturday is 8 p.m. at
the Complex.

™ Wednesday, November 18, 1992

Nelson No. 1 in the

Ml KVC steps aside as

) Nelson moves into top

spot in RSVC action

NEWS STAFF
The Regional Super-Vol-

| ley Challenge has a new
>| leader.

Following Monday night

: | action, Nelson took spot in

the RSVC away from the
Kootenay Volleyball Club,
thanks in large to the fact

»| that KVC took the evening
>} off.

Finishing with wins over
the Brew Shop Border

‘a Bros., the Selkirk Saints

and the forfeit win over

KVC, Nelson inched into
first with a 9-3 record.

REGIONAL SUPER-
VOLLEY CHALLENGE
(As of Nov. 17)

Nelson
KVC

Brew Shop
Saints
svc

Defaulting their three
matches meant a drop into
second for KVC, who now
sit at 8-4.

Brew Shop moves to .500
at 6-6, while the Saints and

Selkirk Volleyball Club sit
with identical 3-8 records.
With the regular season
coming to a close, the
Saints and SVC will
square off in a match to de-
termine fourth and fifth
places tomorrow night.

The winner will go on to
meet KVC in one semi-fi-
nal while the loser faces
the Brew Shop in a quar-
ter-final with that winner
meeting Nelson in the oth-
er semi-final.

The playoffs get under-

way Monday evening at
the college.

_ @ Midget Reps tie in Trail while
the Peewees split in Spokane

NEWS STAFF

Though some compare it to kissing your sis-
ter, the Castlegar Midget Reps will gladly take

a tie over a loss any day.

Winners of their first three the Reps paid
a visit to Trail Saturday to face Rossland-Trail.
Trailing 3-2 after two, the locals evened
things up with close to 14 minutes left and,
though they pressed hard in the final five min-

utes, the game ended a 3-3 tie.

Greg Carson scored twice for the Reps, as-
sisting on Derek Read’s goal as well.

The Midgets head to the Shuswap this
weekend for a couple of games in Salmon Arm.

Meanwhile, over in the Peewee Rep camp,
the team continued to play .500 hockey after a

7-5 win.

Local minor hockey teams see road action

couple of games last weekend in Spokane.
Saturday, Ryan Leckie and Jeremiah Ben-
bow each had two goals and two assists ina

Ryan Wenger, Tyler Darnell and Reed By-
ers each added singles while defenceman Scot-
ty Carlson chipped in with two assists.

Matt Huggett picked up the win in net,
stopping a penalty shot in the process.

Playing the second game Sunday, the Pee-
wees weren't as fortunate as the hosts rallied
from a 2-0 deficit to register a 7-3 win.

Ryan Wenger and Rance Hall each scored
once and added an assist while Jeremiah Ben-
bow picked up the other goal.

David Evdokimoff and Matt Huggett
shared the netminding duties.

The Peewees resume action Saturday with
a trip to Rossland.

Banjo’s playing sweet music

NEWS STAFF

Two teams headed in oppo-
site directions at the start of
the Castlegar Recreational
Hockey League season are
still headed in opposite direc-
tions.

The defending champ
Kootenay Computers looked
like they hadn’t taken the
summer off when the CRHL
began last month, losing just
once in their first seven

es.

Banjo’s Pub, on the other
hand, stumbled out of the
gate, finding themselves in
last with just a tie in the first
six.
But things have changed
somewhat in the last two
weeks, as Banjo’s hasn’t lost
in three while the Computers
have dropped three in a row,
the third coming at the hands
of the pub squad Thursday
night, 7-5.

Sheldon Sookachoff paced
Banjo’s with two goals and
two assists while Benton
Hadley added a pair and Bob
Larsh had three helpers.

Rob Hill had the hot hand
for the Computers, scoring

twice and adding an assist
while Chuck Lind had a goal
and two assists.

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CASTLEGAR RECREATIONAL
HOCKEY LEAGUE

(As of Nov. 16)

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Press.Wash 4
Shell 5
Computers 4
Sports Centre 4
Banjo's 2

Trailing 5-3 heading into
the third period, Hill made
things interesting when he
scored from Kelly Keraiff at
11:39 to make it 5-4.

But that was as close as the
Computers would get, as
Sookachoff restored the two-
goal lead at 7:40 from Larsh
and Rick Cutler, then set up
Cutler for the insurance goal
at 3:59 for their second win a
row.

Things weren't any better
for the Computers Monday, as
Castlegar Sports Centre
broke a second-period tie with
six third-period goals in a 12-
6 win.

Mike Flegel and Peter
Leyenaar each had three
goals in the victory while
Dean MacKinnon had a goal
and five assists.

Duane Weir led the way for
the Computers, scoring
times and adding an assist.

Flegel scored twice early on
to give Sports Centre the
quick 2-0 lead before Barry
Streliev and Rob Hill had
goals less than four minutes
apart to tie it at 4:18.

The lead see-sawed back
and forth through the first
and second periods, with nei-
ther team holding an advan-
tage after 50 minutes.

And then the floodgates
opened.

Garry Sauer scored the
game winner 12 seconds into
the third, Dave MacKinnon
added another at 13:38 before
Sports Centre got four more
in the last 3:47 to skate away
with their third win of the

year.

Results from last night’s
action between Castlegar
Pressure Wash and Woodland
Park Shell were unavailable
at press time.

News photo by Jonathan Green

Selkirk Saints’ Rob Matjasic goes airborne against Nelson in
RSVC action Monday. Matjasic and his mates fell to the
Queen City squad, who moved into first place with the win.

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